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In Reply to: May I respectfully suggest..... posted by Winston Smith on September 26, 2014 at 22:06:26:
I could not agree with you more.Anecdotally, I see parents regularly missing the opportunity to raise their children well. Every day, in the grocery store or other public environment, kids are mis-behaving and their parent only pays lip service to discipline. Last weekend, I decided to go to the store fairly early on Saturday. Wow, was that a mistake! Every poorly behaved kid in town was there with a parent who doesn't know the meaning of the word "parent".
On the other hand, a couple years ago, a kid in the store came around a corner and almost walked right into me. He was about 8 or 10 and wearing a Taekwondo uniform. He said: "Excuse me, sir, I'm sorry". I was dumbfounded! I tracked down his Mom, and told her what a well-mannered kid he is. She thanked me profusely. Turns out, he goes to the same TKD school that my son had gone to, so I totally got why he was so polite.
One more story. Several years ago, I noticed the local middle school parking lot was full on a Saturday. So, one day I asked about it. Turns out, it's Chinese students going to school - on Saturday - with their parents along! They call it "Saturday school".
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Edits: 09/27/14
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- Home Run, Winston! - Inmate51 07:54:59 09/27/14 (7)
- Best thing we ever did - kavakidd 15:25:20 09/27/14 (1)
- Excellent news! Congrats to those kids. I bet you're (rightfully) quite proud (nt.) - Winston Smith 16:57:29 09/27/14 (0)
- We are in 100% agreement - Winston Smith 12:41:51 09/27/14 (0)
- Let's see all the stats proving your points. Is America's economy the world's largest? - tinear 10:05:41 09/27/14 (2)
- "Stupid in America...." - regmac 12:47:01 09/27/14 (0)
- Sorry..... - Winston Smith 12:11:52 09/27/14 (0)
- Sigh. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 08:16:06 09/27/14 (0)