Othisha baseWest Virginia babuyele ekilasini ngoLwesine olwedlule ngemuva kwesiteleka sezinsuku ezingu-13 bekhala ngamaholo amancane kanye nemihlomulo yezempilo engeyinhle. UMbusi uJim Justice uvumile ukuthi amaholo anyuswe ngamaphesenti amahlanu, okuyisixazululo esibucayi esifundazweni esikleliswe ezifundazweni ezingama-5 kwezingama-48 ezinxephezelweni zothisha.
Kodwa-ke, othisha nabahleli bahlukene ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokuthi isiteleka sisheshe saphela, ngaphandle kwesinqumo sokuthi izolungiswa kanjani kabusha i-Public Employees Insurance Agency, okuyimali ekhokhelwa yona ephezulu kanye nokulinganiselwa kwayo okungalimazi othisha kuphela, kodwa nezinye izisebenzi zesikole kanye nasebethathe umhlalaphansi iPEIA. iyona kuphela inketho yokuthola usizo lwezempilo. Abanye bayazibuza ukuthi kufanele yini basateleke, kuyilapho abanye bakholelwa ukuthi umphumela wokukhushulwa kweholo, ukuzimisela kukathisha kanye nokwesekwa komphakathi kwesiteleka kunikeza incwadi yokudlala yama-Democrats anethemba lokushintsha i-West Virginia nezinye izifundazwe ezibomvu zibe luhlaza ngoNovemba.
U-Edwina Howard-Jack, uthisha we-Dual Credit and Speech webanga le-12 e-Buckhannon-Upshur High School e-Buckhannon, e-West Virginia, uphakathi kwalabo abangagculisekile ngokunyuswa kwamaholo kwesishayamthetho saseWest Virginia ngamaphesenti amahlanu, kanye nomsebenzi. ukuphoqa ukufunda, kodwa akukho ukuthuthukiswa komthetho we-PEIA. "Ngidumele kakhulu futhi nginomuzwa wokuthi kube yiphutha ukuthi sibuyele emuva namuhla ngaphandle kwesinqumo se-PEIA," utshele i-AlterNet ngosuku lwakhe lokuqala ebuyile. "Asizange sicele ithimba labasebenzi."
โSisenabathile asebethathe umhlalaphansi ababema nathi nsuku zonke abangatholanga lutho ngokwenza lokho,โ kuqhuba yena, ebhekise kothisha asebethathe umhlalaphansi kanye nabanye abasebenzi besikole. โUkunyuselwa amaholo akubasizi ngalutho. Umngane wami, uKathy, kusafanele asebenze imisebenzi emibili ngesikhathi ethatha umhlalaphansi ukuze akhokhele izinzuzo zakhe. Bafuna sithembe lo hulumeni, ngesethembiso. Asazi [asazi] ukuthi uxhaso lwemali luza kuphi ukuze kukhushulwe noma kulungiswe i-PEIA noma imininingwane ethile [yeqembu lomsebenzi].โ
Noma kunjalo, uziqhenya kakhulu ngalokho yena nozakwabo abakwenzile. Phela, u-Howard-Jack akazange alindele ukuthi akhulume ngokufaneleka kweqembu le-PEIA, ingasaphathwa eyokushaya kwasekuqaleni.
