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Post #4007170
2026-07-15 00:59 UTC
I moved from the second worst, Texas, to on of the top 5, Connecticut, last year. It has been the best decision of my entire life. It’s so nice to have a Governor who advocates for more spending on education and public works. Versus wasting everyone’s time fighting to put the 10 commandments in classrooms.
My kids went from learning about angels and Moses parting the Red Sea history class. Yes regular 3rd grade history, not some high school level theology elective. To this year being taught critical thinking skills and identifying and dealing with their emotions.
And don’t even get me started on the differences in special education for my son with serve ASD and communication issues. In Texas he was just shoved in the back to prevent him from being a “burden”. Now he loves going to school. I cried at his 8th grade graduation because before he could have never been in at a ceremony like that. Hearing the other kids cheer for him warmed my heart so much. He starts highschool in the fall, and is in a summer program run by the highschool to teach him life skills, like cooking, cleaning, working, all things we never thought possible for him.
Edit: I also went from having my representative in Congress being a carpetbagger nepo-baby, to a woman who grew up in public housing, became a teen mom, worked her way from community college all the way to a masters in education and was name Teacher of the Year 2016 for the entire United States
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Welcome to CT! It’s nice here.
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Your story is amazing.
I’m so glad you got out of there.
Have you considered writing a book?
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I have a comment about it somewhere in the Lemmies, but my family is from Texas, and my sister lived in Connecticut for a few years. Her children were still quite young when they all moved back to Texas, but there was still a noticeable drop in their development.
My sister did a pretty good job picking up the slack at home, but that’s a burdensome undertaking for someone with fewer resources. Working in public education myself, I see why we’re failing, and it’s really sad. It’s hard to create highly impactful lessons when your concerns are the students’ safety and security at home, your own job security if you stray at all from approved materials, and showing care and respect for children in a way that doesn’t get you fired for being “woke.”
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