Hypocrite

If we are not who we say we are,  aren't we all hypocrites?  The huge fear that so many of us struggle with is that if we show our true colors, our "friends" will reject us.  The truth is is that none of us are perfect but often we feel this pressure to be perfect.  For whatever reason if we are perfect, people will like us, admire us, want to be like us and more importantly, accept us.  The truth be told, as perfect as I seem and as perfect as you seem, we are so far from the perfection that dances around in our heads.  Even though we look put together- we still fall apart , and  even if our children are well behaved, they too have their moments.  Let's stop judging ourselves and one another based on this erroneous picture that  only exists in movies, magazines and in our own  heads. It's tiring.  How ever long it takes me to figure it out, I am committing to being perfectly imperfect. How about you?

Bullies? Are you kidding me?

There was an article in today's paper about dealing with bullies.  I didn't have the patience to read it so I decided to write my own article about bullies and offer my "No Tolerance" Policy.

No Tolerance Policy for Bullies at School, Bus Stop, Play Ground etc.

• Prosecute Them.  Bring criminal charges against them.  That will wake them up!  What they are doing is criminal activity. Harassing, Intimidating, Manipulating, Cornering, Hitting, Threatening.. Its all Criminal Activity! Prosecute them!
• Expel them from school! Period.  If  you are paying taxes to your local school system or even if you are not and your child is going to school and being attacked by a bully, harassed by a bully, and having their concentration and education interrupted or hindered because of a bully, once criminal charges are filed, and an order of protection granted, they need to be kicked out of school- for good!  This will send a message to the bully and their parents who are either very aware or very aloof, that they now need to take 100% responsibility for their bully and not leaving it for his/her teachers and guidance counselors to figure out. They are tired of the bully too!
• If this plan is followed I firmly believe that we will see a decline in the presence of bullies in our school system and crime rates will decrease significantly- of course unless the bully's primary care givers do nothing to guide, mentor or rehabilitate him/her after they are expelled.
• Or, we can just tolerate this kind of behavior all in the name of political correctness,  and let our children who go to school outside the home continue to be victimized .  The solution doesn't seem to be rocket science to me. 

A hunting we will go

Since the end of June, I have been looking for a job.  I already committed to teaching at Cookies enrichment program  but, it is not a full time position.  Needless to say I joined millions of Americans searching for adequate employment and it has been very frustrating.  I have submitted tons of applications and have either gotten no response or a lame response or a "you're not qualified response". It baffles me that I made more money at my last job 11 years ago than the employers are offering for jobs that I am looking at or  interviewed for.  I keep telling myself that some peanuts are better than no peanuts but, when I really sit back and think about it, I can't justify working for peanuts minus gas, an outfit or 2, state and federal taxes, unemployment and all the other special deductions that the government takes, leaving me with take home pay of less than $100.00 for a weeks worth of part time work.  Are you kidding me America?  Is this what the job market has come to?  Am I really suppose to offer my talent and skills to a company for them to rob me when it comes to compensation?  No company can pay me what I am worth but, at least offer me something I can work with.  At least pay me more than what I would have to fork over to a babysitter if I had no coverage for my kids when I have to work.    My baby sitter shouldn't make more than I do.  And please don't insult me by telling me that a degreed individual with background and expertise in a certain field is justly rewarded by the minimum wage that is being offered.  Perhaps next time I will ask the interviewer, "Would you work for that amount of money?" And that my friends is how the job hunting is going.