I'm going to be brutally honest and say that you taking the position of the Secretary of Education for the United States scares me, Ms. DeVos. I am planning on being a middle or high school English teacher and graduating in 2019, even though I will barely have any time in the professional setting while you are in office, what you enforce could impact the education system for years to follow. What worries me the most is your lack of experience, Ms. Devos. You have never attended or sent your children to a public school, which troubles me because of many of the issues at public schools are not or not as prevalent at many private schools. Which brings me to my problem with you having no experience of actually working in a school district. It's scary to think that I have more experience through student teaching than you do, and you are nominated for the highest education position in the country, Ms. DeVos. You have no government experience as well, which is troubling because this position entails leading a team to improve the education system of our ENTIRE country.

I watched your hearing, Ms. DeVos, and I'm not going to lie, it was painful to watch. Ms. DeVos, you were not prepared for many of the questions and you did not answer them how you should have if you had the best interest of our education system in mind. I can't speak on your ideas of school choice and charter schools because I don't have experience with either, but I do know that many charter schools exclude students that don't fit the mold for the students that don't fit the school's criteria. Many charter schools are up and coming, and I will be interested to see how successful they are in preparing students for college and their careers, but the focus needs to be on the public school system too because not every student will have the opportunity to attend a charter school.

Let me tell you from my brief experience that our country has very diverse students: English language learners, students of different socioeconomic classes, students of different learning levels, students with behavioral disorders, students with special needs, students with disabilities, students who are limited to their opportunities simply because of the school district that they live in, students who are refugees, students who have PTSD, students who are a part of the LGBTQA community and students living with mental illness. Students of all walks of life depend on our public school system to assist them in getting the education that they deserve. Our diverse student population in our country is what makes us so great. We need to continue and improve supporting the students of our country so that each student has the opportunity to be successful, but unfortunately I don't think that the position of Secretary of Education is for you, Ms. DeVos because you don't have the best interest or experience to help every student in America.