Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments Gibbs Says Healthcare “Will Be the Law of the Land” by Next Week Nothing would please me more… » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 3:33 pm bito, Apologies for going off on a tangent. The circumstances and entire story put a bee in my bonnet this afternoon (no offense AdLib). Having witnessed what my daughter has experienced during her professional career has made me extremely sensitive to the way the teaching profession is valued in this country. And, to have a State Board of Education “preach” what should/should not be in textbooks (especially when none of them are educators)totally frosts my behind. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 7:14 pm Sue, The kid has been in a low income district long enough to have a portion of her student loans forgiven. That said, the loan thing had absolutely nothing to do with her decision to teach in the district. Five yos and literacy have always been at the top of her agenda. boomer » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 6:12 pm bito, I hope you’re being sarcastic. 🙂 We’re talking Fundamentalism here. RW, Christian, Bible-thumping, TBN believers. Trust me, I used to be one of them thar critters (‘cept I was a Democrat). How scary is that? Both my kids attended Parochial school (1-12), one even through 4.5 years of Catholic university. Their father and I paid for it, and one had $26k in student loans. She is the 7 year veteran Kindergarten educator and the one who graduated from Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. She is also the warmer and fuzzier of our two. However…and As I stated before, it remains a separation of church and state. If the majority of the Texas State Board of Education wants their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren raised in a particular environment, with specific book larnin’ content, then it is their responsibility, not the State’s, to foot the bill. Moreover, the decision of the State Board should have a permanent impact on any monetary income the state receives from the Federal Government. I certainly don’t want my taxes paying for biased, RW textbooks. If I were living in Texas, with kids in public school, I’d either pull them out to home school, attend Parochial school, or move out of the state altogether. Somewhere deep, this is a Civil Rights issue and it makes me want to throw up. I used to be in this place(see link below), and sometimes I watch just to remind myself I’m not as crazy as I think I am. Spend an hour or so and listen to the message — people actually believe this stuff — literally — and the Texas State Board of Education is no exception: boomer » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 6:03 pm PS — Ignore it, pretend it doesn’t exist and voila, it don’t! *EDIT* Ooops, and we don’t have a Black POTUS either. Ignorance is bliss… ig » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 3:22 pm Sue, One can only hope that there will be enough local outrage to put the publishers on notice. I pay two city income taxes, but not property tax. However, if the school district in which I live should support such nonsense? I’d be first in line to protest. On the other hand, if the State of Texas wants to conduct its educational system this way…fine. Keep the books and the beliefs in Texas. Publishers beware, y’all may have a huge national difference of opinion on your hands. boom » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 3:19 pm Thanks KQ, I’m sincerely flattered. 😳 boomer » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 3:08 pm bito, 😆 😆 Texas Bored of Misinformation You made my Sunday afternoon! 😆 😆 boomer PS — Happy Daylight Saving Time Y’all Who Must Participate — pretty much sucks, eh? 😯 » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 2:59 pm Sue, My daughter who has taught for 7+ years and has $26k in student loans is incredibly burned out and considering working in the private sector. And, I agree with you. If these folks want such a stringent curriculum, then it should be funded privately, like any other Christian, Parochial, Hebrew, Muslim, Hindi school. No Federal Subsidies of any kind — folks you’re on your own. I think it’s called separation of Church and State? » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 2:56 pm And this, my dear AdLib, is why we were cursed with the GWB administration for 8 freakin’ years. Jeeze, three fries short of a Happy Meal.
