Barb’s Burblings

There was a sweet article in the Post today about students in a 4th grade class sending nice notes to people who work at AIG. It’s really easy for people who’ve lost a lot of money to get mad at companies like AIG, but it’s gone a bit far. I mean, the teacher of the class in the story–who does a daily economics lesson in her school near Houston–wouldn’t give the name of the school because she was afraid people would be upset with her. And I don’t blame her. This whole downturn has been incredibly convoluted; I certainly have problems grasping what happened. So when people see that AIG has gotten a lot of money even after some, um, risky behavior, it’s really easy to blame them. And everyone who works there. Which just totally isn’t fair. For one thing, a lot of people who work there now had nothing to do with the problems before. And it’s not like everyone who worked there was doing something wrong. Seriously, this was just incredibly sweet. I mean, really:

The children adorned their messages with peace symbols and smiley faces, rainbows and vivid red hearts. “Hi AIG. Not all of USA hates you,” wrote one student. “We know you’re not villains,” wrote another. “Keep working hard, dudes! Keep eating your vegatabos!” advised a third.