Morning coffee with a few completely different topics to ponder.....
Pondering over coffee: the demise of the education system in America
The Dept. of Education was created in 1979 as a payoff to the teacher's unions for endorsing a political candidate for the first time: Jimmy Carter. It was at that point money was filtered to them, ethics and standards were lost and we as a country went from number 1 in the world in education to number 24.
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Pondering over coffee on a rainy morning....
Should have never even been in the country to begin with.
Saw a clip of an Uma Thurman interview in which we was discussing becoming a Mom. After her son was born she realized when you have a child you become a part of society in a different way. That you care more about society and the future - that something is now bigger than yourself. It was interesting - just one tiny thought - but gave me something to stop and ponder for a bit.
For children.
Without any parental knowledge. Without consent.
They can say and do whatever they wish with your child behind your back.
Life long, permanent changes to a child who doesn't have the ability yet to make decisions, doesn't literally have that part of their brain developed yet.
Your child can be legally, physically and mentally warped, changed - for life - behind your back.
This is wrong on so many levels.
It's natural to question everything when you are starting to go through puberty, to be emotional and confused - but you should never, ever give power to people to harm your child and let them do anything they wish to your child behind your back. Things that can't be changed, that will affect the next 30, 50, 70 years of their lives. Because of an opinion they voiced when they were 4, 7, 12 years old and someone with a LOT of money to be made from it, took that little comment and warped it into fast action with long term damage.
PONDER: If you are ok with this on the surface, then ponder longer, dig deeper.
Turn the situation into something you are 100% against - something you care deeply about - and make THAT the focus. That some random group of strangers have the ability to coerce and harm and change your child's life behind your back and you can't stop them.
Turn the situation into something you are 100% against - something you care deeply about - and make THAT the focus. That some random group of strangers have the ability to coerce and harm and change your child's life behind your back and you can't stop them.
One example: Pretend this group is cutting out their kidney and donating it to someone else - behind your back, without having to ask for your consent and without you knowing about it because your 10 year old child decided themselves they feel strongly they want to have their kidney cut out and donated.
Pondering over early morning coffee... and a chuckle here or there as well
According
to the audit, DOD OIG auditors found: 28 material weaknesses, two
significant deficiencies, and six instances of noncompliance with laws,
regulations, contracts, and grant agreements.
Material weaknesses
were defiined as “so significant that they could prevent management
from promptly detecting and correcting a material misstatement in the
financial statements,” while significant deficiencies were defined as
“less severe than material weaknesses but are important enough to
formally communicate to management.”
The Pentagon Comptroller and
Chief Financial Officer Michael McCord addressed the audit in an
off-camera briefing with reporters on Friday afternoon, calling it “not a
surprise.”
Some different topics you can ponder over coffee....
Morning coffee with a few completely different topics to ponder.....
