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  1. chris

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    had something similar in december. fever of 104 for two days with everything else bad you can think of. Lasted a week and the residual effected lasted two
     
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    Just remember, it's all shits and giggles until somebody shits and giggles.
     
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    and, appropriately enough, we have a smiley for each occurrence...:shit::giggle:
     
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    I think I want this to be my first jersey. Just got to be sure on the number though.
     
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    Just make sure to get a real jersey.

    My favorite part of going to Dodger games is looking at counterfeit jerseys with the players name in Times New Roman.
     
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    I'd wait for Seager to actually show up and be on the roster before I'd buy an official $230 jersey.
     
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    Does anybody else in this day and age yell at other peoples kids? Lately I have been getting some heat from parents of these perfect little angels for putting a stop to their shit because their parents are incapable or doing so it would seem. Why do modern parents feel the need to reason with some of these little fuckheads? I may not be the patient type, but I give the kids and parents a good solid chance, but enoughs-enough, no means fucking no.

    Anyway, as a result of my tendency to snap when a kid touching or using my property doesn't listen the the basic and common sense rules, getting a lot of my partners friends no longer bringing their kids over, which is great. But honestly, we are touchy wee souls nowadays aren't we? My kids are little shits to me, it's hilarious. But boy do they respect peoples rules when they are visiting elsewhere. I think it should be reciprocated.
     
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    I work with middle schoolers (11-14) and they're all little shits.

    Some kids are okay, but you gotta be stern with them.

    A couple of weeks ago, my kids saw me mad for the first time. Now they know not to fuck around.
     
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    little fkuckers [​IMG]
     
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    Tbh most people don't know how to parent their kids. that's why the U.S. is slacking in everything. My biggest concern is academics. Only Asians and select white families enforce household policies that make excelling in school imperative. Asians know not to fuck around and an A- might as well be a C and a B might as well be an F.

    I understand kids are products of their environment so I won't blame them but damn parents are so ducking dumb these days. Like the 18-22 girls I went to HS with getting knocked up. I already feel bad for the kids that they don't have yet.

    Besides the fact I'm Asian and academics are deeply rooted in our culture, my parents want me to work hard in school so I don't have to struggle the way they did. It's not about me either, it's about my kids and their kids. I work hard so they won't have to struggle, So thats why I dont understand why other ethnic niggas don't push this onto their kids or at least control them. Hispanics are one of if not the hardest working people out here but at my hs 80-90% (not exaggerating) rather fuxk around and be a "cholo" or ditch to smoke weed or something. To me it's like your parents work way too fucking hard for you to not only not care to succeed in your lifetime, but to probably pass that on to your kids. Granted this is a case study that includes young people who can still change. I'm just salt lake city because the discipline is gone in today's society. Hearing kids who have no respect for elders or anything of actual importance is irritating. Enough of this talking shit out with your kids method. Whoop dey ass and they'll learn.

    I condone mza and nz to beat any kids they feel is necessary.
     
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    I guess im the minority but I'm graduating with a degree in P.E this year (yay) and Ive seen the awful things parents do to their children. Some come in with buises and then I hear from their teacher it's been happening for years. I understand frustration sets in when kids are fucking assholes but I'll never lay a hand on a kid, especially my kid. definitely going to teach my kids to defend themselves though
     
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    Kids around that age usually are. Of elementary school, middle school, and High school. Middle school kids are by far the worst.
     
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    here's the thing
    it's not really that fine a line between discipline and abuse
    i got spanked a lot as a kid and i can tell you with absolute certainty that i deserved it every time
    never ever did they hit me above the waist though
    i remember being just about old enough where the spankings were losing their effectiveness
    so i did something stupid, and came home fully expecting a spanking
    but when i walked in the door my dad instead looked me dead in the eyes and said, "your mother and i are very disappointed in you"
    and then walked away
    that was 100x worse than any spanking
     
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    I will never, ever lay a hand on my kid, if I ever have one. I know how frustrating they can get, but being psychical with a child is the most pathetic cop out excuse. They are children and need to learn and be taught. You're lazy if you hit kids. It fucks with them majorly and never truly teaches a lesson. Worse tha physical abuse, however, is mental. Harsh and degrading words from loved ones, particularly parents, can have massive impact on children.

    The problem, more than anything, is that usually people aren't usually ready to have kids and are usually not responsible enough to do so.
     
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    I know for a fact that many of my kids are either failing or just barely hanging on to a low C average because their parents don't enforce enough discipline. I see this a lot of the black parents. Hispanic parents try, but some kids are just fuckheads. But I'm working with middle schoolers, so I hope it's just them being at an age where they don't want to do anything. I also think that in a lot of schools, there are also teachers who don't know how to control a classroom when it's getting chaotic.

    I work with two teachers, one who has all the students on check and they respect her, the other who can't control them, so I take out one or two to work on their classwork outside of class.

    In terms of kids getting into other shit when their parents work hard, I think a lot of kids are still in that mentality where everyone is against them. But instead of putting in the work to get out of whatever neighborhood their in, they accept it and start fighting authority. maybe it's hormones, or maybe it's just irony.

    And I don't beat the kids. But now they know what I look like when I'm mad and know they won't be getting away with stuff anymore.
     
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    Yeah. I've heard some of my co-workers talk about kids coming in with bruises and writing reports. There are plenty of kids that end up taking that and pushing it on other kids to have some sort of control.
     
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    Yeah, that's what I meant when my kids now know what I look like when I'm angry.

    I'm usually pretty easy going with them because even the really good teacher I work with can be super strict on them.But yesterday was pure chaos, and I felt they were trying to take advantage of my demeanor, so I had to let them know I'm not going to let them run wild.

    And today I had to discipline some kids who were bullying another student in the after school program. Let them know to treat others with respect or they don't have to come back. These kids love working with me too, but I can't have any of that bullshit.
     
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    I didn't mean go full ray rice and dish out haymakers to infants when I said whoop they ass lol. I mean I'm speaking from my own experience and the experiences of my friends. We all got beat. Of course never any bruises or anything remotely close to that but enough to create just the right amount of fear. (Full on abuse is way too far and in no way benefitting anyone). Respect/discipline was definitely taught and furthered through schools hidden curriculum and cultural values. Like Irish said, being called/labeled a disappointment is worse than being beat. So imagine being average in school and disappointing not only your family but bringing shame on to them as other family members and family friends talk shit about your household. Shit I was afraid to go out in public after getting caught having a gf at age 15 lmao.

    Back to beatings. I condone them. 99% of my culture does it. In fact let me expand. I will estimate 80% of Asians (entire continent) hits their kids in some manner. You think Asians are innately smart? Outliers mentions it's parents and culture that is the main reason for that. I don't see many Asian kids fuckin around in school, misbehaving etc. of course some will but off of statistics alone I think they must be doing something right.
     
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    Different strokes for different folks.

    I was never hit by my dad. His dad was a piece of crap (from all the stories I've heard), and he never laid a hand on me. But I always kept straight because I knew how important it was to my dad that I get and education. Especially since my sisters and I have the distinction of being the only set of kids that have attended and completed college.

    Disappointing him and my mom is a lot scarier than the possibility of getting hit.
     
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    and here all this time i thought you were a "WIGGER"....

    @irish We need a smiley for a wigger..
     
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