My generation..

[CAP1]

funny Squid works out and gets grumpy when he doesn't.. but his 'gym' class at school is a large joke.  Turn em loose with some equipment and grade them for 'participation' which means if a group tosses a ball back and forth for the 40 minutes every other day they get credit. 

what we used to have to do, was stretches, then calisthenics, then whichever sport the coach decided we should be doing.

 i sucked at football....go figure...tall skinny dood......sucked at basketball.......about as coordinated as a drunken monkey.....was good at baseball/softball....in fact, i had a tendency to hit the pitchers i didn't like...it was an "accident" i swear....  was great at volleyball, and never played dodgeball. for one year, they did have archery....i did well at that considering i was shooting a k-mart special fiberglass bow.

 we did this EVERY day. there were no exceptions. we were graded on our participation. when i was in school, i never lifted, but started when i was about 20.

 i'm seriously outta shape now, but i'd have to say that my constant moving/running around/doing SOMETHING has something to do with the fact that i'm now 48, and still wear the same size i did wheni graduated. i'm the only skinny one in the family. i eat junk food, drink way too much soda, and once in awhile grab somethign healthy.......but i'm still a skinny chit. probably always will be.
 i believe that this is because all those years of being like that "trained" my body to keep the metabolism up. i know that sounds   and it probably is.........

[CAP1]

I feel like I'm surrounded by idiots at school every day. So many of these incompetent wastes of tax dollars attend the school that teachers that have been there for more than a few years (about 99% of the faculty) do not care at all about doing their jobs and educating America's future. Out of the 1000 students I am forced to call classmates, perhaps 35 of them actually about learning and suceeding.

We 35 spend 2 hours out of our 6 hour days in serious and cohesive learning enviornments in AP and Honour's classes with all 35 of us in the same class, while the other 4 are spent seperated in obligatory classes such as foriegn languages and various science classes. In these state mandated classes, perhaps 2 or 3 serious students are present, the rest being a rowdy group composed primarily of moronic under achievers, whom detract from the classes, for those of us who wish to gain all that we can from them, through the constant stream of dribble that manages to escape their mouths until the classrom is alive with vulgarities, racism, and general malice. Teachers seem to have two choices presented to them. They can either waste massive amounts of precious time trying to control the erronous dullards that plague the class, or stop caring, and stop teaching in any sort of coherent fashion. The aforementioned capable academics are then forced to supplement their shoddy lessons with endless hours reviewing the material themselves at home. I understand that this could simply be marginalized as average "studying" as many would do for a big test, but this is more than that. I would go so far as to say that nothing is learned through the teachers, and all the vital information must be extracted from text books and such.

Bah...rant over, for now...I might just PM you for further discussion, Joe. 

for those of you that are trying...all i can say is keep on trying!!!! never give up!!!!!

oh yea.....WTG too....

[EskimoJoe]

I feel like I'm surrounded by idiots at school every day. So many of these incompetent wastes of tax dollars attend the school that teachers that have been there for more than a few years (about 99% of the faculty) do not care at all about doing their jobs and educating America's future. Out of the 1000 students I am forced to call classmates, perhaps 35 of them actually about learning and suceeding.

We 35 spend 2 hours out of our 6 hour days in serious and cohesive learning enviornments in AP and Honour's classes with all 35 of us in the same class, while the other 4 are spent seperated in obligatory classes such as foriegn languages and various science classes. In these state mandated classes, perhaps 2 or 3 serious students are present, the rest being a rowdy group composed primarily of moronic under achievers, whom detract from the classes, for those of us who wish to gain all that we can from them, through the constant stream of dribble that manages to escape their mouths until the classrom is alive with vulgarities, racism, and general malice. Teachers seem to have two choices presented to them. They can either waste massive amounts of precious time trying to control the erronous dullards that plague the class, or stop caring, and stop teaching in any sort of coherent fashion. The aforementioned capable academics are then forced to supplement their shoddy lessons with endless hours reviewing the material themselves at home. I understand that this could simply be marginalized as average "studying" as many would do for a big test, but this is more than that. I would go so far as to say that nothing is learned through the teachers, and all the vital information must be extracted from text books and such.

Bah...rant over, for now...I might just PM you for further discussion, Joe. 

I would like to note, I love the way you write. So eloquent, I'd be willing to bet your English teachers love you 

[BrownBaron]

You live in America, man. Ignorance & stupidity are virtues. If you're going to worry about being disappointed, then lower your expectations to fit the bill a bit.

