Chalk outlines of Walker...really?

The hypocrisy is amazing, not to mention the free pass that the media gives the dub-dubs (Wisconsin Whiners.) In Wisconsin they've been drawing chalk outlines on the ground and writing "Walker" on the drawings. Time Magazine is suggesting that Walker is a dead man walking. Sometimes the hate of the left blows my mind.

I am admitting I watched some lame TV last night...but I did at least get something out of it

Last night I watched part of a show called "Undercover Boss" on CBS. It's one of those feel-good shows that I don't like to admit to watching, yet found myself watching anyway. I watched it once before and both times it's been a fairly boring show. The show consists of a CEO or the President of a company who goes undercover in his own factories, stores, or warehouses to see what the job is like for "the working man," (as if the CEOs aren't working men) and to get to know them a little bit on a personal level. If the people have good attitudes and work ethic, the boss ends of giving them a raise or a promotion, money to put in a college fund for the workers' kids, or some type of other reward.

Anyway, all and all the show is pretty boring. However, both times I've watched there has been one thing that's caught my attention and has got me thinking. The one I watched a couple of months ago was about the CEO of a convenience store chain. One of the workers he hung out with was a Russian man named Igor who came here after the Soviet Union collapsed. He drove a truck around the city during the night and delivered to all the stores. The CEO asked him what his motivation was for getting up and driving all night. Igor explained that it was because in no other country could a man have such a wonderful job and opportunity, and that he if he worked hard enough, maybe he could manage one of the stores. In the episode last night there was a couple from El Salvador working for a moving company who expressed similar sentiments, saying that the company had provided them with extraordinary opportunity.

In both shows the foreigners had the best attitude and were the most grateful. They didn't hate the companies or complain at all. They didn't seem to feel the company owed them, they seemed to feel as if they owed the company. They certainly believed in American Exceptionalism. I really can't picture them being one of the dub-dubs, (Wisconsin-whiners.)

It's too bad that so many people in this country reap the benefits of American Exceptionalism yet only denounce it at every turn.

Party time at the White House

There is turmoil all over the middle east. We have troops in Afghanistan engaging in regular combat. We have liberal zealots in Wisconsin sending death threats to 18 of the Republican legislators in that state, (wausaudailyherald.com.) There is devastation in Japan. Israelis are getting killed by Palestinian terrorists, (Reuters.)

Don't worry. The parties in DC won't stop. It's party time! (Yahoo News.)

A future teacher's feelings about the "teachers" in Wisconsin

"The educational system is broken."

"We have got to reform."

"Teaching your subject area is actually a lower priority than preparing a student for the future and being a positive example and role model."

These are typical things heard about the educational system, especially if you are studying to be a teacher. Whether the statements are true or not is debatable. This blog has certainly not been "on top" of the situation in Wisconsin. Come to think of it, I've been seriously slacking on this blog across the board. (Ok, this time I mean it...I will be posting regularly again.) However, as a student studying history, as well as working to get certified to teach at the high school level, I have to say something about and to these "educators" in Wisconsin. Grow up.

Any teacher that has missed a day of school needs to be fired effective immediately. No second chances, no excuses. When students purposely miss class and it is found out they receive disciplinary action. When they lie and they are found out, disciplinary action is taken. The "teachers" in Wisconsin must pay for their actions. Teachers enjoy saying touchy-feely things to students such as "you are the future." Right now it is being taught that in the future if you don't get every single thing your way it is ok to be immature and to whine about it. Teachers like to glorify their own positions as being role models, especially for the kids who don't have a great home life. The "teachers" in Wisconsin are telling students it is ok to get what you want by dishonest means as they blatantly are getting fixed doctor's notes to excuse themselves from reporting for work. Teachers like to brag about how they prepare their students for the real world. What the "teachers" in Wisconsin are doing is showing their students that when you aren't happy about something you don't have to show up to work and that your employer will let you get away with it.

As for the demands of the "teachers" in Wisconsin, again, grow up. I'll say the same thing I said to other Marines who complained about the pay in the service. You chose the career, deal with it. Sure, hope and work for a raise, and attempt to get the best pay for your skills within reasonable measure. Yet at the end of the day, people that enter specific careers know what their future holds concerning the pay.

The "teachers" in Wisconsin are supposed to teach children. Instead they act like children.