bugly
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Shouldn't we just ban stupidity instead? :exclaim:
Shouldn't we just ban stupidity instead? :exclaim:
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My son took a gun to school yesterday...
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Walleye
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rugergirl wrote:
:uhoh:
</smartass mode OFF>
rugergirl wrote:
I feel personally insulted by that remark. Them there are fightin' words, ma'am!
:uhoh:
</smartass mode OFF>
SteveInAshand
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(((( this is BABY GLOCK a Female NOT Steve replying here, She forgot to log out and log back in:? )))
I loved your response!
It is hard to put all your thoughts down as fast as they come!
I do totally agree with you.
Both parents should teach their children. It is just that children do not have a parent home with them as most families have both parents work. So sad...
It is better to be broke and do the right thing for your kids than to have creature conforts...
I have 2 boys--18 and 15, and I have been divorced (he loves to have girlfriends) for 15 years. It has been very difficult on me and them. I home schooled them 1 and 3 years and it was very helpful to them to know that their mother understood what is happening in the school system.
If I had my choice, they would never have gone to school at all. Just a reminder that many (perhaps most), of our great minds and inventors were home schooled--Edison, Morconi, a lot of our forefathers were as well. The school system is famously known to dumb down children's genius abilities.
I loved homeschooling my kids! It was a great education for me and lifesaving for them.
I did this without any child support and working as a waitress. It was difficult, but I would not have done it any other way.
Does anybody have a response to this?
BabyGlock
(((( this is BABY GLOCK a Female NOT Steve replying here, She forgot to log out and log back in:? )))
I loved your response!
It is hard to put all your thoughts down as fast as they come!
I do totally agree with you.
Both parents should teach their children. It is just that children do not have a parent home with them as most families have both parents work. So sad...
It is better to be broke and do the right thing for your kids than to have creature conforts...
I have 2 boys--18 and 15, and I have been divorced (he loves to have girlfriends) for 15 years. It has been very difficult on me and them. I home schooled them 1 and 3 years and it was very helpful to them to know that their mother understood what is happening in the school system.
If I had my choice, they would never have gone to school at all. Just a reminder that many (perhaps most), of our great minds and inventors were home schooled--Edison, Morconi, a lot of our forefathers were as well. The school system is famously known to dumb down children's genius abilities.
I loved homeschooling my kids! It was a great education for me and lifesaving for them.
I did this without any child support and working as a waitress. It was difficult, but I would not have done it any other way.
Does anybody have a response to this?
BabyGlock
SteveInAshand
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(((this is BabyGlock replying here not Steve I had to edit because of redundancy ))))
(((this is BabyGlock replying here not Steve I had to edit because of redundancy ))))
SteveInAshand
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SteveInAshand: I sure you haven't spent much time on forums. But a rule of etiquette, don't post 3 replies in a row. Thank you.
On the debate of homeschooling, for the love of god, please don't do it. It's not hard to see the difference between a homeschooled child, and those that went to public/private schools. They develop differently socially and many other aspects. There are things that kids will teach each other, that you don't condemn, but learned as a kid also. And whats wrong with hearing two sides of a argument?
For those who said public schools are trying to teach kids to be socialists/communists, wow I hope you don't teach any human being. The hypocracy (sp?) behind that statment is..... I can't even think of a word. Teaching a human one belief, and telling them, that all others (public schools) are wrong, is socialism. But giving them the freedom of listening to both sides of the story, then making their own decision, thats freedom. Teach your morals to your child when out of school, in the end they will most likely make the right decision.
And have you ever stopped to thought, that some of your teachings might be wrong?
SteveInAshand: I sure you haven't spent much time on forums. But a rule of etiquette, don't post 3 replies in a row. Thank you.
On the debate of homeschooling, for the love of god, please don't do it. It's not hard to see the difference between a homeschooled child, and those that went to public/private schools. They develop differently socially and many other aspects. There are things that kids will teach each other, that you don't condemn, but learned as a kid also. And whats wrong with hearing two sides of a argument?
For those who said public schools are trying to teach kids to be socialists/communists, wow I hope you don't teach any human being. The hypocracy (sp?) behind that statment is..... I can't even think of a word. Teaching a human one belief, and telling them, that all others (public schools) are wrong, is socialism. But giving them the freedom of listening to both sides of the story, then making their own decision, thats freedom. Teach your morals to your child when out of school, in the end they will most likely make the right decision.
And have you ever stopped to thought, that some of your teachings might be wrong?
rugergirl
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Walleye wrote:
No insult intended, and for eating walleye are my favorite. But pound for pound it's pretty hard to beat the fight of smallmouth, especially on ultralight gear. Around these parts come May and the catch and release season for smallies a 100 fish day isn't uncommon when they are on their beds. In 6-8 feet of crystal clear water, it makes for some awesome sight fishing.