I'm not sure I can get them that low. In my former favorite class, Principles of Engineering, today I was forced to sit and wait no less than 20 minutes of the 55 minutes period for the so-called professional educator to prepare his lesson for the day, something that I feel he is paid to do at home, not during my class time. During these 20 minutes, a painfully ignorant white boy uttered a very prolonged string of gibberish (as in a completely made-up and random series of sounds). Throughout his vocalization, the only real words recognized by the modern English language that he had emplyed were, "white power".

[BrownBaron]

I gave up on public school.

It got to the point where we weren't doing anything in class, and the teachers tried their hardest to control the class, we would have a test every 2 weeks and hadn't covered any of the material.

Precisely what I am talking about.

I would like to note, I love the way you write. So eloquent, I'd be willing to bet your English teachers love you 

I'm sure they're just glad to meet another person that can speak proper English.

[phatzo]

Haha
Perfect example today, I noticed that the battery on my motorcycle was a little low and could do with a bit of a charge. I went and got my battery charger and extension lead out of my tool room (yes I have a walk in robe dedicated to tools.) hooked the battery charger up and passed the lead in the window to my son to plug in for me. After stalling for an hour and now running short on time I decided that that would be enough charge for now. I went outside and disconected the battery charger only to notice it was cold. I yelled out "Curtis, that power was turned on wasn't it?" to which he replied "No, did you want it on." Its actually been quite some time since I have insulted him but yesterday I had to call him a squealing moron.

[CAP1]

I'm not sure I can get them that low. In my former favorite class, Principles of Engineering, today I was forced to sit and wait no less than 20 minutes of the 55 minutes period for the so-called professional educator to prepare his lesson for the day, something that I feel he is paid to do at home, not during my class time. During these 20 minutes, a painfully ignorant white boy uttered a very prolonged string of gibberish (as in a completely made-up and random series of sounds). Throughout his vocalization, the only real words recognized by the modern English language that he had emplyed were, "white power".

if i were you, i'd tell the above to my parents(the teacher part), and let them take it to the school administration.

[BrownBaron]

if i were you, i'd tell the above to my parents(the teacher part), and let them take it to the school administration.

Believe me, I've complained before. Once a teacher gets tenured in this state, it is damn near impossible to touch them. My English teacher has not written a work sheet or test since day 1 of this school year. She takes all her material from other teachers who publish their work electronically, puts her name on it, and gives them no credit for it. Furthermore, these worksheets and/or tests sometimes correspond to a completely different translation or version of the literary work that we are studying, putting her laziness at the students' expense. A group of about 15 of us complained to the administrative office about what was happeining, and provided corroborating evidence. Within the next few days, my instructor vowed to never again do such a thing. Guess what she has been doing since that time... 

[EskimoJoe]

if i were you, i'd tell the above to my parents(the teacher part), and let them take it to the school administration.

I've been out of school for the past, two weeks, this being my third. My mom decided it was a good idea to take me out, as some punk was threatening my life and such at school. The kid is nothing but a giant walking version of a female's lower private extremity. His words hold no water.

I digress. We brought up the problem with the administration, all they did was have us sign a 'no contact contract' where we weren't allowed to speak at them, look at them, or etc. in a 'negative manner'. Because we ALL know a piece of paper will hold back a raging tard. If any of us were to be violate the contract, the offender would be 'dealt with accordingly'. Right.

This has been the final straw for me. Public schools are all worthless now imho. My mother and I are looking into online homeschooling options, haven't had much luck.

[CAP1]

Believe me, I've complained before. Once a teacher gets tenured in this state, it is damn near impossible to touch them. My English teacher has not written a work sheet or test since day 1 of this school year. She takes all her material from other teachers who publish their work electronically, puts her name on it, and gives them no credit for it. Furthermore, these worksheets and/or tests sometimes correspond to a completely different translation or version of the literary work that we are studying, putting her laziness at the students' expense. A group of about 15 of us complained to the administrative office about what was happeining, and provided corroborating evidence. Within the next few days, my instructor vowed to never again do such a thing. Guess what she has been doing since that time... 

dam..that sounds like a teacher that needs to be fired.

 tenure isn't bad only there......watch this video. be advised, there is some language in it, but this is actual nj public school teachers caught on hidden cameras. it makes me wanna puke, and VERY thankful that i don't have any kids in the system......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdqQTIQhn5A

[CAP1]

I've been out of school for the past, two weeks, this being my third. My mom decided it was a good idea to take me out, as some punk was threatening my life and such at school. The kid is nothing but a giant walking version of a female's lower private extremity. His words hold no water.