Ngesikhathi ozakwabo bephikisana ngokuthi angayi yini isiteleka, u-Howard-Jack akazange acabange ukuthi uzongenela. Ubesanda kubuyela ekufundiseni ekilasini ngemuva kweminyaka emine esebenza eMnyangweni Wezemfundo waseWest Virginia kanye naseWest Virginia Wesleyan College, futhi "bengingenaso isiqiniseko sokuthi sizoba nomfutho ngempela," etshela i-AlterNet. Njengoba u-2017 uqhubeka, nokho, โBengilokhu ngizwa kothisha abahlukene ukuthi badonsa kanzima kangakanani. Kwangiphula inhliziyo ukuzwa izindaba zabo.โ
Wabe esethola iholo lakhe lokuqala ngemva kokubuyela ekilasini, futhi โNgacabanga ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle. Iholo lami lalincane kunangesikhathi ngihamba.โ Ngemva kwalokho, uthi, โNgangikulungele ngokuphelele ukulwa. Ngabhala i-op-ed ebizwa ngokuthi 'I-Battle Cry ye-Redneck Revolution. 'โ
Usebenzise amakhono awathole emsebenzini wakhe njengomqondisi ongumsunguli nosihlalo wamaqembu amabili ezishoshovu, i-Upshur Indivisible kanye ne-Upshur County Indivisible-Votes. โNgathola ukwesekwa amaqembu ngokusingatha imibuthano yokuqala yokuqala ukuze othisha bajwayele ukubhikishaโฆNgachitha izinsuku namahora angapheli ngicula futhi ngimemeza iminyango evaliwe ngaphandle kweSigele e-State Capitol. Ngangiphatha futhi ngibonise nsuku zonke isibhengezo esikhulu esithi, โMake โem Pay ngoMeyi,โ ukuze ungeze ingcindezi futhi ngithole ukunakwa kwemidiya, nakho okwengeza ingcindezi. Ngisebenzise inkundla yezokuxhumana njengethuluzi lokuhlangana, ukwabelana nokwazisa. Kwakukhandla. I-Charleston ingihamba amahora amabili ukuya nokubuya.โ
Umbuthano omningi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ubugxile eqenjini eliyimfihlo likaFacebook elaqalwa ngo-2017 ngothisha ababili abakhathazekile ngezinkinga eziholele esitelekeni. Kwakunamalungu angama-50 kuphela eqembu lapho uRyan Frankenberry, umqondisi omkhulu weWest Virginia Working Families Party kanye nowayengumgqugquzeli wezabasebenzi negatsha laseWest Virginia le-American Federation of Teachers, ethintwa amalungu eqembu ukuze athole iseluleko mayelana nendlela yokuxoxisana. nge-PEIA.
Iqembu le-Facebook, u-Frankenberry wachaza, โlinikeze indawo lapho i-geography ingenandaba, ngoba izwe lethu lisabalele kakhulu. Akunandaba ukuthi [sasiyini] isihloko sakho noma ukuthi unesipiliyoni seminyaka emingaki.โ
Lapho ubulungu beqembu bukhula, ababambiqhaza babazi ukuthi kufanele bathathe izinyathelo ngokuhlanganyela, kodwa isiteleka sabonakala njengephupho eliphelele lesifunda esinelungelo lokusebenza, lapho izinyunyana zivinjelwe khona ekuqoqweni kwentela ukuze kuxoxiswane ngokuhlanganyela. UFrankenberry utshele i-AlterNet ukuthi ngesikhathi ilungu leqembu limthinta ukuze lithole iseluleko, lathi, โKusobala ukuthi ngeke sikwazi ukushaya. Ngathi, kusobala ukuthi singakwazi.โ
Phela uqhube wathi, โngesikhathi sami nenyunyana, ngangihlale nginemibuzo, kungani singashayi? Kuye kwaba khona [lowo muzwa] ovela ezingxenyeni ezihlukahlukene zombuso nothisha.โ
Othisha baseWest Virginia bagcina ukuteleka ngo-1990, futhi nakuba kwakungakabikho izwe lonke (futhi iWest Virginia yayingakabi yizwe okuthiwa lilungele ukusebenza), izinkumbulo zaso zazisezintsha kwabanye abafundi. abahlanganyeli abadala.
U-Howard-Jack wayengakabi uthisha ngo-1990, futhi ngenkathi ekhumbula isiteleka, wayegxile kakhulu ekuhlaleni esiqaphile lesi. Wayengakhumbuli ukuthi wayekhathele kangakanani, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, ekhuthazekile. โBekukuningi okumelwe kwenziwe futhi singekho isikhathi sokuphumula,โ ekhumbula.
โImisipha yami yaba buhlungu kwaze kwaba nzima ukuthi ngibuyele enhlokodolobha ngolunye usuku, kodwa ngezwa nginomthwalo wemfanelo nokuzibophezela ukwenza konke engingakwenza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izicelo zothisha ziyahlonishwa ngoba (thina) ubeke okuningi emgqeni ukuze kwenzeke."
