Senators who listen will get things done

A TV ad told you not to vote for a candidate because that candidate admires the president's ability to work with people in both parties. What am I missing? Isn't this exactly the kind of person we want in politics?

Perhaps our No. 1 criterion for our vote would be the old kindergarten adage "works well and plays well with others." The cornerstone of my teaching has always been cooperative grouping. Students as young as kindergarten were taught to listen respectively to all members in their group, discuss the issues, find common ground and come up with a solution.

I am offering my cooperative grouping skills to the United States Senate non gratis so they can get some work accomplished. The citizens of this country are truly fed up with the senators' reticence to move on issues because of their inability to listen to and respect one another.

I remember overhearing one of my fifth-grade students telling his group that they had only five minutes left to discuss an issue because they had a lot of work to get completed. From his lips to a senator's ear.

Susan Merle Hoerauf

Prospect Heights