Suffering Children
Oh, woe! The Associated Press shows us the plight of the poor children:
*GASP!*
Re-use them?! That's... that's abuse!
Pussies. When I was in school, you carried your books under your arm. Using a backpack meant you were a no-talent, non-book-carrying wimp. That sideways swagger from hauling 30 pounds of books around under your arm was a mark of honor!
(Yes, I walked uphill in the snow both ways. Thanks for asking.)
So make sandwiches, LaTasha. In my day, a cool lunch box was The Thing to Have. Okay, maybe not in the 7th grade; that probably would've earned you a well-deserved beatdown. But they can brown bag it.
(Yes, uphill. In the snow. Now stop asking.)
Oh no! They'll have to walk -- potentially hundreds of feet -- to the bus stop?! The horror! I used to walk a mile to school, with an armload of books in one hand and a French horn in the other (that balanced out the sideways swagger) across two major roads. And when it rained, I was glad because it cooled me down! Ungrateful brats.
Okay, so it only snowed once a decade in Pasadena, Texas. And no, there aren't any hills there...
Just shut up.
Parents have been cutting back all summer. For back-to-school clothes, Heidi McLean shopped at outlets and the Marshalls discount chain for her son and daughter, high school students in Eureka, Calif.
"But this year, I'm forcing the kids to reuse their backpacks," McLean said. "They each cost $50. They like the special cool ones, and they're still holding up."
*GASP!*
Re-use them?! That's... that's abuse!
Pussies. When I was in school, you carried your books under your arm. Using a backpack meant you were a no-talent, non-book-carrying wimp. That sideways swagger from hauling 30 pounds of books around under your arm was a mark of honor!
(Yes, I walked uphill in the snow both ways. Thanks for asking.)
In Jacksonville, school lunch prices will rise from $1.30 to $2. "It's a huge jump," said LaTasha Green-Cobb, whose sons are in the seventh and eighth grade.
So make sandwiches, LaTasha. In my day, a cool lunch box was The Thing to Have. Okay, maybe not in the 7th grade; that probably would've earned you a well-deserved beatdown. But they can brown bag it.
(Yes, uphill. In the snow. Now stop asking.)
In Oxford, Ala., the bus has always made stops at every house. But this year, kids in fifth grade through 12th grade will have to walk to neighborhood bus stops.
Oh no! They'll have to walk -- potentially hundreds of feet -- to the bus stop?! The horror! I used to walk a mile to school, with an armload of books in one hand and a French horn in the other (that balanced out the sideways swagger) across two major roads. And when it rained, I was glad because it cooled me down! Ungrateful brats.
Okay, so it only snowed once a decade in Pasadena, Texas. And no, there aren't any hills there...
Just shut up.
posted by Jar(egg)head at 13:24
3 Comments:
I know it's off topic, but what pisses me off about that article is the 4 day work week “one district is skipping classes every Monday to save fuel…..Nationwide, at least 14 other districts are switching to four-day weeks, and dozens more are considering it”
WTF? We pay on average $20,000 per student per year and we can’t get a 5 day week? The public school system is ludicrously over budgeted to begin with and they cut cost by taking Monday’s off! I’m seeing red….I could go on and on about our school system, but obviously we need to cut the administrative section by at least 2/3. Nobody outside of government works 4 days a week and those Indian\Chinese jerks have no problems working 6-7 day weeks for 1/2 the price.
-jw
Ok, I grew up in Pasadena also and I only remember one snow worth discussing in 30 years, it was around 1970 I believe. I agree with the back pack thing, my kids want and generally need a new back pack each year (they are not kind to them), and everytime I go shopping for them I just think how you would have gotten your ass kicked for having one at school when I was there. And lets not even talk about what would have happened if you had been caught on one of those little two wheeled scooter thingys with the handle, but those seem to be ok these days. My recolection is that lunch boxes were out by around the 5th grade, so brown bags were the standard. There are hills in Pasadena, they are called speed bumps in the more well to do neighborhoods.
Sorry, but my Evil Knievel lunch box NEVER went out of style.
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