my head, don't worry, I don't have cooties or anything, it's just that I am frequently perplexed and scratch my head at issues, statements, policies, people, etc. on a frequent basis.
Here's what has me itching today....
Football players cannot have two a day football practices, because of health reasons, so says the Iowa High School Athletic Association (or union, whatever the hell you idiots call yourself). BUT there is no problem with the volleyball team practicing twice a day...hmmm....girls tougher than the boys? The furthered pussification of today's youth? Couldn't someone call this discrimination or something? Girls can run/lift/condition in the morning and then practice later in the day, but boys cannot? Something is fishy in Denmark with this one.
Studies have shown that underage/binge drinking in Audubon County is at an all time high and grant money has been given to aid with the prevention of it. Could it be perhaps that it's due to the fact that there is relatively no punishment given when handed an MIP, beyond a ticket with a fine? (Now, disclaimer, I myself got an MIP once upon a time. It was called possession by an 18, 19, or 20 year old. I was fined, heavily, and had to drive to Sac City to appear in court.) I remember back in the day when my older brother got a MIP. He had to drive to Atlantic for classes, perform community service (cleaning school buses, if I remember correctly) AND he had to sit out an ENTIRE athletic season. He took out for baseball that summer; went to all practices and sat on the bench the entire time, to avoid missing football. The point is, he thought twice about it next time and learned to dislike baseball immensely. I've read the conduct policies from both area schools. I wonder how often a child gets caught violating the code of conduct, but is not punished because it's never brought to attention, or its swept under the rug? If we want to really try to curb underage drinking, you sometimes have to hit kids where it hurts. Now, again, I'm not saying I never drank in High School, but I am saying that if I had to sit out an entire season of whatever I was involved in, or if I knew I was going to be punished severly, I and my peers, probably would have thought twice before cracking open that can. If we are going to try to make the effort to curb this problem, then lets make the effort, lets not just talk about it.
If you take your child through a cattle barn at the state fair, be prepared for your child to step in shit. (Here's some back story...) There is a page on Facebook called "The People of the State Fair" or something like that. There was a picture of a kid stepping in fresh pile of shit..the kid was crying, the mom was flipping the fuck out and someone form the cattle barn was coming to the rescue with a bucket of water. Here's the scratchy part of the situation, again, the great fucktards of society were out in full force in the comments section...the boyfriend of the gal freaking out was calling everyone who said, "shit happens," or "get over it," a bunch of redneck hillbillies, yet he goes on to state that he challenges anyone out there to go one on one with the girlfriend because she "kicked ass at coleslaw wrestling during bike week." Thinks that one who steps in cowshit in a cattle barn and goes about their merry way is a hillbilly, thinks that coleslaw wrestling is not....hmmm that one really has me itchy.
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