What a Wonderful Night

[MamaBush]

[color=magenta]I just had to share my wonderful night with my buddies here. It was graduation night at the school where I work. My kids are growing up sooo fast. The boys all looked so handsome, and the girls were beautiful. I only had one student from my room graduate, and she graduated from the eighth grade. She was asked to give a speech to all the parents, staff, family and friends that were there....not sure how many were there, but the school sure did get hot and muggy with all the bodies....I sat with the graduates, to supervise them since they are all BD/ED and LD.[/color]
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[color=#ff00ff]anyhooo....her speech made me cry, and I had to go to my classroom to put some cold water on my face. She was so nervous before she went up to read her speech, so I took her aside and gave her some pointers. She sooo didn't want to give it, she was so nervous she was shaking..but, when her name was called, she got up in front of all those people to read the speech she had prepared. The first person she thanked for helping her so much was [size=4]ME[/size].....and my sensitive ass started to :cry: .[/color]
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[color=#ff00ff]I wish I could post their pictures so you could see just how handsome and beautiful they all were...but I can't due to confidentiality laws. Some took pictures with me before my batteries went dead...I could post those, but you'd only be able to see me, I would have to smear out their faces :( .[/color]
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[color=#ff00ff]My daughter and one of her friends came as well...my daughter used to come to my job quite often when she was little, but hasn't been there in about 4 years. Took them out to a late dinner afterwards, and when we got back to their car at the school/residential facility...my daughter wanted to see a guy I've worked side by side with for 11 years. She used to HATE him after I brought her with one day, after she had been getting into a lot of legal shit and was in treatment for two years. My friend, Emerson, took her aside and slammed her up against a brick wall and chewed her a new asshole...something that should have been done by her own father had he been a father. She wanted to see him to thank him for what he had done and said to her all those years ago...so, we stopped at the boy's unit that I work at when we don't have school (Bush Cottage) and he was there. She was so excited to see him, he gave her a huge hug (we're really big huggers where I work), told her how much he has missed her....and she thanked him for what he had done and said to her...I started to :cry: again..stoopid sensitive ass of mine.[/color]
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[color=#ff00ff]ahhhh.....I loved my night tonight.....I love my daughter...I love my kids...I love the guys I work with.....and every year at graduation, I realize all over again why I went into this line of work. "D" told me last night that when he went to last year's graduation, he had never experienced that kind of pride towards kids that he wasn't related to....he came tonight as well, also one of the staff sitting with the kids to supervise and one of the students gave him a big "thank you" for always being there for him, to guide him, help him, and teach him how to be a man...."D" started getting misty eyed as well[/color]
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[color=#ff00ff]AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I love my life :) [/color]

[zokah]

You should be proud of what you've achived with the students and it doesn't surprise me in the least that the 1st person the star of the night choose to thank was you. Over the last few years you have undoubtedly been a major influence on her and she couldn't have achieved so much without you're love and dedication. So you are allowed to get a little teary on a night like this

It's also great to see that your daughter is starting to grow up as well as she proved by her actions

[i`m a wannabe]

it sounds like it was one hell of a good night

[xen]

yeah mama, be proud of who you are and what you have achieved...You're a good, well-loved person and last night was just further proof :)

glad you're happy

[i`m a wannabe]

if you believe in something enough...stick with it and kick arse doing it

[MamaBush]

Thanks guys....and I do kick arse doing what I do. Don't always do it the "therapeutic" way as most of my supervisors want me to, but the supervisors who know me well, know that my "unorthodox" way of dealing with the kids is effective and they leave me alone because they know my way works.

And Wannabe, I am sticking with it....which is why I'm working on my Master's in special education. Once I earn that baby, I won't have this constant nagging in the back of my head that they'll move me to yet another classroom to deal with yet another group of kids...but I will say, all of the kids I've taught in other classrooms over the past 3 and a half years, constantly bitch to others and me that they want to be back in my room, or have me back in their rooms to teach again....hell, I've even had kids I've never taught begging to come to my room so I can be their teacher.

All it is is a matter of treating them like human beings, being honest, getting in their asses when they need it, hugging them if they need it or not, and having fun while still demanding that they work to their potential. Yes, life is good, very good.

[i`m a wannabe]

[QUOTE=MamaBush]All it is is a matter of treating them like human beings, being honest, getting in their asses when they need it, hugging them if they need it or not, and having fun while still demanding that they work to their potential. Yes, life is good, very good.[/QUOTE]

treating people like human beings is what earns respect.

text book ways of teaching is too clinical...i say think outside the square

[MamaBush]

I've NEVER been IN the square

[i`m a wannabe]

soon i will be attempting to do my bachelors degree in TESOL so i can teach english internationally...wont be for a few months

[MamaBush]

GREAT FOR YOU WANNABE....what does TESOL stand for?

