Why Pasco is really Ant Island

When life gets confusing, I often turn to Uncle Walt to help me sort out the facts.  Today the story of A Bugs Life speaks to me.

In the movie, Flik is a regular ant who just wants to help out.  Flik is you and me.

On Ant Island, all the ants work hard gathering food for the winter. The ants are all the parents and teachers of our great community.

Occasionally a few grasshoppers (who are much much bigger than the ants) come to ant island, bully the ants, and take their food. The grasshoppers claim they are doing this to "help" the ants.   The grasshoppers are the Booth building administrators.

The ants have leaders who try to help, but in the end they are scared of the grasshoppers too, and feel they have not power. These ant leaders are Pasco's principals.

Eventually Flick gets the idea to go find bigger bugs to help the ants fight back against the grasshoppers.  He goes to the big city and finds a group of warrior bugs to help.  These new bugs are the school board.

Unfortunately we soon learn that the warrior bugs are actually circus bugs, and they do not feel like there is anything they can do to stop the grasshoppers.


All hope seems lost. How can tiny little ants stand up to a group of giant grass hoppers?

Then something wonderful happens. The ants decide to fight anyway. They decide to stand up for each other even at the risk of being hurt by the grasshoppers. They realize they may not have much power individually, but they are very powerful together.

The ants fight the grasshoppers and win. Even the little baby ants do their part to stop the grasshoppers. The circus bugs who thought they had no power fight along side the ants and a new trust and alliance is formed.

The moral of the story?   We don't have to tolerate bullies. There is strength in numbers. We can win.
Parents and teachers of Pasco. Keep up the fight. We are right. We are many. And we will win.