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last weekend.
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Women Scorned
found at the humor archives
If I was the wife…
the whore in question would have been someone who ate dinner in my home for months;
and claimed to be my closest friend.
I would have…
gone with neon blue on her white car;
made my point without snitching myself out as the painter (”home wrecker” and “whore” suffice);
and outsourced the actual labor part.
Theoretically speaking of course…
Alternative Education
I wish wish wish there was a Sudbury School (or something similar) in this area.
As someone who dropped out of college due to boredom and burn-out caused by “how” we are educated, I would love for my daughter to attend a school like Sudbury. I’ve actually been looking into schooling options for the passed year, hoping to find something - I hate to say better, but it is what it is - something better - different - than public schooling. I shudder thinking of her ‘tied’ to a desk for 8 hrs a day for 12 years listening to teachers drone on and on and on… Schools like Sudbury prove there are better methods of education.
I’m not slighting teachers, the problem stems from - yikes - us actually, as parents and citizens. A combination of “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it” - apathy - lack of motivation for demanding improvement/change - generally being sheep.
Public education won’t change before Hannah starts school. But I will continue searching for something different.
“Sudbury Valley School is a place where people decide for themselves how to spend their days. Here, students of all ages determine what they will do, as well as when, how, and where they will do it. This freedom is at the heart of the school; it belongs to the students as their right, not to be violated.
The fundamental premises of the school are simple: that all people are curious by nature; that the most efficient, long-lasting, and profound learning takes place when started and pursued by the learner; that all people are creative if they are allowed to develop their unique talents; that age-mixing among students promotes growth in all members of the group; and that freedom is essential to the development of personal responsibility.
In practice this means that students initiate all their own activities and create their own environments. The physical plant, the staff, and the equipment are there for the students to use as the need arises.
The school provides a setting in which students are independent, are trusted, and are treated as responsible people; and a community in which students are exposed to the complexities of life in the framework of a participatory democracy.”
How could I not want an environment such as this for her….?
Class Dismissed
Now this is interesting.
It’s every modern parent’s worst nightmare—a school where kids can play all day. But no one takes the easy way out, and graduates seem to have a head start on the information age. Welcome to Sudbury Valley.Â
Failure to ID
Scott at Grits or Breakfast discusses a current bill which would “make it a crime for a person to refuse to give a peace officer your name, date of birth, or address even if you are not under arrest.â€
Seems a good time to relay a personal experience I had a few years ago with this very issue.
It was a Sunday morning. I was sitting in my car, reading the day’s estate sale listings and drinking a cup of coffee when a patrol car drove by. My first impression of the female cop was she was looking to take someone to jail. I sat there for a few more minutes reading my paper before leaving. She pulled me over a few blocks away.
I immediately handed over my insurance but had trouble finding my driver’s license (wasn’t in the normal slot in my wallet). I gave my name and DL number but was immediately pulled from my car and handcuffed. The reason - “failure to IDâ€. After tearing my car apart and further digging into my wallet by the officer, she found my DL - but she declared it was “too late†and took me to jail.
Interestingly, upon arrival at the jail, several comments were made by jailers regarding the number of people this officer had already taken in that morning in such a short time. Her response was that she was in a bad mood.
When I was pulled from the holding tank to be booked in I asked when I would be allowed to make bail. I was told I would be released when I sobered up. This immediately set my alarm - I was the only one in my vehicle, I was driving - and I was on probation. What would happen when this report hit my probation officer’s desk. I asked the jailer if I seemed intoxicated or if he smelled alcohol on me - he said no. I told him my concerns related to probation and while concerned said there was nothing he could do. I was released a few hours later with a $180 citation.
The following day I called my probation officer to make her aware of what had taken place. She told me to call the police department and file a complaint.
I wasn’t aware of what took place behind the scenes that day until about a month later when I bumped into the jailer at a gas station…
He told me he left work that day feeling very uncomfortable with the officer’s actions regarding my arrest and detainment. He discussed it with his wife who told him to pray about it in church that evening and hopefully he would then know if/what he should do. A little while later he was grocery shopping with his family, “looking down at the floor and turning a corner, I bumped my cart into another cart and looked up to see Judge ___ . I knew that was the answer I was looking for.†He relayed my story to the judge and was asked to stop by and sign a statement the following day. The judge also called the jail to order/confirm my release.
The jailer said that when he went by the judge’s office to sign the statement, the judge pulled a (inches thick) file of complaints against the officer who took me to jail.
I eventually received a letter of apology “for any inconveniences†from the police department. But the $180 citation was never dismissed and I eventually had to pay it.
WFPD sued over pursuit
today in TRNÂ -
Police sued in crash that killed man Lawsuit seeks damages for man’s death
I sent this email this morning to the attorney representing the Le’s.
On 4/3/07, <onegroovychic@gmail.com > wrote:
I read in the Times Record News this morning that you’re filing suit against the Wichita Falls Police Dept, regarding the death of Phung Thanh Le. You have my most sincere wishes for a winning verdict.
The WFPD killed my husband in a police pursuit on October 25, 2003. I’m not seeking representation as I have no plans to file a lawsuit. However I do have evidence ( which can be viewed online here) that the WFPD altered dash cam videos and the CAD tape. If any of the information related to my husband’s death will help with Le’s case, you have my permission to use it for research or in any way needed.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Catonya Owens
