Non-Typical Solutions

What do you think Stanley? This bull too? Just more Twitter baloney?

Has anybody seen this? Is it even enforceable? Do crazy people care? Is it true?

On the tail end portion of a 10 day historical trip! First time in Boston or NY! Some observations! I’m not too sure I want New York advising me on green anything or how to take care of my life!

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We did run into this little ruckus in Alexandria protesting guns and the NRA!

We spent a little time there and the American History as well!

Such a sobering display of discipline! Thanks to all those who have served!

Not a single Biden item for sale half a block from the White House! 😳

Lifetime dream! Represents what I was taught as a kid is USA!

Then there’s this Vet, I had to stop and tell him thanks!

There is obviously somebody in NY that gets it!

Enjoyed Tony’s posts and am sad to hear of his passing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Blessings for your kid! Teaching can be very rewarding! Every person is their own individual not one the exact same!!!

Cat….lots of things you mention are considerations! As an educator I see it every year! Anti-bullying week! All the sudden, teacher teacher Johnny is bullying me! Okay let’s go up to the counselor and see what’s going on!!! No let’s not I was just kidding!!!! Many many times the “bullied” are the bullies! Of course not always the case! There is a LOT that goes on at school….all levels! First you arrive at school and guess who has already been on campus for 30 minutes? The kid who’s parent(maybe) had to be to work At 7:00 and didn’t wanna leave them at the bus stop at6:30am! Chances are that kid has few friends and is behind in school! Free breakfast….yep and guess which kids are in there? The ones that are living in foster homes, with grand parents or parents on welfare! And guess what, they eat the little box of cold cereal and throw the rest in the trash! Bell rings and anywhere from 15-30 kids show up late anywhere from 10-30 minutes late! There’s a good chance they aren’t that successful in school and really don’t like 1st hour! Usually blame it on mom! Lunch…..kids hang out with the kids they like but on the computer attendance program Johnny’s parents have a restraining order on Jimmy because Jimmy introduced Johnny to pot last week at the skate park and there’s 300 kids at lunch and the teachers on lunch duty need to keep an eye on them! While keeping them from running on the outside tables, off their cell phones, not vaping and the 20 girls who went into the bathroom at the same time from smoking pot! Plus the jackass boys from trying the latest TikTok challenge of busting all the soap dispensers off the wall! Finally, school is out, parents lined up around the block in the parent pickup zone! Most of those kids come from the “successful “ homes and their parents don’t want them riding the bus because it’s too harsh for them to handle! So guess who’s waiting for the last bus to pick them up? Yep, low income kids that live way out, go home to sometimes no running water, no computer or internet to do homework and they usually come to school the next day wearing the same clothes! Lots wrong out there! Lots of kids coming from broken homes and honestly $hitty living conditions! And education system needs a serious internal gut check! Education was never intended to replace parenting! Sorry…….long year!

Latest I read states that the shooter was arrested in 2018 for threatening to shoot the school up. Current two kids in Az that were arrested for threatening to shoot a school up yesterday. Cottonwood and Prestcott valley..........................we aren't gonna get in front of mental health fast enough, fastest fix is to protect our campuses until better proactive solutions can be installed...........fencing, detectors, trained personnel, etc.............

Actually................I've heard you can drive into a crowded sidewalk at Christmas time and be just fine.........................

We had a training last Friday on a new program that we are going to "implement" next year to help students with "mental health"! While it might sound like a great idea you can't imagine the amount of red tape and paper trail required to get any action from an administration level! In most cases we are asked to take into consideration a kids home life....................duh................possibly the #1 common factor. Creating a campus with one entry and one exit sounds like a logistic nightmare but in my opinion is gonna have to happen if you really want to protect our kids! Including metal detectors! One of the big considerations is training adults that this is what needs to happen because this will cause backlash by adults who want the "freedom" they had as a kid. I mean, we get reamed by parents because we have a designated drop of area that takes "time" to get through because so many kids get driven to school by parents or siblings. Even though the drop off zone is for their children's safety. Times are very different! I am a huge proponent of trained armed staff and have volunteered to go through training! I was listening to a guy on the radio talking about "see something say something"...............which I am a huge believer in that concept but there is a pretty rough side to that as well, my neighbor who is anti gun sees me loading up for a hunting trip packing guns into my truck and all the sudden I have cops at my house investigating? Lots of things to consider but sitting on the sideline just praying ain't the only thing we need.........we need action, shut off all this foreign aid to countries that don't give a fit and invest in our children!

Beto........is all you really need to know..............

Can you imagine processing the scene????

DANG!!!!!

Interestingly enough I got into a discussion with a G$F officer darting elk off of FS 26 last summer. Supposedly they were putting collars on elk to track wolf impact. I asked him why he thought there were so many elk in the area specifically the Alpine meadow! He told me they had always been there which is debatable. When my dad built his summer home in the edge of the "Alpine meadow" back in the 70's a person had to drive to Reservation Lake to see elk I hope you are correct about the buildings and you are correct about the slippery slope and going to heck!!!