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Too Much Education

05 Oct

Many parents prefer to send their children to private schools, although I am a product of public school and I think I turned out OK.

One of the guys I work with was talking about his 6 year old daughter. She is in the first grade at a private school. Evidently, her classwork includes teaching children in the first grade how to write in cursive. He was expressing his frustration in his daughter’s sloppy penmanship.

I jumped all over him about that. Children that are only 6 years old often do not have their fine motor skills developed enough to write in cursive. This school is pushing the children too fast – there is no good reason to require first graders to be writing in cursive!

 
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Another Stupid Ad

01 Oct

This ad shows up on the right margin of my Facebook page all the time. What is wrong with these people? I might be interested in some ANTI-wrinkle products, but I sure don’t want to buy something that will give me wrinkles like this woman pictured in the ad! And if she had some effective ANTI-wrinkle secrets, then she sure shouldn’t look like this!

 
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Posted in Health, Just Gail, PC & The Internet, Rants

 

School Needs This?

19 Sep

My sister called to chat and I asked her how my nephew is doing in  school. Their school year started back in August and he will probably be getting a report card soon. He is in the 3rd grade this year and has a birthday coming up. We are so proud of our little man!

She told me about a recent homework assignment for reading. We used to call that subject English but I guess that is no longer politically correct. The assignment asked a lot of strange questions, such as how many books do you own? What is your public library card number? What is your favorite book and why?

It seems to me that the school should not be asking these types of questions. Why is it any of their business what a child’s library card number is? That is private information, and for that matter, so is the name of my favorite book.

 
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Commercial Disclaimers

30 Mar

Has anyone else noticed all the disclaimers on the commercials these days? There are lots of pharmaceutical commercials saying that the doctor was paid for appearing or that the people giving testimonials are not actors. I remember during a recent election the actors in the campaign commercials were so believable that some people voted for or against the candidates for believing the crap the actors were paid to say. My God, we are so gullible.

 
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Protect Yourself

22 Feb

Tennessee ranks 11th in the nation in reported cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The state has 60 cases per 1,000 people, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control.

If you can do statistics, that means 6 out of every 100 people in Tennessee have some type of STD. But beyond numbers, that means that at least 6 percent of the people who live here are continuing to have unprotected sex. Condoms are about more than just birth control. They protect you from STDS. Get your head out of the sand and protect yourself!

 
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