Sorry for today's fluff piece, but I have been completely out of touch with the world for over 24 hours. No hard hitting opinions here today because I am just worn out.
After writing my blog yesterday I went with my Mother-in-Law, Niece, grand-niece and my 3 year old daughter an hour away to Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg. I have pretty much been going non-stop since then.
First of all this is officially after tourist season on a weekday so the only people there were people with pre-school age kids and homeschoolers. That meant that the crowds were low. Great Wolf Lodge has an indoor water park, arcade, restaurants, snack bars, mini golf, 4d adventures and roleplaying quests to name a few of the amenities. There are activities organized throughout the day for the kids as well. We had a suite with a sitting room master and smaller bedroom with two bathrooms. That was a basic room they also have a wolf den, kid camp, kid cabin and questmaster suite available at various prices.
The food was good. The facility was clean although I wasn't pleased with the smell of the environmentally friendly cleaning products used. The staff personable and courteous. The lifeguards in the waterpark were ultra-vigilant. No standing around twiddling their thumbs just constant surveillance of the area they were working. That means they were circling the area and constantly looking into difficult to see areas. the kids activities were well run and fun for the kids although the evening storytime mike made it difficult to understand what was being said. Cellphone reception was spotty so a working vacation here might not work-out so well.
Over-all it was a great experience and I would recommend it highly to homeschoolers looking for a little education with their recreation. The wolf walk in the morning talked about habitat, food and behavior of three different animals and the evening storytime talked about keeping the forest the same as you found it when hiking. The dance party was a great family activity and the costumes for the costumed characters were very well kept. We had fun and going off season made more so because there were no lines at the waterpark.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Do fast food workers desrve to be paid $15 an hour?
I got on my Facebook last night and saw a post from my local news channel, Fast food workers will be striking in the area on Thursday because they wanted raises to $15 an hour. This is not an isolated incident. These strikes have been happening in various locales all across the nation over the past year.
Why do these workers believe that they deserve to have their salary more than double the minimum wage in this area? is it because they are highly skilled workers? Is it because they have lots of training? Is it because they have devoted their lives to the best customer service ever known? No! they want the raise simply because they feel they can't live on what they are getting paid.
What are the qualifications for getting a fast food job? These days all it requires is an application, an opening and either knowing someone or having more experience than the other applicants. Fast food does not require a high school diploma, a clean criminal or driving record, and no experience if there isn't a high demand for jobs in the area. Today's fast food workers often lack work ethic, speed, accuracy and customer service.
There are a few workers that are working fast food because they were laid off and it was the first available job, but those workers are actively looking for better work. There are a few workers who are in high school or college and the fast food hours fit their school schedule. There are a few workers who are developmentally delayed adults and are happy to have the job. I have no problem with those workers. There are even a few who are in the management programs whose ultimate goal is to own a franchise operation. These are not the problem. The vocal faction that believes they deserve $15 an hour have decided that they want to make fast food their career. They do not wish to make the effort to look for higher paying positions once they have gained experience. They do not wish to better themselves by either going to trade school, business training or college. They wish to put out the least effort possible but be paid high wages.
Certified nursing Assistants earn $10.00 an hour. EKG techs earn $10 an hour both of these positions require training that take less than a year. My son as an E4 in the military makes 1900 a month(he's in the nuke program so this is unusual for the average service person in less than 2 years most service members in less than two years are E2 and make a little over $1000 a month.) Pharmacy Technicians make $9 an hour. All these require short training periods and certifications. Police officers and fire personnel starting pay is about $2000 a month which is a little over $12 an hour.
Sorry but fast food workers get the pay they deserve. If they want to get better pay then they need to make the effort to find better jobs, get job training, or go to school. You may say but what if they can't afford it. If they are working fast food and are over the age of 21 then they can file a FAFSA application. They can have community college either degree or job training all paid for including both tuition and books through Pell Grant and Virginia Education grants. They can take their classes and still have a job for living expenses. If you are a single mother you most likely qualify for food assistance as well.
Because of this there is absolutely no excuse for expecting to get paid to do a job anyone with any ounce of work ethic could do.
Why do these workers believe that they deserve to have their salary more than double the minimum wage in this area? is it because they are highly skilled workers? Is it because they have lots of training? Is it because they have devoted their lives to the best customer service ever known? No! they want the raise simply because they feel they can't live on what they are getting paid.
