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When schools fail, children suffer

Posted by CyberMom on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:55:44 AM
Oh people - how do I put this to you in a way that doesn't sound so disgusting that we would rejoice at the financial devastation the schools have suffered with this current economy crisis? Let's see - I think we'll start by addressing what I believe is the foundation of education:
 
It is my personal belief, as the grandson of a highly credited and honored teacher of younger children, that the entire purpose for the education system is to offer our children the opportunity to advance their lives, starting from the point where ours come to an end.
 
Confusing? Let me 'splain - no, that would take to long, let me sum it up: Rather than reinvent the wheel from scratch, rediscover electricity, or repeat historical disasters, an education should be designed so that, by the time our children graduate and are prepared to head out into the world, they will have a foundation of knowledge upon which to build. So, instead of cutting rocks until they're shaped like a tire, they can take the rubbery treads and try to make something better. Instead of hooking a key to a kite string to determine the foundation for electricity, they can take the knowledge they've gained and design renewable energy sources and advance electrical production in a way to help all the world. And, instead of recreating the events of the world that involve war, death, famine and other atrocities, they can develop a better life for themselves.
 
But, the day that the government took over the education system, applied 'lottery' monies as the source for financial support and developed an educational standard that is substandard to the rest of the entire (non 3rd world countries) world, is the day we let down our children. I present to you this article:
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31131902/: School cancels graduation ceremony to teach cheaters a lesson.
 
Now, let's reanalyze just the title of that article: the school, the educational institution whose obligation and duty is to our children and the betterment of their lives, cancels the 'ceremonial,' rite of passage (Joseph Campbell insert here!!), that seniors go through before heading out into the world, to teach cheaters - students who broke the rules of the curriculum - a lesson (you know - lesson - as in what the school should have been providing students PRIOR to the graduation ceremonies). So, is it just me, or does that make you wonder how an ENTIRE, senior graduating class cheated? Wait a second - they didn't!! That's right - a select "few" cheated. And, as is customary for the school systems of today, rather than hold the students who did this responsible (because we wouldn't want to teach students accountability or responsibility as that would just be a silly thing to pass on before they head into the world), they are punishing everyone. In fact, part of the school's justification for this is because they "believe" (again, their all-knowing 'perceptiveness') that other seniors knew about it and didn't report it. Well, thank goodness the schools are failing to teach the importance of holding guilty students responsible, but holding those who don't feel they should betray their fellow men to the authorities for something as *gasp* terrible as cheating, because, otherwise - it might make it more reasonable that we also allow these same schools to teach our children about s - e - x!!
 
But, let's step back for a moment.. shall we? One of the tests that was cheated on (again, they 'believe) was: Early Aztec Indian History. WHAT? Wait up! Hold up, homie G. Step back, my brother. You mean that these HORRIBLE, terrible, out of control seniors DARED try to step into the modern world, amongst their fellow men, having failed to fully grasp the actual facts behind EARLY AZTEC INDIAN HISTORY? How DARE THEY! After all - the history books in schools are so accurate that - EVERY YEAR - they have to be modified to include new and updated facts!! But, let's not dwell on the point of teaching inaccurate information and focus on what's important - knowing when the aztecs planted maize in the fields vs. when they developed their ancient calendars! WoHO! These students are definitely OUT OF CONTROL!.....
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Okay - I'm sure I'm just being silly here. Because, truthfully, we all know the REAL reason the school is upset - right? Because the students lied! I'm sure that's it! As Superintendent Holden stated, it was impossible for the school to separate the "wheat from the chaff," amongst the cheaters, non-whistleblowers and.. oh yeah.. those students who had gotten to the end by working hard. So, Holden has held to the Biblical principal - don't try to tear out the bad wheat, or you'll accidentally pull the good wheat with it (parable of Our Lord, Jesus the Christ)!! Of course, Holden and the others have failed to acknowledge that you're supposed to actually then harvest the WHOLE field and afterward separate out the bad wheat (aka - do the ceremony and then let those that cheated fail - although, I'm not sure how their cheating in world cultures or AZTEC INDIAN HISTORY, is going to cause them life failures - I know it's helped me out so many times - when watching JEAPARODY!!). Well, of course, there's also the Biblical principal that you can't know what's in the heart of another - only your own - and without FACTS - without WITNESSES - without the ACTUAL EVIDENCE - you can only assume - and therefore - CAN NOT PASS JUDGMENT. But, Holden and the others - you know - the superintendent, principals and teachers who are all supposed to be highly educated - seem to have MISSED that part of THEIR world cultures studies!!
 
