Study after study has underlined the importance of a stable, involved, two-parent family. We have come to the pathetic point in our society where we need commercials to tell us that fathers are important. We try to fill the gap left from broken homes with mentors and big brothers and sisters and yet when our students are failing we rarely give a serious and in depth look at the most influential cause of student success or failure, the student's family. If we truly care for our children, we must recognize and address the breakdown of the American family. Never did I think that I would see that little seedling pine grow into a huge tree.
Trees are one of the world's greatest renewable resources.
The wood can be used for heating in steam boilers to produce power, buildings of all types, preventing soil erosion, wood shavings for animal litter, for nutrients and weed suppressors around plants and vegetables. Many wood products are derived from the whole. There are acres of vacant land throughout the United States that could and should be planted with this renewable resources for the sake of future generations. I work for a major department store and am in commission sales. I make my living by selling customers the products they want and hope they are satisfied with the customer service they receive from the company and me.