What are the qualifications for getting a fast food job? These days all it requires is an application, an opening and either knowing someone or having more experience than the other applicants. Fast food does not require a high school diploma, a clean criminal or driving record, and no experience if there isn't a high demand for jobs in the area. Today's fast food workers often lack work ethic, speed, accuracy and customer service.
There are a few workers that are working fast food because they were laid off and it was the first available job, but those workers are actively looking for better work. There are a few workers who are in high school or college and the fast food hours fit their school schedule. There are a few workers who are developmentally delayed adults and are happy to have the job. I have no problem with those workers. There are even a few who are in the management programs whose ultimate goal is to own a franchise operation. These are not the problem. The vocal faction that believes they deserve $15 an hour have decided that they want to make fast food their career. They do not wish to make the effort to look for higher paying positions once they have gained experience. They do not wish to better themselves by either going to trade school, business training or college. They wish to put out the least effort possible but be paid high wages.
Certified nursing Assistants earn $10.00 an hour. EKG techs earn $10 an hour both of these positions require training that take less than a year. My son as an E4 in the military makes 1900 a month(he's in the nuke program so this is unusual for the average service person in less than 2 years most service members in less than two years are E2 and make a little over $1000 a month.) Pharmacy Technicians make $9 an hour. All these require short training periods and certifications. Police officers and fire personnel starting pay is about $2000 a month which is a little over $12 an hour.
Sorry but fast food workers get the pay they deserve. If they want to get better pay then they need to make the effort to find better jobs, get job training, or go to school. You may say but what if they can't afford it. If they are working fast food and are over the age of 21 then they can file a FAFSA application. They can have community college either degree or job training all paid for including both tuition and books through Pell Grant and Virginia Education grants. They can take their classes and still have a job for living expenses. If you are a single mother you most likely qualify for food assistance as well.
Because of this there is absolutely no excuse for expecting to get paid to do a job anyone with any ounce of work ethic could do.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
The obsession with celebrity
Everywhere you go TV, Internet, Grocery Stores, Malls, etc. there are stories about celebrities. Who's dating who, Who's in rehab, what they are wearing, what their kids are doing, what they said.
Half of the news broadcasts are about celebrities and the rumors surrounding them. A few years back I was standing in the grocery line and noticed that every magazine was talking about a certain celebrity couple. Each magazine said something different, (they were getting married, they were having a baby, they were moving in together) The reality was two weeks later they were no longer a couple.
Who are celebrities these days? They are Actors, singers, dancers, sports stars, kids of famous parents, royals, rich people, politicians, and infamous people. These people for the most part don't do anything very important, yet the media touts their opinions on everything from pets to world politics.
My question is why? Who cares that Brad and Angelina finally got married, (I thought they had married years ago). Who cares that some actor punched some photographer that got in their personal space, who cares that such and such a singer went back to rehab once again. Most people are not friends or even acquaintances with these celebrities, but the world at large feel they need to be privy to the most private moments of these peoples lives simply because everyone knows their name and face.
Just because a person is famous doesn't mean they have any real knowledge to base any opinions on. Yet the media constantly asks these people what they think of important issues. Most of the time they are aligned with a cause or issue to get more media limelight that they don't need and guess what the world at large gives it to them.
Wouldn't the world be a better place if instead of half of the news being about celebrity watching that news shows would show the good things average people are doing in their community. Wouldn't it be great if more people were worried about important things going on in the world such as unrest in the Middle East and Africa. Wouldn't it be great if people would spend their time researching the issues instead of just deciding on a side because a celebrity supported it?
Yes our entertainers give us a wonderful service by offering a distraction from the daily grind of our lives through their music, shows, movies and games. That is all it is meant to be. We are not meant to hang on their every action and word like they were guru's of knowledge. We are not supposed to check our common sense at the door in favor of finding everything we can about the people who entertain the masses but don't actually know them.
Celebrities are just people with flaws and strengths like everyone else. The put their pants on one leg at a time just like everyone else. It just so happens that their job makes their name and face known to many people. Its time to allow them to live their own lives without fear of paparazzi and invasion of privacy. Its time to put more stock in our own lives instead of people we don't even know. Its time to occupy ourselves with finding ways to help those in need instead of wondering what so and so wore to whatever award show. We would be better people if we started focusing on what mattered instead of vain and foolish things.
