Ok we put up with the party party party lifestyle of Lindsey Lohan because she was young. We turned our heads at the drunk driving because she was young. We shook our heads at the repeated court ordered rehab because she was young. We said what a shame at the shop lifting because she was young. But now it seems she is just so damned full of herself that there is no reality for this girl.
First she sues e-trade for using the name "Lindsey" in their commercial now she is suing rapper "Pittbull" for saying her name in a song. I would think after all the negative publicity she would be glad anyone even cares to remember her name.
We can no longer blame it on the fact that she is young, I think she is just a "Bitch"
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Now you have to pay to let your kids ride the bus to school
I am miffed and discusted. I don't have kids and that is not a bad thing. I don't really know why the state of our education systems even registers as an issue with me, other than I am a tax payer and these kids are our future. But the priorities in our system are just down right pissing me off.
We have a township in central Indiana that is now charging parents $450 per year per child to ride the bus to school. Last year they asked for a tax increase to cover the cost of bussing and it was voted down. Now parents have to pay for it directly. As a tax payer without children you would think I would be thrilled but I am not. Over spending and over paying administrators and over building these monster schools has put them in this situation. Now to save cost they charge the families. A family with 3 children would have to fork out an extra $1200 per year just to get their kids to school.
Last year in this township 7000 kids rode the bus, now only 2000 are riding. That means 5000 are now being driven to school by the parents/tax payers/victims of this system.
In the past driving by schools at pick up and drop off time was bad enough with all the traffic, but now it is so much worse. One parent interviewed said she sat in line for over and hour and a half just to drop off her child. Some kids are walking to school now and the area has poor or no sidewalks. This is a tragedy waiting to happen.
Parents are now talking about moving out of this school district. So because of mismanaged funds the township will have a decrease of students in brand new over built schools and huge expenses.
What is this world coming to?
We have a township in central Indiana that is now charging parents $450 per year per child to ride the bus to school. Last year they asked for a tax increase to cover the cost of bussing and it was voted down. Now parents have to pay for it directly. As a tax payer without children you would think I would be thrilled but I am not. Over spending and over paying administrators and over building these monster schools has put them in this situation. Now to save cost they charge the families. A family with 3 children would have to fork out an extra $1200 per year just to get their kids to school.
Last year in this township 7000 kids rode the bus, now only 2000 are riding. That means 5000 are now being driven to school by the parents/tax payers/victims of this system.
In the past driving by schools at pick up and drop off time was bad enough with all the traffic, but now it is so much worse. One parent interviewed said she sat in line for over and hour and a half just to drop off her child. Some kids are walking to school now and the area has poor or no sidewalks. This is a tragedy waiting to happen.
Parents are now talking about moving out of this school district. So because of mismanaged funds the township will have a decrease of students in brand new over built schools and huge expenses.
What is this world coming to?
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
School seperated by sexes
Well the Carmel Indiana school district is trying something new this year. In one of their schools they are separating boys and girls. Girls start at 7 a.m and Boys start at 8 a.m. Their classes are on different floors. Teachers have already said that the concentration level is higher, but too soon to tell if it is working or not.
I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand if it improves test scores and they actually get educated instead of dropping out when they turn 16 then good. But I remember school as being a place where you learn to socialize and build friendships. Boarding schools are segregated and they seem to work. As I hear more on how this is working I will post it.
I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand if it improves test scores and they actually get educated instead of dropping out when they turn 16 then good. But I remember school as being a place where you learn to socialize and build friendships. Boarding schools are segregated and they seem to work. As I hear more on how this is working I will post it.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
What happened to school
It's August and the little kiddies are going back to school. When I was in school I used to dred the ads for back to school supplies because that ment that summer was over. Some of the townships here in Indy have arlready started and are now going to year round school. 9 weeks on 2 weeks off all year. But that is not the point of today's post.
When I was in school back in the olden days school supplies were:
Notebooks
Pencils
Pens
Ruler
Crayons
Glue
Now:
Cell phone
I pad
Lap top
I know we are in an age of technology but come on!!!!!
Here they are no longer requiring writing. The kids learn to print then "Key Board" Cursive is gone. These kids will not know how to read or write their own signature. All there work is done on computers so they don't have to learn how to add and subtract, spell (no comment on my spelling. haha). They don't even know what an encyclopedia or dictionary is. We weren't even allowed a calculator until high school and they are using computers in grade school.
I know technology is an important part of our lives now, but at least teach them the basics before they move on to the keyboard.
When I was in school back in the olden days school supplies were:
Notebooks
Pencils
Pens
Ruler
Crayons
Glue
Now:
Cell phone
I pad
Lap top
I know we are in an age of technology but come on!!!!!
Here they are no longer requiring writing. The kids learn to print then "Key Board" Cursive is gone. These kids will not know how to read or write their own signature. All there work is done on computers so they don't have to learn how to add and subtract, spell (no comment on my spelling. haha). They don't even know what an encyclopedia or dictionary is. We weren't even allowed a calculator until high school and they are using computers in grade school.
I know technology is an important part of our lives now, but at least teach them the basics before they move on to the keyboard.
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