20 Years Of Sorrow Loneliness And Wasting Away

20 years of Sorrow loneliness and wasting away 

It has been 20 years since Islamic terrorists attacked the United States by bringing down the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and the plane crash in Pennsylvania. When this terrible attack happened America rose up as our ancestors did when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan in 1941. We came together and we helped each other. We sent our men and women of the military off to fight to give an account for us. We cheered as they left in airports across the country. We were in a fight for our country. We had to let the terrorists know they did not win. We did this for many many years. We lost so many servicemen and women in the fight we did not ask for. 

For those of us that lost loved ones on September 11th, 2001. it only seems like yesterday and not 20 years. we live every moment every day in our hearts and in our minds. We cry daily because we love & miss our loved ones so much that it physically hurts us. Some of the survivors that lost loved ones who could not handle the pain decided to end everything and kill themselves. When you see newscasts about your loved one's death every day for many years it puts a strain on your emotion and your mind and it does affect you. I myself have had health problems to get worse over the years and I attributed it to the sorrow, the pain, and heartache of the loss of my loved one Lisa, the lady I was going to marry. I think of her every day. I cry every day but to no avail.  I know she will not be coming back. I strain every day just to get by doing common housework that everyone does without thinking about it. I have to plan it out days in advance so I will be physically able to do it. Living alone with heartache and loneliness compounded by my physical disabilities makes life very hard and very questionable. The life I live is what you would call a living hell. 

Since 20 years have passed things have changed throughout our nation. We were attacked again this time by China releasing a virus that has spread all over the world. As we deal with this virus to this day it has torn our nation and split it into two separate groups. The people that believe the virus is real and what everything the government suggests we do to protect ourselves such as wear masks and get vaccinated for the virus. These people have what is called common sense and should be commended for doing the right thing. Then, we have the other side, these people do not believe they should be forced to wear a mask or get vaccinated for the virus. These people do not understand that we had been attacked in a different way than we were 20 years ago. These people believe making them wear a mask violates their freedom as Americans. What they fail to understand is being free and an American comes with responsibilities and that is to help protect your fellow Americans. So you can say the anti-maskers are un-American. By not doing what the government says is best to do they are putting everybody at risk including the freedom that they cherish so much. So we are fighting amongst ourselves splitting into several different groups. People will not even talk to each other if they are on a different side of this issue and it has turned violent in some cases. With what is going on in the current events overseas and here on the Homeland you can say the terrorists have won.

To my sweetheart Lisa I love you today as much as I did 20 years ago. I think of you every day and I miss you every day of my life. I wonder and think of what we would be doing now, what our kids would be doing, and how they would be growing up being teenagers now. It all makes me so sad and lonely thinking about it but that is all I have. And yes darling it does make me bitter at times. When I see people with their kids talking about marriage it breaks my heart that we're unable to get married and have a family of our own. This time of year is always hard for me sweetheart. I miss you so much till it hurts deep inside my soul. But this year is even worse. Your uncle Ron is missing overseas and we do not know what has happened. Your father is getting reports from the agency but they do not know what has happened. I pray they will find him safe but I am afraid I must prepare for the worst. This will indeed go down as one of the worst September's I've ever had to live through. I love you sweetheart with all my heart. 

Alfred Britt.

What's Up With This

 

“What’s Up With This”

The city of Stockbridge has voted to spend $30.5 million of the T-Splost at a recent meeting of the council.  Remember some of these very same members complain regularly about the road conditions in the area and how slow it is to get around in the area.  According to the breakdown of projects, they will put $4 million on the Rock Quarry widening project and $2 million on the Rock Quarry Rd extension that has been discussed for years.  The other $24.5 million dollars is for trails, sidewalks and pedestrian bridges.  It seems that foot traffic is more important than highway traffic.  Complain about not being able to get around in the area and then give the bulk of the money to foot traffic.  It must be a sign of the times they feel they can get somewhere on foot quicker than by car.  You just can’t make these things up about these people.  This sounds just like those people on capitol hill in Washington, D.C. who love their pork barrel projects that they include in infrastructure bills.  Hope you people are awake because while you were sleeping the project money to fix the road problems was allocated to local pork.  Remember this while you sit in traffic and maybe you will remember it at the polls next election.

Carlos San

Stockbridge,GA.

Biden Ed Plan DEAD Before Leaving Thought Box, Without New Gen of Academic-parenting OPINION

Academic-parenting is a concept that grew out of my early studies of how

to improve the Quality of the Condition of Education in the school my

youngest attended at the time. And from several surprisingly frank,

honest, and unexpected admissions by other parents of the challenge to

help and support their child at home. And these were parents of fifth

and sixth graders. I came to believe then and still do there is a need.

And by the fall of 2008, I had a descriptive name for it. Today as an

Autodidact Education Anthropologist (AKA as a student) of the field of

education, I can show you the need, which you'll see in the last part of

this post.