I have tried jigging the river for the eyes but for some reason they fear me too much
Walleye wrote:
rugergirl wrote:I feel personally insulted by that remark. Them there are fightin' words, ma'am!
:uhoh:
</smartass mode OFF>
No insult intended, and for eating walleye are my favorite. But pound for pound it's pretty hard to beat the fight of smallmouth, especially on ultralight gear. Around these parts come May and the catch and release season for smallies a 100 fish day isn't uncommon when they are on their beds. In 6-8 feet of crystal clear water, it makes for some awesome sight fishing.
I have tried jigging the river for the eyes but for some reason they fear me too much
Hawkflyer
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impulse418 wrote:
+1, but if you must post so many in a row, please quote the person you are responding to so we can tell what you are talking about.
impulse418 wrote:
+1, but if you must post so many in a row, please quote the person you are responding to so we can tell what you are talking about.
BabyGlock
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double posted...
double posted...
BabyGlock
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babyglock here,
I accidentally posted with steve in ashland's address instead of my own and it was the first time I have responded to a response of mine!
Sorry!
babyglock here,
I accidentally posted with steve in ashland's address instead of my own and it was the first time I have responded to a response of mine!
Sorry!
BabyGlock
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If you want your wife to rule the roost, then that is fine.
If you want your wife to rule the roost, then that is fine.
BabyGlock
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Shut up and drink another beer with Homer....
Shut up and drink another beer with Homer....
JonathanH
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Personally I would home school but I maybe biased. I home school my children(the wife helps also and the children also help by teaching each other.) I decided to go the home schooling route because of the poor quality of education out there. I want my children to learn to learn and think not learn to memorize and repeat.
I would make an issue out of this myself and explain to my child why I was doing what I was doing and why it is important to do that action. Ask your child what he thinks should happen and how he wants to solve this problem. Also it would be good if you could get the teacher to explain her actions to your son and why she feels it is important to do what she does. All actions should start with a justifiable thought of reason. If they are not then they are illogical in nature and should be stopped.
Personally I would home school but I maybe biased. I home school my children(the wife helps also and the children also help by teaching each other.) I decided to go the home schooling route because of the poor quality of education out there. I want my children to learn to learn and think not learn to memorize and repeat.
I would make an issue out of this myself and explain to my child why I was doing what I was doing and why it is important to do that action. Ask your child what he thinks should happen and how he wants to solve this problem. Also it would be good if you could get the teacher to explain her actions to your son and why she feels it is important to do what she does. All actions should start with a justifiable thought of reason. If they are not then they are illogical in nature and should be stopped.
Walleye
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rugergirl wrote:
rugergirl wrote:
I actually haven't gone fishing in years - I used to catch bluegills with my grandfather and use them as bait for catfish. Catfish are the only kind of fish my grandfather will eat. :lol:
No insult intended, and for eating walleye are my favorite. But pound for pound it's pretty hard to beat the fight of smallmouth, especially on ultralight gear. Around these parts come May and the catch and release season for smallies a 100 fish day isn't uncommon when they are on their beds. In 6-8 feet of crystal clear water, it makes for some awesome sight fishing.
I have tried jigging the river for the eyes but for some reason they fear me too much
rugergirl
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Walleye wrote:
Now that we have hi-jacked the thread I'll get back on topic.
Today being inauguartion day, I have avoided any TV and radio coverage of the event, mainly because I'm sick and tired of hearing about it for the last week.
My daughter comes home from school and tells me it was on TV in every classroom all day long. She didn't really care to see or hear it either. Had I known it would have been the subject du jour all day long I would have kept her home. Not once since she started school have they had news coverage of any other event political or otherwise, but for some reason they saw fit to jam this down the throat of the students.
GRRR!!!
Walleye wrote:
Yikes, it's been since early November since I've been out and waiting for ice-out is making me somewhat crazy.rugergirl wrote:I actually haven't gone fishing in years - I used to catch bluegills with my grandfather and use them as bait for catfish. Catfish are the only kind of fish my grandfather will eat. :lol:
No insult intended, and for eating walleye are my favorite. But pound for pound it's pretty hard to beat the fight of smallmouth, especially on ultralight gear. Around these parts come May and the catch and release season for smallies a 100 fish day isn't uncommon when they are on their beds. In 6-8 feet of crystal clear water, it makes for some awesome sight fishing.
I have tried jigging the river for the eyes but for some reason they fear me too much
Now that we have hi-jacked the thread I'll get back on topic.
Today being inauguartion day, I have avoided any TV and radio coverage of the event, mainly because I'm sick and tired of hearing about it for the last week.
My daughter comes home from school and tells me it was on TV in every classroom all day long. She didn't really care to see or hear it either. Had I known it would have been the subject du jour all day long I would have kept her home. Not once since she started school have they had news coverage of any other event political or otherwise, but for some reason they saw fit to jam this down the throat of the students.
GRRR!!!
