Don't get me wrong, I will respect a cop, if he respects me and my space, but Indiana has had a bad track record of corrupt cops in the past 18 months alone. This alone is making me look at the law as a full on war on personal rights. I have my weapons (second amendment) ready for this. I have been the type to oppose guns or any weapons, but as this was handed down, I am now seeing a real reason for the Second amendment and I will do whatever it takes to protect myself and all who are in my home from any invaders, domestic or foreign.
The US military, when they sign up, they sign up to protect the citizens and uphold the constitution from Foreign and Domestic threats. We need them to help us now, more than ever.
I thought the Dems were all about personality andshit. Fuck whoever you want in the ass wherever you want using government condems.
So now they want to fuck everyone in the ass with taxes and no warrent searches.
Had enough Change yet?
This is not really a republican or democrat idea but a recent trend of infringement on American's Fourth Amendment. Indiana has recently passed a bill to have warentless searches. If a police officer suspects any "Funny business" of any sort, they can intrude without a warent. This is fine and dandy when an actual crime is happening, but they can do it at any time, and if you resist in Indiana, you can be arrested for impeding an officer's investigation. If you attack an officer while he/she barges in because you are trying to protect your property, you will be charged with Assault of an Officer (which is a federal crime). It has passed in Indiana, and it is has set forth for similar laws in Texas, California, and anyone else. If someone suspects that you are doing something bad or wrong, they can call the cops and infringe on your fourth amendment.
This is a recent bill passed in indy, so it can be overturned if it is taken to to the feds, but hasn't yet.
The solution would be to replace the entire school system with something like this. You could fire half the teachers and administrators and auction off the physical building. The actual classroom could be any rented apartment or small home. A parent would wither have to bee a small fee to fund a class sitter, volunteer for such a duty, or have both employment and a poverty waiver. The remaining half of the teachers (preferably the good half) would rotate though the classrooms so student could ask question in person, and to help anyone you might be having a hard time. The administrators would solve disagreements, vet materials, do the necessary accounting. Another advantage to this would be mixed classrooms. You could have a three or four grades levels in a classroom instead of just one, or a fraction of one. Another advantage would be the opportunities for self direction, (you could advance ad quickly as you were able and not have to wait for classmates to catch up), and for experience outside the classroom (internships, entrepreneurship, independent study or research could increasingly be options at higher levels of study).
The second step would be to give administrators more leeway in determining educational materials and manifests, giving wide leeway to certify private schools, and allowing districts to overlap to provide for competition and specialization. You will have than made a world class educational system while cutting costs by 1/2-2/3rds.
one problem, schools do that now (on funding and "Class sitters")... They are called teachers. Teachers have had so much stript away and now all they can do is baby sit and prepare for standardize testing. Indiana is doing what you say on "private and charter" schools and all schools are suffering because of this.
The funding, we already have that through taxes (in the US) and vouchers (in some states like Indiana). It is proving to be a bad idea (at least in indiana).
My response is, More funding towards Schools and less towards Businesses (where they are basically being paid by government to stay in USA).
Your idea sounds great on paper, but life doesn't really play out like that. Politics in the work place plays in heavily and Students need consistency and the ability to converse with the teacher, not have a rotating door of teachers and assistances. If the teacher-student relationship isn't working, they can review both parties and adjust accordingly.
I do like your idea of parents keeping involved in their child's education, which should be done already, anyway. To teach a kid doesn't stop at the School's door's for 1/3rd of the day. we learn every moment we are awake (and maybe if we are asleep, but that is unconfirmed). I like your idea of cutting costs, but at what point do we see greater success out of using less?
On Self Direction, it does work in college and in the real life, but students need a good foundation (Elementary needs alot of direction, middle school - not as much, and high school needs little - but still needs some.). To give self direction, most kids will just go out and play and not worry about an education. Kids crave structure. Granted, some, like us, may not need as much direction - if at all-, but we all need some structure in our lives. If you study human behavior, you will see that give a child structure early in life, you are able to loosen the reigns when they get older, but still keep some basic structure in there so they can have a positive path.
