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Squaredsc

Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 01:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
abby, it takes a village to raise a child. i consider the school system a part of that village (even when i don't agree with all of their policies).

Abbynormal

Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 01:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry didn't read the book. Hokey title. :)

Squaredsc

Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 01:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
sorry abby, not talking about the book, talking about the african philosophy. which was partly how i was raised, of course this is back when we had neighborhoods and neighbors who cared.

Denecee

Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 03:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Exactly Square, where did all the neighborhoods go? The following happened a couple of years ago: We have two high schools in our town, football players from both teams attended a party where there was alcohol. One school suspended the boys from playing for two weeks while the other school looked the other way. The school that looked the other way just happened to be going to playoffs and I guess they thought the playoffs were more important than following the rules.

Twiggyish

Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 03:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think schools have sure changed! When I was in school it was common practice for kids to go out drinking. (and worse) I don't ever remember a student being suspended for it. I'm glad schools are taking a strong stance. It seems like a strict punishment, but it will send a message to the other kids.

Myjohnhenry

Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 03:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
At some schools the student athletes sign a code of conduct and are fully aware of what breaking that means. As a former coach myself, I took the lead of a well respected mentor coach and had my middle school track kids AND their parents sign one, making sure they all understood that athletics is a privilege and not a right...they knew I was serious when half of them sat out one meet (oh, but MJH we will lose!!! Yes we will...what a bummer) and I had the best behaved students who were doing well in class of any coach.

Car54

Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 03:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Scary thing happened in the next town to mine.

One of the ladies at work got a call on her cellphone- her daughters' high school was on total lockdown-someone reported a kid in school with a gun. They were on lockdown all day (the last we heard was about 3pm)- she heard that by that time they were pretty sure it was a hoax, but by 3 the kids were still locked in their classrooms, the parents secured outside and the school surrounded by police.

Scary. I just got home and am trying to find out what ended up happening.

Maris

Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 03:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My daily rant is that Buffy and American Idol are on at the same time.

Jed245

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 03:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Maris that's not a rant. :o) just means well for me anyway American idol doesn't get watched. :o) hehe.

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 10:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a rant... I just signed up for a secondary Hotmail account as I'm starting a jobsearch, and thought that I needed a more professional sounding email address. Well, NO-ONE has this address yet, and I'm getting porn sites sent to me daily. Why is it that the email providers on the net have the right to give your email address out to porn sites?????

Sabbatia

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 10:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My rant....I never give a rant but...The powers that be at work have cut all overtime for the time being. Okay, that's not so bad, except they hired a Chief information officer. What the heck is that anyway? ANyway, they are cutting the paychecks of the little guys that keep the place going, and hiring a new high paid position? That sucks!! PLUS, they are wanting to put me on salary. Work more for less? I think NOT!!

Jed245

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 10:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sabbatia... uhhh Do you work for the same company as me? It sounds like it. Cause my company is subcontracting out a few departments. They will offer a chance to switch to a different shift with a different start time and different per hour pay (less). The problem with that is we're a "union" job and the union knew they could do this and wrote it into the contract.

So now I'm not only the one fighting to save people alot of problems. I'm representing a union that doesn't seem to back us. They are cutting out ALL overtime, and taking away seniority privledges such as volunteering for certian days. They have instead opted to split the crew in two and assign people work days and a day off. So alot of people that made thier living by working that 6th day (overtime) have lost that oppertunity.

So the changes are comming rapidly for me as well.

Jed.

Suitsmefine

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 12:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Today My childrens school had a bomb threat....I have only just now calmed down enough to "rant"!! This is our second one in 2 years....it happened at 9 this morning... They evacuate the kids and take the to assigned area churches. They are still going through the school buildings with dogs...so far nothing (thank God) but I just do not understand what makes people do these things? Like We don't have enough to worry about with all the things going on in the world, but our children have to be threatened in their schools??? I hope the find the person who did this and put them away for along time, and make them pay restitution for all the people who had to be called in to help search! I need a tranquilizer!

Cyn

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 01:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
(((((SUITS)))))

Cyn

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 01:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
(((((SUITS)))))

Mygetaway

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 01:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
So Sorry Suits.. You guys shouldn't have to be going through this. That just makes me sick. I don't understand it either.

