Dirty laundry gets its day in the sun

There's a time and place for everything, particularly dirty laundry. Terence Fernandez of The Sun Daily hung that laundry up to dry for everyone to see in today's "Down To Earth" column. Fernandez clearly has (honest) educators and students' interest at heart, makes me wish there was a place in the newsroom too for me and my fellow educators to share the gruesome details from the trenches we call the public education system. But alas therein lies the irony, our hands are bound and lips sealed by the need to stay employed as educators, so we rely on fearless journalists like Fernandez for silent triumphs, for our voices to be heard.

But still, he is just one of a few good men who are striving to be agents of change in a sea of apathetic citizens. This country needs more than the voices of a handful, it needs action. I end this post with a quote from one of my favourite movies 'V for Vendetta': "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

To Fernandez and other journalists out there who wield their mighty pen despite the odds, thank you.