Red Ribbon Week
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Red Ribbon Week
This week is Red Ribbon Week at Emma's school. Apparently they were chosen to have some fancy shindig by the Department of Justice. I just got a message stating that a nationally known figure will be at the school tomorrow and that no cell phones will be allowed. Emma says that the rumor going around her school is that Michael Jackson is coming and he will be handcuffed to prevent him from going after the boys.
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Maybe it will be a national politician.
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How do they monitor for no cell phones? They're so small these
days you could hide one easily.
days you could hide one easily.
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Cell phones even make airport security. Maybe they don't want a region-wide blast about the national figure.
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-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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She's not going to give up her cell phone. 
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Be sure and let us know who it is.
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What does the Red Ribbon stand for again?
Will there be trouble if a student wears any of the many other ribbons that stand for something?
Will there be trouble if a student wears any of the many other ribbons that stand for something?
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Looks like they are coming to a school without lockers to talk about drugs.
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feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Probably wouldn't be a good day to wear your "Bong Hits for Jesus" T-shirt.MarleysGh0st wrote:What does the Red Ribbon stand for again?
Will there be trouble if a student wears any of the many other ribbons that stand for something?
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Oh, my.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:She's not going to give up her cell phone.
Rules only apply to the cafeteria????
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They apparently don't apply there, either.a1mamacat wrote:Oh, my.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:She's not going to give up her cell phone.
Rules only apply to the cafeteria????
But I'm curious about this "no cell phone" security ruling. There was a thread just the other day discussing campaign rallies and the cell phone photos taken there. This event will be higher security than those?
Is Emma going to meet POTUS today?
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Here's the problem. I have to go to a District meeting starting at 3:00 today, because I am on a committee that is redrawing high school boundaries. Emma's school gets out at 3:30. Emma is walking to her friend's house and then she is calling Maddie to come pick her up and they will walk to Maddie's school and Emma will stay at Maddie's Comedy Sportz practice until my meeting is finished.a1mamacat wrote:Oh, my.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:She's not going to give up her cell phone.
Rules only apply to the cafeteria????
Since Emma has no locker, she can't stow her cell phone. She needs to have the phone with her today because she has to meet up with Maddie. She isn't going to use it during the event, but she needs to have it with her today for safety reasons.
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Ah, makes sense. The way it was posted about the phone, I thought perhaps she was in a snit about the lunch thing, so had decided to flaut the rules too.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Here's the problem. I have to go to a District meeting starting at 3:00 today, because I am on a committee that is redrawing high school boundaries. Emma's school gets out at 3:30. Emma is walking to her friend's house and then she is calling Maddie to come pick her up and they will walk to Maddie's school and Emma will stay at Maddie's Comedy Sportz practice until my meeting is finished.a1mamacat wrote:Oh, my.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:She's not going to give up her cell phone.
Rules only apply to the cafeteria????
Since Emma has no locker, she can't stow her cell phone. She needs to have the phone with her today because she has to meet up with Maddie. She isn't going to use it during the event, but she needs to have it with her today for safety reasons.
Didn't sound like Emma.
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Because her friend's house does not have a phone to call Maddie?PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Here's the problem. I have to go to a District meeting starting at 3:00 today, because I am on a committee that is redrawing high school boundaries. Emma's school gets out at 3:30. Emma is walking to her friend's house and then she is calling Maddie to come pick her up and they will walk to Maddie's school and Emma will stay at Maddie's Comedy Sportz practice until my meeting is finished.a1mamacat wrote:Oh, my.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:She's not going to give up her cell phone.
Rules only apply to the cafeteria????
Since Emma has no locker, she can't stow her cell phone. She needs to have the phone with her today because she has to meet up with Maddie. She isn't going to use it during the event, but she needs to have it with her today for safety reasons.
