Number of homeless students surges, putting strain on schools (Chicago)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | January 6, 2012 | Adeshina Emmanuel

[ladyjane]

Dr. Spock did such damage years ago telling mothers to give the kids whatever they wanted whenever they wanted it.

Did you see the thread the other day about the two kids who were suing their mother for bad mothering. One of their complaints: she didn’t always give them money in their birthday cards. Another complaint, she didn’t send them care packages when they were in college.

I’m reminded of the father who used to say: “I am not here to entertain you. I am here to put a roof over your head and to feed you until you are 21.”

[JRandomFreeper]

what has happened to the joy in accomplishment?

Ummm. getting censured after hoo-rahing (out loud) about doing well after a particular fiddly bit will certainly make most folks not be so out-loud about it.

Cops showing up because of your war dance because of your Stirling engine that you machined and it actually ran...

Well, that's inhibiting. For some folks.

Me? Not so much. Work at it, and you can get the cops to hoo-rah with you. And stay out of jail. (that's important)

/johnny

[ladyjane]

Yes, ... very important to stay out of jail! ;-)

[JRandomFreeper]

I am here to put a roof over your head and to feed you until you are 21 17.

There, fixed it for you for this locale, and what the US military would take for inductees.

Both of mine enlisted before they got out of high school, finished high school and 'graduated' with Geneva Convention ID cards in their pockets, and got introduced into the wide, wide world.

I paid child support for one more year. 4 of us. Mom, Dad, 2 kids. 3 of us had GCID cards we carried around.

But I'm not bitter.

/johnny

[RetiredTexasVet]

They should probably be asking the Homeboy aka Food Stamp President to kick back some of his re-election kickbacks, bribes and extortion money (to be about 1 - 1.5 billion) for those poor homeless chillins!

[MamaB]

I don't know if you are being critical or not. My 2 great granddaughters are a blessing after losing my other daughter in 2004 and my husband in 2006. We live in a very high tech area so it is very, very important to us to see that our toddlers have every educational advantage. We are NOT going to allow these toddlers to not want to learn. If that means getting them ipads, then that is what we will do. They soak up so much in a very short period of time. My granddaughter is doing a great job as a mother. She is a good artist and is teaching her daughter to love it too. It is never too young for them to learn. My grandson is a very good musician——plays the piano by ear and has many kinds of guitars. He is teaching the 2 year old to play the drums and piano. He has been composing music since he was 5 years old. His piano teacher said it was a waste of her time to teach him since he could play anything he wanted to play. : )

[leapfrog0202]

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

You know Hebrew?

[JRandomFreeper]

Um... aleph bet... drills? those? Yes, And I actually have books here written in that jewish writing.

But mine have verb underlines and dots in them. And details about how to pronounce it.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Cooks can speak hebrew. There is no law against that, yet,,,

Baroch ata Adoni Elohanu...

But I am just a cook. Keep that in mind.

/johnny

[tacticalogic]

I had to learn to wheelbarrow and edge concrete (I wasn't big enough to finish concrete) so that I would be allowed take piano and violin lessons. At age 9.

I grew up in an auto shop, from the time I was old enough to sweep floors and put away tools. I soon became Dad's "go-to" for dash and interior work, because I was little and wiry, and fit into places he couldn't get to.

[Alice in Wonderland]

Too bad Jarvis doesn't live in Florida where virtual schooling is offered to students in grades K through 12. Heck, if he met the qualifications for free/reduced lunch, they'd even give him a computer.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

I’m teaching myself Hebrew as well,but not just Biblical Hebrew. It’s an awesome language because it’s so old.

The letters aren’t easy to write,though.

[JRandomFreeper]

My nickname was go-fer.

And yes, being tiny and being able to tuck my ***** up around my adam's apple did put me into a tiny little package. NASA could learn some stuff there..

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Dude, there are only 24. We have 26 with the modern Latin alphabet using english.

And they ARE easy to write. I'm guessing you aren't artistic or use split nib turkey feathers.

/johnny

[Kickass Conservative]

You are smarter than you thought, you post on FR!

#;^)

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

I’m a woman so I can’t be a dude.

I’m not artistic in any sense. I’m more math and science-minded.

The letters may be easy for you but it’s taking some practice for me.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

Cooks can speak any language.

[JRandomFreeper]

If you have chicken or geese around, you can get a good nib.

And sorry about the gender thing. I'm a decadale celibate, so I'm not sure I even really notice anymore.

But it is just 24 letters. That is easy to write with oak-gall ink.

Just write them a hundred times a day, and by next Friday, you will know them by heart.

/johnny