Normally I don't like to nitpick news. But anytime anyone named Bush appears on the a news show, there usually are nits that just can't be ignored. Yesterday on the Today show, Jenna Bush talked about Dalton Sherman, a gifted young black boy with a talent for public speaking. Bush said that young Dalton inspired a teacher who was thinking about quitting her job not to quit. Really? Are you sure?
Don't get me wrong, Dalton's story is uplifting. In a country in which people would rather be in the casket than give the eulogy (Jerry Seinfeld's joke), and black men don't usually appear on game shows as contestants, it is inspiring to see a young little black boy front and center speaking to hundreds of people live and thousands on the Internet. But I'm having a hard time believing that one teacher decided to stay a teacher because of Dalton's speech. Did that teacher have a job lined up if she quit teaching? I seriously doubt it. If that teacher had quit her job, she would be faced with trouble at the unemployment office and serious difficulties paying her bills. Of course it's easier to sleep at night saying that her quitting was averted by something a young student said.
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