Two hour delay this morning, for snow. Quite naturally, and very much expected, the robo-call came as I was cleaning off the truck and getting ready to leave. Nothing like making the decision at the last possible second! We are supposed to have light snow, up to an inch, continuing till noon. I'll leave early and have time to take photos on the way in. :-)
In looking at the civilian ammunition supply situation, I think I've come to the conclusion that much of my near future shooting will be .22 rimfire. Yes, I can reload, but those supplies are taking the same hit as ammunition. I can still easily buy .22 by the brick, even if the price has skyrocketed since the Socialist in chief was elected. I think I shall be in the market for a rimfire kit for my Commander. Taking suggestions as to brand......
'No child left behind' is a law that I have never paid much attention to, but am now having my nose rubbed in. As a teacher, what it means to me is my kids will be tested and are 'required' to reach certain goals. I am okay with that general concept, but of course the government screws it up in the details. An example.... My students (starting this year) will be tested by the state using an outdated process known as 'NOCTI' testing. While my program must be up to date, NOCTI testing is at least ten years behind the industry. To make it more fun... the testing will happen at the end of this month. Let me put that in plain English..... I teach a nine month program, but the 'end of program' testing will happen seven months in. I'll do the math for you..... my students will be tested on material we have not had time to teach yet! When I ask why this insanity takes place, the answer is "To give the state time to do the paperwork". To make it even more fun... the scores must get better each year, without fail, and without end. If my students all score 100% this year, next years class must all score 105%. Yes, that is impossible... but it does not matter when government is involved.
Now.... I'm off to mush my way into work. Leaving early will let me miss many of the brain donors, and enjoy a nice quiet drive in the snow. Ya'll have a wonderful day now, ya hear? (g).
Update! As I was standing at the outside door of my program, with the key headed towards the lock.... my cell phone rang. It was the schools Robo-caller telling me the school was closed for the day. BWAHAHAHAHA! I counted at least six other instructors already there, and that was just in my wing. My partner and I took an hour and assembled the tool kit our boys will need in competition, and then I made my way home. I followed a PennDOT plow truck all the way, at twenty miles an hour. Every time I tried taking the truck out of four wheel drive, it got squirrelly on the ice that was hiding under the snow blowing across the highway. So... home for the afternoon, anyway. I'll try to do something useful like reloading, casting bullets, or taking a nap (g).
Cartridges for Little Lucy (.25 cal) $30.00 for a box of fifty. Not much cheaper at a recent gun show.
We too are beginning our wonderful Ohio Achievement tests at the end of this month and face the same issues you do. Testing for a years growth at the end of March...I don't know who comes up with these ideas.
But I know it isn't those of us on the front lines...good luck.
"It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener." Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957
"Sounds pretty great. But you know something? Sooner or later I rub everybody the wrong way."
"Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another."
As for me.... what love I have left will stay in it's cage, not to be released again. There is only pain on that path.
'Atlas Shrugged', 1957
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." ('Atlas Shrugged' 1957)
Robert Heinlein
"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect. But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more! So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you. (This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"
Zoe:Sir, is there some information we might maybe be lacking as to why there's an entire Fed squad sitting on this train?
Mal: Doesn't concern us.
Zoe: It kinda concerns me
Zoe: You don't think that changes the situation a bit?
Mal: I surely do. Makes it more fun!
Zoe: Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
Ronald Reagan said:
'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.'
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March comes in like a Lion...below zero chill factors here in Ohio, but we didn't get the snow at least!
Your post reminds me of why my wife refers to the law as "no teacher left standing"
I am feeling you pain.
Cartridges for Little Lucy (.25 cal) $30.00 for a box of fifty. Not much cheaper at a recent gun show.
We too are beginning our wonderful Ohio Achievement tests at the end of this month and face the same issues you do. Testing for a years growth at the end of March...I don't know who comes up with these ideas.
But I know it isn't those of us on the front lines...good luck.
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