[i`m a wannabe]

teaching english to speakers of other languages

[MamaBush]

Never heard of that......we call that ESL here...."English as a Second Language"

[i`m a wannabe]

its a world wide degree its all about teaching the fundamentals of the english langauge so people who traditional dont speak english can be taught. students become ESL students

[MamaBush]

Here in the U.S., there is no inbetween teaching, the way it sounds like what you're Bachelor's will be for.....we get kids here in the states who speak no English at all, and are labeled as special ed students so they can be placed in ESL classes.

[i`m a wannabe]

TESOL teachers in oz teach new migrants etc..plenty of jobs o/s for teaching positions. this is not classed as special ed or anything like that.
basically you teach them to speak read and write english. i studied japanese language over 10 years ago and TESOL is the same only its english for people who are not native speakers and want to learn it

[MamaBush]

That sounds like something the United States needs to start doing for all our immigrants.....I feel sorry for kids who are put into our public schools, who don't speak any English, can't read it, can't write it....but are expected to learn it quickly or else be labeled special ed so they can receive ESL services.


I like your system for non-English speaking immigrants

[i`m a wannabe]

here if you are successful in migrating to this country and dont speak or have a good command of english you are given 510 hours of free english lessons

[zokah]

thats costs about $51,000 each

[xen]

here's it's TOEFL - Teaching of English as a foreign language....

good luck wannabe.

[i`m a wannabe]

TOEFL sounds like tofu gone wrong

there is also TEFL and so many other variants i`ve been browsing the job sites world wide to see whats available in mainland china, plenty around but the pat varies significantly depending on the city

[xen]

if you're planning to teach in china, wannabe, there's been a lot of scams with foriegn teachers who are signed up to teach a certain no. of hours a week and end up teaching 2 or 3 times as many hours for less than half the pay....be careful.

[i`m a wannabe]

already looked into that..been reading to check that the school or uni has a certain acredition etc, this is why i am looking at various web sites with peoples experiences in china etc.

[xen]

i'll see if I can find the links to people sharing their good/bad experiences in china....

[i`m a wannabe]

been to a few sites already..one site says to ask for previous teachers email address`s ,if they say no avoid them at all costs

[zokah]

you could always ask the defector from the Chinese consulate, he must know since he knows the 1000 spies in australia :D

[i`m a wannabe]

[QUOTE=zokah]you could always ask the defector from the Chinese consulate, he must know since he knows the 1000 spies in australia :D[/QUOTE]



and they are all spying on him now

[Gnome]

Seize the day!

[Gnome]

[QUOTE=MamaBush]That sounds like something the United States needs to start doing for all our immigrants.....I feel sorry for kids who are put into our public schools, who don't speak any English, can't read it, can't write it....but are expected to learn it quickly or else be labeled special ed so they can receive ESL services.


I like your system for non-English speaking immigrants[/QUOTE]

Mama hows the situation where you are in regards to Mexican immigrants and languge? Here in the Southwest most issues of non- English speaking children derive from illegal immigration. Mexicans who have anchor babies and their kids go to public schools with zero English, wheras Anglo kids enter school with modicom of English vocab. Mind you their parents have usually been issued drivers licences even though they cant read the road signs.

Yet on the other hand; Asian children fresh off the boat, so to speak, master English within 6 months typically.

I just wonder if there needs to be any emphasis on parents preparing their children to enter into school to have SOME abitlity to speak English.

[i`m a wannabe]

if people genuinely want to learn something regardless of what it is and their age they can learn

[zokah]

Asian culture has always accepted the need for education.
There was once a story circulating the web that some Japanese mothers gave their sons handjobs so they wouldn't have to stop studying

[xen]

ugh...that's....PUKE!!

[zokah]

but educational

[MamaBush]

[QUOTE=Gnome]Mama hows the situation where you are in regards to Mexican immigrants and languge? Here in the Southwest most issues of non- English speaking children derive from illegal immigration. Mexicans who have anchor babies and their kids go to public schools with zero English, wheras Anglo kids enter school with modicom of English vocab. Mind you their parents have usually been issued drivers licences even though they cant read the road signs.

Yet on the other hand; Asian children fresh off the boat, so to speak, master English within 6 months typically.

I just wonder if there needs to be any emphasis on parents preparing their children to enter into school to have SOME abitlity to speak English.[/QUOTE][color=magenta]It's the same in this area as well, Gnome. [/color]

[Gnome]

I live in a great country. Free medical and education. Free legal service. Welfare. food stamps. The land of plenty.

