12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 9

[pyramid2000]

I am not touching the band grading topic with a ten foot pole....but I will say...thanks Lisa.

Don't worry Brandi!! I am not jumping on anything! Our school has been battling band and grading since I can remember. Some say kids take band for an "easy" grade. Doubt it! Who would be a band "geek" if they really didn't love it?? They would be in it, grade or not. Others have a problem when the grade effects other things. I just have the opinion that it should be under extra-curricular, especially in Jr High. When the band kids are in class, they are being graded. Everyone else has basically a free period to join a club, do homework, participate in chorus, etc. Again, Todd's son was wrong and knew what would happen ahead of time. I am not saying the consequences should not have been carried out, just that they are a bit over the top to begin with. IMHO

I think it was when I was a Junior we were having a conflict with it being an "easy"grade, so they made us take written exams. It was actually quite funny as our director gave us all the answers ahead of time.

 

[DisneyVegas1]

Todd,
You must have been very proud of him. He sounds like a very mature young man. I can honestly respect a parent like you and him as a student. That is a very refreshing story. I don't even know him and I am proud of him!

I am proud of him ..no doubt ....but I am stressed cause he couldnt play and being a coach and a father I can tell you watching him from the stands this season has been great ...

This is the first year I havent coached cause Dylan schedule has been hectic , so its been hard to sit in the stands from a coaches perspective , but from a parents its been great know your kid just caught the pass, got the first down and scored ...lol

 

[kimerinc]

Dead serious. DS will eat chicken nuggets & tenders, beef hotdogs, and pizza with cheese & pepperoni. That is basically it for main foods. For lunch he has a nutrigrain bar, pretzles, and fruit snacks. He wont eat cheese, bread, noodles, fruit, or vegies. The only fruit product he will touch is apple sauce on occasion. He does like biscuits & garlic toast. The only dairy he will eat is yogurt & that has dropped off considerably. Another thing that I have to make sure of is that NOTHING except what he will eat is on the plate. I have to tell them to leave the vegies off on the ship or he wont touch any of it. He was a really good eater until he was almost 3. All of his friends wouldn't eat much but he finished those mashed vegies & fruits all the time. He would point to the jars. He wouldn't eat much table food at all. I guess that is where the problem was. He ate so well that I didn't push him to try more of the table food. DD on the other hand always wanted what we ate and eats a wider variety of food.

DS will grow out of it on his own. I was also a picky eater when I was a kid but I ate more than he does now. I was force fed until I was 11 or 12 and I refuse to do that to my child. I had eating issues for years because of that. I would rather give him a vitamin if his doctor is ever concerned.

Lisa, as you know, I totally understand! I had the same panicky feeling about the chicken! The good news for me is that DD will eat almost any kind of fruit available, so I can make it work that way. But she will not eat eggs of any kind, she loves those gogurts and trix yogurts, hates mashed potatoes, in fact any kind of potato at all. We don't make her eat when she is not hungry cause that's how I got so fat. DH only eats when he is hungry and he has always been thin. I will eat whenever, wherever and for whatever reason.

 

[DisneyVegas1]

That's awesome, he sounds like a great kid.

I was thinking that the punishment for being both things very harsh, but I guess if it happens to you once you will never do it again. Will he be able to repair the F?

Not for the Quarter , but for the semester yes ....and the semester is what goes on the transcript ...

 

[kimerinc]

I am proud of him ..no doubt ....but I am stressed cause he couldnt play and being a coach and a father I can tell you watching him from the stands this season has been great ...

This is the first year I havent coached cause Dylan schedule has been hectic , so its been hard to sit in the stands from a coaches perspective , but from a parents its been great know your kid just caught the pass, got the first down and scored ...lol

I tell you what. That is some kind of high! I seriously think someone needs to package that feeling up and sell it!!!

 

[pyramid2000]

Sounds like a very mature young man Todd. Some lessons are very hard indeed! I'm glad to see that it didn't make him give up on anything and that he will take it and learn.

 

[lillygator]

OMG - the Goo Goo Dolls are on Sesame Street! What's up with that?

