When did society go totally insane?

[hugo]

Some schools allow points for missing class work | Top stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

 

Graduating from high school and many colleges no longer means you are capable of working anywhere but fast food joints.

 

We are going to leave a generation of ignoramouses 100 trillion dollars in debt. Good thing they will be too ignorant to figure out how bad we screwed them.

[Guest Fullauto]

Let's just keep lowering the bar so that even chimps can leach off the system!

Our founding Fathers are rolling in thier graves...

[ImWithStupid]

There are some school districts here in Nebraska that are adopting a "no fail" policy. No matter what, you won't get less than a 70%.

 

Of course, why shouldn't the schools move toward the same kind of socialist mentality that the government is leading us to. Reward and promote mediocrity.

[Chopper]

19 th June 1968 !

This thread is dead!

[Old Salt]

45 truths

 

 

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

 

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

 

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

 

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch..

 

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

 

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

 

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

 

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

 

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck..

 

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

 

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

 

12. It's okay to let your children see you cry.

 

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

 

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

 

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

 

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

 

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

 

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

 

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

 

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

 

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.

Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

 

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

 

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

 

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

 

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

 

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'

 

27. Always choose to live life to the fullest.

 

28. Forgive everyone everything.

 

29. What other people think of you is none of your business..

 

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

 

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

 

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

 

33. Believe in miracles.

 

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

 

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

 

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

 

37. Your children get only one childhood.

 

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

 

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

 

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

 

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

 

42. The best is yet to come.

 

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

 

44. Yield.

 

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

[snafu]

45 truths

 

 

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

 

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

 

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

 

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

 

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

 

 

 

 

My top five

[hugo]

If something stinks, no matter where you are at, ya got your head up your ass.