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walter, don't you think it's time we talked?
All he needs is a pair of rose-colored glasses.
I don't know about Australia, but the problems he mentioned are extremely serious in this country. One out of four African-Americans between about 15 and 45 is involved with the criminal justice system. Bush's much-touted No Child Left Behind law is only half funded. About 30 years ago there was a tremendous push to get mental patients out of the large state hospitals and back into the community. The only trouble was that nowhere near enough money or authority was put into seeing that the patients received adequate care and supervision. The result is that our homeless shelters and prisons are full of mentally ill people who are not receiving proper care. What has that to do with botany or AHTA? I will never forget 20 years ago when I was involved in a prison literacy program, I worked with some young men who were learning disabled, most of them from the slums. One day I brought in some spring flowers, and labeled them in English and Spanish. One of the men, about 21, told me he had NEVER BEFORE SEEN A REAL FLOWER. Some of the state prison systems, notably in Florida, have had some very successful horticulture programs. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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