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Dimensional Door - Freeople Thread 18
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Posted on 09/19/2004 9:25:02 PM PDT by Mo1



TOPICS: Dimensional Doorway; Freeoples
KEYWORDS: relaxingatmosphere
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To: sweetliberty
"Sorry Melba, you can't have a bandaid or any antiseptic for that paper cut unless your parents fill out ten forms in triplicate swearing that they will not sue the school system, permit firearms in your home or smoke cigarettes."

"Hello Susie. Gosh, has it really been a year since you entered the 8th grade? What? You think that you're pregnant? Okay. I'll take you to the clinic tomorrow. And don't worry. Mom and Dad will never know."

9,041 posted on 11/14/2004 9:04:48 AM PST by catpuppy (Al Gore in 2008. After Kerry, we need a few laughs.)
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To: catpuppy

Here's one for you. I have a case I was just assigned that was opened because the 15 year old girl wasn't going to school regularly. Her mother's attitude...they should cut the kid some slack because she has a baby. She can't be expected to be in school all the time. The 15 year old is only in about 7th or 8th grade. I can't remember right off.


9,042 posted on 11/14/2004 9:11:31 AM PST by sweetliberty (Proud member of the Pajama Posse!)
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To: sweetliberty
Yes, and teachers and parents used to actually be in cahoots, working together to see that children were trained to be civilized people and proper citizens.

Heh. My mom has told me that when I was in grade school, my teachers would call her in to complain about my fidgety behavior. Seems the problem was that I would finish my assignments ahead of most of the rest of the class, so I was bored, and would start looking around for something to do to entertain myself. My mom just told the teacher to give me more work when I finished the assignment. That seemed to do the trick. I wasn't being a bad kid, I just needed more to do.

9,043 posted on 11/14/2004 9:25:43 AM PST by .38sw
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To: .38sw
I had the same thing when I was a kid. In second and third grade, ny reading level was so far ahead of the rest of the class that the teachers would give me more advanced reading assigments just to keep me busy. I loved to read, so it kept me quiet.

Seems to be a lot of those kinds of stories on FR, although I'm not surprised.

9,044 posted on 11/14/2004 9:44:30 AM PST by sweetliberty (Proud member of the Pajama Posse!)
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To: .38sw

What I disliked most when my kids were in school was the gobbly gook speak. My daughter's first grade teacher told me in conference that she "tries to socialize in class". I had to ask the teacher did that mean she "talks in class" and she said yes. Geez.


9,045 posted on 11/14/2004 9:45:18 AM PST by Conservababe (Liberal...One whose mind is so open the brains are spilling out.)
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To: sweetliberty

These days, the school administration would probably try to get me put on Ritalin.


9,046 posted on 11/14/2004 9:49:36 AM PST by .38sw
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To: Conservababe

I don't think the teachers used phrases like that when i was a kid. I DID talk in class when I was through with my work - I was bored, and needed something to do. I wasn't the kind of kid to sit quietly with my hands folded and be angelic. I needed activity!


9,047 posted on 11/14/2004 9:51:29 AM PST by .38sw
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To: sweetliberty; .38sw
Seems to be a lot of those kinds of stories on FR

Yep... even though I only learned English in first grade, by third grade a couple of us were being sent outside to perform plays for the younger kids. In 5th and 8th grades, in addition to doing plays and running the school, I tutored the slower boys. I always wish I had gone to a more challenging grade school (even though this was a Catholic school) - I could have learned so much more.

9,048 posted on 11/14/2004 9:54:53 AM PST by Borax Queen (America the Beautiful)
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To: sweetliberty
Thru sixth grade, I went to Catholic school with two classes in one room with one nun teaching. I learned to do my assignments without being distracted when the other class was being taught. Also, I learned to stay busy, as we were expected to do classroom chores if we had free time.

