I read the recent editorial headline stating B次元官网网址淭he BCTF is indoctrinating our kidsB次元官网网址� and even though the article seemed to be missing, the headline said it all.

(EditorB次元官网网址檚 Note: Due to a publication error the wrong headline appeared above last FridayB次元官网网址檚 column by Edward Hill.)

Remember that rule about how to not take things for granted, and how you donB次元官网网址檛 know how wonderful you have it until it is gone? I would like people to take a moment and imagine a life in B.C. without public education.

We have an African program called Chess which provides free education to girls who would not be educated otherwise. The African woman who started the program told her life story of getting in trouble sneaking in classrooms and hiding in order to learn because she wasnB次元官网网址檛 allowed to be there. She went to extreme measures all because she had a desperate desire to learn.

However, in B.C. the public takes for granted that we have one of the most incredible free education systems in the world designed by the teachers who implement it. They donB次元官网网址檛 seem to appreciate the dedicated teachers who for decades have volunteered thousands of personal hours for the benefit of their students.

If teachers request to be treated fairly and not bullied into a contract, the public is quick to ridicule them without ever considering how they should be supporting the teachers instead.

I read editorial headlines like this and am disgusted by the disdain it implies. I wish that newspapers would report instead how integral to our countries success the support of our public education system is.

Remember, if you can read this, thank a teacher.

Lara Allsopp

Langford