.40 Cal
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We had a snow day here in Charlotte, and the comparison of cold day in hell and the inauguration of Obama kept running through my head. I took my family to eat lunch at a local steakhouse, and they had it on every TV in the place. I took the opportunity to teach my son about socialism and why his grandfather moved away from Cuba when he was a little boy. I hope he goes back in tomorrow and shares what his dear sweet dad imparted upon him during this "historic" event. I missed Obama's speech because I thought mine to my son was more important.
edited for spelling (no peaches in speeches)
We had a snow day here in Charlotte, and the comparison of cold day in hell and the inauguration of Obama kept running through my head. I took my family to eat lunch at a local steakhouse, and they had it on every TV in the place. I took the opportunity to teach my son about socialism and why his grandfather moved away from Cuba when he was a little boy. I hope he goes back in tomorrow and shares what his dear sweet dad imparted upon him during this "historic" event. I missed Obama's speech because I thought mine to my son was more important.
edited for spelling (no peaches in speeches)
Pamiam
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.40 Cal wrote:
Publish it and name names.
We gave our public school system (and a private school as well) every chance and every opportunity in the early years. They failed us miserably at every turn, so we homeschooled. It's really too long of a story to type here. I should have blogged it, but I was too busy homeschooling and all.
He's a HS freshman now, and frankly the school system offers him far more opportunities at this stage than we can. We aren't talking numbers, shapes, colors and abc's anymore.
I regret that we didn't stay in the system and fight it in the public eye.
If I had it to do all over again, I would have bought a domain name, wired him, and published every moment.
.40 Cal wrote:
Take a look at this. My 4 year old had to bring things that start with the letter G to his preschool. I said take that, not knowing that they had a no toy gun rule. My wife explained the rule to me, and I assumed that since this didn't even look like a firearm it would OK. WRONG! My little boy came home with a letter from the teachers telling us that Ryan continues to make toy guns out of LEGOS and play cops and robbers, and this makes the other sheep in the class feel threatened.
Really? So they're telling me that the police are a bad influence? Now my son doesn't want to go back to school because he's afraid he's going to get in trouble. All this over a pop gun. And I actually pay several hundred dollars a month for him to go there. Now I'll have to stare that nose ring wearing, Birkenstock sporting, ideallistic little bitch of a teacher that he has in her smug face every time I take him, and I'll know that se made my son hate going to school.
What would you guys do?
Publish it and name names.
We gave our public school system (and a private school as well) every chance and every opportunity in the early years. They failed us miserably at every turn, so we homeschooled. It's really too long of a story to type here. I should have blogged it, but I was too busy homeschooling and all.
He's a HS freshman now, and frankly the school system offers him far more opportunities at this stage than we can. We aren't talking numbers, shapes, colors and abc's anymore.
I regret that we didn't stay in the system and fight it in the public eye.
If I had it to do all over again, I would have bought a domain name, wired him, and published every moment.
SteveInAshand
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.40 Cal wrote:
.40 Cal wrote:
Very cool, You and Your Dad are the real Americans who appreciate what we have here.
shad0wfax
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.40 Cal wrote:
If the normal channels don't work, resort to dirty tactics:
File a complaint against the teacher on the basis that her nose-ring is distracting your son and hindering his ability to learn. Mention that the Nath (nose ring in Hindi culture) is not simply an object of beautification, but of function: to enhance sexual stimuli and the chance of pregnancy.
Who cares if you're not Hindi and neither is your son. Give her a taste of her own idealistic medicine when it comes to meddling in other peoples lifestyle choices. Tell the school officials that every time your son sees her nose ring the only thought in his mind is why Mrs ____ (or Miss ____) wants to make babies.
Sure, it's purely vindictive and it won't accomplish anything constructive, but who cares?
.40 Cal wrote:
I'd try complaining to the principle and the board who controls the school's policies about the way the teacher is trying to stifle your son's ability to play games and socialize with other children.
If the normal channels don't work, resort to dirty tactics:
File a complaint against the teacher on the basis that her nose-ring is distracting your son and hindering his ability to learn. Mention that the Nath (nose ring in Hindi culture) is not simply an object of beautification, but of function: to enhance sexual stimuli and the chance of pregnancy.
Who cares if you're not Hindi and neither is your son. Give her a taste of her own idealistic medicine when it comes to meddling in other peoples lifestyle choices. Tell the school officials that every time your son sees her nose ring the only thought in his mind is why Mrs ____ (or Miss ____) wants to make babies.
Sure, it's purely vindictive and it won't accomplish anything constructive, but who cares?
KansasMustang
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rds801 wrote:
rds801 wrote:
Uh, no offense you're just a pup, LOL I'm ancient. When I was in 1st grade the series about "The Swamp Fox" was on the TV. One of the Heroes of the Revolution. We not only made and played with toy swords and muskets, it was encouraged and the teachers taught us who and what the Revolutionary war was about. That kind of activity would probably land not only us in Juvenile Detention, but the teachers in prison in this day and age.