But folks, this is NOT what I'm upset about. Oh no - this is not even the BEST of the story. You see, the best part of this story is about to come - the part where the school must hang its head in SHAME, where the ENTIRE school district must be put to the utmost scrutiny and punished for this. Why? Well, I know many of you are still feeling that the school is justified. Many of you are still believing the school is in the right because we shouldn't let cheaters through - even if it's only for world cultures and stupid information that's not going to help the non-future archaeologists - even if it means punishing the innocent along with the guilty (and yes -the innocent are punished when their rite of passage - a VITAL part of growing up and the ENTIRE point of working hard in school is to achieve success and feel the good effects of their accomplishment through that Rite). So, let me point out the painfully obvious that, thus far, has apparently been missed:
 
The school didn't "catch," the cheaters. Oh no - the school "noticed" HIGHER THAN EXPECTED GRADES - and it brought to their attention the potential for cheating. STOP! HOLD ON - and let's rethink this. "Higher - than - expected - grades." So... the school noticed that students were getting high grades and this was concern for cheating? Well, I mean - of course, why not? After all, we wouldn't expect our students in American schools to actually be getting good grades, right? It's just silly to believe that students might be doing good - or that the TEACHERS ARE DOING THEIR JOBS!! Okay - who's lost? Who doesn't get the point I just made? Those of you that are missing this - get up - go wash your face off with cold water - and re-read the article, especially the part about the parents holding their own ceremony and the school not being welcome. Reread the part about one student having the test and still failing - and that this is one of the highest, academically rated schools in the state!!
 
Just remember - because it is one of the highest rated schools, wouldn't mean much if the graduating grade-level of a high-school senior is less than the fourth grade (no, that's not an insult to the students - but to the educators and the system teaching them). The students were SO disinclined to care about world cultures, so unmotivated by their teachers - so worried about a teacher who obviously likes to make the "tough" tests that they feared they wouldn't pass - that they cheated. Do students cheat because it's easy? Maybe - but fear and guilt always play a factor in that equation - such as fear of not knowing info on the final - so the usual answer is - NO. Students cheat when they're worried about their grades, about not passing - because - whether it's their fault or the teacher's - they didn't get the information. Now, not knowing the teaching style in the classroom, here's the only thing I can say, and the point of all of this:
 
THE SCHOOL FAILED. Not the students who cheated or didn't "whistleblow," but the SCHOOL. Cheaters don't cheat others, they cheat themselves. Their going through the rite of passage would have been empty and unfulfilling and they would have been the ones to suffer for it (well, if we were talking about reading or math, albeit ANCIENT Aztec history is SO vital to getting a job at some big company like ... Congress). The school is withholding the ceremonial graduation because they are EMBARRASSED! They are humiliated. They are.. wait.. stupid. Why? Because - they could have held the graduation ceremony and notified the parents of the cheaters and not invited them. Wait - haven't schools done that in the past? Isn't that what happens for a student who doesn't graduate? Why, yes, it is!! The school could have kept this under the carpet, protected the HARD WORKING, deserving students (because those world cultures cheaters are so terribly bad!!), and maintained the ceremonial graduation and SAVED FACE in light of having had to realize that there were cheaters amongst them when their students, in their "highly accredited" school got good grades............. (sorry.... have to pause again as I am dumbfounded by the sheer ignorance of the school in making that public.........), and still operated in the fashion that a low-grade, poor-quality, American school usually does.
 