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

You are SO right Lisa ... I am glad the Band Director did stick to it ..Hopefully it is a hard lesson learned for Dylan ...He knows he let his Team mates down , His Bandmates , Coaches and of course us ...He went to school the following day and apologized to his whole team and coaches in front of everyone and also the band and director ...He said it was the hardest thing he had to do , trying to explain to his other team mates what he had done ....He also wrote his band director a 2 page letter just to say he was sorry and he would accept his punishment and would move forward from here in a positve light rather then take it negative ....

I know its hard for him ...but hopefully he will understand that its time to start making the commitments and sticking to them ....

Sounds like a very mature young man.

 

[goofyforlife]

Are you serious? My DS eats whatever I put on his plate. The only thing I let him get away with not eating is sourkraut. He has tried it but just doesn't like it. My DD also eats whatever I give her.

Brandi,

I'm with your DS on the kraut... I called it sour-crap growing up... Pretty hard to hate cabbage in a polish household but that was me.... My gram even used to make me just the meat part of galumpkes (sp?)

Now my DD is like yours... She'll eat whatever doesn't eat her. She even would eat clams when she was 3yo. (Blechhh in my world)

 

[klineyqueen]

Dead serious. DS will eat chicken nuggets & tenders, beef hotdogs, and pizza with cheese & pepperoni. That is basically it for main foods. For lunch he has a nutrigrain bar, pretzles, and fruit snacks. He wont eat cheese, bread, noodles, fruit, or vegies. The only fruit product he will touch is apple sauce on occasion. He does like biscuits & garlic toast. The only dairy he will eat is yogurt & that has dropped off considerably. Another thing that I have to make sure of is that NOTHING except what he will eat is on the plate. I have to tell them to leave the vegies off on the ship or he wont touch any of it. He was a really good eater until he was almost 3. All of his friends wouldn't eat much but he finished those mashed vegies & fruits all the time. He would point to the jars. He wouldn't eat much table food at all. I guess that is where the problem was. He ate so well that I didn't push him to try more of the table food. DD on the other hand always wanted what we ate and eats a wider variety of food.

DS will grow out of it on his own. I was also a picky eater when I was a kid but I ate more than he does now. I was force fed until I was 11 or 12 and I refuse to do that to my child. I had eating issues for years because of that. I would rather give him a vitamin if his doctor is ever concerned.

I did not realize how lucky I have it with my kids eating. It has never been an issue. DD has been eating all table food for about 2 months now. She is a "big" eater because she is growing. My DS eats very small portions but he isn't picky. My DH wanted him to eat more (quantity) but like you I said there is no way we are going to force him to eat more. When he is hungry he eats, and I just make sure there is a nice variety.

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

I am proud of him ..no doubt ....but I am stressed cause he couldnt play and being a coach and a father I can tell you watching him from the stands this season has been great ...

This is the first year I havent coached cause Dylan schedule has been hectic , so its been hard to sit in the stands from a coaches perspective , but from a parents its been great know your kid just caught the pass, got the first down and scored ...lol

So being in band and on the Varsity Team, does he have to quickly change uniforms during halftime for the halftime show?

 

[klineyqueen]

I am proud of him ..no doubt ....but I am stressed cause he couldnt play and being a coach and a father I can tell you watching him from the stands this season has been great ...

This is the first year I havent coached cause Dylan schedule has been hectic , so its been hard to sit in the stands from a coaches perspective , but from a parents its been great know your kid just caught the pass, got the first down and scored ...lol

Oh I believe you. I am sure that is a wonderful feeling. I am just saying I think it is very mature to have taken the "high road." I doubt he will do anything like that again.

 

[klineyqueen]

Time for choir....

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Bye Brandi!

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

wow - everyone must be eating...

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

since I must be here by myself, I'll catch everyone up on current news stories...

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Not it! Mass. elementary school bans tag

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) -- Tag, you're out! Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable.

Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban.

While there is no districtwide ban on contact sports during recess, local rules have been cropping up. Several school administrators around Attleboro, a city of about 45,000 residents, took aim at dodgeball a few years ago, saying it was exclusionary and dangerous.

Elementary schools in Cheyenne, Wyo., and Spokane, Wash., also recently banned tag during recess. A suburban Charleston, S.C., school outlawed all unsupervised contact sports.

