OT: There Was A Bomb Threat At My Daughter's School

[IPostedWhat]

Yup, this and many more courses now available at Hay U

 

[pixburgher66]

I'm not even that old, but I can see a VAST difference between kids today compared to when I was their age. I think the computer has a lot to do with that, and cell phones being handed out to freaking 8 year olds (I didn't get a cell until I could drive, that was the rule...because honestly I didn't need one until then.) When I was in elementary school, indoor recess was the devil, and recess consisted of wall ball, red butt, four square (got NASTY), football, running up the slide backwards and getting in trouble, and being "married" on the swings when you swung in stride with someone else. The toys that got banned? Yo-yos, Go-gos, pogs, pokemon cards, and our technological advance was gameboy pocket. And when I came home? Every single day was over at my neighbors playing kickball, knockout, wiffleball, street hockey, and dodgeball. All we DID was run around.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

You cannot burn off fat if you sit on your fat ass all the time. Society ie our government wants to control what people eat and haven't got the balls to say "get these kids off of their ass" and burn off the intake.

The stats prove when kids worked it off it didn't matter what they ate the bottom line is they burned it off.

Today....texting and twitter have unfortunately replaced physical activities.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

the future of american is not great

dadburn kids these days

 

[pixburgher66]

Well, activities are a big part of it, but things are a lot more processed and saturated fats, etc. than they were back in the day. And serving sizes have doubled. There's more than one layer to this issue, but most kids probably have a good enough metabolism to burn it off. Parents don't seem to be limiting as much...I had to finish my veggies if I wanted dessert, when I go to my aunt's house, she just kinda rolls over for her youngest because "aww, he's so cute!" Uhhh, he's 10 now, you can stop that.

 

[elocomotive]

You cannot burn off fat if you sit on your fat ass all the time. Society ie our government wants to control what people eat and haven't got the balls to say "get these kids off of their ass" and burn off the intake.

Michelle Obama's big thing has been "Let's Move" to get kids more physically active. You see NFL Play60 ads during football season.

I think people are aware more physical activity is needed, but it's parents being busier at the root of the problem. I still see LOTS of kids out shooting hoops, running around, playing football, etc. every day, but clearly the studies show there are more distractions to keep kids inside.

Some kids love to play outside, some kids hate it - that's nothing new in any generation. But there are more distractions now, and parents have to work harder to limit their kids using them and not allowing them to use them at such young ages. I know I was only allowed to watch so much TV as a kid (the devil of it's day).

As to bomb threats, god I loved those as a kid. We often would get the day off b/c of them.

 

[IPostedWhat]

********UPDATE********​

I found out that the bomb threat that was written on the bathroom wall was by a 6th grader who didn't like that he was sent to the Principal's office earlier that day.

He wrote, "Bomb Bomb Bomb."

 

[dash]

********UPDATE********​

I found out that the bomb threat that was written on the bathroom wall was by a 6th grader who didn't like that he was sent to the Principal's office earlier that day.

He wrote, "Bomb Bomb Bomb."

On a positive note, he's a good speller...

 

[IPostedWhat]

On a positive note, he's a good speller...

Let's not get carried away here. I didn't get to see how he spelled it, and it is a public school.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Jimmy Dix: Okay, you pull up and I yell at them.
Joe Hallenbeck: What?!
Jimmy Dix: Pull up next to them, I'll roll my window down and yell at them!
Joe Hallenbeck: That's the lamest fucking plan I ever heard!
Jimmy Dix: Can we try it?!
Joe Hallenbeck:It's bulletproof glass, they're not gonna hear you, you moron!
[Dix takes out a sheet of paper and a pen and starts drawing something]
Joe Hallenbeck: Now what are you doing?
Jimmy Dix: I'm drawing them a picture.
Joe Hallenbeck: What is that?
Jimmy Dix: It's a bomb.
Joe Hallenbeck: It doesn't look like a bomb, it looks like an apple with lines coming out of it! They're gonna say, "don't open the briefcase, it's full of fresh fruit"!
Jimmy Dix: You wanna draw the damn thing?
[As they pull alongside the bodyguards' car Dix scrawls "BOM" below his drawing]
Jimmy Dix: [shows Hallenbeck the drawing] Happy?
Joe Hallenbeck: Are you kidding me?
[Dix puts the drawing up against his window, showing it to the bodyguards]
Jimmy Dix: Always criticizing my shit. I can't do nothing right.
[The bodyguards look at the drawing, then shoot at Dix and Hallenbeck]
Jimmy Dix: Oh, shit!
Joe Hallenbeck: I forgot to tell you. "Bom" means "fuck you" in Polish.
Jimmy Dix: Hey, that's not funny, man! I almost bought it there!
Joe Hallenbeck: Tragic loss to the art world, let me tell ya.