There was a letter than ran in Saturday’s newspaper lamenting the condition of Clinton’s schools that do not have air conditioning throughout the entire building.
While making a valid point about the disparity of some schools that have A/C while others lack — if the buildings are on the same schedule there’s no way that’s equitable — the letter writer got caught up in words that may have subtracted from her case.
Perhaps it was an unintentional use of a strong adjective, but the sentence that made me chuckle with disbelief read like this: "I have grandchildren in Bluff and Whittier schools and it is unfair and in-human for any of us to ask the students to learn and teachers to teach children in the medieval conditions they are asked to endure."
Like I said, she went on to make a solid argument. But still — medieval? Last I checked, Bluff and Whitter had plenty of running water, flush toilets and — what’s that thing called? — electricity. By most accounts, the medieval era in Europe ended in the 15th century at the advent of the Renaissance, when even the richest of kings still relieved themselves in buckets in the corner of their bedroom and had to carry candles to see past the end of their noses after the sun set.
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