Half of the news broadcasts are about celebrities and the rumors surrounding them. A few years back I was standing in the grocery line and noticed that every magazine was talking about a certain celebrity couple. Each magazine said something different, (they were getting married, they were having a baby, they were moving in together) The reality was two weeks later they were no longer a couple.
Who are celebrities these days? They are Actors, singers, dancers, sports stars, kids of famous parents, royals, rich people, politicians, and infamous people. These people for the most part don't do anything very important, yet the media touts their opinions on everything from pets to world politics.
My question is why? Who cares that Brad and Angelina finally got married, (I thought they had married years ago). Who cares that some actor punched some photographer that got in their personal space, who cares that such and such a singer went back to rehab once again. Most people are not friends or even acquaintances with these celebrities, but the world at large feel they need to be privy to the most private moments of these peoples lives simply because everyone knows their name and face.
Just because a person is famous doesn't mean they have any real knowledge to base any opinions on. Yet the media constantly asks these people what they think of important issues. Most of the time they are aligned with a cause or issue to get more media limelight that they don't need and guess what the world at large gives it to them.
Wouldn't the world be a better place if instead of half of the news being about celebrity watching that news shows would show the good things average people are doing in their community. Wouldn't it be great if more people were worried about important things going on in the world such as unrest in the Middle East and Africa. Wouldn't it be great if people would spend their time researching the issues instead of just deciding on a side because a celebrity supported it?
Yes our entertainers give us a wonderful service by offering a distraction from the daily grind of our lives through their music, shows, movies and games. That is all it is meant to be. We are not meant to hang on their every action and word like they were guru's of knowledge. We are not supposed to check our common sense at the door in favor of finding everything we can about the people who entertain the masses but don't actually know them.
Celebrities are just people with flaws and strengths like everyone else. The put their pants on one leg at a time just like everyone else. It just so happens that their job makes their name and face known to many people. Its time to allow them to live their own lives without fear of paparazzi and invasion of privacy. Its time to put more stock in our own lives instead of people we don't even know. Its time to occupy ourselves with finding ways to help those in need instead of wondering what so and so wore to whatever award show. We would be better people if we started focusing on what mattered instead of vain and foolish things.
Monday, September 1, 2014
The fallacy of Education Reform in America
Tomorrow is the first Tuesday after Labor Day and for many that means the first day of the new school year. In celebration of that fact I thought I would write about the realities of Education Reform and why it doesn't seem to be working.
About 40 years ago a politician got on his soap box and insisted that American children were far behind the rest of the world when it came to the study of Math and Sciences. But yet foreign exchange students were coming in droves to get an education in America because it was the best.
Over the last 40 years wide-sweeping changes have been made to the American Education system. Longer school hours.(when I went to high school in the 80's we went 6.5 hours my high schoolers go 7 hours) Longer years( when I was in school we got pretty close to 3 month summers and now my kids are lucky if they get 10 week summers. More classes( I had the same 6 classes everyday all semester long( my kids get 4 classes every day for the semester and then start 4 more the following semester other districts do 4 classes A days and 4 classes B days all year long) They are required to take more Math, more English, more Science, and more history. In fact the high schools main goal is to shuttle every kid to college after graduation. Now we have the train wreck that is Common Core.
Here are the results of all this Education Reform. SAT scores have dropped steadily since I was in High School. The US went from the leader in technological and scientific advances for over 20 years to falling far behind India and Asia for the last 10 years. College entrance requirements have fallen for state schools and most college graduates can't get jobs within their field of study within the first 6 months of graduation.
The question keeps being asked "Why has all this hard work failed to get the desired results"? First of all you have to look at the data. I read a news article in US News and World Report about 6 years ago titled The Case against Summer Vacation. It once again had all this data about how US students were falling behind in Math and Science. It showed that the US Education System required far fewer attendance days than any other country. Here's what it didn't show the start and end to the school year. (many countries send their children to school on Saturdays) It talked about the fact that many students had to do massive review at the beginning of the year because they forgot what they learned over summer vacation. There was one data set gathered that it did not talk about. The data collected showed that US kids went to school almost twice the number of hours of school than most of the other countries. Yet claimed we were falling behind.
