Well Harper you have done it!!
You have finally pushed my buttons enough for me to say that I have had enough! I will be making a decision tonite with my partner about running in the next election. I can no longer sit idly by while you destroy a country that I am proud to be born in.
Your cuts and your views are no longer welcome in my life. I will no longer tolerate the hate that you have towards the disenfranchised. I will no longer sit and watch as you decide that women's and minority's rights are not worth investing in. I will no longer let you take away from any investment into youth initiatives. You sir are on watch!
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Lack of internet will not stop me from posting this entry!
As most of my readers and friends know I'm currently without internet service due to lovely Bell Sympatico not being open past the hour of 5pm so that I can get a problem fixed. Do they not know that we stay at work well past 5pm us working stiffs!
Anywho, I just had to comment on what happened in Montreal yesterday with the school shooting. As some readers know of my previous blog I talk about the December 6th shooting in Montreal so I had to comment on yet again another school shooting.
A lot of the papers seem to be asking the question WHY? I find this utterly hilarious. We all know the reason why it's just that we don't want to fix the problem. Like the school shootings in the US this one is of hate and despair. It is without a doubt an action so deeply rooted in hate that the point of no return is no where in sight. I think the question that should be asked is what did we do wrong for this young man and how can we prevent an action so deeply rooted in hate from ever occurring!
It always boils down to the root cause. I think it's safe to assume that there are many root causes to this young man's hate. I don't pretend to know the guy but I think it's safe to say that the familiar in his life is disfunctional. I suppose the question asked is how can you gage disfunctionality? A family that is separated without support from friends/family, a loss of a family member via death again without support, a family that is together yet the child is neglected again without support. These are most common considerations for the dysfunctionality of a family system. Neglect is really a had one to pin down too. You can come from the wealthiest family yet still come from a family of neglect. A parent could have a substance abuse issue, their own emotional issues or just work so gosh darn much that there is no emotional growth for a child.
Another cause of this school shooting is the bullying piece. This young man for whatever reason was bullied at school. There are many things in a persons life that would make it easy for them to be victimized. Lack of social skills is the biggest piece. Most children don't know how to play and interact with one another because there is no community. They don't have the skills to join a game or meet a friend. It's unfortunate that we live in a society so fearful of the boogie man. What the average person doesn't realize is that stranger kidnapping is very rare and you shouldn't be afraid of the neighbour. One could argue about the child molester being the neighbour but if you arm your kids with information they can come forward and they can get help. As with kidnapping, stranger molestation doesn't happen often. It is usually a family member. There is a grooming process that takes place. I have faith that most parents are able to pick up on it even if they don't get it at first. So what I'm saying is that this fear of the neighbours make it hard for a sense of community. Without community a child can not learn the skills necessary for survival in a school setting. Without community a child can not feel safe to let their parents or teachers know they are being bullied.
Which brings me to the schools. There are a lot of schools out there that do not promote that sense of community. Yes the education mandate is to create safe schools but the way the ministries go about it are misguided. They want to put bullying prevention into the schools. Now as someone who works in a school system I find that they rarely put this kind of thing into action. Yes there are individual class or student work but rarely a school wide or board wide initiative. Or if there is an board wide initiative not all schools are on the same page OR they are implementing it the wrong way OR they have the wrong or an outdated program. I think the ministry of education needs to think about including social and emotional education into the curriculum. They also need to bring back programs that were cut like music or art or drama or physical education. These type of classes are outlets for kids who struggle academically. There isn't a worthy value placed on these classes because most people push a child to think reading and writing. Yes these two basic skills are needed to ensure that a child is successful however there needs to be different programming available. Not every child learns the same therefore alternative schools need to be more accessible. Schools that focus on art for students who are more artistically inclined need to be more readily available. There should be schools that focus on sports and sportsmanship. We also need to stop cramming kids into schools. When you do that a child gets lost and again it brings it back to community.
