tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.comments2023-09-15T08:34:44.934-07:00Jenius JotsGCSchmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-3733389676785819622009-09-06T17:14:20.257-07:002009-09-06T17:14:20.257-07:00Gabriel-
I've seen it done well and I've...Gabriel- <br /><br />I've seen it done well and I've seen it done poorly. I think the problem is when (as in your example) the parents want to shelter their children and keep an eye on them constantly. However, it goes both ways. The young American 17-year-old who just sailed around the world alone (!!!) is obviously home schooled, and certainly not sheltered or socially awkward. What an amazing accomplishment, and he couldn't have done it if he were attending school full time. <br /><br />Dr. Francis X. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, was home schooled (if you could even call it that) on a sheep farm in West Virginia. Many Rhodes Scholars, I believe, were home schooled as well. I could find a list of successful home schooled students if I had to, but you get my point. <br /><br />I honestly believe that schooled children will have a harder time with authority figures when they realize no one cares about the 3.8 GPA and a score of 30-something on the ACT. They'll be the ones encountering "authority figures that don't treat them and special..." when grades were the only thing that mattered for such a long time. <br /><br />Finally, some kids HATE school, just like some adults would hate certain jobs or careers. Could you imagine spending 12 years in a place you hated? Thank God homeschooling is an option for those children. <br /><br />Anyway, that's all I've got to say for now on that. For more, read "Weapons of Mass Instruction" by John Taylor Gatto.<br /><br />CurtCJ DePreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078414268424280619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-62581895132345246682009-01-07T05:15:00.000-08:002009-01-07T05:15:00.000-08:00I dunno about homeschooling. Maybe the kids really...I dunno about homeschooling. Maybe the kids really do better academically but what happens when they join adulthood, have a job or even college and they encounter authority figures that don't treat them as special and precious? Are they emotionally prepared for that?<BR/>I have met some homeschooling parents and kids and those kids are not socially prepared. The parents run after them with the Lysol wipes cleaning everything and sheltering the kids from anything that may involve actual work from the children. I just don't see the benefit.<BR/>Opinion colored by what I have seen from 3 families only so maybe they are doing it wrong...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940267250726982508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-23652624337956966072008-12-20T16:23:00.000-08:002008-12-20T16:23:00.000-08:00I just finished the book. It's outstanding. I al...I just finished the book. It's outstanding. I also recommend Gatto's other books (all eye-opening): Dumbing us Down, A Different Kind of Teacher, The Exhausted School, and The Underground History of American Education...His magnum opus.CJ DePreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078414268424280619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-70893616577761934012008-12-03T07:54:00.000-08:002008-12-03T07:54:00.000-08:00You can read Social Problems online at http://www....You can read Social Problems online at http://www.schalkenbach.org/. The chapters are individual essays, and some of them are extremely topical; others merely very topical! <BR/><BR/>Hardcopy is also available from the same website.LVTfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17172522529549663162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-25924536464732435622008-12-01T17:03:00.000-08:002008-12-01T17:03:00.000-08:00Thank you, gentleman. But it seems to Me that Schi...Thank you, gentleman. But it seems to Me that Schiff was right, is right and until he clouds his vision due to hubris or greed, will continue to be right.GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-79656581740272884952008-12-01T14:41:00.000-08:002008-12-01T14:41:00.000-08:00One has to wonder if Mr. Schiff knows what he's ta...<I>One has to wonder if Mr. Schiff knows what he's talking about given statements like the following:<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Without a doubt! Not only is he brilliant and savvy, he is so because he can read between the lines with his OWN research and analysis. Rather than taking the old lazy approach that everyone else does... trust the government numbers.<BR/><BR/><I>"By continuing to subsidize our reckless and outsized consumption, the world merely delays the inevitable re-balancing and exacerbates the underlying problem at the root of the current global financial crisis..."</I><BR/><BR/>Think global! Your thinking local (U.S.).<BR/><BR/><I>Perhaps Mr. Schiff could explain how it's possible to consume more than is produced?</I><BR/><BR/>He means that too much consumption comes from offshore (India/China). And worst yet, most Americans have borrowed (paid by credit card) when they purchased those goodies.