Cue more "when I was 25..." stories (which to me all sound like "...I had to walk to work 25 miles uphill both ways).
Bob, you are out of your mind if you think that I'm going to believe that the economy has been bad for decades. I lived through the 90s, it was a great economical time. Just because you seem to be living beyond the bad economy doesn't mean its not bad for other people.
My husband and I bought a house the year before we got married, I had lived on my own since 18, he moved out at 19. We both went to college and found jobs in the field we had chosen. Then we were both laid off at the same time. We busted our ass to find any job that came along, and took anything we could find. Mcdonalds, Walmart, seasonal work. I resent the fact that you think that we just arent working as hard as you and your friends or we wouldnt be in this situation. We are living off of 7.75 an hour and you know what? It sucks. Good for you for being 6 years into your career at 25, My husband was too until the company went bankrupt and was disolved.
And to the people saying that our generation has an entitlement problem...For gods sake, your generation raised us telling us every day "do good in school, and you can do anything you want to do" and now its our fault because we grew up and get depressed when we realize our parents lied to us? Thanks a lot.
we knd of did this! As video game addicts we could never give up or TV set, but we cancelled our DirecTV subscription and stream netflix and hulu plus on our xbox. I also have a website just for watching Doctor Who.
I also have a TV in the bedroom with rabbit ears that picks up a few cool stations (The cool TV, Ion, and that one that shows Magnum PI and Simon and Simon)
On a sad note, when I told my FOURTEEN year old cousin that, she asked me what rabbit ears were.
I missed the part where this was scary. The dog deals with the baby taking his food in an amazingly gentle way, and you sound all ready to vilanize him/her or his family. Honestly, that comment ruined a perfectly nice video for me.
I understand what you are saying, but I highly doubt this school is serving great quality meals. Its a public school in Chicago that serves For one, the article said that kids are throwing most of their school lunch away instead of eating it. The picture was of a garbage can full of apples and corn, in my mind, two of the worst cafeteria foods. Cafeteria apples were always mealy or bitter and the frozen corn was alwasy mushy and flavorless. Yes I know that was my experience, but obviously these kids dont like it either or they would eat it instead of throwing it away. What happens on taco day for the kids who dont like tacos? They probably dont eat. Is it just me or do you think that would be bad for test scores?
Is it just me or is it a parents right to feed their kids whatever they want? I mean, of course kids shouldnt eat junk every day, but thats a parents decision. You never know, maybe the kid plays sports or gets a lot of excercise. Maybe they're a very picky eater, and having PB&J and chips every day is better then them eating nothing.
I ate cheetos and drank pop growing up and I turned out fine(bought both of them at school in fact). In fact, heres what I used to eat at school (graduated in 05). Pizza that I had to mop the grease off of before it was edible, Nachos with meat floating in grease, soggy fries covered in ranch dressing to make them edible, and, my favorite, chicken nuggets with mashed potatoes in gravy, all mixed together with more ranch. Our "healthy" choice was salad (only dressing was the same ranch...it came in a bucket) or we could go to the "sub bar"....which cost almost 3 times as much as a normal lunchh. My mom probably would have packed me salmon and yogurt :(
Now I am really missing that ranch...I even used to dip cheetos in it... (once again, I turned out perfectly healthy, I ran track and played soccer, so...)
That is also an excellent way to clean your microwave as well. Wet the sponge, nuke it, and then use it to scrub your microwave (with gloves, it'll be hot). you'll find that all that gunk on your microwave comes right off after doing this.
When did we start expecting 7 year olds to act like adults. Does childhood end after kindergarten now?
The thing that bothers me the most about this story isnt the fact that she stapled something to the boy (athough, its a little weird...seriously couldnt find a safety pin?) its the comments! Im seeing the mother called a bad parent and the boy called a brat or worse.