I need to quit my job.

[i`m a wannabe]

no such thing as free these days...always invisble strings attached

[zokah]

work for the dole?

[MamaBush]

[QUOTE=Gnome]I live in a great country. Free medical and education. Free legal service. Welfare. food stamps. The land of plenty.

I need to quit my job.[/QUOTE][color=magenta]Nothing wrong with free education...that's how it should be.[/color]
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[color=#ff00ff]And, it would be nice if EVERYONE had free medical. We have a lot of working poor people who can't afford health insurance or work for companies who can't afford to have healh insurance for their employees. Hell, most companies who used to have health insurance for their employees are cutting that benefit out because it's so fucking expensive. My employee changes our health insurance plan every July 1st, and each year, we pay more and more into the health plan...but at least we have it.[/color]
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[color=#ff00ff]Free legal service....that is changing as well, and people are having to pay towards any legal service they seek.[/color]
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[color=#ff00ff]As far as welfare and food stamps.....that program differs from state to state.[/color]
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[color=#ff00ff]Wannabe is correct though when he says there's "nothing" free. The old system of especially welfare and food stamps, where a person could simply go and apply and most times get accepted simply because they have a child, is changing from state to state. Which is why more and more people are applying for SSI, then getting denied, because that system is so over run now with people who used to live off the welfare system and are not living off the SSI system. And both systems are very invasive when it comes to the information they want from an individual.[/color]

[Gnome]

what my point is that we should indeed have opportunities for education in this country. However, the problem of illegal immigration poses problems for the system for all children. THere are too many illegals who dont pay into the system (those who say they do should note that they cannot legaly get a SS card). ALso millions of dollars get sent back to say Mexico each year. Thats not money thats going into the tax pot for education for sure. Yet the schools get more students.

Worse yet would be a socilized medical system. For one thing there are far too many people who simply cannot afford the extended tax burden that would create. The same problem with illegal immigrants in regards to education also apply to the medical equasion. Border hospitals are going bankrupt or being bailed out by federal funds due to illegals who can not payt their hospital bills. While yes it's a basic human right to have care, there also needs to be a ballance. Because if hospitals do close, NOBODY gets care.

What needs to happen IMHO is to fix the insurance/medical establishment Philosophies and the massive fruad and overbilling. Regulate pharmeceutical profits (by subsidising low return drugs for example: these manufactures wont put R&D into drugs that are marginal) But basicly they need to fix the system.

I for one dont relish the idea of paying for some trannys alterations out my tax dollars when the kids could use more money to get some textbooks!

My point on the free legal is all the pro bono work NLG or ACLU lawyers do when they think they have some shot at getting rich off some bogus lawsuit. Gee, my client smoked cigaretts for years and got sick who can we sue?

[LTDunltd]

[QUOTE=Gnome]
What needs to happen IMHO is to fix the insurance/medical establishment Philosophies and the massive fruad and overbilling. Regulate pharmeceutical profits (by subsidising low return drugs for example: these manufactures wont put R&D into drugs that are marginal) But basicly they need to fix the system.
[/QUOTE]Force the insurance co to be Non-Profit. Then they won't be sending cost up to cover thier stock portfolios.

[MamaBush]

I understand what you're saying Gnome...but almost any industrialized country has all of those very same problems.....we're not unique in that respect.

In a utopian society or world...what you said would be fantastic

[i`m a wannabe]

what gnomey ia saying about money going to other countries here its the same our useless government sending so called aid money to other countries yet they scream they have to money to support the poor and help the homeless its such a load of crap

utopia only exists when you are stoned....lmao

[zokah]

We tried a universal health system here and it was almost working until the Govt decided that the Health care funds (privately ran by doctors) were no longer amking a profit so they changed the rules forcing people to take out private health care and getting tax rebates for it. The govt was basically money to these companies that could have been spent on providing health care!
We've now reached the stage where they are discharging psych patients due to the lack of a bed and they are going on a shooting spree, apart from the dead there are the wounded taking up even more beds in the overcrowded hospitals.
A friend was taken to hospital 12 days ago, in a coma, he was slated for a transfer to another hospital but the bed fell thru, he spent the next 4 days in a bed in the hallway, he's only a minor case - suspected liver cancer

[MamaBush]

Sorry to hear about your friend Zokah, when will they know if he has liver cancer or not?




He was in the HALLWAY for 4 days???

WHAT THE FUCK!!!

[Gnome]

Overcrowded hospitals are becoming worse. No new facilities are going up, too many are going bankrupt.