Sadiesmom

Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 04:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gee, when I was in school, we had bomb threats all the time. I don't know why, since it was quite some time ago,in a different time and place (duck and cover).

Anyway, after a while, we would file in the hall and then go back to class.

You are right suits, who knows what these idiots are thinking.

Theowl

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 08:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We got a notice from our homeowners ins. co. yesterday, that our ins. is going up. I thought it was a joke at first, but my hubby called, and it was explained to him. It is called "Terrorism Risk Ins". Because we live on what they call "commercial" property (40 acre farm) that our homeowners ins. is going up 1%. It's not that much, but it is only a 40 acres piece of land in Buffalo Valley TN, 60 miles from a large city and I really don't believe that Bin Ladin or Hussain is saying, "Hey, there's this little piece of land in southern U.S. that has 2 adults, 5 dogs, 2 cats, 5 cows with 3 calves and a bull, and we HAVE to get them before they get us!!" I really believe that the billionaire with a 5 million dollar mansion in NY or LA have a whole lot more to worry about terrorism than we do, but they don't have to pay an increase in homeowners ins. as long as it is on less than 10 acres. Does this make any sense to anyone??? Not ME!!

Juju2bigdog

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 10:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sounds like they just wanted to raise your insurance and called it something, TheOwl.

Jeep

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 10:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Owl! I don't know how it is in TN, but here in my state we have the option to reject the terrorism insurance. On commercial insurance especially. There is a special form we have to complete and have the insured sign. It's being done because the feds said all the insurance companies have to offer terrorism coverage, so they aren't pulling your leg. It's a real pain here too. Just more paperwork. Nobody I have insured has accepted the coverage. Can you tell I'm in the insurance industry ?? Don't hold that against me. I thought you might like to know.

Ginger1218

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 10:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, I am really angry right now

In NYC Mayor Bloomberg instituted a Coat Drive for the Needy and Homeless. We were told we could bring coats to any police precinct and they would arrange for the coats to be distributed. This has been a truly cold winter in NY. So, I decided to institute a Coat Drive in my office. I have collected about 35 coats. I have been bringing them to the precinct a few at a time, and put them in a special room. Well, I brought 5 coats yesterday, and this mean mean woman at the front desk (I think she was a civilian, not a cop) said to me, where are you going? I said to the room to put the coats in. She screamed at me, "no more coats",so I looked and saw that there were about 50 coats piled up in the room. I said that they were there - what is going to happen to them and she viciously yelled, "NO MORE COATS and I don't give a ***". So, I said, fine, I will just contact the Mayor's office. She started to scream at me again, like I was an animal.

So, I am now donating these coats to a home for needy mentally ill patients.

I have to find out that woman's name. I cannot believe the way she spoke to me.

Denecee

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 11:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ginger, that woman has a problem so don't let it get to you. Here you are doing a good deed and she is trying to bring you down, don't let her. If you are going back to that precinct in the near future, you could give her a friendly note letting her know that you did not take it personally and hope she is better. It might not make a difference but I think sometimes people get in a rut and need help looking in the mirror in order to get out of the rut. Did I make any sense? Hope so, and thanks for being a decent human being!

Willsfan

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 11:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My homeowners insurance went up last year too (because of 9/11) and this year they raised it another hundred dollars.

I've heard it's because the larger insurance companies invested in stocks and now they are loosing money like crazy and they are passing their losses on to us.

My company does not insure for Mold, Terrorist Attacks or War. The last statment (I pay it once it a year) had such a long list of things it NO longer covers I didn't even read them all.

Pamy

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 11:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Our homeowners insurance went up last year but they told me it was due to all the mold claims they were getting. My new policy came with 5 pages of mold/water isssues that they will not cover...I don't know if the problem is nationwide or just in Ca

Willsfan

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 01:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Pamy I don't live in Ca. so insurance increases are probably nationwide.

Mold Haven't we always had mold? I remember seeing mold on walls in old houses and it wasn't a problem for people, they washed the walls and painted over it. (I think it was mold-it was black) Why did it suddenly become dangerous, or is it a whole new strain?