Thought I'd hit on a bunch of things today:
Are hardcopy newspapers going to be a thing of the past? I always have loved having my paper to read every morning. I used to actually like seeing my carrier every week come to get paid. Automation has eliminated the carrier's weekly visit , missed deliveries aren't made up, accounts are credited, & renewals are done online. You never even see your carrier. Some people are canceling their papers & reading them online. The papers themselves aren't always very appealing & full of the ads needed to keep them in print. Carriers have to have a drivers license these days. Most carriers are people desperate for a job where in the past it was a kid looking to save some money for a new bike. The way things are going.......the daily newspaper may soon join the dinosaur.
Cutting some of brightest & best teachers is going to hurt kids & kill our schools. Seniority is used to determine cuts in schools. Last in ...First out. Being a former educator & facing this a few times in my career I totally understand it. If not, schools could save money by replacing the salaries of veteran teachers with that of new teachers. It doesn't seem fair. Many of our younger teachers are the ones running clubs, coaching, & doing many of the extras. So what is the answer? You tell me. Government needs to decide just how important education is & find a way to fund it that doesn't put the burden on the tax payers. Class sizes will be going up & please don't tell me,"When I was in school I was in a class of 30" Because today's kids with all their issues & disabilities need to be in smaller classes inorder to get the attention they need to learn. Also let's forget about all this stupid testing & paperwork & get back to educating kids. And, let's forget the "one size fits all" mentality in government & reinstitute our BOCES & Tech programs where kids can learn to fix cars, weld, do hair, & other useful skills. Not every kid needs to go to college. Wake up our 2012 version of "Boss Tweed" in Albany.
March Madness!!!!!!!!! North Carolina, Kentucky, Syracuse, Kansas, Duke, Missouri? Will one of these teams be crowned NCAA Men's Hoop Champ for 2012? Will it be a dark horse: Ohio State, Michigan, Michican State, Connecticut. How will Murray State, Butler, or Georgetown do? Winning 6 straight games in this tourney is tough. The team that does...deserves to be the top dog. But watch the game these days....Rough Stuff, unnecessary fouls, traveling, isolation plays, & bad attitudes are taking over where Team play, finese, skill, & positive attitudes used to be the rule. It's still the best time of year for the true basketball fan. So fill out your brackets & see who can guess right.
Friends are neat to have. There are many kinds of friends. Your brothers or sisters fit this category if you are lucky. They knew you when. You grew up in the same house hopefully & have so much to share. Stay Close! Kids you went to school with are friends too. They walked the halls with you, shared secrets, played sports, & laughed with you. Then on to college where you made some new friends & maybe you stay in touch. The work place is the next place to make some friends. You share the same grind & can complain or laugh & understand. Neighbors & your kids friend's parents are friends you make during the times you're kids are growing up. You share the same daily stuff. You make friends many different ways & it takes work. But when you get to the point when you can retire, you realize just who really matters & who is a real friend & who are acquaintances. Facebook and other social networks give us opportunities to reconnect & make new "friends" some you actually will never meet or be in the same room with. But it gives you peace of mind to have those connections. So the moral of this story? " Enjoy making friends" ?" A man is deemed successful by the number & kinds of friends he acquires" And .......Stay in Touch...... sign me, " Fran's Two Cents"....
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