cookie cutter

How important is it that your child like his/her coach? Do they tend to play better when they want to
please a coach they like or do they just do what needs to be done? Coaching is such a huge task and honestly,
instead of giving potential coaches certifications based on a test of common
questions about the actual game, maybe they need to be given test that would
determine if they have the correct mental ability to deal with children. The variety of children that a coach will see
in even one season is incredible. You
have the child that responds to being yelled at, the child that only needs a
look, the child that needs to be told what they did wrong in a respectful
manner, the child that will shut down if they never hear anything but yelling
and being talked down to, the child that will lose their love of the game if
they dislike their coach, the child that questions what qualifications you have
to coach if you cant yourself do what youre asking of them. There are so many factors and a fine line to
walk. You have to have many faces, they
are each individuals, with different ways in dealing with situations. In so many aspects of life we are cookie
cutter copies of everything, we group classes together and forget each child
learns at a different rate, each child takes a different approach. We are becoming copies of how we are
taught. We are punished or looked down
upon for not being “normal” or ‘going with the flow’ of the mass. I know that my children fly through a class
with perfect scores when they enjoy their teacher, yet struggle a little when
they despise them. If you don’t have
these qualities to be able to address individuals, you should not be involved
at all with the education or coaching of anything. Find a job at a warehouse where you do the
same action over and over and over, for hours on end, day after day. That way you wont face any thing out of the
‘norm’ and you wont have to deal with anything that would require you to see
things in a different light and be understanding to the fact that we are all
INDIVIDUALS!

random

Well, from my last post, obviously the week prior to the 4th of July irritates me. There is no reason to be doing that crap a whole week before the actual holiday. I would love to be trick or treating for a week prior, or having awesome Thanksgiving food for a week..but noooo, the only holiday that allows that nonsense is 4th of July, if we would have gotten our 'independence' on the 27th of June, they would have made the holiday then. Our dogs are going nuts, or kids are like maggots in hot ashes and our sleep time is all out of whack! I will be glad when its all over, dont get me wrong, im totally thankful to troops for independece and freedom, but geez!
my next irritation is the way kids text/type. i realize that all those sites out there for friendship and things, like myspace, twitter, facebook and they have the age restrictions that i realize everyone (young ones) cheats on and says they are older than they are, whatever. I remember way back having a myspace (shame!) but in the beginning it was alright, then it became saturated with teens and not a fun place to be. the reason it became 'un-fun' was due to the overused layouts, the massive amounts of 'bathroom' pics from half dressed teenagers (and pre-teens), the huge amount of requests from everyone to LEAVE ME A PIC COMMENT (also, no one OWNS/POWNS ANY PICTURES) and then the retarded form of typing that they have to use. so, i remember in the beginning when i first joined on facebook, there were alot of people my age (yea old)...people talked normal, spelled correctly and their keyboard buttons didnt stick causing double digit spelling. I really dont care how old the people using facebook are, but at least try to look old enough to know how to work a keyboard and please attempt to come off as passing 1st grade english, otherwise...understand that its not cute, it only makes those that can type feel sorry for you. tips:
you (correct) yuu (incorrect)
their, there, they're (learn all meanings)
Gg (use this letter for the word "great" do not use a small Q to replace the small G) its not qreat.
ifff thisss wass offensive to anyyonee, rememberrr it forr nextt timeee and donttt readdd myyy notesss.
WHEW...feel better!

grammar nazi

By no means am I an English major, nor did I help write and publish the dictionary, but holy gosh dangit! What has happened to people these days? Have we forgotten basic english skills? I remember a whole section on words that sound the same and are spelled different and have different meanings. I also remember not being the only child in class that day. It amazes me that more people DON'T know the right way to use the language, compared to those that DO. My 10 yr old knows the difference...he's in 5th grade. So, this would explain why no one has actually won that show "smarter than a 5th grader". The winning question was.... define the word "their", answer given...uhhh, a place?? like, over there???...ugh NO. So thats my pet peeve..and my rant for today.
There= in or at that place
Their= a form of the possessive case of they
They're=contraction of they are
Other words that tend to stump everyone are: you're, your/ to, too/ than, then/

mini madness

This has been a LONG time coming! I have to admit that, back in the day...2.5 kids day....i had a minivan...*sigh*, yes, it was an awesome machine (not). It was the hardest trade in my life when I handed over the keys to my Nissan pathfinder for a big stupid windstar. At the time, the whole...'im a mommy, gotta get a van' thing took over. Im thinking this is somewhat similar to menopause, uncontrollable urge to buy minivan,, no cure....It lasted almost a year, when i had to pull myself out of it and got an expedition, now a tahoe. I think the SUV is the cooler way to tote the kids around without becoming victim to a minivan. Something happens to these women that drive minivans. if they dont get out of the clutches, they turn into satan behind the wheel. Im not sure if they are mad that they have a minivan or if they think they are the controllers of the paved streets we all travel. Whatever it is, they pretty much suck. I cant count the times that ive seen a minivan nearly take someone out...another car, animal, old person in a scooter, mailman, ice cream truck, child IN school crossing walk....they are so worried that they will be late for soccer or girl scouts or just trying to get everything done so they can get the hell OUT of that stupid minivan! Dont misunderstand, i have done my fair share of populating this world and i fell victim to the mini, but i found the strength to get out and still have a vehicle to tote all 5 kids to everything and maintain some level of 'cool' doing it. I dont feel like i need to prove anything by driving like a nascar driver or seeing how many ppl i can injure or scare to the point of pissing themselves while trying to escape a lunatic driver. Honestly somedays, evil thoughts run through my head about pretending my tahoe is a monster truck and plowing right over about 50 minis. I think there should be a support group or intervention for ppl driving or thinking about getting a mini. If youre my friend and you drive a mini, break away, save yourself!
k im done......