and… why is everyone so afraid to let a kid make up his/her own mind — about anything — anything for God’s sake? When I was looking for Stepford Wives 1975, I found this as well…
I doubt it was ever shown in Texas. Sorry for being all over the place with this, but I just can’t wrap my head around it. Should we now consider TX a commune or what? Oh, and as I was filling my daughter, the Midwest Kindergarten teacher in about this, she actually said she had heard of the Barbara Cargill creature. Now that’s scary. Ohio? Texas? 1300 miles? Appears Ms. Cargill has made a name for herself. And I’m sorry to say that my superbly, dedicated, talented, 7 year veteran, Kindergarten teacher daughter (who will have her M.ED. in June) is burned out at the age of 30; tired of fighting the system; tired of fighting the parents; tired of fighting the boards of education; tired of fighting the the test scores (without the critical input and participation of parents); tired anyone believing they know better than she, albeit the butcher, baker, candlestick-maker, U.S. Department of Education, Texas State School Board, State of Ohio School Board, or any other “we know more than you do Ms. Kindergarten Teacher”; WE pay your salary Ms. Kindergarten Educator, so by God, you must do as we say. It’s extremely disheartening. Even more disheartening is we (a collective we, myself not included) demand more from those in the weeds than those we have sent to Washington to represent us. Which by the way, in the case of Ohio, John Boehner earns more than my daughter who is probably more dedicated and cares more about the 5 year olds walking into her classroom every September than he even has a clue. Yet, we do not demand the same performance from our elected Representatives and Senators. Yet we pat him/her on the back and say “go tell ’em what we think” — do they? Not! Do we hold them accountable and to the same standards as those who are in the field, trying to do the best for every kid who is in his/her class? Those who are trained to deal with a kid whose parents leave an 11 year old in charge of 5 younger siblings because the parents were up all night doing crack and playing video games, then sleep all day because they’re too zoned out? Those who are trained to deal with a 5 year old who she/he knows went to bed hungry and came to school with no breakfast? Those who are trained to recognize domestic violence/child abuse and, if it goes unreported, the educator could lose his/her license, but when Children Services shows up, every possible excuse is made for the parent(s) and the reporter is made to feel like he/she is embellishing the situation. My kid didn’t assume $26,000+ of student loan debt JUST TO HAVE SUMMERS OFF (which really only amounts to about 4 weeks). And…4 weeks is not equivalent to 50, 60, 70 hours worth of teacher time outside a normal school day…and for the past 2 years she has been pursuing her M.ED. 3-4 nights per week for 4 freakin’ quarters. Translation? NO summer vacation. So, to see what the “Stepford” State School Board has done is abominable and completely unacceptable to me. From what I have read, none of these individuals are professional educators; those in the majority have nothing more than personal, cultural, and/or religious differences with the system. They have voted to subject everyone to the will of a few. As I stated before, if these folks feel so strongly about what should or should not be taught in a PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, then they, the RW Conservative, cowboy boot, Stepford Wives, GWB supporters in Texas should open their own privately funded schools — don’t expect the public to pay for what you want taught to your, YOUR, kids. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 1:18 pm 1. “Texas — another foreign country where diplomacy don’t work!” 2. “Texas — where twenty years ago we taught our cheerleader daughters to shoot to win!” 3. “Texas — home of the home-raised ignorant.” One could write a book about the idiocy of a STATE, heaven help us, STATE Board of Education to condemn its children to such a biased eudcation. A. Cut off all Federal Funding. Good grief Charlie Brown. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 10:26 am I just sent this to my daughter, the Kindergarten teacher. I know it will bother her as well. Come Experience Texas Pride — Ignorance! » Posted By boomer1949 On March 14, 2010 @ 6:16 am Cher, Hate to bail, but it’s 3 minutes from Saturday here and jeeze, it’s Daylight Saving Time weekend. Crap!!! And, I was just getting used to Standard Time. One more thing we can thank GWB for — screwing up our sleep patterns. Two weeks earlier and two weeks later. What a creep. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 9:01 pm If she/it is in fact a subversive cover for the WH, then I can’t complain…maybe. The idea is brilliant, but I’m not sure how long they thought they could get away with it. In this day and age, there are too many ways to research the good, bad, and ugly. Initially she was believable, but now? Depends on which side of the aisle one is on. