Let’s relocate jaguars to Arizona before Trump builds his wall

responsibility in creating it.

However, as both a teacher and an administrator who supervised teachers over a 39-year career, I can’t help but see the flaw in the plan being put forth.

Teaching is both an art and a science; giving certificates to people who are knowledgeable in a particular subject area only addresses the science part of the equation.

Knowing one’s content is not the same as being able to transfer that knowledge to students. The art of teaching is in finding the numerous pathways that allow all students to learn, as well as in managing a classroom in a way conducive to learning.

I applaud the effort to address this issue, but also recognize that while this may put instructors in front of classrooms, it will not necessarily improve Arizona education in any meaningful way.

Only attracting and paying qualified teachers who actually chose this field, and truly want to teach, will do that.

— Chuck Rinaldi, Mesa

Kudos to the authors of “Bring home America’s big cat,” regarding the return of the jaguar to Arizona.

The decimation of Arizona’s jaguar population is an historic crime against nature that can and should be reversed. The restoration of this apex predator to its historic range here in Arizona would be an important milestone in repairing the harm we have inflicted on the Southwest’s ecosystem — proof that we have learned important lessons about living in harmony with our fellow creatures.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should initiate the translocation of female jaguars into our state before President Trump’s border wall makes their natural migration back to Arizona impossible.

In this instance, it is both possible and imperative to undo the mistakes of the past. Let’s get started. — Joseph Freeman,

Paradise Valley