Motivation Follow-up

The previous post for Motivation is here. I don't really think children should be taken from their incompetent parents. I just think no child should be left behind. And I want to point out the Gordian Knot that's formed when the government provides incentives to poor families with children to marginally improve the lives of those children.

I want vast improvements in education and athletics for everybody under 18. I want to build a building that gives free housing to impoverished families based on either (a) the parent's ability to graduate an internally housed GED program and progress through a curriculum to become an educator, or (b) the child's ability to maintain a C average in their schooling. Families that can't meet either of these conditions during two consecutive years should be broken up and the parent's castrated (to prevent further reproduction). The theory is that failing both these conditions two years in a row would require gross negligence.

Where would we get the money to construct and operate such a building? It's no secret that people like helping children, so funds can be provided kind of like how Public Television makes its living (from generous sponsors). I'd throw in $100-200 per year for an effort that I honestly believe could eliminate the impoverished class.

And speaking of helping children, this past year's Child's Play drive raked in $1,780,870 for kids. The following came from Matt, Shu-Yee, Ida, Jen, Chris, and I:

• The Octonauts & the Frown Fish" Hardcover; $11.48<
  
• "The Rescuers" Bob Newhart; DVD; $16.49
  
• "Xbox 360 Controller" Video Game; $28.96
  
• "Robin Hood (Most Wanted Edition)" DVD; $18.49
  
• "Sony Mdr-222Kd/Blk Childrens Headphones (Black)" $13.98 (x2)
  
• "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" DVD; $14.99
  
• "Dora the Explorer - 3 Little Pigs" DVD; $15.49
  
• "Madden NFL 10" Video Game; $50.00
  
• "MySims Agents" Video Game; $40.00
  
• "SpongeBob's Truth or Square" Video Game; $36.99
  
• "Monsters vs. Aliens" DVD; $10.49
  
• "Baby Einstein Bendy Ball" Baby Product; $18.49
  
• "Melissa & Doug Animal Stamp Set" Toy; $9.74

I donated enough to get the Bendy Ball. Jen tacked in enough to get MySims Agents. Kudos to everybody else who did better!