In a general sense: Academic-Parenting is activities you can do with

your kids to prepare them to learn in a formal teaching environment and

support them through High school graduation. The goal is to keep it

super simple. And the following reading academic-parenting skill most of

you already know; some to all of:

1. Reading to your child before they know how to read, and then

discussing what you read with them.*

2.  Reading the same book or text with them as they learn to read. Then

discussing it afterward.*

3. Reading together. Not necessarily the same book or text. Or even at

the same time. Then discussing what each of you read.*

* Discussing is not a lecture. It is a conversation where all parties

are comfortable expressing themselves. Effective communication between

you and anyone is identical to building a bridge. The longer you build

on the bridge and keep it open, the stronger it becomes. But if it

collapses, it is damn hard to rebuild. And children (bless them) may

occasionally be trying. The goal is to keep them comfortable and the

communication bridge open as you use your parental authority to address

the situation.

I don't know if anyone else uses the phrase academic-parenting. However,

people write blogs and books detailing numerous simple things you may

already know or can learn to do to equip your kid(s) for formal

schooling and support them through high school graduation.

I find it frustrating when someone writes an opinion without verifiable

facts. And I always wonder if their thoughts were pulled out of some

sunless crevasse or creatively made up for the sake of being argumentative.

The following section will show fact checkable evidence with links

(another pet peeve) showing the impact of parents' education level on

student's measurable academic scholarship, using National Assessment of

Education Progress (NAEP) published results.

1971 Parental Education impact on 17-year-old student acquisition of

Reading Proficiency; TABLE 1: Parent Education Level and Corresponding

Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average Score(1):

 > Not a high school graduate = 52%

 > Graduated high school = 57%

 > Some education after high school = 60%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 1, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

1978 Parental Education impact on 17-year-old students learning of

Mathematics Proficiency; TABLE 2: Parent Education Level and

Corresponding Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average

Score(2):

 > Not a high school graduate = 56%

 > Graduated high school = 49%

 > Some education after high school = 61%

 > Graduated college = 63%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 2, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

Forty-one and more years later, in 2019

2019 Parental Education impact on 12th-Grade student acquisition of

Reading Proficiency; TABLE 3: Parent Education Level and Corresponding

Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average Score(3):

 > Did not finish high school = 54%

 > Graduated high school = 54%

 > Some education after high school = 57%

 > Graduated college = 59%

 > Unknown = 51%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 3, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

2019 Parental Education impact on 12th-Grade student acquisition of

Mathematics Proficiency; TABLE 4: Parent Education Level and

Corresponding Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average

Score(4):

 > Did not finish high school = 44%

 > Graduated high school = 45%

 > Some education after high school = 49%

 > Graduated college = 54%

 > Unknown = 42%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 4, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

METHODOLOGY:

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We translate large-scale Standardized Test measurement

systems through a process named "Calculating the Percent of a Perfect

Score." This KISS (keep it super simple) method converts results to a

percentage and equivalent classroom grade. This translation eliminates

the need for an education authority to tell you what they want you to

believe. Or provide an explanation you may not understand. The process

was created by a Founder of The Afterclap. He spent nine years serving

on Public School Councils with a Georgia legislated expectation to make

positive suggestions to improve the Quality of the Condition of

Education in the school he served. And be able to explain how well

students performed on large-scale standardized tests to parents and

interested stakeholders. As a former student and now as a parent, he

understands the implications of the Classroom Grade and suspects you do

as well. If your child brings home a grade of 57, the score eliminates

some questions and opens the door to specific targeted questions from

"what did you learn today?" To, "what have you not learned yet?" 

Bruce Kendall.

SOURCES:

(1) 1995 > Digest of Education Statistics > National Assessment of

Educational Progress (NAEP) Long Term Trends. > "Table 105. Average

student proficiency in reading, by age and selected characteristics of

students: 1971 to 1992."> Where the earliest year listed for Parental

education impact on 17-year-olds in "Reading Proficiency" was 1971.

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d95/dtab105.asp

(2) 1999 > Digest of Education Statistics > National Assessment of

Educational Progress (NAEP) Long Term Trends. > "Table 123. Average

mathematics proficiency, by age and by selected characteristics of

students: 1973 to 1996." Where the earliest year listed for Parental

education impact on 17-year-olds in "Mathematics Proficiency" was 1978

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d99/d99t123.asp

(3) 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading,

Grade 12, Parental education level, from 2 questions [PARED] and

National jurisdiction. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/landing

(4) 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics,

Grade 12, Parental education level, from 2 questions [PARED] and

National jurisdiction. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/landing

A Stack Of Papers

 

A Stack Of Papers.