Folks - this is not a travesty - this is an absolute failure of the system. This is so degrading that it reeks of filth and putrescence. I am so disgusted by this, that my grandmother is rolling over in her coffin. If one of her students was struggling, if she thought that they felt the need to cheat, one on one, she would step up to the plate, talk with their parents, and try to help. My son's school will call me if they feel there are issues that my child is having, and open the lines of communication (expecting, as they should, that I as his dad should be responsible for my own child), to help my child succeed. They don't just assume he's stupid and should get bad grades - like the ENTIRE education system in OHIO! Ohio residents should be outraged. They should be terminating the ENTIRE school board system - and let them see what it means to punish the innocent with the guilty - then rehire the ENTIRE staff, weeding out the idiots. You see - the problem is that - the schools are not just failing in what level of education they provide, they are failing in how they operate:
 
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172416,00.html: Long Island School cancels prom, doesn't want to support orgy
 
Should I even bother? Should I even bother to tell you why this is wrong, and how wrong it is? Do you not understand? Yes - the parents that are supporting a pre-prom cocktail party are WRONG - and they should have to be dealt with. The police can sit outside wherever these students are having their party, raid it and make bank (as they were probably planning anyway). But, the school doesn't want to support an "orgy." First off - just publishing that is WRONG. These are young minds who have obviously been swayed toward the degraded, low-end of the evolutionary ladder. Do we need to call their prom an "orgy?" Are we not encouraging MORE of this behavior? The school is right not to support this - I agree. NO ONE should support participating in ANY activity which degrades a child, no matter the circumstance. Is a graduation ceremony for a "potential" cheater, degrading? No - not at all - it's their cross to bear and a disgusting treatment of the hard working students - but so is cancelling a prom that the parents are the wealthy ones sponsoring, and will sponsor anyways!! The kids are going to Disneyland to stay in hotels together without ANY adult supervision?
 
The REAL problem? The school cancels the prom because, under THEIR supervision - THEIR guidance (and sorry Kellenberg Memorial PRIVATE high school - but it is YOUR responsibility what takes place AT and DURING the prom), that Brother Hoagland (yes - "BROTHER" as in MAN OF THE CLOTH) felt had turned into an orgy. But, wait - that's not true. "During" the prom, while the students stand in a gym and dance, they are monitored. Oh no - hold on, my bad - the school has been letting them rent out some big house and hold the prom there, unsupervised, where the kiddies are fed alcohol - even though one of the parents thinks it SUCKS that THEIR good student, that they have helped instill with morals, shouldn't be TALLIED in with the guilty and FALSELY labeled and alcoholic and drug addict. So - who failed, the students? Yes, in part - because they are not so ignorant enough to understand that societal norms don't support their raging hormones getting themselves pregnant as teenagers. Did society? Oh - big time - I can't even begin to say this enough.... Did the parents? Yeah - if every time you give your kid money, peer pressure leads them to go buy alcohol or drugs - STOP giving them MONEY - duh (at least the parents said they're relieved and glad that the schools morals are "saving" them - not the kids - but the parents, from contributing to their child's delinquency....?? um.. what? What IDIOT said this? How did they become a parent? How have they managed to actually survive up until now without walking off the edge of a well-marked cliff-side?)? Did the school - YES. YES. and.. um, YES.
 
What takes place after the prom- that's NOT the school's responsibility. What takes before the prom - is not the school's either. If it's an alcohol issue - I'm sure that the Sheriff's department would have more than gladly (and probably delighted in it as they are sadistic), stood at the door and offered the 'quick-check' alcohol breath strip, if the teachers were too afraid to. Then - the kids with the responsibility and maturity level of a dog in heat - could have been kept out.
 