Why do we keep falling behind with all these hours our kids are in school? First of all, when I was in school if you had a student who constantly broke rules or were disruptive, they were removed from the environment either through expulsion, drop-outs or alternative schools. If kids didn't want to be at school then they weren't wanted. Now expulsion only happens when a student is violent. we had after school detention, now they have in-school suspension. Second, special needs students had classrooms of their own so that their unique needs could be met. Now we have inclusion and special needs are placed in regular classroom taking needed resources from the average student and giving them to the special students such as time and attention. Third, disruptions are common-place and elementary students are denied much needed recess time to decompress and process what they have learned. Fourth, when creating curriculum emphasis is placed on advanced learning and processing, forgoing basic foundation skills. Skills such as handwriting, grammar, how to do projects and papers, how to do basic math without a calculator, how to research using library resources and not a computer, creative writing, and the list goes on. Fifth, parental involvement in the education process has either taken over such as with elementary and middle school science projects or completely erased itself such as in High School. Sixth, students are told that they need to go to a 4 year university and discouraged from going to trade schools or enlisting in the military. My children are highly intelligent but conventional college situations did not meet their needs due to career interests and personalities. Seventh, students are no longer taught self government. I am required to sign class syllabuses and code of conduct books for my high schoolers when they should be taking over that responsibility themselves.
All of this has happened in the last 26 years. These changes have actually hurt our students based on SAT scores, employment rates of college graduates, and our standing in the global economy.
Why might you ask? The answer is quite simple. The politicians twisted the statistics to suit their purposes. Here is how they did it. America's Education system is like no other in the world. We give everyone a chance to reach their highest potential regardless of aptitude, ability or financial status. The rest of the world only tests their college bound school programs while we test everyone( including our developmentally disabled or delayed). We don't weed out those student who would do better in a trade or with life skill learning by high school like the rest of the world.
As a result of trying to get our slower students to measure up to artificial standards, we have left our most gifted of students without the resources to receive the education they need in order to reach their full potential. By trying to make all our students the same, we have stopped all students from reaching their full potential unless they have the money for private schools or extra curricular tutoring. By trying to make our children the same we have stifled their ability to do extraordinary things.
This is the reason that the homeschool population has increased to over 3% of the population. That is over 1.7 million homeschoolers in the US.
Homeschool is not just for the ultra-religious. Its for all those who feel completely disenfranchised by the public school system.
Education reform has not worked. Its time to get back to basics.
About 40 years ago a politician got on his soap box and insisted that American children were far behind the rest of the world when it came to the study of Math and Sciences. But yet foreign exchange students were coming in droves to get an education in America because it was the best.
Over the last 40 years wide-sweeping changes have been made to the American Education system. Longer school hours.(when I went to high school in the 80's we went 6.5 hours my high schoolers go 7 hours) Longer years( when I was in school we got pretty close to 3 month summers and now my kids are lucky if they get 10 week summers. More classes( I had the same 6 classes everyday all semester long( my kids get 4 classes every day for the semester and then start 4 more the following semester other districts do 4 classes A days and 4 classes B days all year long) They are required to take more Math, more English, more Science, and more history. In fact the high schools main goal is to shuttle every kid to college after graduation. Now we have the train wreck that is Common Core.
Here are the results of all this Education Reform. SAT scores have dropped steadily since I was in High School. The US went from the leader in technological and scientific advances for over 20 years to falling far behind India and Asia for the last 10 years. College entrance requirements have fallen for state schools and most college graduates can't get jobs within their field of study within the first 6 months of graduation.
The question keeps being asked "Why has all this hard work failed to get the desired results"? First of all you have to look at the data. I read a news article in US News and World Report about 6 years ago titled The Case against Summer Vacation. It once again had all this data about how US students were falling behind in Math and Science. It showed that the US Education System required far fewer attendance days than any other country. Here's what it didn't show the start and end to the school year. (many countries send their children to school on Saturdays) It talked about the fact that many students had to do massive review at the beginning of the year because they forgot what they learned over summer vacation. There was one data set gathered that it did not talk about. The data collected showed that US kids went to school almost twice the number of hours of school than most of the other countries. Yet claimed we were falling behind.
