SSG Fabian M. Indalecio who is now in Balad, Iraq is fighting to preserve my freedoms and I truly thank him for that. I pray all the time for the safe return of all American soldiers who have pledged to pay the ultimate cost if necessary for my freedoms and others. But freedom is just that\u2014FREE and unsensored except by law\u2014not by man, soldiers, boards, or governments. So if you truly RESPECT my freedoms SSG Fabian M. Indalecio, please, don\u2019t complain about them and try to dictate to me how to use them\u2014they are my freedoms to do with as I PLEASE\u2014not to please you.<\/p>\n
Although I\u2019m not surprised, I find it very disappointing and disturbing to see a person in the military literally attack and dictate my free speech rights when he is fighting for my free speech, which is indeed an oxymoron. I can only pray that you will one day understand the obvious \u201cmalafunction\u201d of your request. But it\u2019s obvious you did the math and realized there is reason for serious concerns or the \u201cdrama\u201d you experience and you had to blame someone.<\/p>\n
You really need to understand SSG Fabian M. Indalecio that NCLB Act was implemented FIVE years ago and we have only seven months to go to meet the 100-percent requirement. But you want everyone to think everything is OK when a blind man can see it\u2019s NOT! NCLB requires 100 percent and we \u201cadmittedly\u201d don\u2019t have a plan for 100 percent when we are preparing for a system that will have a minimum of 20 percent substitute teachers. How can we justify to the feds we have 100 percent when we only have 80 percent (if that much) is the question. SSG Fabian M. Indalecio should have been trying to answer, like I was trying to do. I hope you can understand that I\u2019m just doing my job by reporting the facts and I\u2019m not happy about the numbers either. But the facts are what we (the board, me included) must deal with and be accountable for our actions\u2014not make misleading statements and pretend a problem doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n
SSG Fabian M. Indalecio, your belief that our board is \u201cperfect and infallible\u201d is indeed the true source of the problem you have with me and reality. I beg to remind you to look at the finest example we have in government of this phenomenon of \u201cme being right and the board being wrong\u201d by counting the number of Supreme Court rulings that have been struck down because they were wrong. Most of these Supreme Court rulings that were overturned had at least \u201cone\u201d dissenting opinion that proved to be RIGHT over time\u2014so I can be right and the board can be wrong. The board is made up of people that make mistakes and you need to know SSG Fabian M. Indalecio the board, which I\u2019m apart of, are only the guardians of education\u2014not gods of education. I believe that I\u2019m right based on the facts that don\u2019t lie and your displeasure of me being right and the board being wrong was more than you could take, which was very obvious in your letter.<\/p>\n
As for your request for diplomacy, please note that diplomacy can ONLY be dictated by the \u201cpowers that be,\u201d and I don\u2019t have any real power on the board and it\u2019s not about \u201cwhat I want done but what we (the board) must do.\u201d I suggest you make this plea for better diplomatic relations to the powers that be\u2014not me because I\u2019m doing my best to be diplomatic but I don\u2019t have any power to dictate the style of the board\u2019s working relationships. But if you have so much faith in the board, then you should rest assured things will be OK on the board and allow me to continue to \u201cfreely\u201d speak up for teachers and for education improvements in the CNMI. So SSG Fabian M. Indalecio, please don\u2019t worry about things here, keep focused and keep yourself safe in the fight for our freedoms and the people of Iraq. You can also be rest assured \u201cmy brother\u201d that I will be praying for you and the rest of the troops\u2019 safe return. May God bless you and your family.<\/p>\n
Ambrose Bennett
\nKagman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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