I often wonder how people make it through their lives without just driving themselves off a cliff. People are calling for us to boycott companies because some of the people that run them have different views as they do. They think by not buying a company’s product they will hurt them and make them change their minds. Well, they are as smart as a turd in a septic tank thinking it is in an oasis. First of all, not all of the employees of the company may not have the same views like the ones that run it. So you may be hurting people that don’t hold your views that work for you and that is stupid. 

Let's take Coca-Cola. It is just a stack of papers that allows it to have property and that is it. The company is so large in scope the few that will boycott will not even make a blip on their bottom line. So why deprive yourself of a product you like on its own to try and change a few that run the company that will have no effect on your cause? 

I have seen so many people call for boycotts because the new President is not who they wanted. Guess what you lost the election so get over it and move on. I don’t like some things he has and will do but I do hope he does a good job for America to help us all. We all need to come together for the betterment of our nation as a whole. To all that have asked all your friends to boycott companies and the Democratic President and his policies. I have one question for you: if you don’t like him or his policies he has done I take it you returned your $1,400 to the Government, if not you are a hypocrite or as my mom would say “A Two-Faced Son Of A Bitch”. So change your diaper and get with the program. 

The Staff.     

The Leper of Henry County

 

“The Leper of Henry County”

I have known for a long time now that I am nothing in the eyes of those around me that I am like a leper.  I live a quiet solitary life in a world much akin to a leper colony where people don’t want to be seen with me.  Much of it is because of my size and people have made fun of me all my life.  They don’t want to be seen with the oversized man  because it will cramp their style. This is how the people who had leprosy had to live and I can relate to their situation.   People out there don’t know how sad I truly am and how many tears I have shed just wanting some human contact and a kind word.   I am always worried about the spread of the current virus and knowing that people don’t follow the rules is why it is spreading even farther and wider than earlier predicted.   I may sound harsh about the virus and what needs to be done, but I mean it in a way to help others and not hurt them.  People have unfriended me because of it and some are family members.  Truly, truly sad, but this leads me back to the knowledge that I am just a leper and will be avoided at all costs to promote their own idealistic thoughts and harsh realism.  I am a person with feelings that do get hurt a lot because of those who are thoughtless in these matters.   I often feel so alone and lost in a sea of the lost and I know I can speak with the Lord because he is the only one who truly knows my heart and what is inside.   Remember when you cast a stone in my direction you are only getting hit yourself in ways you don’t understand.   I lost the one who loved me and wanted to share their life with me to those who hate our way of life.   Now I am attacked and blacklisted for speaking my mind.   I will not beg and I will not ask for people to recognize me more than they would a dog or cat.  I am a human with a heart and I will not lower myself to those levels. 

So, I will continue being the Leper of Henry County. 

Can Little Kids Learn?

 

This bad virus that is called covid-19 was created by some bad people in the far off land of China.   They let this highly dangerous weapon loose on the unsuspecting people of their own area.   Then, it was carried worldwide by those same unsuspecting people.  The government there did not tell of this being unleashed like a bully on the playground.   The bully always takes your candy.  This bully takes your life.  Doctors and other people who learned of this problem tell us to wash our hands a lot, stay at least six feet apart and to wear a mask to try and stop the spread of the weapon that is among us.  This bully is picking on our parents and grandparents more than it does us here on the playground.  Many of our elders are not heeding to the advice that is given to try and save their lives.  Now a vaccine is going to be given and many have said they will not take it.   If we don’t take our medicine we are punished.  So, many of those who refuse to go by the rules will be punished by not letting them on public buses, trains and airplanes.  Many will pay the price with their lives for not obeying the rules because the bully that is the virus will win.

Wear your mask kids or you may be put in a long time-out.

The Staff.

The Ultimate In Stupid

 I have a rant to throw out there.  It is so perplexing to watch as those who claim to be good republicrats and demosocialists who gripe about toilet paper and paper towels being stripped from the shelves but you won’t wear a damn mask.   The ultimate in stupid.  Worry about not having supplies, but not staying safe.  If you get sick and die you won’t need those supplies.  The incoming President said that he would shut down the nation if he has to so it can get under control..  That is why there is panic shopping.  The numbers of the covid are rising daily and there seems to be no relief in sight and the vaccine is not ready yet and it will be for the first responders and the very sick first and then the rest of us in the Spring of 2021.  People going out in masses and wondering why the spread of the virus is going on.  Any damn fool should be able to see the problem.  The peak of this problem will happen during the holidays and I guarantee those who get sick wouldn’t want to admit it to no one because they have set such bad examples for others.   The government is trying to help you not hurt you in the rules.  Each person is responsible for the safety of themselves and others.  That is the part of the equation that people don’t understand or just don’t give a damn about.  They either say it is a hoax or they panic too much.  They need to look at the middle ground and stay safe and this will get under control.   And another issue is what if the vaccine doesn’t work because this weaponized virus might mutate once again.  Then what?

The Staff