When is it right to avail oneself of the 2nd amendment?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Nothing can go wrong

if it does...I have guns

[Captain Oates 911]

140 dollar oil ?

My BP stocks are up 60 % now - so wow where will they be then ?

The future looks rosy

if it does...I have guns

Don't tell your boss that that is the plan

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Don't tell your boss that that is the plan

Alla? She knows I have guns.

[mawilson 2,133]

My BP stocks are up 60 % now - so wow where will they be then ?

In Russia! (They just acquired a 9.5 percent stake in BP, in case you missed the news.)

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

It could be true, depending on your choice of luggage and cologne.

Why?

FiXXoRED!

Make so much more sense now..

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Between community colleges and state universities, we do well there. Where we lack is in elementary, middle and high school. Too many of our kids are simply unready for a rigorous college education.

We need to pre-qualify teachers before they can even study for credentials. Dumbing down the qualifications to reap the crop of new teacher candidates to support the unions is failing the kids they are supposed to teach.

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We need to pre-qualify teachers before they can even study for credentials. Dumbing down the qualifications to reap the crop of new teacher candidates to support the unions is failing the kids they are supposed to teach.

I have learned a lot about this in the last few years, as you well know. Some of the teacher certs have laughable qualifying requirements, while others do not. In NJ, the most laughable one is elementary education (general) while qualifying for special ed or high school math is actually quite stringent.

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We need to pre-qualify teachers before they can even study for credentials. Dumbing down the qualifications to reap the crop of new teacher candidates to support the unions is failing the kids they are supposed to teach.

That said, I do want to get back to the point. Suburban elementary schools achieve at higher levels than urban ones do even though the urban schools pay their teachers more and have more rigorous hiring screening processes (here in NJ). The reason isn't the quality of teachers. The reason is parental involvement. I don't know what the solution is to that. Maybe imprison parents who don't make their kids do their homework before they go play video games?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

That said, I do want to get back to the point. Suburban elementary schools achieve at higher levels than urban ones do even though the urban schools pay their teachers more and have more rigorous hiring screening processes (here in NJ). The reason isn't the quality of teachers. The reason is parental involvement. I don't know what the solution is to that. Maybe imprison parents who don't make their kids do their homework before they go play video games?

We need to change the mindset that everybody is entitled to a college education. Time to get the trade unions back to the guild mindset, and start training apprentices when they hit high school age.

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We need to change the mindset that everybody is entitled to a college education.

While I don't know if I agree with that or not, I don't think that's the problem either. Telling the uninvolved parents of low-performing kids that their children no longer have to go to college is not going to suddenly make them involved in their kids education.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

While I don't know if I agree with that or not, I don't think that's the problem either. Telling the uninvolved parents of low-performing kids that their children no longer have to go to college is not going to suddenly make them involved in their kids education.

You have to give them viable alternatives other than college. Bright back the trade schools in public education. Industry will subsidize those, if they produce skilled workers.

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You have to give them viable alternatives other than college.

My wife has a class full of 9-10 year olds who read and write at K-1 levels. I'm not sure that their post-school alternatives is what's really on their mind.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

My wife has a class full of 9-10 year olds who read and write at K-1 levels. I'm not sure that their post-school alternatives is what's really on their mind.

Not everybody is going to make it in this world, and nothing anybody does is going to change that. Focus on the ones that show some promise, and build more prisons for the rest.

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Not everybody is going to make it in this world, and nothing anybody does is going to change that. Focus on the ones that show some promise, and build more prisons for the rest.

There are too many kids who could make it if the adults in their lives would put some effort into it.

[james&olya 1,121]

Not everybody is going to make it in this world, and nothing anybody does is going to change that. Focus on the ones that show some promise, and build more prisons for the rest.

Not sure that is an idea that will work out so well. Prisons are expensive to build and operate. California is being forced to release large numbers of prisoners due to budget deficits. They spend more on prisons than education from what I have heard! Doesn't seem like the way to go for a number of reasons.