I like the idea of smaller class to teacher ratio. It has been proven that you can serve more when you focus on a smaller list than have a bigger list of students. Higher availability of teachers will allow the student to feel more comfortable to ask questions. Granted, there are a few which don't matter what the size is, they can ace any work, but smaller class sizes have been proven to improve performances for all students.
not just that, but if all students were given the opportunity to obtain a computer (tower or laptop), internet connection to their place of stay, and so on, it would help, but than again, that would be upwards in the millions if not billions (especially for the biggest schools in the states). Than you would have Capitalist conservative yelling "That's UNFAIR, COMMUNIST!" because it leads to giving opportunity to students without forcing them to pay for a service. or something along those lines. Not everyone is able to pay for a service like internet let alone having a computer. Yes, we have computers (everyone commenting here), or atleast access to a computer, but what if you were stuck in a place where you were unable to obtain internet service, let alone a form of transmitting that service into a viable resource (computer)? The idea is good, but without proper funding (and trust me, there are millions of dollars being cut from the schools in the past several years), the idea will just be that. An idea (and a dream).
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I have a missing mass in my pants.
OMG! HE is now a SHE! 0_0
OMG! that is seriously HUGE!
that's what she said, last night... ;)
missing mass or missing "ASS"?
ie: "Ummm... who cares?"
It (skype) has been great when talking internationally to family and relationships.
now if I can get them on Google Voice.
I love how people call me things in which I am not. Do your damn research before calling people names, moron.
God Bless America for having the Boston Tea Party and getting rid of you tea sucking b***ards as a primary source of influence for our drinks.
he made a pit stop @ Saturn first, he will be here Saturday, I assume by all the billboards.
thank you for reiterating the top post of this thread. It really adds ALLOT to the conversation.
have you also noticed that it looks like a cum shot in the cassini probe: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/28/a-saturnian-storm-larger-than-worlds/
Dangit, God! I told him to keep it in his pants, but he couldn't contain himself when he saw Saturn.
It turns out Netflix users take up an average of 40GB per month just from streaming media
that's not the only thing taking up that much from "streaming" in my home. ;)
Don't get me wrong, I will respect a cop, if he respects me and my space, but Indiana has had a bad track record of corrupt cops in the past 18 months alone. This alone is making me look at the law as a full on war on personal rights. I have my weapons (second amendment) ready for this. I have been the type to oppose guns or any weapons, but as this was handed down, I am now seeing a real reason for the Second amendment and I will do whatever it takes to protect myself and all who are in my home from any invaders, domestic or foreign.
The US military, when they sign up, they sign up to protect the citizens and uphold the constitution from Foreign and Domestic threats. We need them to help us now, more than ever.
or even "War on Prices" for a much more humorous level in the corporate world.
Yes, it is indiana.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110518/17015914326/what-4th-amendment-indiana-sheriff-says-random-warrantless-house-to-house-searches-are-okay.shtml
I thought the Dems were all about personality andshit. Fuck whoever you want in the ass wherever you want using government condems.
So now they want to fuck everyone in the ass with taxes and no warrent searches.
Had enough Change yet?
This is not really a republican or democrat idea but a recent trend of infringement on American's Fourth Amendment. Indiana has recently passed a bill to have warentless searches. If a police officer suspects any "Funny business" of any sort, they can intrude without a warent. This is fine and dandy when an actual crime is happening, but they can do it at any time, and if you resist in Indiana, you can be arrested for impeding an officer's investigation. If you attack an officer while he/she barges in because you are trying to protect your property, you will be charged with Assault of an Officer (which is a federal crime). It has passed in Indiana, and it is has set forth for similar laws in Texas, California, and anyone else. If someone suspects that you are doing something bad or wrong, they can call the cops and infringe on your fourth amendment.
