For many men my age, professional wrestling was a centerpiece of our childhood entertainment. Many of us tuned in every Monday and would beg our parents to pay the $60 plus dollars once a month for the PPV events. We looked up to The Undertaker, The Rock and Stone-Cold Steve Austin. The wrestling’s scripted chaos was always unexpected, but no storyline in WWE could prepare us for what could happen with the president’s latest administration pick.
Linda McMahon, wife of former CEO Vince McMahon, is now set to lead the U.S. Department of Education as the pick for Secretary of Education. This entire thing feels like the make-believe storylines I grew up watching on WWE. For those of us who grew up watching the chaos of WWE, seeing someone with no prior education experience and whose fame is tied to the fact she was choke-slammed by a wrestler who served as a mayor in Tennessee shouldn’t be surprising. Linda McMahon, if confirmed, would go from the squared circle to shaping the nation’s education policy.
Like his first pick for secretary of education, the mold has been broken, and I wonder if our president-elect takes education seriously. I decided to show...
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