Wathola amandla kothisha akanye nabo kanye nezinkumbulo zeziteleka zesikhathi esidlule zabavukuzi bamalahle. โUbumbano nomuzwa wokuzimisela, umoya wokulwa kanye nomusa wothisha engikanye nabo kwakuthinta inhliziyo futhi kunginika amandla; Angisoze ngakukhohlwa. Isikhumbuzo sokuthi singobani njengombuso, lokho okhokho bethu abakulwela futhi bakufela eBlair Mountain okwakufanekiselwa ukugqokwa kwamabhandena abomvu, siqoshwe njalo enkumbulweni yami.โ
Abafundi bakhe nabo bamnike ithemba. Nakuba abanye abafundi nabazali bekhathazekile ngomthelela wokulahleka kwesikhathi sasekilasini kanye nemidlalo egejiwe, u-Howard-Jack ukholelwa ukuthi bafunde okuthile ngokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuzimela, nokuhlanganyela ngokomphakathi: โSinikeze isifundo esibalulekile ekumeleleni umbuso. lokho okholelwa kukho futhi ukwenza kanjalo ngesizotha nothando. Lesi sifundo sasingafundiswa ekilasini kodwa emphakathini. Sathi kubo, nani ningakwenza lokhu, futhi kufanele. Kuyilungelo lakho kanye nesibopho sakho ukuthi ubambe iqhaza ngentando yeningi yethu.โ
Bekukhona nokwesekwa okuvela kubuholi besifunda sesikole sakhe. โUnsumpa wethu nabaphathi besikole basisekela futhi bema nathiโฆ Bathi kithi nakwabanye, asikho thina nabo, othisha nabaphathi; Izikole zase-Upshur County zikodwa.โ
Umphakathi jikelele, abazali kanye nabangebona abazali nabo bebejabule kakhulu ngalesi siteleka. Njengoba u-Howard-Jack echaza, โSithole ukwesekwa okumangalisayo okuvela kubantu abaningi kanye nabafundi bethu. Izitolo nabantu ngabanye balethe ukudla, abeluleki baqhubeka nokugcwalisa ojosaka ngokudla, ngosizo lomphakathi, izimoto zihalaliselwa ukwesekwa. Lokhu bekubalulekile nakubafundi ukuthi bafakaze, ngiyakholwa.โ
โNgama ngokuziqhenya kanye nothisha engikanye nabo ekulweni nenkohlakalo nobugovu njengoba kwenza okhokho bethu ababemba amalahle ngaphambi kwethu. Manje ngiziqhenya kakhulu kunangaphambili ngokuba uMenzi wezintaba ovela eNtshonalanga-kankulunkulu waseVirginia.โ
UFrankenberry ukholelwa ukuthi lo mfutho, lokhu kuzigqaja ngokulwela amalungelo abasebenzi, kungaholela ekuzuzeni inqubekelaphambili enkulu eWest Virginia futhi ngethemba ukuthi kuzokwehlisa ukwesaba kwalabo abakhathazekile ngokuntuleka kwentuthuko ye-PEIA, ngoba, โkonke esasikulwela ngesikhathi isiteleka besiyinani eliqhubekayo,โ kanye โnesikhumbuzo sefa lenyunyana yaseWest Virginia.โ
Ucabanga ukuthi isishayamthetho sezwe, ngokugwema izingxoxo zokusebenzisa intela yegesi yemvelo eningi eNtshonalanga Virginia ukuze sikhokhele usizo lwezempilo olungcono, โsenze umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wokuzibonakalisa emphakathini ngendlela embi kakhulu engingayichaza. Iqiniso liwukuthi, banokuza kuqala okuhlukile kunalokho esikholelwa ukuthi wonke umbuso unakho. โ
โLapho bebuza ukuthi โsizoyikhokhela kanjaniโ [imali eyengeziwe ye-PEIA] ngokushesha sakhomba igesi yemvelo. Asiyikhokhisi intela emazingeni okufanele sibe ngawo.โ
โLokhu kuzoba wudaba lomkhankaso,โ kuqhubeka uFrankenberry. "Badale ithimba elizoxoxa nge-PEIA, futhi lelo yithuba lokuhlela." Ukholelwa ukuthi abavoti baseWest Virginia "bathunyelelwe imiyalezo yizinkampani ezimbi ngempela nabeluleki bezepolitiki," abachithe "izigidi ngezinqubomgomo ezimelene nezabasebenzi kanye nenqubekelaphambili."
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, "uma unikeza ithuba lokubuza imibuzo nokusebenzisana nezinto, abantu bayafika."
UFrankenberry ukholelwa ukuthi othisha baqede isiteleka ngesikhathi esifanele, ukuthi impi yokulungisa i-PEIA kanye nokufuna ukuthi ikhokhwe ngemali yegesi yemvelo, kuyisisekelo lapho abathuthukile bengakhela phezu kwaso umyalezo wezomnotho ozonqoba ukhetho: โSizokwenza njalo. shintsha iWest Virginia,โ kusho yena. "Sizoba noNovemba omangalisayo."
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