Dan and Joel's School

Here are the inscriptions over the doors at Dan and Joel's elementary school. You can click on them to make them bigger. The north door says
"Education is Paramount to Good Citizenship"
and the south door says
"An Education is the Birthright of Every Child".

Learning new things (becoming educated) is fun and also important. Sometimes you need to work hard to learn them. The north door gives a good reason to get an education. You need to learn a lot in order to make good decisions. This is true if you are a child who will one day vote for the president and is also true for the president him or herself. To become a good citizen you need to get an education.

The south door says that every child has the right to get an education. No matter who your parents are, what your race or your religion, how much money you have, or whether you are a girl or a boy, you have the right to go to school.