Finally, what does this all mean? What is the point of my long-winded banter? (hey - it's a blog - not a newspaper article!!). It means, that when the school has options to consider holding students accountable and responsible, yet fails to do so - it hurts the students. When a school punishes the innocent, it teaches them their hard work and efforts were for nothing and it hurts the students. It teaches the 'stray' kids that they can keep doing what they're doing and let the innocent take the fall. It means that these people are setting BAD examples for our children. It means these people have no idea what the purpose and value of an education is. School is MORE than just reading books - it's opening your mind. Of course - the school in New York has taught one valuable lesson - they're not going to keep letting history repeat itself - just only after it's happened over and over and over again and didn't "self resolve," magically. Hmm... I wonder if that's not the same, ignorant standard that the world leaders used when they ignored Hitler after he took one country... then another... then another... the problem not resolving itself, until finally, they took a stand. Hey - I guess history DOES repeat itself!! And, the school DID fail to teach a valuable lesson...
 
No... wait.. that's not good.. is it? Good luck!!
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How the media drives us with lies - pt1

Posted by CyberMom on Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:28:16 PM
Sure, I know what you're thinking - "Hey, I came here to learn about the truth of the government, not to hear conspiracy theories about the media!" But, what if.... I mean.... just - "what if" - a good portion of the government's lies and corruption include driving the media and leading us down the primrose path? Well, I mean - that's just insane - right? The media never lies. They never make mistakes. They're ALWAYS fair and balanced, aren't they?

Okay, fine, let's dispense with the idiotic mentality that we don't know that this is happening and get down to brass tacks, shall we? The commercial came on from the government sponsored 'protecting kids' campaign against 'online dangers.' Let me first repeat for you EXACTLY, ver batim, what the commercial states:

"You try to protect them. You want to keep them safe. You monitor what they watch. You set filters to control their content. But, are they really safe? ....... But, the truth is, you can't control your kids' exposure to sex, but you can control how they behave."

For those who MISSED it - let me point out the MAJOR areas of concern:

1. You - the parent, the role model, the guardian, the protector, the guidance counselor, the loved one, the creator, the provider - YOU - have NO control at all - YOU CAN NOT control YOUR CHILDS exposure to SEX because YOU can't stop the media - the ones broadcasting this commercial - from putting sex in front of them. YOU can't stop the abuse of the internet where idiots whose evolutionary basis for sex starts and stops at monkeys will post sex. YOU can't stop the kids at school from talking about it. YOU can't stop your own child's self-driven interest in it (aka their evolutionary development as you are NOT God).

2. But, you can control their behavior.

WHAT? Did I, um, miss something? Let me try this one on you: "Hey little Joey, I want you to say yes and no, sir and ma'am, thank you and please, never talk out of turn, always do your homework, do your chores, listen to every word I say, do as I say not as I do and behave...... But, what happens if they don't? Didn't the TV tell you that you could "control" their behavior? Oh, that's right - because the media is GOING to BLAST sex ALL OVER EVERY show they watch, every commercial they hear and do it so repeatedly that its effectiveness rivals hypnotherapy and subliminal messaging - you CAN'T control them. So, um, why... did the TV... tell me I could?

Because, in the face of Congressional laws coming out such as the "forced" community service, Congress wants to empower you to do as they say. You see - THEY CONTROL YOU. YOU - do not even control yourself. They DON'T need your vote. They DON'T need your approval. What they want - is your OBEDIENCE. But, you argue and say - "no, I'm NOT an idiot, I'm NOT your slave, this is a FREE country and I EXPECT the DEMOCRATIC process to allow me to put in my vote."