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She is not calling Maddie from her friend's house. Her friend's grandma is on hospice and I didn't want to inconvenience the family.Appa23 wrote:Because her friend's house does not have a phone to call Maddie?PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Here's the problem. I have to go to a District meeting starting at 3:00 today, because I am on a committee that is redrawing high school boundaries. Emma's school gets out at 3:30. Emma is walking to her friend's house and then she is calling Maddie to come pick her up and they will walk to Maddie's school and Emma will stay at Maddie's Comedy Sportz practice until my meeting is finished.a1mamacat wrote: Oh, my.
Rules only apply to the cafeteria????
Since Emma has no locker, she can't stow her cell phone. She needs to have the phone with her today because she has to meet up with Maddie. She isn't going to use it during the event, but she needs to have it with her today for safety reasons.
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I guess that I was confused by the statement that she was walking to a friend's house and then calling Maddie to pick her up.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:She is not calling Maddie from her friend's house. Her friend's grandma is on hospice and I didn't want to inconvenience the family.Appa23 wrote:Because her friend's house does not have a phone to call Maddie?PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote: Here's the problem. I have to go to a District meeting starting at 3:00 today, because I am on a committee that is redrawing high school boundaries. Emma's school gets out at 3:30. Emma is walking to her friend's house and then she is calling Maddie to come pick her up and they will walk to Maddie's school and Emma will stay at Maddie's Comedy Sportz practice until my meeting is finished.
Since Emma has no locker, she can't stow her cell phone. She needs to have the phone with her today because she has to meet up with Maddie. She isn't going to use it during the event, but she needs to have it with her today for safety reasons.
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Cell phones are evil......
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Why do you say that? Has ES been running up the minutes to the 1 (900) SQUIREL number again?littlebeast13 wrote:Cell phones are evil......
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Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!
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Rexer25 wrote:Why do you say that? Has ES been running up the minutes to the 1 (900) SQUIREL number again?littlebeast13 wrote:Cell phones are evil......
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No, he prefers getting his jollies from the internet.....
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marley??:
It is an anti drugs campaign.What does the Red Ribbon stand for again?
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I dropped Emma off at school and they had the teacher's parking lot blocked off with security patrolling the front of the school.
I went around to the back of the school, where the public park is and a helicopter was landing on the school field. I saw people exit the helicopter wearing military fatigues. An ambulance and fire truck were already parked on the field. After the bell rang, kids started coming out wearing red anti-drug shirts. (I can only imagine Emma's comments when her class was given their shirts because she finds special event t-shirts to be a huge waste of money. From what I understand, Emma's got a $13,000 grand to put on today's shindig.) Nobody was carrying backpacks, so I assume they locked them up in the classrooms.
Zap and I hung out with some other parents for a bit. Security was patrolling the perimeter of the field, glaring at the parents, though they smiled at me when they saw my dog.
I went around to the back of the school, where the public park is and a helicopter was landing on the school field. I saw people exit the helicopter wearing military fatigues. An ambulance and fire truck were already parked on the field. After the bell rang, kids started coming out wearing red anti-drug shirts. (I can only imagine Emma's comments when her class was given their shirts because she finds special event t-shirts to be a huge waste of money. From what I understand, Emma's got a $13,000 grand to put on today's shindig.) Nobody was carrying backpacks, so I assume they locked them up in the classrooms.
Zap and I hung out with some other parents for a bit. Security was patrolling the perimeter of the field, glaring at the parents, though they smiled at me when they saw my dog.
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And snipers on the roof?
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Seriously, has there been any reports establishing where POTUS is today? Or VPOTUS? Surely, the governator doesn't travel with security like this?PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Zap and I hung out with some other parents for a bit. Security was patrolling the perimeter of the field, glaring at the parents, though they smiled at me when they saw my dog.
I can't wait for you to relay Emma's report when she gets home!
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I didn't see snipers.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:And snipers on the roof?
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They're not doing their job right if you can see them!PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I didn't see snipers.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:And snipers on the roof?