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Hospital and Ag issues: Amazed at how upset some got I just think Columbia has bigger issues for people to be upset with other than a kid taking an ag class every single year of high school. By Jamie Isabelle I am just amazed how people have become so upset over the Ag issue. I am not saying Agriculture is not important, however, I am certain that my parents and their parents never took an Ag class and were still able to manage to grow things. Sure, there are other things learned in Ag class; however just because every kid can't take it all four years, for an easy credit, is not such a bad thing. Being introduced to other subjects can only benefit them in the future. I would almost be willing to wager that half the kids that are taking ag class will never be on a farm or grow anything after graduation. They will be like the majority of other people and go out and try and find a full time job. Which will be like the rest of us have to drive to other towns to find a job. I know Adair County has farms, and those farmers help the economy, but I also know that they do not produce enough crops to supply the entire county. When I go to the store to get my food it has been raised in places like Florida, California, Idaho and Arizona, so I'm very thankful for those farmers there. So I see all these signs that say we support ag in our schools. I am yet to see a sign that we support our local hospital or we support actual factories and jobs in our town. Where are these at? Why can't we have hundreds of people go and petition the county officials and demand more factories or other ways to get the hospital in shape. But I guess I forgot, as usual, Columbia is set up on the practice that the same ones always gets into office, the ones others can seem to control. Which I believe is what happened with the school issue and when they couldn't be controlled everyone got mad. So let's say that our hospital did close, what then? Will it be that important for a kid to take an ag class when you or a family member has a heart attack or an emergency when minutes and seconds count and they have to wait 30 to 45 minutes for the help they need, which, in some cases could be even longer, by the time the ambulance gets to them and then they have to be transported to a surrounding county just for help, by that time it may be too late. I will be the first one to admit that sometimes have said things about our hospital in the past, but I am very thankful that they are there in case my family needs them, or I need them, in an emergency. I just think Columbia has bigger issues for people to be upset with other than a kid taking an ag class every single year of high school. --Jamie Isabelle This story was posted on 2012-08-24 03:15:35
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