This is a recent bill passed in indy, so it can be overturned if it is taken to to the feds, but hasn't yet.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110518/17015914326/what-4th-amendment-indiana-sheriff-says-random-warrantless-house-to-house-searches-are-okay.shtml
The solution would be to replace the entire school system with something like this. You could fire half the teachers and administrators and auction off the physical building. The actual classroom could be any rented apartment or small home. A parent would wither have to bee a small fee to fund a class sitter, volunteer for such a duty, or have both employment and a poverty waiver. The remaining half of the teachers (preferably the good half) would rotate though the classrooms so student could ask question in person, and to help anyone you might be having a hard time. The administrators would solve disagreements, vet materials, do the necessary accounting. Another advantage to this would be mixed classrooms. You could have a three or four grades levels in a classroom instead of just one, or a fraction of one. Another advantage would be the opportunities for self direction, (you could advance ad quickly as you were able and not have to wait for classmates to catch up), and for experience outside the classroom (internships, entrepreneurship, independent study or research could increasingly be options at higher levels of study).
The second step would be to give administrators more leeway in determining educational materials and manifests, giving wide leeway to certify private schools, and allowing districts to overlap to provide for competition and specialization. You will have than made a world class educational system while cutting costs by 1/2-2/3rds.
one problem, schools do that now (on funding and "Class sitters") ... They are called teachers. Teachers have had so much stript away and now all they can do is baby sit and prepare for standardize testing. Indiana is doing what you say on "private and charter" schools and all schools are suffering because of this.
The funding, we already have that through taxes (in the US) and vouchers (in some states like Indiana). It is proving to be a bad idea (at least in indiana).
My response is, More funding towards Schools and less towards Businesses (where they are basically being paid by government to stay in USA).
Your idea sounds great on paper, but life doesn't really play out like that. Politics in the work place plays in heavily and Students need consistency and the ability to converse with the teacher, not have a rotating door of teachers and assistances. If the teacher-student relationship isn't working, they can review both parties and adjust accordingly.
I do like your idea of parents keeping involved in their child's education, which should be done already, anyway. To teach a kid doesn't stop at the School's door's for 1/3rd of the day. we learn every moment we are awake (and maybe if we are asleep, but that is unconfirmed). I like your idea of cutting costs, but at what point do we see greater success out of using less?
On Self Direction, it does work in college and in the real life, but students need a good foundation (Elementary needs alot of direction, middle school - not as much, and high school needs little - but still needs some.). To give self direction, most kids will just go out and play and not worry about an education. Kids crave structure. Granted, some, like us, may not need as much direction - if at all-, but we all need some structure in our lives. If you study human behavior, you will see that give a child structure early in life, you are able to loosen the reigns when they get older, but still keep some basic structure in there so they can have a positive path.
I like the idea of smaller class to teacher ratio. It has been proven that you can serve more when you focus on a smaller list than have a bigger list of students. Higher availability of teachers will allow the student to feel more comfortable to ask questions. Granted, there are a few which don't matter what the size is, they can ace any work, but smaller class sizes have been proven to improve performances for all students.
not just that, but if all students were given the opportunity to obtain a computer (tower or laptop), internet connection to their place of stay, and so on, it would help, but than again, that would be upwards in the millions if not billions (especially for the biggest schools in the states). Than you would have Capitalist conservative yelling "That's UNFAIR, COMMUNIST!" because it leads to giving opportunity to students without forcing them to pay for a service. or something along those lines. Not everyone is able to pay for a service like internet let alone having a computer. Yes, we have computers (everyone commenting here), or atleast access to a computer, but what if you were stuck in a place where you were unable to obtain internet service, let alone a form of transmitting that service into a viable resource (computer)? The idea is good, but without proper funding (and trust me, there are millions of dollars being cut from the schools in the past several years), the idea will just be that. An idea (and a dream).
Sunny! I lived in a big town and I still walked up hill... on the ice... both ways.
yes, that is true. Thanks for being informative, but I still like coffee being imported directly from Columbia.
Coffee grown in USA Sucks... Go Columbian and you will feel the Tweek.
if what you don't like brings terror, the creator is a terrorist. republicans are my terrorist.
Nothing to see here folks... move along. Comcast knows best.... Dang Big brother.
Yeah, that is what FB was designed for.
Cut down to only allow email@schoolname.edu accounts like the good ole days.
THATS HORRIBLE! Some one should stop them! RIAA, WHERE ARE YOU?!?!