In a lot of schools, clubs and organizations like Debate, aren't funded with school funds, but rather depend on raising their own money independently through fundraisers and through the generosity of sponsors and donors. I could see that if the debate club picture has shirts in it that are that are clearly controversial, it could be off-putting to some potential sponsors and donors. Not everyone who might be in a position to help the debate team would want to be associated with either the anti-religious or the purposefully inflammatory. So if they let the kid wear the shirt, they're allowing his free speech to jeapordize the program's funding. The program and the other kids in it shouldn't have to suffer because one kid can't judge what clothes are appropriate for what situations.
I'm all for the kid feeling free to wear the shirt to class on a day to day basis if it's within school policy to wear shirts with text on them. However, if the kid isn't mature enough to realize or care if he risks dollars for the program by wearing it in the picture, the school or the debate coach is in the right to make sure that he isn't photographed in it. That one kid's self-expression in one photograph shouldn't be allowed to negatively impact the whole team or whole school.
I use restaurant coupons all the time. They are convenient and usually some great deals.
I occasionally use coupons on grocery and beauty type stuff if I come across them while I'm browsing the paper or the mail. I don't seek them out. They're a bit tougher to use (to remember to bring them to the store, to calculate if they are going to make the product cheaper than the store brand, etc). My household is just my husband and me, so it would take a long time for the savings to add up to a significant amount of savings on our budget with little grocery coupons. If you have a big family, it could be really add up and be worth it, but for us, it's not really worth working very hard on.
I've found that for us the most efficient way to save the most money on trips to the grocery store is instead of spending time clipping coupons and finding sales, spending that time making a really well thought out shopping list. Doing an inventory of the kitchen before we make the list and seeing exactly what we have, then planing meals around that stuff. We bring both the shopping list and the kitchen inventory with us to the store. We shop primarily from the list, but use the inventory,too, so that if we get inspired while we're there or have to rethink a meal, we know for sure what we have at home. It reduces wasted food, re-buying things you already have, and impulse buys.
It probably wasn't cops who had to interrupt their pursuit of robbers, murderers, and rapists to come and get the little vandal. It was probably just the officers assigned to the school having something to for a change besides standing near the bathrooms trying to deter kids from smoking in there on their lunch breaks and calling the parents of the school skippers.
Vandalism is a real issue. It's not like she was arrested for something that wouldn't be criminal in another non-school setting. She damaged property that wasn't hers. If she did that in a restaurant or a store or library, she'd be in trouble. Why should there be no consequences when it's in a school?
Plus, if the school tolerates vandalism when it's relatively harmless graffiti like this girl's message, it will have opened itself up to having set a precedent of allowing vandalism. So when gangs decide to tag every surface of the school with something much less sweet, the school will not only be defaced, but it could be stuck having to prove that it's not enforcing it's no-graffiti policy in a racist or sexist or otherwise discriminatory manner.
I agree with the school and the cops on this one. Kids need to learn that there are consequences when you do bad things.
Sounds like they've got it a bit confused. The idea of everyone being equal is AWESOME. However, it doesn't mean that everyone can feel free to be rude to each other. It means that everyone should feel obligated to be polite and kind to each other. It doesn't mean that service workers don't have to be nice or that customers can be rude and demanding. It means that everyone from the king to the beggar should be treated just as nicely. It's not just democratic, it's advised by many religions including Christianity. Regardless of your social standing or role in the transaction or interaction, you should treat each other with the utmost possible respect and politeness whenever possible.
I it were a hologram, it wouldn't be solid. Maybe holograms look 3D, but if you were to try and touch them, they would not feel real. If the desk in front of me was just a hologram, I couldn't sit my keyboard on it and I could put my hand right through it. I can't so, it pretty much shoots that theory down.
Sounds to me like Stevens sort of encouraged Lurancy's behavior. Sounds like the girl had a weird experience, the Roffs recommended Stevens, and he probably helped introduce the ideas of the paranormal and of Mary Roff and the already disturbed/impressionable Lurancy started to genuinely believe she was possessed. The Roffs fell for it because they missed their daughter and wanted it to be true. The Venums fell for it because their daughter believed it so fully herself.
Would it not be a better idea to arrest the drug dealers living in the house? If they are indeed selling drugs, that's a crime. Why not arrest them? If they aren't doing anything they could be arrested for, isn't it libelous to post the sign falsely?
The thing is though,that you're probably not going to be drinking 64 ounces of liquid even though the cup would hold that much. You're probably going to be drinking about half that much since you'll be filling the cup with ice,too. The ice takes up a lot of the space and won't likely be going into your stomach.
If you fill it with a slushy and slurp that all down, you're going to get the full 64oz, plus a massive brain freeze.