I don't believe there can be a truly utopian society. Thats also my point. Americas Socialist, Revisionist, and far Left are trying to make utopia, at the expense of what made America so good. Yes there are problems, but I can't think of anyplace that doest have worse problems in most ways. The free enterprise system at the very least offers incentive. THere's not too many alternative countries that I would go to if I needed say open heart surgery, even though I may go destitute.

Hope your bud comes through Zokes!

[MamaBush]

The United States health care system is great...no doubt about that.

I wouldn't want to live in any other country but here....if I were forced to pick another country to live in, I really don't know which one I would pick...now, if Xen were part of the package, I would live wherever he is living.....

[zokah]

tnx guys, I'm waiting for a call from his missus tonight. He was scheduled to have an MRI this afternoon that should give a definitive answer, so it's fingers crossed.

[LTDunltd]

Wishes Zokah's buddy the best.

[zokah]

the news is good
He hasn't got cancer but has got a severe case of hepatitas (not hep C) and he's now in a high dependancy ward expected to make an almost full recovery.
The bad news for him is he has been told that he has had his last ever beer or any other booze
The good news for me is his beer fridge is full and I've been asked to empty it

[MamaBush]

hahahaha....ENJOY

[i`m a wannabe]

the main thing is he doesnt have cancer...i have sen how cancer deprives people of quality of life once its has dominated the body

[Gnome]

me too.

Nice windfall Zokes, looks like you have to buck up and drink all that beer to help your buddy out! Ah the sacrifices we do for freinds!

[xen]

a good friend helps out his buddies in times of need :D

[zokah]

It was a struggle but I'm happy to report the mission has been completed with the assistence of some other friends. He now has a totally empty beer fridge, and booze cabinet. He also has a garden devoid of weeds, trimmed hedges, cut grass and regular maintence completed on 2 cars, we decided to put in an afternoons work of things he hasn't been able to do

[i`m a wannabe]

good to see a few friends chipped in on an afternoon of booze ,yard maintenance and car services

[xen]

yep good on ya mate

[LTDunltd]

[QUOTE=i`m a wannabe]good to see a few friends chipped in on an afternoon of [color=yellow]booze[/color] ,yard maintenance and car services[/QUOTE]And in that order too.:p

[zokah]

gotta have the priorities set correctly :D

[Gnome]

See if any of my buds needs help to get stuff done all they need to do is buy the beer. I hate it when you agree to help somebody move and theirs no beer or pizza.

or all their crap is still not in boxes.

[LTDunltd]

same here Gnome, I hate when friends haven't packed. I can lug boxes all day long. Hate packing/unpacking them.:mad:

[zokah]

people have learnt not to ask me to help pack. Last time CC did that I put her dildos in with screwdrivers and spanners, when asked later (4 days) where they were I told her they were all tools for fixing different problems around the house so they were all packed in the same box.

[MamaBush]

[QUOTE=zokah]people have learnt not to ask me to help pack. Last time CC did that I put her dildos in with screwdrivers and spanners, when asked later (4 days) where they were I told her they were all tools for fixing different problems around the house so they were all packed in the same box.[/QUOTE]:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:




[color=magenta]Next time I move, I'm asking all of you to help.....and I'll get a keg for the after moving party:D [/color]

[zokah]

K, I'll pack the tools so I can find them when it's time to tap the keg :D

don't worry, I'll take good care of them all, I'll spray them with WD40 so they won't rust and be ready for use - it's also lube

[Gnome]

WD40? ouch!

I gotta have beer while moving. It helps one get creative in trying to pile as much crap in the moving van as possible. Not to mention help numb the pain of my back trying to lug a hide a bed couch up the stairs :)

[LTDunltd]

[QUOTE=Gnome]WD40? ouch!

I gotta have beer while moving. It helps one get creative in trying to pile as much crap in the moving van as possible. Not to mention help numb the pain of my back trying to [color=yellow]lug a hide a bed couch up the stairs[/color] :)[/QUOTE]Did that one time. When I moved out... I somehow forgot the couch.;)

[zokah]

bet ya didn't forget to search it for money first

[LTDunltd]

at the time, the most that could have been in there was $5 in food stamps.

Got a good job and moved into a better place.

[Gnome]

I have a policy regarding couches, even if it's on the curb for the trash. Pick it up and drop it a few times ;) there always beer money in them!

and old remotes

and Doritos (give those to the dog)

maybe even a wallet or keys.

[LTDunltd]

will try that next time I see one...

[zokah]

knowing my luck if I was to try that all I'd find is a used condom or 2

[Gnome]

been a few of those too.