Now there's conflict. A resolution is needed. Congress says, "Well, we 'do' represent the desires of the people and we 'should' do what they want, but - naaaahhhhh - why do that? Let's scare them, weaken them, take away their power, screw with their heads - and when they're helpless - let's hit 'em below the belt!" You see, for those of you without children, let me 'splain.... no, wait, let me sum up (what movie? c'mon... you know which one 80's generation.. hahahaha):

We love our kids. We live in fear because we KNOW there are bad people out there, the police and court systems are inneffective and we don't want them hurt. Why? WE WENT THROUGH IT. The parents who are ignorant of what their kids are doing - didn't go through the hardships. WE KNOW. We do NOT want them to grow up. We want something DIFFERENT for them. We want a life of happiness and joy and one that doesn't involve strife and heartache. But, that's not always possible. We know that. And, we know that the media is just getting worse - and worse - and worse. I took my son to see a PG movie - and boy oh boy - what they get away with in PG movies is FAR more than I EVER wanted him to see. Learned my lesson.... And, what does the government do? They ENCOURAGE sex in media. The FCC throws a temper tantrum because Janet Jackson had a 'portion' of her COVERED boob pop out during the super bowl half-time because 'families' were watching - but.... it's okay to them that many of today's cartoons include kissing, sexual scenes, sexual jokes and the music videos that ALL the kids are watching include 'pimpin' the ho's' and the degraded value of idols such as Spears and Lohan.

Right, makes a TON of sense, right? I mean, why not let the SOURCES of the MAJORITY of children's media input include bare butts, skimpy outfits, pimped out sluts, superficial make-up jobs to attract sex, but SLAM down those FAMILY values because... oops... it happened at the Super Bowl in front of everyone? The answer's simple - mom and dad saw. They saw what the FCC was putting in front of their children. Anyone watching this season of South Park knows EXACTLY what I'm talking about. Only when mom and dad become aware does the FCC lay the SMACK down on anyone.

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How the media drives us with lies - pt2

Posted by CyberMom on Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:26:59 PM
 (continued on from "How the media drives us with lies - pt. 1) -
 
Let's examine this in some detail, shall we? Quiznos Subs - their commercial "Dave, put it in me," as the guy looks down at his crotch and says, "Nuh-uh, I burn." Um, maybe in ANY other context, I might have laughed. Sure, I've got the 13 year old mentality that finds fart and sex jokes funny - I'm a guy - EVERY guy (even those who pretend otherwise) - has this mentality by nature. But, it wasn't. Why? For two reasons -
1. IT IS A SUBWAY SANDWHICH COMMERCIAL BROADCAST ON CARTOON NETWORK - THIS is in front of OUR children??? Dammit! My son's not so stupid to have caught the theme of it. They weren't even subtle about it! Sex and subway sandwhiches... gosh.... sex hasn't PERMEATED EVERY SINGLE FACET of hollywood, has it? But - the truth is - not even that was what REALLY peeved me -
2. The OVEN WAS A DUDE. They did NOT use a female voice for the sticking in of the 'torpedo,' sub, into its REAR entry. For anyone who missed it - go look it up yourself, 'cause I'm not gonna encourage it.
 
Is that to say that the subtelty of the absolutely GAY reference was wrong because it was a 'gay' reference? No. In fact, I'm not even sure that the company advertising for Quiznos thought it through. Hell - they STARTED with DEAD hamsters, modifying an existing internet song for their advertising career. What I am peeved about, is that THIS is the VERY issue I FIRST started with - the MEDIA - the people BROADCASTING THIS COMMERCIAL - are the SAME ONES - that told us we 'love our children, and because we do, if we WANT to be GOOD parents, we'll try to keep them away from sexual themes - but..... too bad, we can't.' And, why not? BECAUSE HERE IT IS - on the VERY channel my son watches, right in front of him. Not only is the sexual theme blatant, but the subtle theme is grotesquely exaggerated.
 
Now, in contrast, I absolutely LOVE the Burger King mini-burger commercial because the idea of a horde of hot, playboy-type chicks crowding around me, giving me full attention is actually kind of - cool. Of course, because I'm NOT an idiot and I know that no matter HOW many times I unwrap those mini burgers, women aren't going to flood around me - I try to find the 'subtle' hint - since SEX is the NON-subtle hint. And, survey says: Even overweight, fast-food eating, can't hook up with playboy models because they're not rich and sexy guys can get the rich chicks - they just gotta do what the commercial says. So - what does that do for kids? It LOWERS their standards. And, what's the problem? (and I quote) "You can't control your kids' exposure to sex." Well, not only that - but I am now faced with their lowered standards of what's beautiful, what the easy road promises (but in truth can never produce), and I, the parent - become the liar. SO HOW IS IT I CAN "CONTROL" their behavior?
 