<BR/><BR/><I>And if production is not meant for consumption, then what is the purpose of production?</I><BR/><BR/>Production, consumption, imports, exports... its a delicate balancing act!<BR/><BR/><I>Since it's physically impossible to consume more than is produced, society should not have to go into ever increasing debt to consume what has already been produced.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes it is, if most of your goods are produced and imported from another country. That wealth is transferred over to the exporting country.<BR/><BR/><I>The fact that we do slide into ever increasing debt to consume what we produce is not due to the fact that we're "consuming too much", but due to the fact that costs rise faster than incomes when regarded as a flow.</I><BR/><BR/>You can justify it as much as you'd like, but debt is debt no matter what the reasons are.<BR/><BR/><I>It is physically impossible for a society to "consume too much" since consumption can never be greater than production, and if it is already produced, we should rightly be able to consume it.</I><BR/><BR/>See my comment above. Read a bit on wealth distribution through imports/exports.<BR/><BR/><I>Mr Schiff is confused by finance. There is no such thing as a debt in nature. You do not physically owe the future for current consumption, because current consumption is merely limited by current production. The real (i.e. physical) cost of production is consumption.</I><BR/><BR/>I think you are somewhat confused a bit. Economics 101... everything he says makes sense!<BR/><BR/>Jeach!Christian Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183098897572680191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-46588115656649906392008-11-28T10:24:00.000-08:002008-11-28T10:24:00.000-08:00One has to wonder if Mr. Schiff knows what he's ta...One has to wonder if Mr. Schiff knows what he's talking about given statements like the following:<BR/><BR/>"By continuing to subsidize our reckless and outsized consumption, the world merely delays the inevitable re-balancing and exacerbates the underlying problem at the root of the current global financial crisis..."<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Mr. Schiff could explain how it's possible to consume more than is produced?<BR/><BR/>And if production is not meant for consumption, then what is the purpose of production?<BR/><BR/>Since it's physically impossible to consume more than is produced, society should not have to go into ever increasing debt to consume what has already been produced.<BR/><BR/>The fact that we do slide into ever increasing debt to consume what we produce is not due to the fact that we're "consuming too much", but due to the fact that costs rise faster than incomes when regarded as a flow. <BR/><BR/>It is physically impossible for a society to "consume too much" since consumption can never be greater than production, and if it is already produced, we should rightly be able to consume it.<BR/><BR/>Mr Schiff is confused by finance. There is no such thing as a debt in nature. You do not physically owe the future for current consumption, because current consumption is merely limited by current production. The real (i.e. physical) cost of production is consumption.Socredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03930579002329295431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-68730841650077616832008-11-26T02:18:00.000-08:002008-11-26T02:18:00.000-08:00It's not good but it's heading in the right direct...It's not good but it's heading in the right direction. The debt situation is getting better. With the recent bailout, it has opened more doors for the consumer. The problem is that no one does any research or knows where to look for help.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://debted.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Debted.blogspot.com</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-72128044610319318862008-11-10T19:40:00.000-08:002008-11-10T19:40:00.000-08:00This story is featured on http://detentionslip.org...This story is featured on http://detentionslip.org ! Check it out for all the most controversial headlines from our schools.Hall Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02228738334446148731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-74905387837820424162008-11-07T09:10:00.000-08:002008-11-07T09:10:00.000-08:00Further thought - if I believed that local and sta...Further thought - if I believed that local and state government had the integrity and honesty to build a working system based on sound engineering that would actually protect New Orleans from a Cat 5 I would have a completely different opinion.Trevorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790537461767412810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-68728392240627230832008-11-07T09:08:00.000-08:002008-11-07T09:08:00.000-08:00It's amazing how long a post can live. I'm glad yo...It's amazing how long a post can live. I'm glad you got a little something out of one of mine.Trevorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790537461767412810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-50250555638964771842008-11-05T15:57:00.000-08:002008-11-05T15:57:00.000-08:00As a black woman in the US, I never thought in my ...As a black woman in the US, I never thought in my life I'd see the day.