California Educational System and the Governor

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I spent 30 years not voting as I just have difficulty believing anything any politician has to say. It seems rare that they ever back up anything they promise. Once again our California Governor has said one thing and completed just the opposite. Of course we can never tell if he is a Democrat or Republican. He has taken the educational system and is trying to revamp a system that took years to work(not saying that it is working) overnite. Teachers are a shortage in this state yet he is laying them off. Why not lay off some of the administrators and save even more money. Now the overall reason I blame him and not the office is because he promised not to touch the educational system. Our kids have a difficult time trying to handle school; peer pressure and life in general. As an older individual I do feel they have no clue what actual suffering means but then it is a new age. Most have both parents working or just not caring what happens to them. Don't get me wrong. I don't feel sorry for our kids but I do for the teachers and the parents treat the teacher as a babysitter for their kids. My wife teaches and loves her job. She works extremely hard trying to get her students to understand the english language. Oh forgot, she is an' english ' as a second language teacher. Her students speak the language but have difficulty in forming the correct way of speaking. She has approximately 90 students of which about 25 fail each year. But do to laws, they are moved to the next grade even tho they have yet to understand what they were just taught.
I can't claim to be anywhere near an expert on the educational system nor the political system but I do know when things are not going the way they should be. We have allowed politics to guide our educational system instead of the ones that actually do the job. Even the educational administration higher echelon is political. I need to better myself and the hell with the kids is their thought pattern.
The political system has their hand in just about everything. That is very unfortunate as we need to let those who are in the trenches teach the administrators what needs to be done to fix the educational system. Most administrators have never taught in a classroom and have no clue what needs to be done but they sure can listen to a survey and screw it up.
We need to explain to the Governor that he needs to quit parading around in his 'Hummer' and start working out the kinks. With the gas prices as they are, he has the nerve to show off one of his Hummers. And of course people eat that up.

So there ya go.
I'm off my soapbox for a few minutes.

Taxi

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This turns out to be about an average movie as far as the script goes. The comedy with Queen Latifah is great. Thought I would wake my neighbors up, I was laughing so hard and loud. The car chase scenes were great. Probably one of the better put on the screen or in this case DVD. The comedy and the car chase scenes make it worth watching. Just don't think about the script. I would rate this one 3.8 out of 5.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.


Butch

Robots

What a cartoon! Great cast of voices. Great animation. One that every adult and kid should see. It brings across a point of unity is the best thing. Robin Williams did his usual great vocals. You must take your kids to see this one. Or you can go alone and still enjoy it. I gave it a 4.1 out of 5.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Butch

The Last Nail

The Last Nail

And I thought my 1054 sq ft house was small. Great article Jay. When remodeled the kitchen entirely floor to ceiling(new cabinets, new counter top(corian of course) and had a wood floor put in). Then she decided that she wanted a wood floor dining room, hallway and 'bingo' livingroom. Gee with all this new stuff we need a new stove. And how about a new frig. If your getting those you might as well get a new dishwasher to go along with the new sink. All right finally she is done. Nope now she had a breakfast bar added with lots of shelving. Why so many shelves? Wow for the new China we are buying(bought now). Finally she is done this time. Nope now she feels that the colonial chairs in the livingroom need to be replaced. So she gets a large two person chair and ottoman. But only she is allowed to use it. hmmmm Conspiracy is in the making. So now we are broke and she wants to know where the money went. hmmmmm
So I kinda know what your going thru with that house. Bet your having fun too.

Butch Conway
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