LESSON

A lesson that should be taught in all schools and colleges. Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks. 'Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?' She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me what you have done to earn the right to sit at a desk.' They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said. 'Maybe it's our behavior. ' She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.' And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms. Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the desk-less classroom, Martha Cothren s aid, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.' At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the w all. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned. Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.' By the way, this is a true story. Please consider passing this along so others won't forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by U. S. Veterans. http://www.snopes.com/glurge/nodesks.asp FREEDOM IS NOT FREE - IF YOU LOVE YOUR FREEDOM THANK A VET - OR BETTER YET VOTE FOR ONE

Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolina mountain man, was drafted by the Army. On his first day in basic training, the Army issued him a comb. That afternoon the Army barber sheared off all his hair. On his second day, the Army issued Herman a toothbrush. That afternoon the Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth. On the third day, the Army issued him a jock strap. The Army has been looking for Herman for 51 years.

With fewer than 50 days until Election Day, Americans need to know exactly where each candidate stands on clean energy and global warming.

At next week's first debate and the ones that follow, it's up to the debate moderators to press the candidates for jargon-free, specific answers for how each plans to combat our nation's energy crisis and stop the effects of global warming.

The moderators must hear from you.

Urge them to ask hard questions about the candidates' plans for our clean energy future.

We witnessed history this summer. $4 gas forced us to confront the hard truth that the era of cheap oil is over. The only way to free ourselves from expensive oil is to end our oil dependency.

We are also seeing a near record sea ice melt in the Arctic—the amount of ice at summer's end this year will be near last year's total, which was 23% lower than the previous record in 2005.

Further, many regions of the country are recovering from devastating wildfires, floods, and hurricanes that have been exacerbated by rising global temperatures.

There are many important issues facing our nation during this election. And clean energy and global warming must be at the forefront of the debate.

Take action today and send the debate moderators a loud and clear message.

We'l send your message to:

• Jim Lehrer of PBS -- moderating on September 26 in Oxford, Mississippi
• Gwen Ifill of PBS -- moderating the Vice Presidential debate on October 2 in St. Louis, Missouri
• Tom Brokaw of NBC -- moderating on October 7 in Nashville, Tennessee
• Bob Schieffer of CBS -- moderating on October 15 in Hempstead, New York

We are hopeful that a new President will bring renewed leadership and political will to begin solving the energy and pollution crisis facing our country.

You can help make sure Americans have the best information possible to make this important decision.

Sincerely,
Sam Parry
Director Online Membership

P.S. After you take action, please spread the word to your friends and family. Just email them this link: http://action.edf.org/campaign/globalwarming_debate

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