"They do not fly so much as... plummet". It'll be quite a while before these guys do the flap-flap-takeoff thing... ducklings leave the nest like hacky-sacks, never to return... watch the Nature special on ducks to get the full story.
I did not leave the ranks of healthy people. They left me.
I have been trying to buy a backpack for the last two months. None of them fit because they are built for adult males with waist sizes of 32" (references on request).
Of course (although we LOVE to beat ourselves up as a country, because it's not really *us* but some undefined *them* who are doing things wrong) the chart does not reflect a couple of things. First, a whole lot of people were suddenly dumped into the overweight and obese category when the powers that be got rid of the small, medium, and large body frame divisions. And, second, a lot fewer people are smoking today than they did in 1985, which also impacts weight. (I always loved this quote from Dead Like Me -- Daisy Adair: I died in 1938, for exercise we drank sloe gin and smoked Lucky Strikes.) I'm not saying people haven't gotten heavier but that the issue is more complicated than it looks.
The real truth here is that she lacked connections. Networking is what makes America go around these days. Connections are what lands you a $150k a year job. Hard work rarely does it anymore.
Call me jaded, but I can just about guarantee that if I were to apply to my company today that I would not be hired with the experience that I started with when I was hired many years ago. It's a sad state of affairs, but dad knowing Fred who plays poker with Joe on Thursday is what gets little Johnny his nice cushy job, not little Johnny having any sort of real experience or usefulness.
How about learning to enjoy life while you're young enough to enjoy life? If you don't get into college, remind yourself that most of the world's most successful and wealthiest people dropped out of college anyway.
I can see a lot of value from fast food jobs and similar work: diligence, getting along with people different from you, teamwork and how to get that toilet really clean.
I understand that, but in this day and age how is having a "whites only" prom even going to get enough attendees to be feasible? I know it's the South, but unless Wilcox County is a hotbed of the KKK or Aryan Nation, I wouldn't think more than a dozen students would attend such a thing.
As Miss Cellania said this is a problem with the culture in that area, and a big one.
I understand that, but in this day and age how is having a "whites only" prom even going to get enough attendees to be feasible? I know it's the South, but unless Wilcox County is a hotbed of the KKK or Aryan Nation, I wouldn't think more than a dozen students would attend such a thing.
As Miss Cellania said this is a problem with the culture in that area, and a big one.
I have been trying to buy a backpack for the last two months. None of them fit because they are built for adult males with waist sizes of 32" (references on request).
Call me jaded, but I can just about guarantee that if I were to apply to my company today that I would not be hired with the experience that I started with when I was hired many years ago. It's a sad state of affairs, but dad knowing Fred who plays poker with Joe on Thursday is what gets little Johnny his nice cushy job, not little Johnny having any sort of real experience or usefulness.
As Miss Cellania said this is a problem with the culture in that area, and a big one.
As Miss Cellania said this is a problem with the culture in that area, and a big one.
But I'm surprised that a quorum of students would prefer to be known as racists than to attend the integrated prom. That's a culture problem.