Why do we keep falling behind with all these hours our kids are in school? First of all, when I was in school if you had a student who constantly broke rules or were disruptive, they were removed from the environment either through expulsion, drop-outs or alternative schools. If kids didn't want to be at school then they weren't wanted. Now expulsion only happens when a student is violent. we had after school detention, now they have in-school suspension. Second, special needs students had classrooms of their own so that their unique needs could be met. Now we have inclusion and special needs are placed in regular classroom taking needed resources from the average student and giving them to the special students such as time and attention. Third, disruptions are common-place and elementary students are denied much needed recess time to decompress and process what they have learned. Fourth, when creating curriculum emphasis is placed on advanced learning and processing, forgoing basic foundation skills. Skills such as handwriting, grammar, how to do projects and papers, how to do basic math without a calculator, how to research using library resources and not a computer, creative writing, and the list goes on. Fifth, parental involvement in the education process has either taken over such as with elementary and middle school science projects or completely erased itself such as in High School. Sixth, students are told that they need to go to a 4 year university and discouraged from going to trade schools or enlisting in the military. My children are highly intelligent but conventional college situations did not meet their needs due to career interests and personalities. Seventh, students are no longer taught self government. I am required to sign class syllabuses and code of conduct books for my high schoolers when they should be taking over that responsibility themselves.
All of this has happened in the last 26 years. These changes have actually hurt our students based on SAT scores, employment rates of college graduates, and our standing in the global economy.
Why might you ask? The answer is quite simple. The politicians twisted the statistics to suit their purposes. Here is how they did it. America's Education system is like no other in the world. We give everyone a chance to reach their highest potential regardless of aptitude, ability or financial status. The rest of the world only tests their college bound school programs while we test everyone( including our developmentally disabled or delayed). We don't weed out those student who would do better in a trade or with life skill learning by high school like the rest of the world.
As a result of trying to get our slower students to measure up to artificial standards, we have left our most gifted of students without the resources to receive the education they need in order to reach their full potential. By trying to make all our students the same, we have stopped all students from reaching their full potential unless they have the money for private schools or extra curricular tutoring. By trying to make our children the same we have stifled their ability to do extraordinary things.
This is the reason that the homeschool population has increased to over 3% of the population. That is over 1.7 million homeschoolers in the US.
Homeschool is not just for the ultra-religious. Its for all those who feel completely disenfranchised by the public school system.
Education reform has not worked. Its time to get back to basics.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Why unions have outlived their usefulness
Its Labor Day and a time to reflect on all that Labor Unions have done for us. In the beginning they did good things. Better workplace conditions, better pay and benefits and a protections from being arbitrarily let go of your job. These were all good things.
What have labor unions done for us today, eliminated merit based promotions, guaranteed jobs regardless of work quality, taken the workers voices and made it into a farce so that the money machine for the unions keep going. Unions can overturn the vote of the workers and do so if its not in the best interest of the unions. We found this out when my husband was a shop steward for
Kenworth. He found out just how powerless he was to change anything because of the Union.
My mother found out just how much the Union wouldn't help her when they knew that ageing teachers all over the district were being summarily dismissed.
Union products are usually inferior because of lack of motivation to put forth the workers best efforts. In road and construction projects it usually means projects not being done by deadlines and cost overruns.
Today we have OSHA and a firm understanding of how to approach our legislators to get needed changes made. We have ways to make sure that workplace safety is ensured and that workers are paid what the job they do is worth without the need of a third party. So what exactly do Unions do now? They lobby the government about their own agenda's instead of listening to the workers they represent. Case in point most teachers, and emergency workers vote contrary to what the Unions want at the polls. Unions have become a political machine instead of a voice for the workers they are meant to represent.
The Unions did their job. Their workers are now educated about their rights and how to make sure they keep them. Workers now know how to collectively bargain without the intrusion of a third party. Now its time for the Unions to close up shop and move on.
We thank the Unions for all that they have done, but they have outlived their usefulness. Its time for workers to have their voice back and not be puppets to a political machine.
What have labor unions done for us today, eliminated merit based promotions, guaranteed jobs regardless of work quality, taken the workers voices and made it into a farce so that the money machine for the unions keep going. Unions can overturn the vote of the workers and do so if its not in the best interest of the unions. We found this out when my husband was a shop steward for
Kenworth. He found out just how powerless he was to change anything because of the Union.
My mother found out just how much the Union wouldn't help her when they knew that ageing teachers all over the district were being summarily dismissed.
Union products are usually inferior because of lack of motivation to put forth the workers best efforts. In road and construction projects it usually means projects not being done by deadlines and cost overruns.
Today we have OSHA and a firm understanding of how to approach our legislators to get needed changes made. We have ways to make sure that workplace safety is ensured and that workers are paid what the job they do is worth without the need of a third party. So what exactly do Unions do now? They lobby the government about their own agenda's instead of listening to the workers they represent. Case in point most teachers, and emergency workers vote contrary to what the Unions want at the polls. Unions have become a political machine instead of a voice for the workers they are meant to represent.
