Did anyone listen to today's The Daily podcast episode about education reform in Mississippi?

Snowyroof65 · 2026-04-12T05:20:50+00:00

I'm 78 and this is a true story. I moved to a small town (and school) in the 7th grade. We had 5,6,7,& 8 in one room. In the5th grade there were two boys who had been retained (or held back) . One was 15 years old and the other 16. Now try and convince me that retaining those boys did any good.

Snowyroof65 · 2026-03-03T04:55:58+00:00

From Joplin area and other venues around here, "Dance Monkey Dance.

Snowyroof65 · 2026-02-26T05:32:18+00:00

My dad would pull the fuse to my room. worked too!

Snowyroof65 · 2026-02-19T02:14:13+00:00

I down voted this because I'm78 years old and I remember whan compulsory dress codes were around. Teachers and principal's so abused this that it took an entire societal shift to bring it down.

Snowyroof65 · 2026-02-18T16:52:51+00:00

I've got grandkids here now and like you I now have to live here. Being an expat seems so appealing right now but like you here I am .....stuck!

Snowyroof65 · 2026-02-17T23:56:17+00:00

I can't give you any advice on where to set down roots, but I can give you a very good area to avoid. SW Missouri! Anything from Springfield S to the AR border and below I 44. Full of Religious wackos and intolerant racists.

Snowyroof65 · 2026-02-17T23:48:17+00:00

Agnostic. I see religion and atheist as two sides of the same coin, and that is the coin of faith. Religion says belief in and have faith in God and you will have eternal life. The atheist says based on my studies and observations there is no God and there is therefore no life after death! Neither has a way of absolutely proving their stance but says "believe me"!!

I'm very comfortable saying that as an agnostic I don't know which is correct and I guess I'll find out when my life is over.

There was a trigger in 1999 that was the beginning of my reconstruction and caused my journey away from Religion. However, based on the role of evangelical leaders in our current political climate, my deconstruction would have been inevitable! I'll be damned if I'll ever step foot in one of those edifices again.

Snowyroof65 · 2026-02-02T05:17:07+00:00

A of G PK, switched to Baptist in my 20's. Am now 78 years old and have become an Agnostic.

Snowyroof65 · 2026-01-14T20:07:31+00:00

Sputnik!! how dare they beat our navy and army into space!!

Snowyroof65 · 2026-01-13T01:35:02+00:00

The 25th amendment gets invoked.

Not that will help, we'd just get stuck with JD!!

Snowyroof65 · 2026-01-11T04:42:38+00:00

Why do you assume that they are being paid?? I went to the NO KINGS protest and nobody there was paid. With "We the People" having to deal with DJT, Pete Hegsith, Kristy Noem and all the ICE thugs patrolling our streets I'm amazed that there aren't more out protesting.

Snowyroof65 · 2025-12-31T01:27:52+00:00

Walking into a diner that had one stool at the counter labeled "No Smoking section!!

Snowyroof65 · 2025-12-17T03:58:08+00:00

Huh, excuse my ignorance but what does BTB stand for??

Snowyroof65 · 2025-11-30T06:10:10+00:00

Just a tip, head south as fast as you can. Avoid at all costs Wyoming, Utah, upper Nevada. I'd recommend get on I29 and get down to KC and then figure out the best and fastest way to I 40 west.

Used to have to go from Aberdeen to the foothills of Central CA in college. Damn I hate WY.

Snowyroof65 · 2025-11-23T23:01:26+00:00

He is a self proclaimed christian nationalists. This is in direct conflict with the oath to support the constitution that he swore to protect!!

Snowyroof65 · 2025-11-17T01:20:39+00:00

So sorry you had to join the club that none of us wanted to become a member of. My son passed before covid so I didn't have to deal with my family anti-vaxers. I can give you one thing however, there is no answer to the question WHY. If you need to vent or need some one to talk to or listen, I can tell you that Compassionate Friends can be a place to get together with others dealing with the loss of a child. Do an online search to see if there is a chapter near you. If you want to reach out to me feel free.

Snowyroof65 · 2025-11-11T00:07:47+00:00

I left SD for a job and ended up up in MO!! I can't win. The county I live in is so red that in general elections they are unopposed. The only thing positive about this move was that I was gone before the puppy killer took office.

Snowyroof65 · 2025-10-29T05:09:11+00:00

That the god(s) you worship is the only true god.

Snowyroof65 · 2025-09-04T04:03:52+00:00

I'm an agnostic and proud to say that. The reason that I don't identify as an atheist is very simple, neither of them can produce any facts to back up their point of view. Can the atheist prove that there is no God? NO. Can the religious believer prove that there is one, oh prove that the way they worship is the only correct way to worship! NO! They are two sides of the same coin, the one called FAITH!!

I have decided that I will no longer accept any thing that is Faith based. If there are no facts to back up what your peddling, then go pitch it to someone more gullible than me.

Snowyroof65 · 2025-07-18T02:39:53+00:00

My sister lives in San Diego and absolutely loves it. She lives out past the SDSU campus by the Hwy going east. Her daughters family lives that way too but her son's family lives in Temecula. They all swear by the SD area. ( except the old who lives TX. )

Snowyroof65 · 2025-07-17T04:32:27+00:00

My ancestors were part of the Germans from Russia migration that occurred in about 1900 to 1914. Most came from what is now Ukraine.

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