This is why I am a Cyber School Teacher

Every year our Student Government Senators work with the 8th grade language arts class to write letters to their representatives in our state government. Their prompt this year was, "to persuade their representative that cyber school is a good form of education".

They then take these letters and meet with representatives at our annual day on the hill in May. This project continues to expand every year. Many of you probably wonder why children choose to be home schooled. This sampling of these150 letters might give you a little insight as to why our students choose "Cyber school".

Mr. Parris

Sam Rohrer is the right choice for Governor this year in Pennsylvania.

He is a conservative with some progressive ideas. One of the reasons he is a conservative is because he would have not allowed gambling to become the revenue raising law of the land. He is a progressive because he is willing to upset the apple cart of traditional state funding through a sales tax to replace property taxes.

I would rather shake up the tax system to increase state revenues than exploit the poor by promoting gambling. The very people who will be harmed by the increased and accessible gaming practices of Governor Rendell "Fast Eddie" will become the burdens of the state welfare system. The revenue gains from legalized gambling may look good in the short term while Mr. Rendell is still in office, but in the long term this motivates our citizens to cash in early on speculative risk rather than investing for the long haul.

I believe Sam Rohrer is the kind of candidate that will invest in the Commonwealth for the long haul and motivate our residents to invest foundational assets back into our economy. In my opinion, Pennsylvania’s most important asset is the hard work of its people. The kind of reform that the Rendell Administration has initiated will erode this work ethic that took 200 years to instill. It is time for Sam Rohrer to begin restoring what our state has lost and invest in a future that gives all Pennsylvanians a higher standard of living in the long term.

In addition to property tax reform, Sam will maximize our carbon based resources to make our residents productive again. In addition to human capitol two of our states vast resources are property and natural resources. As I have listened to Sam on the PCN Network. I believe he would maximize the use of three of these resources. Pennsylvania ranks 37th out of 50 states in economic rank. It ranks 6th place out of 50 in population.  The Commonwealth’s leadership must assume some responsibility for this ranking. Sam Rohrer is the kind of candidate who will take on special interests and upset the apple cart to bring the movement necessary to close the gap between our population ranking and our economic reality.