puplic schools

[Newt]

Cute or Creepy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtGrp5MbzAI

[cris axtell/coal hill ken]

Creepy

[Newt]

Fast FORWARD a few years. Obama has put on several pounds.

The Idi Amin Dadal song! Just sing along but use "Barry Obama" in place of Idi Amin. It gives new meaning to the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph6IpYBc_JA

[S.R.Patch]

I have a number of family members that have and are dedicating their lives to teaching kids. I worry the hatred displayed by adults and parents is having upon the children. I'm expecting more violence and disruption in the schools and classrooms from the carry-over.
Please pray for our schools and children. I worry for the safety of the teachers and innocent children. My wife, daughter and daughter-in law are all there in the trenches.
Who would have ever thought, a noble cause such as teaching children would ever have become such a risk taking endeavor...

[Newt]

Teaching and Nursing are two careers that I would never recommend to young people. Teaching, as you mentioned, is getting more dangerous every day. Its a thankless job. Did you notice the Secretary of Education took a swipe at angry suburban white mothers, the other day. They pretend they want parents involved in education and the ones who are concerned draw the ire of a pompous appointed bureaucrat. My daughter in law is also a teacher. The parents who gave her problems were the ones who never showed until their little monster got in trouble then they come to school wanting to whip the teacher.
In nursing, you deal with the threatening students after they leave school and start overdosing. They are labeled, "Frequent Fliers" at the medical centers because they come in on a monthly schedule. Check out the Emergency rooms on a weekend.

[cris axtell/coal hill ken]

Emergency rooms no longer pass out narcotic meds. When people find this out they get mad and violent. We just had one guy stab a receptionist in the the neck on his way out after being refused narcotics. What that video showed was not teaching it was brain washing.

[Pine Lakes]

I have a number of family members that have and are dedicating their lives to teaching kids. I worry the hatred displayed by adults and parents is having upon the children. I'm expecting more violence and disruption in the schools and classrooms from the carry-over.
Please pray for our schools and children. I worry for the safety of the teachers and innocent children. My wife, daughter and daughter-in law are all there in the trenches.
Who would have ever thought, a noble cause such as teaching children would ever have become such a risk taking endeavor...

Patch, I think you and I disagree on many political issues, but I couldn't agree more with you in this case. My wife taught for 17 years before becoming the middle school guidance counselor. Not only am I concerned with her safety, but also some of the things she must do to prevent lawsuits from being filed against the school system, and her emotional welfare. You cannot imagine what some of these children endure or what they are capable of. The problems don't begin with the school systems and its employees as they are the victims of a serious moral decline in our society. A society that continually distances itself from personal responsibility. A society that holds the public responsible for the upbringing of their children. An example would be the latest cliche of "bullying". While bullying has been happening in public schools since its creation, only recently has it become the crutch for poor personal choice and the lack of personal responsibility. It is amazing how students and parents alike have used it as an excuse for poor behavior and choices. What ever happened to parents teaching their children the consequences of their own actions. If I got in trouble at school there were consequences for those actions at home too. I never complained about my teachers or coaches to my parents because I knew the only thing that mattered to them was how I conducted myself. We are strategically being seperated from God by the liberal agenda. This has continuosly led us away from any fear of the consequences of our actions. It has created a platform where immorality isn't immoral any longer, it's just normal and should be accepted as such. This is why I will never support the democratic party, because if you do, you are a supporter of such madness wether intended or not. It's socialism right in front of your eyes.

[heus]

I have been a public high school teacher for the past 18 years. I can guarantee you that no socialist agenda is going on in my classroom.

[bluegrass]

I have been a public high school teacher for the past 18 years. I can guarantee you that no socialist agenda is going on in my classroom.

That's great to hear...I can guarantee you also that you are the EXCEPTION rather than the rule...

[S.R.Patch]

You cannot make that guarantee, the extremes are getting all the publicity, somewhere in the middle lay the American people left ignored to wallow through this mess while the extremes argue on every point and nothing gets done the help the majority of Americans.
I concur with neither party, as the roots of evil have their choke hold on both parties, they're so worried about their money supporters and having the reins of power that they would let the whole fabric of the Country come unwound.
My mother retired from teaching after 43 years, 12 yrs ago a student told her "you go to hell, my father will see this school in court". that's when she knew it was time to retire. She never would tell me who the little punk was, but I had a lesson for him about respect.
As you said, all this came from lack of parenting, it is not one generation, but the last two, and those were raised by the third. The more we have, the more we want,...the more we want, the less we appreciate what we have. Whether striving for more and more money or having it given to you by the Government, neither is conductive for a good family or morals as people. Our priorities have been turned on their head and I'm talking for generations.
Civilizations have been lost before, we dig them up from the earth all the time and try to explain what happened or caused the demise. Are we never any smarter than the last? or are humans and their nature a riderless horse destine to ramble, always looking for greener pastures often many not surviving the dreaded onset of each winter when ill prepared and not looking ahead.
I remember a movie where they would kill whole herds of buffalo by stampeding them, directing them towards a canyon cliff. The dumb animals never saw it coming. The horses, they would drive into a box canyons and their fate was sealed to become beast of labor after their freedoms lost.
All this, the plan of a man.
Sometimes I think life is the next great experiment, testing what can be done and tolerated by the masses. Hope their reading the "play book" right and don't wreck the whole works.

[bluemouse]

As long as the punishment does not fit the crime the insanity will prevail.

[Newt]

I have been a public high school teacher for the past 18 years. I can guarantee you that no socialist agenda is going on in my classroom.

Do you believe there is a Socialist agenda by the government of the USA?
I can guarantee you if your school is funded by the Federal Government, just wait.

[golden acres]

My question is not do I believe schools teach socialism. I believe that the hole thing is socialist concept. I am glad that every kid has a chance to learn. To me the biggest problem in schools are parents that do not care.

[Newt]

My question is not do I believe schools teach socialism. I believe that the hole thing is socialist concept. I am glad that every kid has a chance to learn. To me the biggest problem in schools are parents that do not care.

I agree. Many parents have nothing invested in their kids.
Do you think those young thugs in Chicago, who are walking around slugging unsuspecting people, have ever had any parenting? How would you think they would act in a class room. Each one probably has already fathered a couple of kids.

[Pine Lakes]

My question is not do I believe schools teach socialism. I believe that the hole thing is socialist concept. I am glad that every kid has a chance to learn. To me the biggest problem in schools are parents that do not care.

Your first two sentences couldn't be more accurate. I wish I could get my wife on here to explain in detail how government programs have handcuffed teachers and lowered the standard of education in this country. And yes, there are way to many parents that don't put any effort towards their child's education or upbringing in general, and that is the core problem.