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  • Lazy and full of excuses.

    I know many of you are going to stomp and fuss about how they are underpaid, or how there are many that are devoted to their work so let me start off by saying that I agree with both of those statements.   

    But that does not negate the fact that there are too many teachers at my children’s schools that are just plain lazy!

    I have a child in every school level – one in elementary, one in middle, one in high.  All 3 schools have an “A” rating, which in Florida is as high as you get.

    And still so much time is wasted it makes me sick!  Here are just a few excuses I’ve heard this year alone. 

  • No more citizenship by birth in the US?

    The National Public Radio reported Tuesday that the more than a century-old policy of giving birth certificates to alien babies born in US territory is being challenged by lawmakers, this amidst the growing restrictions on immigration in a country founded by immigrants (News report, here).

    Texas state Representative Leo Berman (Republican) said in the report that he believes America is giving away 350,000 birth certificates to babies born to illegal aliens.  Berman said that the 14th Amendment, which clarifies that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States, does not apply to foreigners.  Remember that Texas rejected the 14th Amendment, but was later forced to ratify it so that it could join the Union.

    Well, in a way, Rep. Berman has a point.  

  • I Have The Perfect Body. I Have a Perfect Mind. I Never Get Sick. I’m Just Perfect.

    Genetic engineering. It seems a little scary if you ask me. Movies like Gattaca, The Island, and I-Robot always make me wonder just how far off this technology is. Not too long ago, the plots in these thought-provoking movies seemed far-fetched. Now it seems like they could actually happen in today’s world. Remember it was only 1997 when Dolly, the first sheep cloned from an adult somatic cell, made a big splash on the international scene. 

     

    Fast forward to 2010, to date, there is not a cloned human in existence (that we know about). Regardless, we’ve made some major progress when it comes to understanding DNA and manipulating an organism’s genes. Have we made too much progress? 

  • High School Marriages

    I’m graduating this year. By the time you’re a senior, you realize the idea of eternal high school relationships and childhood love is something mostly reserved for the movies. I know one or two couples that have been together since forever. The first couple has dated since the summer before freshmen year and the other couple got together freshmen year. The rest of the kids that promised each other forever, that exchanged notes saying they were soulmates, and quoted romantic lyrics to each other now are with someone else. As I’m nearing graduation, however, I’m noticing quite a few of my classmates are getting married.

    They have rings. They’re moving in with each other. They’ve got apartments picked out and are talking about the children they intend on having. Everyone dreams about the time they’ll be with someone at some point. I just think that fresh out of high school is too soon to be thinking along those lines. I mean it’s a time when most are figuring out who they are, what they want to do, and where they’ll be heading. There’s so many things that are left to enjoy in the last of your youth that you’ll have to miss out on. Some might be emotionally and mentally ready to commit themselves like that – to sort their lives out that young – but I think a lot of them don’t know what they’re facing until it’s too late.

    How do you know at that age if the person you’re dating then is what you’ll want later?

  • Your Parents Will Love You a Little Less.

    Parents are supposed to love their children unconditionally, no matter what kind of flaws they hold, or what kind of mistakes they’re bound to make in their lifetime of opportunities. I don’t think that there is a single Mother or Father out there who doesn’t swear left, down and diagonally that they will always love and care for their child(ren) through everything.

    Honestly, I challenge you to find a parent who tells you that they will not love their child always and unconditionally. It would be almost the same as our Prime Minister telling us everything is going to be all right in the middle of a war. No parents do not in fact love their kids regardless of all things, and no eveyrthing wouldn’t be okay. However, reading and looking through all sorts of xanga posts, and posts elsewhere as well, it looks to me as if a parent’s love is all just a mythical legend.

  • The Non-Boyfriend

    I guess I’m missing out, but ever heard of non-boyfriends and non-girlfriends? These are not to be confused with friends with benefits. In some cases, it’s the complete opposite.

    He’s the guy you go out to dinner with twice a week, she’s the girl you vent to and go to concerts with. Yet the other person isn’t aware that you’ve dubbed him/her your non-whatever, or you guys have been friends for too long to become an actual couple. You’re free to date other people, but you don’t really want to because of your feelings for this person.

    I look back on my relationship history and realize that I’ve had quite a few non-boyfriends.

    During one summer, a guy friend and I became extremely close.

  • Cleaning up the Top Toolbar…

    We just rolled a few tweaks to the top toolbar: 

  • If You Give a Guy a Necktie…

    In 1985 book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Numeroff a boy gives in to a rodent’s request for a cookie. Once the rat gets his cookie he wants milk, then a straw to go with that and it keeps going on from there.  Even though this book is over two decades old it has the universal theme of “one thing leads to another” and if the author wanted to make yet another sequel to this book (there are nine) I would gladly give her the rights to my story for free.

    One day I was in a store, just browsing.  As I walked by the dress clothes section I made a mental note that it would probably be a good idea to iron my “formal wear” before my friend’s upcoming wedding. 

  • The Absent Father Effect?

    Being a single mother, I can’t help but wonder what the effects of an absent father might have on my son. Sure right now he is only two months old and he doesn’t know the difference, but what is going to happen when he’s older and he sees his cousins with their father, and all the kids at school? 

  • Alternatives To Spanking

    So, the hot topic of the past few days. Spanking children. Everyone’s voicing their opinions on it, and that’s great. Opinions are wonderful.

    But no matter what your opinion is, research has repeatedly shown that spanking can be detrimental to children. Maybe not your child, of course. And that’s fine. But if you can “discipline” in your child in a way that does not involve spanking, why wouldn’t you do it?

    Here is a list of things that I’ve found online as well as thought of that can be used as alternatives to spanking.