I digress. We brought up the problem with the administration, all they did was have us sign a 'no contact contract' where we weren't allowed to speak at them, look at them, or etc. in a 'negative manner'. Because we ALL know a piece of paper will hold back a raging tard. If any of us were to be violate the contract, the offender would be 'dealt with accordingly'. Right.

This has been the final straw for me. Public schools are all worthless now imho. My mother and I are looking into online homeschooling options, haven't had much luck.

this is an area where i feel sorry for you younger people.

 public schools used to be decent. they used to give us a decent education, in some semblance of safety. those days are long gone.

 the schools i went to, i won't even admit to anymore, as they've slipped that far down the hole.

[BrownBaron]

I've been out of school for the past, two weeks, this being my third. My mom decided it was a good idea to take me out, as some punk was threatening my life and such at school. The kid is nothing but a giant walking version of a female's lower private extremity. His words hold no water.

I digress. We brought up the problem with the administration, all they did was have us sign a 'no contact contract' where we weren't allowed to speak at them, look at them, or etc. in a 'negative manner'. Because we ALL know a piece of paper will hold back a raging tard. If any of us were to be violate the contract, the offender would be 'dealt with accordingly'. Right.

This has been the final straw for me. Public schools are all worthless now imho. My mother and I are looking into online homeschooling options, haven't had much luck.

Agreed, agreed, and agreed (to an extent). My elementary school was an amazing place. Every day I woke up and was eager to get to my classes, as the teachers were able to make them wholesome and, forgive me if I come across as a gigantic nerd, fun. One got all this, and a clean campus, up-to-code buildings, and a various other extravagences. All this, and not one cent of private money was paid. 100% government funded, aside from a PTSA fund raiser here and there.

If I find that things don't improve at this school, I'm going to seriously consider private schooling.

[fbWldcat]

If I could say half the things about my generation, and each of you had a dime for every single thing, you'd all me rich. Seriously though, the other day this "young woman" was using her phone in the middle of class, strictly no phones in our school so what came next was about to happen. Teach saw it, tried to take it away, the girl refused, stuck the phone back down in her pocket and began to use profanity, she got written up. Well around the end of the class things had calmed down. The bell rang, everyone got up to go and as the teach said "everyone have a nice weekend, be safe," the girl turned around, gave him the bird and told him to go eff himself. Then repeatedly yelled in the hallway about how she was unfairly treated.  

I'll admit my generation is not the greatest, not by a long shot, but there is more than enough good to go around. I see people holding doors open regularly, helping the elderly take groceries in, going out of their way to help others. And while the music of my generation is nothing but constant filth and violence and sex and drugs and basically everything you used to only be able to find in the big cities or the "boonies," most of the people I'm acquainted with listen to the old rock, old country, the classics like Elvis, Cash, Led Zep, AC/DC.

Every generation had it's misfits,
50's had greasers (teehee)
60's had hippies
70's had it's dopesters
80's had Kevin from Home Alone
90's just kinda had everyone not any certain group
Present day has just bad kids everywhere, mixed in with the good.

What I'm trying to get at here is that every generation has it's batch of misfits, but I think now that internet and instant media is becoming more and more accessible, we just see people from all different groups and not the good ones that are normally in said groups.

I don't appreciate my generation but then again... I don't really know anyone who has appreciated their own, either.

[fbWldcat]

My school has a very VERY divided student base. There are the kids who will excell in life and go on to college and get a good job, then the kids who will go work at McDonald's until they are 40 and eventually pass out in a ditch and wander into the unemployment office. I'm in advanced classes and I don't see a single kid in them that won't be successful when they leave with a Diploma. Then in the elective classes, where the two divisions mingle together, I see new faces almost every time and almost all of them smoke pot or do drugs, mindless sex 24/7 and it makes me realize how the public school system can only do so much. So much of the students lives are out of the reach of public education.

On a side note...

ADHD only started popping up with any severity when parents were scolded for scolding and spanking their children... Corporal punishment should not be illegal, parents can bring the whines as far as this forum, but the principle is always the same, either the kid learns what is right and what is wrong early on, or they don't and you end up with something that could've been avoided. People are too afraid of getting sued...

This makes me almost wanna 

[EskimoJoe]

... helping the elderly take groceries in...

I didn't know kids could do that anymore. Alaska, heh.

...
80's had Kevin from Home Alone

^^