Messages By: ceildh1

It occurs to me as I read these posts I'm sorry to say but there are some GULLIBLE people out there, I mean you've never actually met one another but after a week he's " IN LOVE with you, and by the way could you please send money ?"

The only way to STOP this BS is to STOP SENDING MONEY, AND DELETE THEIR E-MAILS or messages or whatever.  C'mon people haven't we seen enough of these type of scams to see through it by now ?

To Homeschool or not to Homeschool, that is the question.

I think if you are educated in the REALITY of Homeschooling, and you have the patience, time and energy for it, Great for you, power to you.

If you can afford a private school setting that you are comfortable with and has the standards you wish for your child, again Power to you.

But for the great unwashed masses, there is the much maligned public school system.  The overworked underpaid teachers, the administration that thinks they can get away with sub standard education for our children, and the parents who are the FIRST to sue if little Johnny is kicked off the almighty Hockey or Football team because he hasn't kept up a "B" average as per the agreement.

So who votes for the schoolboard members ? Who signs the paychecks of the teachers administrators and the best yet POLITICIANS ?

That would be the MASSES, yes that would be us.  That being said, why do we put up with our schools being in the state they are in ? COMPLACENCY plain and simple, very few want to do ANYTHING until a tradgedy or travisty happens then we want to blame everyone else for the problems except ourselves.

For heavens sake people, stop with the excuses already, I work full time and still find the time to volunteer at my kids' high school and tutor children with reading and basic English.  If there is a problem ( and with a child who is ADHD and Dyslexic there have been many ), I have no problem with going to see the teachers, or principal to try to find a solution, I haven't been intimidated by School Board officials, when a teacher calls with a concern I am one of those rare parents it seems that will not say " My little Johnny wouldn't do that ", or " well you hurt little Johnny's feelings "  YOUR little Johnny is only ONE of 30 kids in that class.  I KNOW what my little darlings are capable of.

Yes, there are teachers that shouldn't be teaching and they are protected by the Unions ( at least here in Canada they are ) but again, we the TAXPAYERS should be fighting for or schools and our kids, And the boards should be held accountable.

If you are one of those parents making the lame EXCUSES for not being involved, then shut up and stop complaining when Little Johnny can't read or add one and one and get two, if you are one of those parents that thinks your child should not be penalized for not keeping their grade point average by being kicked off the sports teams, then don't whine when your kids graduates illiterate and unable to support themselves, and please if you do not attend your High Schooler's Parent Teacher nights, then don't bitch about the teacher.

Sorry to anyone named John or Johnny, I don't want to insult you, just a generic name to use and as a Public School educated person, I am proud to say I can string together a simple sentence and I am Literate Thank You.

This should be interesting, the two SIL's need to GROW UP already, if you really hate one another, then don't speak, take turns with family functions ( though I doubt these two could) just the previews made me angry, what the HELL are the siblings, whichever ones they are, doing to resolve the situation or add to it ?

As for the Mother scared of her son, WOW that's rough for sure, to be scared of your own child, I feel for you again, as an adult he makes choices good or bad and its a good thing you and your daughter have tried to get away from the situation.

I don't get why people get the idea that because you share a last name or DNA it gives them the right to treat you like s***.

Unfortunatly, I think you KNOW what's going on.

Cut off communication NOW, don't risk your savings or worse yet your SANITY one more day, mark all parcels return to sender.

I really hope you had the sense NOT to give him anything TOO personal, but if you have parcels arriving at your door you obviously gave him SOMETHING, thre are ways of getting information on just what they know about you.

Call the credit card companies you deal with and your bank, make sure all of those are secured .

And next time remember " Those with nothing to hide, hide nothing" he's obviously NOT being honest with you ( South Africa huh?) so STOP and take this as a life lesson.

OMG I am sorry to offend you, if indeed I did, and it is a great idea to get the message out to people, and the fact you deal in CASH and Money Orders, smart idea.

You are too right, it is VERY easy to get your information, whether you want it to get out or not.

By NOT agrreing to his requests, and by not speaking to him, you have protected yourself, and by speaking up, you've warned others, but it will depend on what they do with the information

Not to bash your beliefs or values, really, BUT ......

We are NOT dealing with ONLY Christian children here, I think the best thing they did was take Religion of any kind out of the schools, Religious training is the department of parents and their INDIVIDUAL church, and a PRIVATE school geared for that particular religion.

PUBLIC school is for ALL regardless of FAITH

Okay, now that the show has aired here we go.

Is it possible that BOTH of those two "WOMEN" are thriving on the drama.  I mean if it suddenly STOPPED, I think they would both be lost it seemed to me that's what kept them from getting too bored in their obviously MUNDANE lives, think about that, their lives must be boring and totally MUNDANE if they are willing to act like that.

As for that Terri, I hope your child has no learning disabilities or has a disease or accident that would cause HIM to be in the SLOW classes, I lost any respect or compassion I might have had for her then. Until you know what its like to have a learning disability for WHATEVER reason, shut your mouth about OTHERS being slow.  How many NOBEL PRIZES do you have on your mantle ?

There are many people slamming Stephen's mother, and maybe she did make mistakes, but come on, who hasn't when it comes to raising our kids ?

Its a FACT that boys need a MALE role model in their lives, a CONSTANT male role model, why ? because the issues boys face are different, and lets face it ladies, WE DON'T GET IT , why because we aren't MALE, that simple.

I truly hope that he does make the changes to his life that he REALLY seems to want to, he seems like a basically good kid, just lost.  I do wonder though how he treats his girlfriend and her family.

And you know what ?  I'm glad she could kick your ass kid.

But that being said, GREAT FOR YOU that you want to change, I'm rooting for you.

And Happy Thanksgiving to all, I forget that because mine was last month.

I have to ask,

For NINE YEARS while they were dating he was fooling around, so why the HELL would you go ahead and MARRY him ?  Personally I think Dyson is a good looking man, but for me, he would just be a one night stand ( if I were single that is) that would give me bragging rights to my girlfriends, but anything more, God no, his whole attitude and egotism would drive me NUTS.

So do I feel sorry for his wife, NO a resounding NO, she KNEW what he was all about before, but went ahead and married him anyway, sorry I can't feel sorry for blatant ( sorry I hate to say this) stupidity.