"I think that it's unfortunate that kids' lives are micromanaged and there are social skills they'll never develop on their own," said Debbie Laferriere, who has two children at Willett, about 40 miles south of Boston. "Playing tag is just part of being a kid."

Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said.

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Aircraft bolt smashes through man's roof


CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- A man who lives under a Sydney flight path was shocked when a bolt from an airliner crashed through his roof, according to a news report Wednesday.

Angelo Margiotta said he thought a bomb had exploded when the stainless steel bolt, which appeared to be about 6 inches long, struck his roof in the Sydney suburb of Five Dock on Wednesday morning, Ten Network television news reported.

Margiotta called the fire brigade and a firefighter found the bolt which had smashed two roof tiles and lodged in the ceiling.

"I was too shocked to talk ... because of the noise," Margiotta told Ten. "It was very, very loud."

Australia's aviation watchdog, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, was attempting to track down the plane that lost the bolt.

"Anything that comes off an aircraft has to be explained," CASA spokesman Peter Gibson told the network.

The bolt most likely came from a Boeing 747 or 767, Ten reported.

Sydney Airport officials said no aircraft had reported mechanical problems, Ten said, which suggested the bolt wasn't in use at the time it fell from the plane, Ten said.

Officials from the airport and CASA could not be immediately contacted.

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Turkey Testicle Festival can keep name




FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Organizers of fourth annual Turkey Testicle Festival can keep their name, despite concerns about the propriety of the word and the island's virtue.

The Fort Myers Beach Council voted 4-1 Monday to allow the Surf Club bar to use the Turkey Testicle Festival name after a laugh-out-loud discussion, according to the News-Press.

Councilman Charles Meador said this year's festival will the fourth annual, and went on to list more than 12 other cities that host annual events with the name "testicle."

"Who cares what the name is," Mayor Dennis Boback said. "Money is going for a worthy cause."

The festival has raised about $3,000 for the Harry Chapin Food Bank in each of its past three years. A change in policy that requires the town council to approve special events brought the issue of the name to the table two weeks ago.

Councilmen Bill Shenko and Garr Reynolds had said the name is inappropriate for a family island. They asked that the word testicle be removed from the name and all advertising.

Shenko reversed his position Monday and supported the name. Reynolds continued his opposition.

"We do have youngsters here," Reynolds said. "We're trying to uplift their thinking

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Wisconsin wants district to ground 'W'




DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The University of Wisconsin wants the Waukee school district to X out it's W symbol, leaving some students of the suburban Des Moines school district to ask Y.

The Waukee district adopted its purple-and-gold W a decade ago after it was told by state education officials it should not use an image of an American Indian as its school symbol. The district's mascot was the Warriors, but last year students voted to change the mascot to the Spartan Warrior.

Collegiate Licensing Co., which represents the university, sent a letter to Waukee Superintendent David Wilkerson on Sept. 20, saying Waukee's W is nearly identical to the trademarked W used by the university. Wisconsin's W is red.

Wilkerson said Waukee's W was a combination of logos from Wisconsin and the University of Washington.

"We're not going to intentionally break the law, and if we're in violation, we're going to change it," Wilkerson said.

Now, Waukee must find a new logo to go on everything from uniforms to a carved stone in front of its administration building if it wants to avoid a legal battle.

Wilkerson said the district's logo will be removed over five years. It's already been removed from its Web site and coaches have been told to keep if off new uniforms.

The W can be seen on district vehicles, parking signs, letterhead, T-shirts and on the floor of the high school gym.

Wilkerson said he didn't think the district will legally challenge the university.

"We could try, but it's a trademarked W, and our chances aren't very good," he said.

Sejla Rekic, 17, a Waukee senior, said she is disappointed the district must change its W.

"What's in a W? Who is that offending?" Rekic said.

Cindy Van Mater, director of licensing for the University of Wisconsin in Madison, said Waukee's logo was brought to her attention through a company the school is using to purchase class rings.

The university has pressured 20 schools to change their logos in the past three years because the logos looked too much like Wisconsin's, she said.

Pat Foley, president of the Waukee Athletic Booster Club, said school officials shouldn't give up without a fight.

"I just hope that the school administration and school board is investigating this to the fullest without just giving in," Foley said.

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