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1005 posts 6/19/2008 12:22 pm |
So very true! You can count a lot of that changed after 9-11 though. I may have only graduated high school 8 years ago, but I still remember getting into a fight with another girl over something stupid and I only got out of school suspension and in school suspension for 4 days total. She got in school suspension and a month of detention for defamation of character in a school environment.
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silverbreeze2 replies on 6/19/2008 7:29 pm:
Hi Popmuse
That is true...things did change after 9-11. Much of this just amazes me...since it's been a while since I had a child in school. My youngest is 30 and my oldest is 38.
Back when I went...it was like the 1967 times...or close to that. I guess we did things the old fashion way...but, it seems the kids were better back then than now. So, it makes me wonder...doesn't that tell people that sometimes newer is not better  I'm just thankful I no longer have any in school and mine are all grown  |
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1959 posts 6/19/2008 12:29 pm |
The world has gone nuts.
got busted for putting the old sig on.
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/19/2008 8:25 pm:
Hi Cat
It sure has! Right when I think nothing will surprise or shock me...something comes along that just knocks me off my feet 
Every time I say things can't get any crazier...they always do 
I don't worry so much about me..cause half of my life is gone anyway...but it's scary to think of what children today may have to face.  |
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8385 posts 6/19/2008 1:32 pm |
Boy Howdy Silver you just nail that one..!!
That's if you can get a kid to go outside and *Play*
When I was a young'en it all they could do to drag our asses in from playing..and they wounder why todays kid's are so over weight..
That shits on the Parents too..What ever happen to the word *NO* and bed times...
I'm going to STFU now cause my head may explode with all the permissiveness that Kids these days are given...Where the hell are the Parents..??..Who the fucks in charge...In my House there was NO DOUBT about it..!!
Ready … 
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/19/2008 8:45 pm:
Hi Ready...
I wish you could see my son's girlfriends kids You do have to yell to get them outside. They are couch potatoes..and both of them are over weight. Their mama doesn't do anything about it either. I too stayed outside all day long and half the night when I was a kid. We didn't even have a TV until I was over five...I think I must have been about eight when we got the TV Even then, I didn't care anything about it and I still don't watch TV except to hear a weather report.
That girls kids tell her what they will and won't do...and yell at her. If she would bust their butts...maybe that would help but she has never done that and now she has two very unruly kids. They don't act that bad around my son cause he will get onto them...but, it wasn't like that when I was growing up. My mama never spanked me but I would never have yelled at her or told her what I was going to do. As wild as I was  I still had respect for her. |
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7517 posts 6/19/2008 2:11 pm |
Life sure has changed since then and I can't be sure if it's for the best.People with the best intentions,(can I say Do-Gooders?)can often do more harm than good.
Keep it simple,it works better and the ripple effect is less severe.
Bubba.
Intelligence is often over-rated by the ignorant.
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/19/2008 8:48 pm:
Hi Bubba
Sometimes people think they are making progress, but that sure can back fire. Years ago people stopped spanking their kids saying the kids were " expressing themselves". That was part of the "Yuppie" generation that did that. What they ended up with is kids out of control. They are the ones that do school shootings...beat up their parents...become drug users, and it's out of the parents hands.
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8956 posts 6/19/2008 3:32 pm |
Ready is right on the number.  We are rearing a generation of social misfits, who are NOT going to be able to think for themselves. In other words, REPUBLICANS.
Discipline, responsibility? Ancient concepts now I'm afraid. The "sensative" generation. 
True story, I once had a teenage drug dealer threaten me saying "Whatcha gonna do about it, I'm a juvvie?" My reply was VERY unPC, and must have impressed him some, because he moved on most riki-tik. Rev Joe
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silverbreeze2 replies on 6/19/2008 8:55 pm:
That's true Rev. Joe....social misfits. It's scary to think that this younger generation now is the ones that will help pay our Social Security  I think we all may be in trouble I don't think they will be working. They will be in therapy or something going on.
Thinking back...change I think started in the 60's. Then we had the "yuppie" generation and people let their kids do anything they wanted. I think that's when things began to get so bad out of control.
I use to work in elementary school....and most of those kids just amazed me. They did and said things that I would have never...ever...in a million years said or done when I was their age.