Well - next comes the 'Osbournes' variety hour. No, that's not going to be the full representation of the degraded mentality and unevolved state of humanity, is it? Then what else? Another reality show that relies on the completely 'unrealistic' to survive? Bill Cosby's show in the 80's is considered one of the defining elements of the current troubled condition of the America Family based on media input:
 
The quick fix doesn't work.
 
Mom and dad fight, and in 30 minutes, are they back, kissing and everything is okay? Nope. Billy gets in trouble in school and in 30 minutes is it fixed? Nope. Hell - even today on shows like 'House' (albeit I LOVE that show and will otherwise speak no wrong of it): the people who lived in a way that screwed themselves up, at the end of 1 hour - everything's better. Can the kid's go out, get pregnant and do the same? Nope. Media REALLY took us away from the point of morality. And how, why? Here's something I LOVE - HULU!! I give these guys MAJOR props.
 
What do they offer? Cerebral, gelatinisizing shows.
Can you control them? Nahh... what are you gonna do, shut off your TV AND your computer?
What is their goal? An evil plot to destroy the world.
 
That's it. THAT'S IT! Right there - in black and white. It's not Quiznos or BK's openly sexual content that tries not to say the word, "sex," - it ACTUALLY says what they want. TV rots your brain. TV over the Internet rots your brain. And, what would be the eventual goal? World destruction. Simple. To the point. Heck, if our Government was THIS honest - we'd at least ALL be in a better place!! If we were this honest with ourselves - we'd be in a better place. "Hey, I'd say it's nice to see you today, Bill, but that would just be some empty form of flattery based on socially accepted norms, when in fact, I actually hate the way you treat your family, think your arrogant and stuck up and wish I never saw you."
 
But, will we do that? Nope. Why? FEAR. Yes, I actually sit up at night and wonder if Hulu IS really made up of aliens destroying us. Why? Because - that is WHAT they are broadcasting BECAUSE they KNOW we are SO far down the rabbit hole that we can no longer distinguish reality from fiction. We are the sheep that went to the other side, realized the grass WASN'T greener, and are now wandering around aimlessly. We are a greedy, selfish, "thing"-driven population. We DON'T want the truth. If it's given to us, we REJECT it. And, the point of ALL of this?
 
The government knows this. They feed us what they want us to hear. Obama received 100,000 questions to answer on-line? C'mon - let's NOT be stupid. They filtered out 100 MILLION to only 100,000. And, the majority were about legalizing pot? Yeah - SURE they were. The MAJORITY were questioning his budget policies. And, what did he answer?
 
Four. Four out of 100,000 (out of 100 million). Four questions based on "how will you help lower my tuition?" That is CRAP. Sorry for the foul language - but the truth is - his 'people' chose questions about 'children' to gain public support. It was a media campaign to get the public to like him because 'he cares about the kiddies.'
 
Yeah - but he can't stop their exposure to sex, right? Nope - but he can tell you that you can control their behavior, right? Sure - so long as Congress has a SLEW of pre-determined bills sitting on their desks that they will pass, one at a time, slowly, that will place GREATER control on us. And, they KNOW better than to start with the adults. While the majority of America's made up of the gooey-mush brained television watchers, there are enough people (aka Glenn Beck) who will talk about the truth and raise Cain. So, let's do what the Nazi's did - go after the kids. The kids are easy targets. FORCE parents to believe they're in control - create a RIFT between the kids and the parents - and you have a nation of children willing to turn in their OWN parents to the Nazi regime...
 
Sound stupid? Maybe... in fact... I HOPE and PRAY that you're right and I'm wrong. Because, folks, it's happened before - and it WILL happen again.
That which is, was once before, and that which will come, already has been. Ecclesiastes.
 
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