For talking out of turn...in second grade....really? Then my entire second grade class was filled with brats with terrible parents I guess. We talked a lot...I assume its the same all over the place. I remember the teacher making us move to a different spot the first time, and out to the hall the second. and you know what? We *gasp* passed notes so we wouldnt get caught talking too! I live in a small town, and I can tell you with certainty that none of us turned out to be criminals. I wonder if this teacher has tried being more interesting...
Also, as far as the mother being a bad parent, yes, perhaps shes blowing this out of proportion (perhaps not. How does one remove a staple from a shirt without ruining the shirt? How much touching is required for a teacher to do such a thing? Did she place half of the stapler down the boys shirt in order to staple the paper there?) Growing up, I recieved the occasional note from school. Not once did my mom call the teacher back over a note, although they did talk at confrences. Why would you call over a note, especially for one that says talking out of turn? I personally would read it, talk to my kid, and unless it specifically said to get in touch with the teacher, toss it in the garbage.
And how does anyone know that she didnt talk to him about his dicipline issues at school? What the hell is she supposed to do, follow him to school and hold his hand all day so he doesnt speak until spoken to?
Also, Leahl, if teacher cant handle the stresses of being a teacher, they should quit. In my state there are plenty of people searching for a teaching job who can't find one (a few former classmates included). As an undergraduate, I briefly considered education as a major, and changed my mind quick after the job shadowing! In the 2nd grade class I watched the kids ran around the room out of control (supposed to be measuring things with cm cubes) while the teacher played farmville. At one point, another teacher came in and asked her to send her some seeds or something. Stop expecting so much from the teachers, maybe we should expect more from the people teaching our children, especially since they are warned all throughout college that the hours were very long and that the pay was not good, and that some parents can be terrible. Teaching is not an easy job and you shouldnt expect it to be.
I have three cats and they are all indoor cats, I would never let them outside. However, I live in a neighborhood where there are several outdoor cats. Not one of them wears a collar (my vet reccomends against it for cats as a choking hazard) but I know to whom in the neighborhood each cat belongs (or which house). I see them being let in, or in the windows as I drive by sometimes. Recently, there was a cat in my yard a lot that I didnt recognize. The next time I saw my neighbors outside, I asked them. They told me that it was their neighbors cat. It wasnt that hard to find out.
I can honestly not believe that neighbors let a cat terrorize their neighborhood for a year without asking around as to whos cat it was. Obviously somebody owned it, as I cant see a stray hanging around one place for a year without somebody feeding it. It seems to me that the neighbors decided to be passive agressive about the whole thing instead of finding and confronting the owner. And dont tell me that that would have been too much work, I'm assuming it would have been easier than aquiring a trap and having it fixed. I bet they knew it was someones cat and had it fixed to teach the owner a lesson because they were too afraid of confrontation.
Bob, you are out of your mind if you think that I'm going to believe that the economy has been bad for decades. I lived through the 90s, it was a great economical time. Just because you seem to be living beyond the bad economy doesn't mean its not bad for other people.
My husband and I bought a house the year before we got married, I had lived on my own since 18, he moved out at 19. We both went to college and found jobs in the field we had chosen. Then we were both laid off at the same time. We busted our ass to find any job that came along, and took anything we could find. Mcdonalds, Walmart, seasonal work. I resent the fact that you think that we just arent working as hard as you and your friends or we wouldnt be in this situation. We are living off of 7.75 an hour and you know what? It sucks. Good for you for being 6 years into your career at 25, My husband was too until the company went bankrupt and was disolved.
And to the people saying that our generation has an entitlement problem...For gods sake, your generation raised us telling us every day "do good in school, and you can do anything you want to do" and now its our fault because we grew up and get depressed when we realize our parents lied to us? Thanks a lot.
I also have a TV in the bedroom with rabbit ears that picks up a few cool stations (The cool TV, Ion, and that one that shows Magnum PI and Simon and Simon)
On a sad note, when I told my FOURTEEN year old cousin that, she asked me what rabbit ears were.