I use to wonder why wasn't the parents teaching them anything! A teacher can't do it all....parents have to take some responsibility too. |
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6728 posts 6/19/2008 3:53 pm |
Yes unfortunately there is alot of truth to all of them. Even out here in Australia it is pretty much the same thing these days. The world has gone mad.
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silverbreeze2 replies on 6/19/2008 8:58 pm:
It's sad isn't it Linda...that things can't go back to the way it use to be. I really think kids would be much better off...more able to learn and have more respect.
My son's girlfriend has two kids so out of control...and it's her fault. They are out of school now for summer vacation...but when they are in school...she gets calls all the time for their bad conduct in school. I have never figured out why she let this happen... |
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2268 posts 6/19/2008 4:40 pm |
Very interesting post !!! Very thoughtful post !!! By the way, I have been busy, trying to keep up with your blog...
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/19/2008 9:06 pm:
Hi M
Don't worry about trying to keep up here I have been in and out so much myself...too much has been going on that has taken a lot of my time away. I log in and make a post...and I always try to reply back to all comments...but I myself haven't really had time to get through my watch list. It is glowing yellow!!
There was just some bad things that came to my family...that has taken a lot of my time during the day when I would normally be working here. Once all of that is settled..I'll get back on track again.. |
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3927 posts 6/19/2008 6:01 pm |
Hi Silver, I like this post. Aren't you glad like me that we grow up in that ERA.....M.
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/19/2008 9:19 pm:
HI Mike
Isn't it a shame that those younger don't know how much fun it was to be a kid back then?
Lordy...I was a big tom boy...only had 3 boys to play with. We fished in a pond, rode horses and dirt bikes ( when we were old enough to do this) and played for hours in the woods. Our woods behind my house had a big creek. We took this blanket and made a tepee!  ( we pretended we were Indians camping) We rode our bikes on long gravel roads...hearing the crunch of rocks ( we didn't have paved roads where I lived) I ran around at night catching fire flies and putting them in a jar. I would let them out...but the boys and I would see who can catch the most.
We didn't have computers or an air conditioner. We slept with all windows open and we didn't even lock the front door. There was no need to. People didn't bother you. You never heard of break-ins  Nobody locked car doors either. No need too.
People didn't mind working in a garden to put food on the table. They didn't mind slopping the hogs for pork to eat or raising chickens for fresh eggs.
In some ways, it seemed like hard work...but you know...I don't think the people back then had the worry and stress they do now.
Now about one out of every three people are on antidepressants. I don't even think we had antidepressants back then
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3142 posts 6/19/2008 7:39 pm |
Funny but sad and true these days. I can almost start to see a faint light at the end of the tunnel with school. 2 more years for my son.  Then I will be done. I hate to admit this but the ex still thinks that the world is just like 1967 and doesn't understand why's and why nots of today. Yes, he is still living with his head under a rock.
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silverbreeze2 replies on 6/19/2008 9:26 pm:
HI Cheryl
I know how you feel about the relief when one gets out of school. When my last one graduated, I don't know who was happier..him or me
I felt like this >>> thinking NO MORE SCHOOL worries....but....now I have a grandchild in school! I think I worry more about her than I did my own two kids ( and she just finished kindergarten...so she still has 12 years to go and longer if she goes to college. ( but maybe I won't be around then to worry about it
I use to hate it when we had any snow or ice...having to get up early and sit there staring at the TV to see if my kids school was going to be closed or open one hour late...I just hated that!
But, I will let you in on a secret....when they are in school...that is the best time for them and you. I didn't know that at the time...not until mine were out and trying to make it on their own. The REAL worries are now. Not when they were in school. I have two ages 30 and 38...and I could almost write a book on what all has happened to them since they been out of school.... That is why I have gray hair! |
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2049 posts 6/19/2008 8:03 pm |
Yes, Silver,this was a great blog!! What did happen to those days of old?? Remember when we could paddle our children then. It never hurt us growing up.Fighting was when you did it with your fists and not a gun or knife!! This world has gone crazy!! Peace from Outoftouch1954
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/19/2008 9:33 pm:
Times are so different now. That is true....kids didn't suffer any mental damage from a spanking...When I was all the way in the eighth grade...our teachers had " wood paddles" and they would use them too! This was before they banned them from touching a student. I got my butt paddled many times....and I sure didn't like it...and it did hurt..but I wasn't left with any permanent scars. I don't dream of paddles or anything like that
That is true too....in this day and time..a fight at school just may involve a knife or gun. When I was in school....you didn't hear about kids bringing things like that to school...at least not in elementary school. I heard not too long ago a boy in the fifth grade brought a gun to school. It made me wonder...what in the world was a fifth grade boy doing with a gun! He's lucky he didn't shoot himself. ( Oh...maybe it wasn't loaded I didn't think of that....