Just use discretion if your over at a buddies house. He may wonder why you have one end of the couch bangin it on the floor ;)

[xen]

u guys ought to write a book on moving house

[MamaBush]

don't give em any ideas

[xen]

how ab00t i give you some ideas? ;)

[MamaBush]

I'm always open to any ideas you may have, my big studly

[xen]

ok i'm having an idea right now...can i come over to discuss it? ;)

[zokah]

yeah, do it!
Anywhere but here!!!!111

[MamaBush]

[QUOTE=xen]ok i'm having an idea right now...can i come over to discuss it? ;)[/QUOTE][color=magenta]Discuss it???....I was thinking that you could "demonstate" it to me instead:p [/color]

[zokah]

you really want him to give you a demonstration?

Even the lawyers recommend that you DO NOT click here (http://www.goatse.org/mirror/) to see the demonstration

[xen]

well i was going to explain the theory to you and then get down to the practical demonstrations.


and i did not click the linky...

[MamaBush]

I'm not clicking the linky either

[xen]

wise decision...:)

[zokah]

the lawyers will be pleased

[xen]

damned bunch of shysters...

[zokah]

so upset them and click it. You know you want to

[xen]

i would love to stick it to the lawyers ( BASTIDS * SPIT*) but i trust you even less that I do lawyers...;)

[zokah]

I should be offended by that remark :p



but I'm not :D

[xen]

u know what i meant :p

[zokah]

I know :D

I'm just glad you wanna stick it to them and not me

[i`m a wannabe]

the question is whats he gonna stick it to them with

[xen]

a pitchfork...unless you want to come on over and poke them with your meat javelin.....


btw..welcome back wannabe :D

[i`m a wannabe]

[QUOTE=xen]a pitchfork...unless you want to come on over and poke them with your meat javelin.....


btw..welcome back wannabe :D[/QUOTE]


i aint no fudge packer so you can find some one else who maybe willing to assist you :p

[zokah]

Then whats this CD you sent me?

http://forumerz.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=546&stc=1

[MamaBush]

[QUOTE=i`m a wannabe]i aint no fudge packer so you can find some one else who maybe willing to assist you :p[/QUOTE][color=magenta]you mean to tell us that you've never packed a woman's fudge either???[/color]
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[xen]

note - he didn't say anything about not being a fudge packee....

[zokah]

let's not start that again????????

[xen]

ok..sorry my bad

[MamaBush]

oh please......Zokah accuses you of that all the time, and now you're apologizing to him for saying that about someone else????



grab your balls and stand your ground my love

[zokah]

I've been good recently :angel:

/avoids making ghey joke about someone else holding his balls

[MamaBush]

I'll have you know that I'm currently holding his balls.....planning on sticking them in my mouth and using my tongue to play with them in a few seconds as well

[i`m a wannabe]

[QUOTE=MamaBush][color=magenta]you mean to tell us that you've never packed a woman's fudge either???[/color]




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whats so strange about not entering in an exit only area? :p:p

[i`m a wannabe]

[QUOTE=xen]note - he didn't say anything about not being a fudge packee....[/QUOTE]


just to clear xenry`s curiosty i aint no packee :fingerdan

[zokah]

[QUOTE=MamaBush]I'll have you know that I'm currently holding his balls.....planning on sticking them in my mouth and using my tongue to play with them in a few seconds as well[/QUOTE]

Jeebus, I'm glad my nut sack isn't being streched that far

[i`m a wannabe]

^ lmfao...it aint a sack now its a fishing net stretched across the globe

[zokah]

so he's working for the Japs as they race to deplete the worlds fish stocks

[MamaBush]

what a couple of sick fucks you two are.......

[zokah]

we're not the 1s that streched his ballbag

[xen]

nope you're too busy stretching each other's

[MamaBush]

HA...VERY GOOD MY LOVE

[wutangstan]

[QUOTE=Gnome]WD40? ouch!

I gotta have beer while moving. It helps one get creative in trying to pile as much crap in the moving van as possible. :)[/QUOTE]

See, that's the problem, if you'd wait until the van was standing still and not moving, you'd have no trouble getting the stuff in there.:p

[i`m a wannabe]

[QUOTE=MamaBush]what a couple of sick fucks you two are.......[/QUOTE]


mama still cant grasp aussie humour :p :lol::lol:

[MamaBush]

and probably never will *ruffles Wannabe's hair*

[zokah]

don't forget to wash your hands

[MamaBush]

trust me, I did right away....something bit me before I got to the soap though *shudders*

[zokah]

does xenry have sharp teeth?

[xen]

:D :D :D