Just thinking about that Child Not Left Behind

Today I did not go to school, I spent the day taking care of family. However, my mind returns to the classroom even when my body isn't there. I'm thinking about that potentially lost child. I work so hard to track all those in my charge. I'm right down face to face making sure that child learns to read, taking recesses if needed to learn those math facts. I trick them into volunteering their playtime to meet the challenge of a good education. I am relentless.

But here's my question - Who's making sure that precious child grows up to be gainfully employed once they've completed college with honors and fully successful?

If I'm working so hard at my end, why do we have so many talented young people, college educated, hanging off cliffs in Yosemite or Joshua Tree instead of launching careers?

Is anyone making sure that my educated children will have a planet to call home? I'll do my part, but I want some follow through. Accountability shouldn't stop with public schools.