http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/05/31/brthe-dumbing-down-of-america/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:49:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/05/31/brthe-dumbing-down-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-9223 Rainmaker Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:00:19 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/05/31/brthe-dumbing-down-of-america/#comment-9223 LaShawn.. You nailed it. I was on welfare many yrs ago. They told me my addiction was a sickness..they offered me replacement drugs..they gave me food vouchers which I exhanged for drugs..they gave me a place to get high. I was young and healthy other than my own choice to do drugs. If you build it..they will come. Like you said it's human nature. I saw my father..who worked hard his whole life..stand in line for an hr to get a free hunk of cheese. That was back in the 60's. Maybe there was a big cheese famine and the government felt the need to offer free hunks..but I was amazed at how many people lined up. As a side note about the dumbing down of America. My wife is a teacher's aide and received a memo the other day from the front office. It seems they use colored markers for attendance..effort..grades..discipline..etc. The memo stated they would discontinue the use of black markers used for behavior. The fear being that children would associate the color black with negative. I honestly had to laugh it was so absurd. Anyway..thank you so much for giving us all a place to read and write. I apologize for the black print. :) Dance with Life. Rainmaker.. LaShawn..
You nailed it. I was on welfare many yrs ago. They told me my addiction was a sickness..they offered me replacement drugs..they gave me food vouchers which I exhanged for drugs..they gave me a place to get high. I was young and healthy other than my own choice to do drugs. If you build it..they will come. Like you said it’s human nature. I saw my father..who worked hard his whole life..stand in line for an hr to get a free hunk of cheese. That was back in the 60’s. Maybe there was a big cheese famine and the government felt the need to offer free hunks..but I was amazed at how many people lined up.
As a side note about the dumbing down of America. My wife is a teacher’s aide and received a memo the other day from the front office. It seems they use colored markers for attendance..effort..grades..discipline..etc. The memo stated they would discontinue the use of black markers used for behavior. The fear being that children would associate the color black with negative. I honestly had to laugh it was so absurd. Anyway..thank you so much for giving us all a place to read and write. I apologize for the black print. Dance with Life. Rainmaker..

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