Seems to me that someone probably could stake a legit legal claim to the skull,too. Either Beethoven's heirs or the person/organization that loaned the body to the guy with the skull's ancestor for scientific study. The skull was stolen. I would think that guy doesn't really have a right to sell a clearly stolen artifact, even if it was stolen years and years ago.
He should do something with a little more taste than just sell it to just anyone with the money. He should bury it with the rest of Beethoven's body, or donate it to a museum or something that honors Beethoven's life and work or at least donate the proceeds of the sale to a museum to a worthy charity cause. It's creepy to buy or sell skulls for decorative or private collector's items.
I think Skype would be fun for planned calls, but lousy for unplanned calls. I don't want to be seen when I'm not looking up to par (or have to see others when they aren't).
If I had a friend or family member that lived far away that I was unable to see in person very regularly, I could see arranging to have a Skype chat would be nicer than just a phone call.
And I could see it being helpful for me when I wanted to have an important talk with someone I couldn't be with in person. Sometimes I have a hard time really understanding people over the phone with no non-verbal cues to go with their words. "I'm fine" could mean "I'm fine" or "Actually, I'm terrible and want to talk about it but don't want to impose on you.". For most conversations, and conversations with people I see often, that's okay. But sometimes being able to look at the person I'm talking to might be a big help. Telling your sister who lives across the country you're expecting a baby would be extra cool if you could see the look on her face when she hears the news.
However, most calls just aren't that important or interesting. I don't need or care to see you or have you see me when you're just calling to say you're going to be home late or want me to bring home a loaf of bread.
I'm all for the kid feeling free to wear the shirt to class on a day to day basis if it's within school policy to wear shirts with text on them. However, if the kid isn't mature enough to realize or care if he risks dollars for the program by wearing it in the picture, the school or the debate coach is in the right to make sure that he isn't photographed in it. That one kid's self-expression in one photograph shouldn't be allowed to negatively impact the whole team or whole school.
I occasionally use coupons on grocery and beauty type stuff if I come across them while I'm browsing the paper or the mail. I don't seek them out. They're a bit tougher to use (to remember to bring them to the store, to calculate if they are going to make the product cheaper than the store brand, etc). My household is just my husband and me, so it would take a long time for the savings to add up to a significant amount of savings on our budget with little grocery coupons. If you have a big family, it could be really add up and be worth it, but for us, it's not really worth working very hard on.
I've found that for us the most efficient way to save the most money on trips to the grocery store is instead of spending time clipping coupons and finding sales, spending that time making a really well thought out shopping list. Doing an inventory of the kitchen before we make the list and seeing exactly what we have, then planing meals around that stuff. We bring both the shopping list and the kitchen inventory with us to the store. We shop primarily from the list, but use the inventory,too, so that if we get inspired while we're there or have to rethink a meal, we know for sure what we have at home. It reduces wasted food, re-buying things you already have, and impulse buys.
Vandalism is a real issue. It's not like she was arrested for something that wouldn't be criminal in another non-school setting. She damaged property that wasn't hers. If she did that in a restaurant or a store or library, she'd be in trouble. Why should there be no consequences when it's in a school?
Plus, if the school tolerates vandalism when it's relatively harmless graffiti like this girl's message, it will have opened itself up to having set a precedent of allowing vandalism. So when gangs decide to tag every surface of the school with something much less sweet, the school will not only be defaced, but it could be stuck having to prove that it's not enforcing it's no-graffiti policy in a racist or sexist or otherwise discriminatory manner.
I agree with the school and the cops on this one. Kids need to learn that there are consequences when you do bad things.
I found a business card/ small flyer thing for a medical marijuana dispensary in a used book last week.
It's nice to know that H1N1 is free. I'd hate to have to pay to get myself some swineflu. LOL!
If you fill it with a slushy and slurp that all down, you're going to get the full 64oz, plus a massive brain freeze.
If I had a friend or family member that lived far away that I was unable to see in person very regularly, I could see arranging to have a Skype chat would be nicer than just a phone call.
And I could see it being helpful for me when I wanted to have an important talk with someone I couldn't be with in person. Sometimes I have a hard time really understanding people over the phone with no non-verbal cues to go with their words. "I'm fine" could mean "I'm fine" or "Actually, I'm terrible and want to talk about it but don't want to impose on you.". For most conversations, and conversations with people I see often, that's okay. But sometimes being able to look at the person I'm talking to might be a big help. Telling your sister who lives across the country you're expecting a baby would be extra cool if you could see the look on her face when she hears the news.
However, most calls just aren't that important or interesting. I don't need or care to see you or have you see me when you're just calling to say you're going to be home late or want me to bring home a loaf of bread.