I could go on further and further but I'm running out of time on my lunch break. Feel free to add items or not! Either way we know the reason why something like the Montreal shooting occurs, it's time to take action. Yet another reason to push forward with me getting involved on the government level. Another couple of years and you'll see me jumping on the governmental express!!
As most of my readers and friends know I'm currently without internet service due to lovely Bell Sympatico not being open past the hour of 5pm so that I can get a problem fixed. Do they not know that we stay at work well past 5pm us working stiffs!
Anywho, I just had to comment on what happened in Montreal yesterday with the school shooting. As some readers know of my previous blog I talk about the December 6th shooting in Montreal so I had to comment on yet again another school shooting.
A lot of the papers seem to be asking the question WHY? I find this utterly hilarious. We all know the reason why it's just that we don't want to fix the problem. Like the school shootings in the US this one is of hate and despair. It is without a doubt an action so deeply rooted in hate that the point of no return is no where in sight. I think the question that should be asked is what did we do wrong for this young man and how can we prevent an action so deeply rooted in hate from ever occurring!
It always boils down to the root cause. I think it's safe to assume that there are many root causes to this young man's hate. I don't pretend to know the guy but I think it's safe to say that the familiar in his life is disfunctional. I suppose the question asked is how can you gage disfunctionality? A family that is separated without support from friends/family, a loss of a family member via death again without support, a family that is together yet the child is neglected again without support. These are most common considerations for the dysfunctionality of a family system. Neglect is really a had one to pin down too. You can come from the wealthiest family yet still come from a family of neglect. A parent could have a substance abuse issue, their own emotional issues or just work so gosh darn much that there is no emotional growth for a child.
Another cause of this school shooting is the bullying piece. This young man for whatever reason was bullied at school. There are many things in a persons life that would make it easy for them to be victimized. Lack of social skills is the biggest piece. Most children don't know how to play and interact with one another because there is no community. They don't have the skills to join a game or meet a friend. It's unfortunate that we live in a society so fearful of the boogie man. What the average person doesn't realize is that stranger kidnapping is very rare and you shouldn't be afraid of the neighbour. One could argue about the child molester being the neighbour but if you arm your kids with information they can come forward and they can get help. As with kidnapping, stranger molestation doesn't happen often. It is usually a family member. There is a grooming process that takes place. I have faith that most parents are able to pick up on it even if they don't get it at first. So what I'm saying is that this fear of the neighbours make it hard for a sense of community. Without community a child can not learn the skills necessary for survival in a school setting. Without community a child can not feel safe to let their parents or teachers know they are being bullied.
Which brings me to the schools. There are a lot of schools out there that do not promote that sense of community. Yes the education mandate is to create safe schools but the way the ministries go about it are misguided. They want to put bullying prevention into the schools. Now as someone who works in a school system I find that they rarely put this kind of thing into action. Yes there are individual class or student work but rarely a school wide or board wide initiative. Or if there is an board wide initiative not all schools are on the same page OR they are implementing it the wrong way OR they have the wrong or an outdated program. I think the ministry of education needs to think about including social and emotional education into the curriculum. They also need to bring back programs that were cut like music or art or drama or physical education. These type of classes are outlets for kids who struggle academically. There isn't a worthy value placed on these classes because most people push a child to think reading and writing. Yes these two basic skills are needed to ensure that a child is successful however there needs to be different programming available. Not every child learns the same therefore alternative schools need to be more accessible. Schools that focus on art for students who are more artistically inclined need to be more readily available. There should be schools that focus on sports and sportsmanship. We also need to stop cramming kids into schools. When you do that a child gets lost and again it brings it back to community.
I could go on further and further but I'm running out of time on my lunch break. Feel free to add items or not! Either way we know the reason why something like the Montreal shooting occurs, it's time to take action. Yet another reason to push forward with me getting involved on the government level. Another couple of years and you'll see me jumping on the governmental express!!
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