The Unions did their job. Their workers are now educated about their rights and how to make sure they keep them. Workers now know how to collectively bargain without the intrusion of a third party. Now its time for the Unions to close up shop and move on.
We thank the Unions for all that they have done, but they have outlived their usefulness. Its time for workers to have their voice back and not be puppets to a political machine.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Stay- at -home Moms are equal rights activists too
Back in the 70's and 80's the feminist movement tried to pass an equal rights amendment. My mom was against it and now that the feminist movement is trying to resurrect it I am against it as well. Do I think that women should be treated as lesser because of their gender? Absolutely not!
I do believe that women and men are supposed to have different roles. I do believe that women should have the right to choose to join the workforce. The point is that its supposed to be a choice not a requirement. I don't want my daughters to have to sign up for the draft. I don't want the protections now offered to women currently in cases of divorce or abuse. The equal rights amendment would do just that.
Working women look at stay-at home Moms as traitors to their gender because we choose to maintain a traditional gender role. We are not. We go to college and we make informed decisions about our career choices. I for one did not believe that is was possible to be a supermom. If you have children and a career at the same time both parts of your life suffer. Your family because someone else raises your children, your career because of the downtime required for maternity issues, sick children, school issues and the need to be home with the family instead of working extra hours.
Being a stay-at-home mom requires more sacrifice than having a career and being a mom does. Why? As a stay-at-home mom we don't get the intellectual stimulus of a work environment or the social aspect of having co-workers. We muddle through with very little adult contact because there is no longer a large community of like minded women to share our day with. This was our choice but I would stand up for the right of those working women to have the choice to do so.
Men and women are not the same and we shouldn't strive to be the same. I believe that physical fitness requirements for military, police and emergency personnel should be the same for men and women. Why? Because what they are required to do on the job is the same. A women shouldn't get a decreased physical requirement just because they are weaker. That may prevent some women from doing those jobs but I for one want someone physically able to do the job for my safety.
I do believe women can hold their own in business, math and science fields and should have the right to do so.
Women don't have to do the same things as men to be equal, we just have to be able to make our own choices for how we live our life. Since we have the rights to own property, vote, work and run our own lives women are already equal.
I do believe that women and men are supposed to have different roles. I do believe that women should have the right to choose to join the workforce. The point is that its supposed to be a choice not a requirement. I don't want my daughters to have to sign up for the draft. I don't want the protections now offered to women currently in cases of divorce or abuse. The equal rights amendment would do just that.
Working women look at stay-at home Moms as traitors to their gender because we choose to maintain a traditional gender role. We are not. We go to college and we make informed decisions about our career choices. I for one did not believe that is was possible to be a supermom. If you have children and a career at the same time both parts of your life suffer. Your family because someone else raises your children, your career because of the downtime required for maternity issues, sick children, school issues and the need to be home with the family instead of working extra hours.
Being a stay-at-home mom requires more sacrifice than having a career and being a mom does. Why? As a stay-at-home mom we don't get the intellectual stimulus of a work environment or the social aspect of having co-workers. We muddle through with very little adult contact because there is no longer a large community of like minded women to share our day with. This was our choice but I would stand up for the right of those working women to have the choice to do so.
Men and women are not the same and we shouldn't strive to be the same. I believe that physical fitness requirements for military, police and emergency personnel should be the same for men and women. Why? Because what they are required to do on the job is the same. A women shouldn't get a decreased physical requirement just because they are weaker. That may prevent some women from doing those jobs but I for one want someone physically able to do the job for my safety.
I do believe women can hold their own in business, math and science fields and should have the right to do so.
Women don't have to do the same things as men to be equal, we just have to be able to make our own choices for how we live our life. Since we have the rights to own property, vote, work and run our own lives women are already equal.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Hello World
Hey anyone out there reading my blog. I started this blog as a way to air my unique views and opinions. I see news stories and form opinions on things going on in the world with no place to speak about them. My arguments may seem odd especially when I back them up with supporting data that other people don't seem to think of or include in their commentaries. You may find them amusing, thought provoking, ridiculous or a combination of all of them. My views may offend some so be warned as they are neither mainstream nor politically correct. Some may think me crazy or an extremist. If I ever obtain a following I will entertain submissions of thoughts about any current issues or events. If I don't ever gain a following then I will just comment on random issues and events. Enjoy and hopefully you will be able to see things from a new perspective.
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