I know how things are now.....and it scares me to think how they will be when my g/child is in her teens. She's only 7 now. |
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8842 posts 6/19/2008 8:35 pm |
So very true...even in '75'...we Bought and sold Guns in school...and we traded all sorts of things that today...would Make you on a watched list also...
Earl
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silverbreeze2 replies on 6/20/2008 7:29 am:
Hi Earl
You know...I can remember in the eight grade, my typing teacher was all the time telling us what new gun he bought. He collected them and I don't know why he told his class about them...maybe he thought we were interested but, if a teacher now started telling about all the guns they bought to their class, they would probably get fired!
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4475 posts 6/19/2008 9:06 pm |
I am finishing my 9th year of teaching (3rd career), and I won't be retiring in this profession. What goes on behind the scenes would make you sick. You know it must be bad when my teenage son has aspirations of being a teacher and I say, "No, honey, you can do better."
 Elevate me...
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/20/2008 7:11 pm:
Hi Hippie
I tell ya...Teachers don't get the recognition they deserve. They are under paid and in many cases, respected the least. People send their kids to school and expect the teacher to raise them. Many parents don't help in any way...they put that off on the responsibility of schools. Things have changed so much in school, that Teachers don't have any rights anymore. It's almost so bad, if you raise your voice to a child, they could get you for verbal abuse.
I had my butt paddled with a wood paddle in the eighth grade...just like everybody else. We didn't like it, and it sure didn't feel good...but, back then, kids didn't hit their teachers, and they weren't selling drugs at school, and bringing guns and knives to school either.
I can remember in the 9th grade...a boy was caught with a condom. They actually expelled that boy for several days for bringing that to school!
I use to work in elementary school....and just what I saw shocked me. I heard words coming out of those little tiny kids mouth that was just shocking. OMG.....in one of the kindergarten classes...one little boy named "Toby" pulled out his little weiner and showed it to this little girl named Sandy. I guess he thought he had something to be proud of. I don't know what in the heck made him do that. ( unless he saw his Daddy showing his to the Avon lady Maybe that was it |
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6891 posts 6/19/2008 9:14 pm |
Even the 80's were different than nowadays. Let's see how this 2007 generation turns out to be.
     
       
  
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silverbreeze2 replies on 6/20/2008 8:41 pm:
That's true Maria...
Even just 20 years ago it was a lot different than now
It's scary to think of this up coming generation....I think I'm glad I won't be around to see it |
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5333 posts 6/19/2008 9:28 pm |
Nana
Sorry I have not been by in awhile!
There is so much truth to that it is extremely scary.
When I was in high school (I didn't attend very often) I would go to school afterwards and one of my teachers would literally spend three hours of HER personal time talking with me while the entire school was empty.
As you stated she would probably be brought up on some kind of asinine charge of trying to have sex with me or some dumb ass thing like that!
Little does she know how those talks with her kept me from killing myself.
I read an article not too long ago where a teacher patted a kid on the head for doing good work. He went home and told his parents and she was charged in court and was put on disciplinary leave from the school she worked at.
Luckily she was able to keep her job.
Kids can cuss at teachers, vandalize their cars and all sorts of other things but if a teacher looks at a kid the wrong way that teacher is fired and carted off to jail.
Something wrong there don't ya think??
I don't care what the people say. I know where their jive is at!
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/20/2008 8:45 pm:
It sure is messed up. That is true....you aren't allowed to touch a child even a hug. The laws have made it so bad...that a hug is a criminal offense. How crazy is that. I use to work with little kids in school and I hugged many of them. I'm surprised I was never accused of being a child molester and arrested!
It's also true that now teachers are afraid to spend one on one time with a student. All kinds of accusations could come up.