I understand what you are saying, but I highly doubt this school is serving great quality meals. Its a public school in Chicago that serves For one, the article said that kids are throwing most of their school lunch away instead of eating it. The picture was of a garbage can full of apples and corn, in my mind, two of the worst cafeteria foods. Cafeteria apples were always mealy or bitter and the frozen corn was alwasy mushy and flavorless. Yes I know that was my experience, but obviously these kids dont like it either or they would eat it instead of throwing it away. What happens on taco day for the kids who dont like tacos? They probably dont eat. Is it just me or do you think that would be bad for test scores?
I'm just curious..is she buying these albums?
I ate cheetos and drank pop growing up and I turned out fine(bought both of them at school in fact). In fact, heres what I used to eat at school (graduated in 05). Pizza that I had to mop the grease off of before it was edible, Nachos with meat floating in grease, soggy fries covered in ranch dressing to make them edible, and, my favorite, chicken nuggets with mashed potatoes in gravy, all mixed together with more ranch. Our "healthy" choice was salad (only dressing was the same ranch...it came in a bucket) or we could go to the "sub bar"....which cost almost 3 times as much as a normal lunchh. My mom probably would have packed me salmon and yogurt :(
Now I am really missing that ranch...I even used to dip cheetos in it... (once again, I turned out perfectly healthy, I ran track and played soccer, so...)
The thing that bothers me the most about this story isnt the fact that she stapled something to the boy (athough, its a little weird...seriously couldnt find a safety pin?) its the comments! Im seeing the mother called a bad parent and the boy called a brat or worse.
For talking out of turn...in second grade....really? Then my entire second grade class was filled with brats with terrible parents I guess. We talked a lot...I assume its the same all over the place. I remember the teacher making us move to a different spot the first time, and out to the hall the second. and you know what? We *gasp* passed notes so we wouldnt get caught talking too! I live in a small town, and I can tell you with certainty that none of us turned out to be criminals. I wonder if this teacher has tried being more interesting...
Also, as far as the mother being a bad parent, yes, perhaps shes blowing this out of proportion (perhaps not. How does one remove a staple from a shirt without ruining the shirt? How much touching is required for a teacher to do such a thing? Did she place half of the stapler down the boys shirt in order to staple the paper there?) Growing up, I recieved the occasional note from school. Not once did my mom call the teacher back over a note, although they did talk at confrences. Why would you call over a note, especially for one that says talking out of turn? I personally would read it, talk to my kid, and unless it specifically said to get in touch with the teacher, toss it in the garbage.
And how does anyone know that she didnt talk to him about his dicipline issues at school? What the hell is she supposed to do, follow him to school and hold his hand all day so he doesnt speak until spoken to?
Also, Leahl, if teacher cant handle the stresses of being a teacher, they should quit. In my state there are plenty of people searching for a teaching job who can't find one (a few former classmates included). As an undergraduate, I briefly considered education as a major, and changed my mind quick after the job shadowing! In the 2nd grade class I watched the kids ran around the room out of control (supposed to be measuring things with cm cubes) while the teacher played farmville. At one point, another teacher came in and asked her to send her some seeds or something. Stop expecting so much from the teachers, maybe we should expect more from the people teaching our children, especially since they are warned all throughout college that the hours were very long and that the pay was not good, and that some parents can be terrible. Teaching is not an easy job and you shouldnt expect it to be.
I can honestly not believe that neighbors let a cat terrorize their neighborhood for a year without asking around as to whos cat it was. Obviously somebody owned it, as I cant see a stray hanging around one place for a year without somebody feeding it. It seems to me that the neighbors decided to be passive agressive about the whole thing instead of finding and confronting the owner. And dont tell me that that would have been too much work, I'm assuming it would have been easier than aquiring a trap and having it fixed. I bet they knew it was someones cat and had it fixed to teach the owner a lesson because they were too afraid of confrontation.