<BR/><BR/>This by no means suggests that racism is over. Instead it means that people are going to have to stop using that as an excuse for their failure to try.<BR/><BR/>RamonaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-74512410430109700892008-09-17T14:52:00.000-07:002008-09-17T14:52:00.000-07:00Gil ... maybe Traficant wasn't a crook at all. Wat...Gil ... maybe Traficant wasn't a crook at all. <BR/><BR/>Watch my backyard neighbor (a test pilot with a Top Secret clearance) <A HREF="http://www.eToys-Bankruptcy-Fraud.info/cspan.wmv" REL="nofollow">testify to Congress</A> about criminal misconduct by the federal prosecutor pursuing Traficant.<BR/><BR/>Read this <A HREF="http://www.eToys-Bankruptcy-Fraud.info/navycapt.pdf" REL="nofollow">sworn affidavit</A> from a retired Navy Captain (who also holds a Top Secret clearance) about criminal prosecutorial misconduct in pursuit of Traficant.<BR/><BR/>Things are not always as they seem.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15108580145518041304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-2679545528589863692008-09-11T13:06:00.000-07:002008-09-11T13:06:00.000-07:00These stubborn bugs, conversely than popular belie...These stubborn bugs, conversely than popular belief, often spring up at heads of children, who live in clean homes and are from families of high socioeconomics status.<BR/>Till now, they were usually easy eliminated with over-the-counter shampoos or prescription drugs.<BR/>The problem is, that in years, lice developed immunity to nearly all pesticides and it is getting harder and harder to eliminate them.<BR/>The so-called Super Lice are drug-resistant and the cases of parents, who are not able to out-smart them and keep their children clean, are arising more frequently.<BR/>See how many parents faced this problem - www.votetheday.com/polls/already-had-problems-with-super-lice-248Namų Darkytojahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159830393979142512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-54510095936748772732008-09-01T06:40:00.000-07:002008-09-01T06:40:00.000-07:00John, I made a mistake, for I originally wrote ".....John, I made a mistake, for I originally wrote "...barely half of that of My Island's capital, San Juan...", but edited it badly and ended up with a mistake. My bad.<BR/><BR/>You see, Alaska has about 660,000 residents, whereas Puerto Rico has about 3,989,000, with San Juan at about 1,020,000. So "The Governor Palin" runs a basketball team while Our Non-Governor runs a whole league. Badly, but then again, apparently so does "The Governor Palin."<BR/><BR/>Sorry to have misedited My response. Maybe not as sorry as you should be for backing Palin, though...GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-62338475461646090802008-08-30T10:59:00.000-07:002008-08-30T10:59:00.000-07:00John, reasonably good points. However...McCain's u...John, reasonably good points. However...McCain's unit wasn't "the largest" at the time: His command was given "Top Star" status (higher profile and enhanced budget) for Public Relations purposes. (Department of Defense plans for 1974-1977 were to "visibly rebuild the image of the Armed Forces." None of those programs exist today.) Whether he did a good job or a great one thus depends on many factors beyond his mere presence, leadership and/or experience. It's also possible he could have sucked at the job (like he sucked big-time at the Naval Academy) and still come out smelling like a rose due to external factors.<BR/><BR/>"The Governor Palin" runs the largest land-area state in the U.S. with a population barely half of that of My Island, Puerto Rico, which also has a bottom line responsibility in the billions. By that token, you would consider Our Governor a better choice for V.P., something I would have a hard time accepting. ("Hard" as in "When Hell freezes over and the Sun runs on biodiesel.")<BR/><BR/>You contrast the candidate teams' experience as "zero against substantial." Biden has been in the Senate longer than Palin has been in any kind of office (where she started as Mayor of a town of 1,500 people. You know what We call a 1,500-person area in Puerto Rico? A neighborhood.)<BR/><BR/>Foreign policy experience? Biden is acknowledged by both parties to be a renowned foreign policy wonk, while Palin may have seen Russia once or twice. Most likely on TV.<BR/><BR/>As for the two head honchos, Obama has little experience in domestic and foreign affairs, whereas McCain has some experience in domestic and almost none in foreign policy. Advantage McCain if you count voting blindly to the murderous moron's mistakes, not showing up to vote 62% of the time and flip-flopping on everything from abortion to economic issues as "experience."