Every year, the Katy Independent School District holds “Red Ribbon Week”. Kids dress up in silly clothes, or wear odd head-gear, and school buildings and grounds are festooned with fluttering crimson.
What this is supposed to be about is saying “No” to drugs — but as ever, some danged idiotz forgot to read the memo.
And […]
Thank goodness there are bureaucrats to protect Katy from the truly dangerous.
(With special thanks to Adorable Child for the graffiti writing…)
Here’s more to ponder regarding how we’re trying to promote self-esteem in our young-uns:
NEW YORK (AP) — Today’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.
“We need to stop endlessly […]
When I read stories like this, I despair:
PHILADELPHIA — A high school teacher was assaulted by two students and hospitalized with broken vertebrae after he took an iPod away from one of them during class, officials said.
I’m going to take a wild guess, and suggest that these two students weren’t models of behavior already. In […]
Some years ago, Adorable Child (AC) and I were driving around the teeny, remote village on the St. Lawrence River in which we lived. I can’t remember what we were doing, specifically, but when AC said, “Mommy, they have a museum here!”, I was surprised.
We loved living in that village; it was safe, friendly, and […]