It sure is a crazy world...... |
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5325 posts 6/19/2008 10:33 pm |
The hubby and I joke about how amazing it is that we survived without all the rules/regulations/guidelines, schedules, feel good crap they have for kids today.
Follow me and lets go,
to the place where we belong and leave our troubles at home,
come with me,
we can go to a paradise of love and joy at Destination Unknown
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silverbreeze2 replies on 6/20/2008 8:47 pm:
Ain't that the truth!
It makes you wonder...who came up with the idea to change all of it..and did they really think it made things better
I think the people that made all of these new rules with kids don't have any kids of their own.... |
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8956 posts 6/20/2008 6:59 am |
Problem is Silver, parents want to be "buddies" with their kids, be their "friend", not their PARENT. My job was to raise my kids so that they would be able to survive in a world that didn't love them like I did. The FIRST things my kids learned were discipline and respect. It may have pissed them off, but they learned. Today's PC world discourages this, in many cases PUNISHES it. "Spare the rod, spoil the child"? My old man used a leather belt or a "green stick switch". Was it abuse? Oh hell no. They were teaching tools, and they worked. I had a job of some type from 13 on. Paper route, mowed lawns, shoveled snow, whatever. We played outside until it was so dark you couldn't see a ball. Now? I just don't know, but the upcoming generations seem to be missing something. It all comes back to the parents. Not teachers, not society, the PARENTS. I see it every day. Ahh, but I'm an old man, WTF do I know?  Rev Joe
"American by Birth, SOUTHERN by the Grace of God"
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"I'll make ya famous."
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/20/2008 8:52 pm:
I couldn't have said this any better Rev. Joe.....this is so true!!!
I know of a couple who are well educated people...and they had 3 kids. They never used any discipline on these kids..and the kids were as wild as jack rabbits! I heard the parents say many times..." They are expressing themselves". They thought this wild behavior was good for them. The kids are all grown now...and out on their own..but they sure went through a bad time raising them |
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17543 posts 6/20/2008 12:45 pm |
There is a s$#!tload of truth to that and it Fok'in sucks.
This is the sad spolied/childlike society we have allowed to become 
It's a Fok'in Shame! 
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49099 posts 6/20/2008 10:47 pm |
It sure ain't nothing like the old days..this is one good post my dear.Y'all have a right fine weekend
When someone comes along,gonna give ya some love and affection,I say..Get it while ya can.
     
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/21/2008 7:44 am:
Thank You MzHuny...this is true...it's amazing how different things are now...and I guess all these changes were thought to be for the better....but look at the difference in kids now that say 40 or more years ago |
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10194 posts 6/21/2008 6:09 am |
There sure is a lot of truth in those. There is somethingto be said about the good old days.
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silverbreeze2 replies on 6/21/2008 7:46 am:
There is something to be said about the good old days. Maybe in some ways, we had it rough...but the thing is, we didn't know it. We survived and became the backbone of the economy during the baby boom years.
We were strong..able physically and mentally to do what needed to be done...and it's not like that now. |
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4098 posts 6/21/2008 10:20 am |
Hi Silver! Boy is Nimrod right......the good ole days WERE good ole days, lol!!! What a different world we live in now....makes me wonder how things might have been if they'd of left God in the schools and allowed teachers to discipline kids the way we were! I don't have time to catch up on all the posts I missed but I hope to come back soon and start trying to catch up, lol......hope things are going good for you Honey!
My poor daddy has been so sick almost everyday for about a month but I've got great news as he's feeling real good now...for 3 days!!!!! We took him to the er on Wednedsay and were there all day but at least they got to the bottom of his problems and we are soooo thankful! I hope you have a great weekend, Silver, and I hope too to see you real soon!!! I love you Sweetie!!!
Sometimes we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
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4098 posts 6/21/2008 10:22 am |
darn it.......I forgot to tell you how darling that pic is!!!!!!!!! I was gonna say that first so I wouldn't forget, hehehehehe and then look what happend......I plum forgot.....oh dear!!!! Well anyway, that is just the cutest chip!!!! That was a great post too!!!! So true in todays world!!!!!  's and  's to you, Silver!
