It's all garbage...

One would think that the failures of the Los Angeles education system, especially, of course, in inner city neighborhoods, would push fixing the schools to the absolute top of the priority list kept by whomever calls the shots in the City's government and in Sacramento. Especially given the notoriety the movie Waiting For Superman has brought to the LA public schools.

But that would be a silly conclusion, especially if some of the citizens in Los Angeles are undisciplined when it comes to correctly separating various kinds of trash. Talk about a real bummer, mixing plastic bottles with leftover vegetables.

Fortunately Los Angeles has 'recycling ambassadors' who roam the city with their clipboards keeping track of who does and who doesn't follow the rules. The really cool thing? The really smart people who make these rules set as a goal that 70% of, ah, I guess, people throwing away garbage, would do it according to the rules. The really great thing is that 65% are ALREADY doing it. Wow.

Good job, guys.

Maybe the recycling ambassadors could do equally well for the schools.



California ranks near the bottom of all states in the number of students reaching their educational goals, Rogers noted – and not just among students of color. California students generally have lower test scores than students across the nation. Notably, white students in California also perform well below white students in almost all other states.

At least California has proper recycling down pat. And speaking of garbage, check out the very entertaining Last Night's Garbage, a rambling and literary diary of New York City garbage-of-the-day, at least as the author runs across it during his daily travels.