<BR/><BR/>Oh, and McCain was a P.O.W. You GOTTA give him that, right?GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-53793870105337931342008-08-29T20:37:00.000-07:002008-08-29T20:37:00.000-07:00So many seem to forget that the office of the Pres...So many seem to forget that the office of the President is in the executive branch of the government, an that being an executive means leading a team to accomplish a goal. Neither Senators Obama or Biden have done that. Neither has the executive experience to run a Starbucks, let alone a country. Senator McCain has, among other command positions, run the largest unit in the navy at the time -- an aviation training unit. The Governor Palin has run a state with bottom line responsibility in the billions.<BR/><BR/>So, it is zero experience against substantial experience. No one who has ever had the responsibility for actually managing people and been held accountable for the result, would hire either Senator Obama or Biden to manage their small business, let alone the largest organization in the country -- the Executive Branch of the government. If you couldn't reasonably put Senator Obama in charge of your local supermarket, how can you suspect he can run the country?John Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02093616974843593025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-40568875611417856512008-08-10T19:27:00.000-07:002008-08-10T19:27:00.000-07:00From My Friend, The Picky Grammar Lady, who Blogge...From My Friend, The Picky Grammar Lady, who Blogger didn't let in...again: Atlantic Monthly did an article about the same husband/wife team that overlaid Section 8 housing movement with crime upticks (wasn't that in Memphis?)- interesting article. You can move people around, but you don't eliminate the problems by just putting "The Poor" in "Nicer Boxes." We should have also figured that out from the unplanned mass-exodus from New Orleans- Houston initially welcomed the "refugees" with open arms, but they needed their ARMS to corral the subsequent upticks in crime. And the NO Mafia / gangs all developed new and better contacts in Houston! Great side benefit! New trading partners! And they didn't even need NAFTA's help to find them!GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-2073451680052951542008-08-02T16:46:00.000-07:002008-08-02T16:46:00.000-07:00It goes like this... and it's reall simple too. Yo...It goes like this... and it's reall simple too. <BR/><BR/>You are poor. We are paying for your healthcare. Your health is in the toilet because that's where your eating habits are. And poor health equals high healthcare costs--which we are paying for and do not want to pay for. You are also too stupid to be taught how to make better choices. Therefore we will do all the thinking for you.<BR/><BR/>And that's how you end up with such a measure.<BR/><BR/>I spend most of my money on food. And too often, it's hard to get healthy foods in poor neighborhoods. Overpriced produce not fit for anyone to eat. Not even a rat. People like me who want to eat healthy don't qualify for food stamps. People who qualify for food stamps like to shop for unhealthy stuff anyway. No one wins here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-82618208663062346822008-08-02T07:46:00.000-07:002008-08-02T07:46:00.000-07:00I just though of peeling onions under water and th...I just though of peeling onions under water and then immediately thought of waterboarding, so I'm just going to stop right here and go sit quietly in a corner for a while...GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-5123089550342715862008-08-02T07:43:00.000-07:002008-08-02T07:43:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, it isn't. My Special Friend just go...Unfortunately, it isn't. My Special Friend just got back from a medical mission on the Dominican Republic/Haiti border and saw several vendors of mud cakes and "galletas" --cookies--prepared in the same way. The despair and suffering there are largely unknown, but it is tragically real.GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-33884071933080818932008-08-02T07:40:00.000-07:002008-08-02T07:40:00.000-07:00You're spot-on, Ramona. I hope the ratings ABC got...You're spot-on, Ramona. I hope the ratings ABC got for that stupid show were worth it...but I doubt it.GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-3776671105839440022008-08-01T10:10:00.000-07:002008-08-01T10:10:00.000-07:00I am a loyal reader of the onion. Some of it is a ...I am a loyal reader of the onion. Some of it is a joke, but a good part of it is like a true onion. It brings you to tears. But these tears are half laughter, half crying because you know that what you read has merit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-85424147037566782922008-08-01T10:06:00.000-07:002008-08-01T10:06:00.000-07:00This is like some kind of a sick joke.This is like some kind of a sick joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271795857662772685.post-79116162848772638672008-08-01T09:54:00.000-07:002008-08-01T09:54:00.000-07:00I don't mind when needy people get help, but that?...I don't mind when needy people get help, but that? That was all in excess. Four fireplaces? How many truly needy people could they have helped with all that money? All of that money for nothing. What a waste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com