It doesn't take a lot of money to educate children, but a knowledgeable and disciplined teacher is necessary...and the nuns were both.
9,049 posted on 11/14/2004 9:55:06 AM PST by Conservababe (Liberal...One whose mind is so open the brains are spilling out.)
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To: Conservababe
" but a knowledgeable and disciplined teacher is necessary"

And ones who don't have to worry about being sued every time she/he insults one of the little darlings' "sensitive egos" or actually expects them to earn their grades.

9,050 posted on 11/14/2004 9:58:35 AM PST by sweetliberty (Proud member of the Pajama Posse!)
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To: sweetliberty; Borax Queen; Conservababe
Change of subject, but this is getting absurd. Keith Olbermann is just SURE that the exit polls were correct, and that the vote was manipulated. Give it up, Keith. Your guy lost, fair and square.

BLOGGERMAN

9,051 posted on 11/14/2004 10:01:18 AM PST by .38sw
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To: .38sw
These poor, dazed RATs are just beside themselves. I suggest that instead of all the money they'e investing in therapy because they lost, they take it and buy themselves a clue.

First post-therapy Kerry supporter speaks out publicly

9,052 posted on 11/14/2004 10:04:04 AM PST by sweetliberty (Proud member of the Pajama Posse!)
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To: hello; All

No commnet folks is death ears again?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1221002/posts?page=9036#9036


9,053 posted on 11/14/2004 10:14:36 AM PST by restornu ("KNELL TO HEAVEN WITH IT ALL !!")
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To: .38sw

the reason for Olbermann feelings is that is what the Dems have been doing all along for the past 40-50 years!

It was Kerry's 10,000 lawyers that open the door the Republicans to clean house of all the games the Dems had plan and tried to get away with!

The Dems thought they had it sew up with the exit polls count, and manipulation of the voting except the Pubs had rid of the bad eggs!


9,054 posted on 11/14/2004 10:24:05 AM PST by restornu ("KNELL TO HEAVEN WITH IT ALL !!")
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To: Mo1

The English Supplement of “Al-Hewar” Magazine
http://www.alhewar.net/Magazine-Net/COVERSummerEnglish2004.htm

AL-HEWAR CENTER
The Center for Arab Culture and Dialogue
http://www.alhewar.com/


9,055 posted on 11/14/2004 10:36:24 AM PST by restornu ("KNELL TO HEAVEN WITH IT ALL !!")
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To: .38sw; Conservababe; catpuppy
That this abomination would even be entertained under a Republican administration is frightening.

Doctors Group Opposes Mandatory Mental Health Tests for Kids

9,056 posted on 11/14/2004 10:49:21 AM PST by sweetliberty (Proud member of the Pajama Posse!)
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9,057 posted on 11/14/2004 11:10:12 AM PST by westmex (To he!! with it all)
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To: westmex; everyone

Hi Westy, everyone.

We just got in and am on the way out again. I haven't even logged on yet, and I'm all partied out.

I wish I could just catch up and get back into some sort of routine.

BBL..I hope...:(


9,058 posted on 11/14/2004 11:24:31 AM PST by grannie9
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To: sweetliberty
You must live in a very backward place, Libby: we advanced, big city, types have day care rooms in the government schools for all the little bastards babies.
9,059 posted on 11/14/2004 11:40:00 AM PST by lodwick (The 2nd Amendment is Our Reset Button on Governments.)
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To: sweetliberty

Big Pharma is a huge contributor to this administration, and the pilot program started here in Texas - there's lots of money to be made having everyone in the country on drugs.

Just look at the print and TV ads that are out there:

Feeling creaky in the joints? Here, take this pill.
Having trouble remembering things? Take this nice pill.
Incontinece problems? This pill will fix you right up.
Issues with pitching a tent? Yo, try this one.

It's absolutely criminal.


9,060 posted on 11/14/2004 11:49:08 AM PST by lodwick (The 2nd Amendment is Our Reset Button on Governments.)
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