La
patria ti chiama ad insegnare!
Ma non in
Italia!
Ma
la situazione deve essere al limite del collasso, se
la Clinton suggerisce di
utilizzare gli stessi toni, che
hanno contribuito al successo della campagna di reclutamento
nelle forze armate durante le ultime guerre:
“
La Patria ti chiama ad insegnare” (Uncle Sam
wants you to teach”).
February 26, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two
women who know something about starting new careers -- first lady Laura Bush and
first lady-turned-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- joined to put in a plug Tuesday
for recruiting teachers by luring mid-career professionals from other fields.
The event at a Washington
elementary school was the first time the two women had promoted a favorite issue
together. They greeted each other warmly, Clinton at one point admiring a ring
Mrs. Bush was wearing.
Last month they were at
the same hearing on early childhood learning in the Senate, Mrs. Bush testifying
while her predecessor sat across the witness table listening. Clinton, D-N.Y.,
is the only first lady to ever be elected to office.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Bush,
Clinton and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, told a small auditorium filled
with teachers and fidgety third- and fourth-grade students that 2.2 million
teachers must be hired in the next decade to handle an expected surge in
retirements.
Mrs. Bush and the
lawmakers promoted a program in the education bill recently signed by President
Bush that allows certain professionals to enter the teaching field without going
through the traditional time-consuming teacher training.
Clinton and Hutchison
helped push through the amendment last year authorizing teacher recruitment
efforts including the Transitions to Teaching program.
Similar programs are
already in place in schools in some cities, including Washington.
Mrs. Bush, a former
teacher and librarian, said on Tuesday that since the terrorist attacks of Sept.
11 there has been rising interest in public service. She urged Americans to
consider teaching.
``I believe teaching is
the greatest community service of all,'' Mrs. Bush said.
Clinton said the program
might take a cue from another successful recruitment effort in the U.S. Army and
adopt the slogan ``Uncle Sam Wants You to Teach.''
``I have no doubt there
is a tremendous untapped pool of potential teachers,'' she said.