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 8:56 pm It’s so different when one doesn’t have to think about it. Word or whatever just takes over, you know? Hit enter and it starts a new sentence or paragraph, not posts half a word or sentence… 😆 » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 8:52 pm Yea, you made it. Brat. I can’t help it. It’s the difference between blogging and like real admin type stuff, you know? » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 8:44 pm Planet Music Night: I Got Ya Covered Sue, Evening from the Midwest Sue. No I didn’t. I’ve been sipping Merlot and listening to music and commenting at the Planet. I’ve given up watching/listening to anything but PBS or NPR. I trust these organizations because they depend on support from the public, not from shareholders or lobbyists. Glenn Beck is a joke, an act, should be given meds, and Faux News should be ashamed for giving this man a voice on the air waves. On the other hand, Faux News shouldn’t be on the air in the first place. MSM spends far too much time focusing on the irrational humans in this country and far less on regular people like you, me and all the rest of us here at PPOV. Yahoos like Beck are money makers for the MSM, tabloid headlines and unfortunately — we are not. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 7:21 pm OMG — it’s pledge week locally for PBS — Ed Sullivan believe it or not. Jim Morrison and the Doors were so screwed, especially for using the word “higher” on air during Light My Fire. Speaking of which, has anyone seen the movie? Val Kilmer had Morrison down pat. The Doors Live (Winterland 1967) the man was brilliant, a poet, a lyricist, had much to say, and died way before his time. OMG — the man was 9 years older than I. We boomers lost many who questioned, challenged, and wouldn’t put up with a bunch of crap. Why should 2010 be any different? And…if you haven’t seen the movie, I suggest you do so.
» Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 6:58 pm My daughter was a dancer in the Xavier University, Cincinnati OH production in 1998-99. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 6:33 pm Absolutely agree! » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 6:09 pm There is WordPress technical trouble in River City. AdLib has worked on it for a couple of days, but is out of town for the weekend + or -. So, all of us must deal with the disruption in OUR lives, but wish him and his family a wonderful weekend. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 6:01 pm I have the DVD and have watched it a zillion times — have you watched the Director’s extra comments? Julie Walters sprained her ankle and couldn’t do the number, so they had a stand in. She is the one with the silly crepe skirt over her head. Plus, the majority of the women were locals and wee up every day at 4:00 am to rehearse the number and wee taught the words to the song phonetically. The smaller group of supporting actors were from the original London production. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 5:56 pm KQ…since Christina is your girl, thought you’d be interested in how the Candyman video was created and made: Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHOcpwkL6xo Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNf_IJdoS54 Dancers Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGoWtXWgZqo » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 5:39 pm Oh I’m soooo sorry…the W and the Q are next to each other. Jeeze, please forgive me friend. I’m assuming you are at least a couple of hours West of me, so I’ve been home a few glasses of Merlot longer than you. 🙂 » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 5:25 pm For anyone one with an ounce of Common Sense my dear, they still are. And, I’m not referring to any of us present or not this evening. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 5:20 pm KW, I have a note out to a friend re the pink dance costumes. It’s either my age, the Merlot, or it’s Friday night, ta da …all of the above. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 5:18 pm Kucinich needs sinus/allergy meds and you and I need to meet 1/2 way between the two of us 🙂 And, no I’m not an axe murderer or wannabe terrorist, but I think you already know this. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 5:11 pm processed…sounds like chicken nuggets 😆 » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 5:08 pm I have two babes and an old fart. Appreciate this — the little ones torment the old fart to death. They all run and hide under the bed whenever anyone knocks on the door. What a hoot! Thanks KQ. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 5:06 pm Let’s see, the kid danced to Mame in Orlando, 42nd Street in NYC, and damn what was the pink glitter costume in Anaheim for? » Posted By boomer1949 On March 12, 2010 @ 5:00 pmComments Posted By boomer1949
regardless of what was presented to either of them in the classroom, we tempered the information they received with what we believed. In doing so, we gave each of them the right to choose what path to take. We have a 37 year old daughter who is a staunch Catholic, yet left of center, and a 30 year old Catholic-Methodist convert (the teacher btw) who couldn’t swallow the hippo-critters in the RCC.
B. If this is the way these Board Members want to raise their children, fine. All they need to do is open a Privately funded, Bigoted, Texas Pride, Racist school.
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