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Old 05-03-2011, 09:26 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY View Post
Im trying, it gets harder every day. After I went on a 20 minute tirade at home mu wifes says - "does this mean we're moving out of mansfield?"

This morning, I'm having coffee and talking to my daughter. She is telling me that at recess some kids were really into making their own Pokemon cards at recess. I was reminiscing that when I was in third grade, we were really into making paper airplanes and flying them at recess. Without missing a beat she says "Paper airplanes are banned at our school" I couldnt even react.....
My best friend is a teacher at Mansfield and I mentioned that there is little chance that I'll put my kids into a public schools system. He gets pissed off and tells me it's an attack on his job. I tell him that it's my choice based on a corrupt system that isn't designed to benefit the students the most. Then, in the next breath, he's telling me about how the teachers that have been there for a while just don't give a damn.

This is just one more thing to point to.

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Makes me ashamed to live here Jim. I work in Cambridge, I might as well move there now. BTW I'm eating Cheez-its as I read this thread.
You moving to Cambridge? I can't imagine how you work there every day. That place is literally the earthy-crunchy, pretentious, socialist-minded capital of New England.
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