Sometimes we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/22/2008 1:50 pm:
Hey Doll, I love pictures of monkeys! I have several of them saved, and I use them when the occasion is right
I sure hope things get better for your Dad. I know he has been sick...and you have been very busy. I'm somewhat in the same boat..only it's not a parent sick. It's my hubby and problems with my kids. It all has taken a lot of my time here. I log in but I'm not here all day. I just look when I can...comment when I can...but, my time has really been cut short. I've been doing a lot of baby sitting too.
I'm just glad you came by...and don't worry about catching up. Real life comes first...and we all have things going on at some time that just takes our time away. We understand that
I send prayers for your Dad....and for you and Ray to have the strength to keep going.....and keep singing
I sure did love to hear you sing!! 
Hugs and take care..
Silver
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6/21/2008 5:56 pm |
Love the post, thanks for sharing!!
~~~Have Condoms, Will Travel~~~
.......Stay Happy, Stay Safe, Stay Well........
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/22/2008 1:56 pm:
Your welcome Bro.....things to think about |
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4258 posts 6/21/2008 11:44 pm |
Very good!
PEACE*LOVE*HAPPINESS
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silverbreeze2 replies on 6/22/2008 1:57 pm:
Thank you....good to see you again |
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1564 posts 6/22/2008 1:20 am |
I guess this is appicable in many parts of the world.
Life is hard. Don't make it harder. No matter what, life goes on. Be Happy.
  
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/22/2008 2:02 pm:
Yes, I guess all over the world...people have seen a lot of changes over the years.
I suppose some have been good...but many have not.
You know...usually when changes are made, people think it's for the better...but when you compare the last 40 years...I don't know what they had on their minds
If those that made the changes are still alive today, they are probably scratching their heads and saying..." OH WOW....did we mess up!!!!!!
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5130 posts 6/23/2008 2:05 am |
great post and you are so right on...
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/23/2008 5:47 am:
Thank You Doll
( I haven't forgotten you....I got way behind here due to family problems...and I'm working my way down my list....I'll catch up with you
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2496 posts 6/23/2008 4:56 am |
So sad...but true.
Even only going back 20 years these changes are so noticable.
I raise my children to respect the law and law enforcement.
What is really sad is because of these changes...
it seems to me law enforcement has been given the OK to RESPECT NO ONE! Although in a way...I understand their dilemna...There still are good people in the world who DO NOT deserve ANY disrespect...period! Even when they show their humanity and make a mistake!
  
silverbreeze2 replies on 6/23/2008 6:14 am:
This is true...the changes in schools and kids...but also true in law enforcement. There has been a lot of changes there too.
I know they have a dangerous job. Just recently a State Trooper was shot and killed just stopping someone for a traffic violation. The one killed was young with a young wife. It was sad....
There is so much crime going on...people carrying drugs and guns, that it makes their job more dangerous.
However, I hear on the news of cases where someone was beat up by the police, or handled in the wrong way...and right here in my town there has been several law enforcement people arrested for drugs and theft. We frequently hear of some kind of wrong doings going on in the police department.
When my son was in his teens, he had a truck that sat high up with big tires ( typical young boys truck). He was coming home from work one night ( he worked at UPS) and he got stopped by the police here.
They checked his license, registration, and he asked why did he get stopped? He wasn't speeding...didn't have any lights burned out, wasn't drinking and going all over the road. But the cop didn't say why he stopped him. He made my son get out of the truck and walk the line to see if he was drunk. ( if he had been drinking..he could have smelled alcohol on him). He walked the line fine. Then he made him stand on one foot for several minutes. He kept doing silly things like that and it was clear he hadn't been drinking. Then he told my son he wanted to search his truck. My son said he didn't have anything to hide and to go ahead. The cop looked all over his truck and found nothing. THEN he asked my son where did he live? My son told him and the cop told him he could go. When my son pulled off, he saw the cop was following him. So, my son kept going and drove straight home and pulled into the driveway. The cop was right behind him and he stopped too. When my son got out of the truck, the cop got out and said.." Is this where you live"? By this time my son was mad, and he told him,," Well, I was living here this morning, so I guess I still live here"!!
My son asked him again..."Why did you stop me like that...what is wrong"???????? The cop didn't say anything, and he left.
My son remembered his name from his name tag...and I called the police department and asked to speak to the Sargent. I told him what happened and gave him the cops name. He said he would take care of it.
So, that was clearly harassment. Looking back on it..my son should have filed a harassment charge against him.
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