Profile Ideas

I was hoping to focus on one of two things, but within the same scope. I had an idea to do a profile on a woman I recognize from when I worked at a daycare. She is a single mother of 5 children and works a minimum wage job. All of her children are in day-care, which is very expensive. I would like to find out more about her, she always seemed very stressed but interesting. This woman represents the realities of many women today. Especially those living near or below the poverty line. This is important because our new president has spoken about changing government policies for needy families as well as the social working process.

If that doesn't work out, I would like to shadow a day care owner or Manager. Daycares are extremely expensive to run, and have little or no government support. Also, if a daycare can get enough money to run properly, than most parents cannot afford the price for adequate care. This means cutting corners, even if its not kosher. This could be child-teacher ratio's, supplies, food, etc. This is also important because Gov. Gregoire has also spoken about changing regulations in daycares and more funding for early education. The money to fund both of these ideas comes from tax-payers. Both of these story ideas are fairly underrepresented, and focus on early education is seldom. But it is important because people should care about their childrens' education, whether or not they are parents, because these children grow into adults that will run the country, and we should keep in check that they are actually learning.