WRONG EDUCATIONAL MESSAGES

I generally choose not to mention some one's name that has committed an act of violence and I generally don't cover stories that involve random acts of violence.

I'm not comfortable writing this story but then again why should I be comfortable. The fact that I'm choosing to address the issue of SCHOOL SHOOTINGS probably has something to do with the Presidential Election and the messages we are receiving regarding CHANGE and HOPE.

Speaking of HOPE and CHANGE, in regards to campaigns being conducted, the other night as Barack was finishing his speech I turned over to John McCain giving his speech and was amazed at what I heard.

These two people were in different areas of the country and Barack has just finished the HOPE portion of his speech and lo and behold one of the first things Grandpa mentions is "HOPE without concrete ideas is simply a platitude."

It was like he was watching Barack (which was impossible) or he had a remote planted in his ear from a speech writer that was watching Barack ( which is quite possible).

I'm not quite sure that attempting to diminish the possibilities of HOPE is such a good idea....but of course the Republicans have always had a tendency toward verbalizing their misguided Practicality message versus the implied Idealism of the Democratic party.

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING.... IT IS BATTLE BETWEEN

MATERIALISM AND IDEALISM

but the Republican Party has always branded their viewpoint as
PRACTICAL...
but continue to use the word IDEALISTIC when speaking about a Democrat who opposes their point of view.

If one is going to use the word IDEALISM then one must also use MATERIALISM in their counter arguments but that won't happen because it just sounds shallow......but Practical has a strong connotation and is used in partnership with their other favorite word....

REALISTIC


PRACTICAL AND REALISTIC VS IDEALISTIC


When one picks up a dictionary ( and I highly suggest you do that right now)and reads the definitions of Materialism and Idealism it seems quite incomprehensible that being anything less than IDEALISTIC is a personal affront to the goal of being a completely actualized human being...which means both physically and spiritually.

BUT SINCE MATERIALISM BASICALLY DIMINISHES ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH SPIRITUAL CONTENT..... WHICH INCLUDES

THOUGHT

FEELING

WILL

....then OF COURSE John McCain will attack HOPE

it's his JOB as a dedicated Republican to tell people to forget about HOPE and concentrate on practical issues like...
WAR
and the continuation of advancing FREEDOM'S HIGHWAY and reinforcing the policies that have diligently been constructed by King George and the REAL DICK.

The reason I bring political issues into an article about SCHOOL SHOOTINGS is because
THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP.

ATTEMPTING TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP AND ATTEMPTING TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY SHOOTINGS ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS IS AN ATTEMPT THAT MUST BE MADE IN ORDER FOR REDUCTIONS IN SAID INCIDENTS.

UNDERSTANDING THAT A BATTLE EXIST BETWEEN IDEALISM AND MATERIALISM MIGHT ACTUALLY EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE
SNAP

AND IT IS A SNAP THAT TAKES PLACE WHEN A PERSON WHO IS DESCRIBED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY AS...."solid and personable" goes into a college Geology class in Debalk, Illinois and kills five students. ...and then himself.

He was also described by professors as "friendly and respectful."

EITHER NO ONE KNEW THIS GUY OR THE SNAP WAS TRULY CAUSED BY SOME INCIDENT THAT MIGHT HAVE TRIGGERED A MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE RESPONSE.

WHAT IF HE HEARD JOHN MC CAIN CRITICIZE HOPE? And HOPE was all he had left. And while listening to Grandpa he simply realized that he didn't have any materialistic understanding of reality and his IDEALISTIC viewpoints of the world were so convoluted and based in fantasy that he no longer saw the point of existence on a physical plane....and he choose a Geology classroom because of dust to dust and so on and so forth.

MY EXPLANATION MAKES AS MUCH SENSE AS ANYONE ELSE'S EXPLANATION

NONE OF IT MAKES ANY SENSE.

Every SCHOOL SHOOTING completely undermines the very nature of our society.

SCHOOL is a great time in the life of an American citizen...as it should be....and if the school experience can extend into the mid 20's of some one's life, then generally it results in a stable and productive adulthood.

THE NUMBERS JUSTIFY THAT STATEMENT

The word GENERALLY is the key word.

GENERALLY UNLESS SOMEONE SNAPS.

FROM AN ARTICLE
BY STEPHANIE SIMON (LA TIMES 2/16/2008

JEFFERY SPRAGUE, co-director of the Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior at the University of Oregon, calls today's culture

MEAN-WORLD SYNDROME

"KIDS SEE CRUELTY IN MOVIES AND VIDEO-GAMES AND, TOO OFTEN, ON THE NEWS EVERY TIME THERE'S A RAMPAGE IN A CHURCH, A MALL, A SCHOOL. IF THEY'RE ALREADY A BIT UNBALANCED, THAT CAN BECOME THEIR REALITY."

"THEY WILL PICK UP ON THOSE CUES...AND IT BECOMES SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO THEMSELVES."

AND THEN HE ADDS....."you want to look for a pattern, but the deeper you look, the less specific it gets."

Ms Simon states that
"guns are widely available, and even children can get their hands on rifles and semiautomatic pistols. In many families, both parents work, and have less time to keep close watch on their kids. High divorce rate could be a factor and cutbacks in mental-health care.

CUTBACKS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE

CUTBACKS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE!

AND ONCE AGAIN WE RETURN TO THE TRUE LEGACY OF RONALD REAGAN.....

AND ONCE AGAIN I LOSE ALL REAGAN FANS.....

BUT
DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOUR ASS ON THE WAY OUT......

EXPLAINING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY CANNOT BE ANSWERED BY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY A "SOLID, PERSONABLE, FRIENDLY AND RESPECTFUL 27 YEAR OLD MAN DECIDED TO CREATE HEARTACHE AND SORROW IN DEBALK, ILLINOIS....BUT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE EDUCATIONAL MESSAGES BEING CONSTRUCTED THROUGHOUT AMERICA.

AND IT'S NOT JUST EDUCATION TAKING PLACE IN SCHOOLS....IT'S EDUCATION BEING SUPPLIED BY PARENTS, FRIENDS AND POLITICIANS...AND WHEN WE ARE TOLD TO BASICALLY IGNORE THE WORD HOPE...WE ARE BEING TAUGHT TO BE....

MEAN-SPIRITED

WHICH FITS IN NICELY IN WITH MR. SPRAGUE'S
MEAN-WORLD SYNDROME

The American psyche is better off with some one who speaks about HOPE and DREAMS and HIGHER GOALS and LOVE (he hasn't gone there yet...but he will) then some one who tells us to kick ass everywhere.....and whether you like it or not....that means kicking ass in a geology class in Dekalb or Virgina or Colombine or on and on and on
and of course kicking major ass in Iraq.

It's an ass-kicking world right now and MATERIALISTIC PRACTICAL REPUBLICAN THINKERS AND VOTERS are hell bent on telling IDEALISTIC THINKERS TO STEP ASIDE AND LET THE TANKS THROUGH.

WELL.....I SIMPLY HAVE ONE RESPONSE TO THAT

F**K OFF

I PLAN ON MAKING HOPE A BIGGER PORTION OF MY DREAMS...AND I HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT SOMEONE START REVITALIZING HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE....BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE MEAN-WORLD SYNDROME COULD GET EVEN NASTIER.

Michael Timothy McAlevey