PEOPLE OF THE PAST

I'VE TALKED ABOUT PLACES AND THINGS, NOW LET'S TALK PEOPLE. WEREN'T THEY NICER, KINDER AND MORE GIVING IN THE PAST?

THIS IS EVIDENT IN DONATION OF MONEY AND THEIR TIME IN AREA THAT I HAVE SEEN JUST IN MY LIFE:
(1) ANIMALS:
(A) GREENPEACE FIGHTING FOR SEALIFE LIKE  WHALING AND GILLNETTING TUNA BUT GETTING DOLPHIN.

(B) NATIONAL WILDLIFE FUND'S BIG FUND TO SAVE THE PANDAS.

(C) A BIG WAY T DO PERSONALLY WAS WATCHING JACQUE COUSTEAU AND HIS SEA ADVENTURES AND BUYING PRODUCTS THAT RELATE TO HIM THORUGH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, OR PROMOTE HIM LIKE IN A SONG LIKE JOHN DENVERS'S "CALYPSO" WHICH WAS HIS BOAT.

(2) PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.

IN THE PAST WE VALUED FRIENDS, FAMILY AND ROMANTIC PARTNERS AND EVEN COWORKERS. NOW IT SEEMS EVERYONE IS DISHONEST JUST TO GET SOMETHING THEY WANT IN A SELFISH WAY .EVEN WORSE THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF ABUSE AND PHYSICAL HARM GIVEN TO THESE PEOPLE RECENTLY.
WE USE TO:
(A) GIVE TO ORPHANAGES LIKE FATHER BAKER'S AND NOT JUST BE THREATED AS A KID  TO BE TAKEN THERE WHEN YOU WERE BAD BY YOUR MOTHER. BABIES HAVE BEEN FOUND EVERYWHERE WHEN PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEM OR ARE EVEN KILLED.

(B)UNICEF WAS A GOOD CHARITY WHEN KIDS CARED ENOUGH ABOUT OTHER KIDS TO JSU GO TRICK OR TREATINGFOR THEM AND NOT CANDY, NOT ANYMORE IT'S BOTH OR JUST CANDY NOW.

(C) MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY WAS ANOTHER CHARITY WITH TELEPHONS EVERY LABOUR DAY  TAKING DONATIONS. NOW IT'S NOT TELEVISED NATIONALLY ANY MORE DONATIONS ARE STILL TAKEN OVER THE PHONE EVRY YEAR BUT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN USING KIDS CHARITES AS RIPOFF SCAMS (JAR DONATIONS) FOR MONEY MAKING.  EVEN I DID IT ONCE BUT GOT CAUGHT HAD TO TURN IT INTO THE TV STUDIOS DROP OFF BOX.  WELL, THAT STUFF HAPPENS WHEN YOU WANT GOODIES AND THERE IS JUST DENIAL FROM YOUR FOLKS FOR LOOT.

(D) GOOD WILL FOR USED OLD MATERIAL STUFF WS USUALLY THE DONATION PLACE. BUT NOW THEY GO ONLY IF YOU CAN'T SELL THEM IN YOUR GARAGE SALE AND THEN THEY SELL IT FOR MORE THEN WHAT YOU WERE SELLING IT FOR. THEY USE TO REPAIR SOME STUFF AND THEN SELL NOW THEY ONLY SELL WORKING STUFF.

(E) AM VETS WAS THE SAME BUT RUN BY US VETS OF WAR THEY ALSO TOOK BIG THINGS TOO. AND EVEN MAKE PICK UPS. WHERE ARE THY NOW?

(F) CATHOLIC CHARITIES WAS ALSO GOOD PLACE FOR HELP. I REMEMBER IN HIGH SCHOOL (ALL CATHOLIC GIRLS SCHOOL) THAT ON THAT DAY IF YOU WANTED TO WEAR PANTS YOU HAD TO PAY 25 CENTS, THEN IT WENT UP NEXT YEAR TO 50 CENTS, THEN ONE DOLLAR. SOMEONE I KNEWASKED FOR  THEIR HELP AND WAS DENIED (DECADES AGO). I WONDER HOW BAD THEY ARE DENYING PEOPLE TODAY. IT'S LIKE THE SECULAR VERSION OF SS.

(G) WHEN WEATHER WAS BAD IN HOT OR COLD CLIMATES AND BLIZZARDS OR DUST STORMS THREATENED LIVES PEOPLE HELPED EACH OTHER. I SEE LESS AND LESS OF THAT EACH YEAR. LIVING IN BUFFALO THIS WAS A COMMON WINTER NEWS THEME


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(3) THE ENVIRONMENT

(A) POLLUTION WAS A BIGGIE
       IN THE  1970s IT WAS LAND POLLUTION WITH LITTERING REMEMBER THE INDIAN CRYING AD ON TV

IN THE 1990S IT WAS WATER POLLUTION WITH DETERGENT RUNOFF (PHOSPHATE) AND CORAL REEF POLLUTION FROM HOTEL WASTE AS WELL.

IN THE 1980S IT WAS THE OZONE LAYER DISSOLVING DUE TO HYDROCARBON AEROSOL USE.

NOW IT'S GLOBAL WARMING BUT NO ONE IS TAKING HEED TO HIS WARNING. SOME ARE SAYING IT'S A GOVERNMENT PLOY TO SLOW COAL INSUTRY AND MINING. I EVEN  HAVE A FEW CRAZY RELATIVES WHO BELEIVE THIS AND YOU KNOW WHAT I AM NOT LETTING THEM IN MY HIGH SPOT WHEN THEY SEE THEIR HOME GO UNDERWATER. LOL. NOT KIDDING EITHER.

ALL OF THESE ACTS SLOWED DOWN TOA DRIZZLE OR TURNED INTO A CON FOR PERSONAL BENEFIT  DUE TO THE ME GENERATION AND STILL GOING ON TODAY. IT'S AN ALL FOR ME EPIDEMIC OF SELFISHNESS THAT LEADS TO HURT FOR SOME AND THE ONLY THING TO DO IS TOUGHEN UP TO SAVE WHAT NICENESS IS LEFT INSIDE IF ANY AT ALL. JUST IN ORDER TO SAVE YOURSELF FROM A MENTAL AND OR EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN. BUT WHAT PEOOLEL NOW IS THAT LOVE AND NICENESS IS ALIVE BECAUSE IT GETS SPREAD AROUND AND REFUELLED IN OUR HEART. BUT IF YOU DON'T GET REFILLED YOU RUN OUT AND ONLY GIVE BADNESS OUT. AND I THINK THAT'S OUR PROBLEM THE ME SELFISHNESS DEPLETES THE GOOD AND OUR RESERVES ARE EMPTY.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME JUST READ PIERS ANTHONY BOOK "CHAOS MODE" AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO CHOLENE, THE HEROINE.

OLD SCHOOL DAYS

DIFFERENT FORMAT THIS ENTRY, PICS FIRST THEN COMMENT. HERE WE GO.

WHO REMEMBERS CUPCAKE (BAKED) SALES I REMEMBER THAT MY MOM'S CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WERE THE BEST IN THE SCHOOL.  WE STUDENTS WERE SENT DOWN TO BUY THEM  IN ORDER OF GRADE -KINDERGARTENERS FIRST, EIGHTH GRADERS LAST. MEANING  YOUR CHOICE OF GOODIES GOT WORSE AS YOU GOT OLDER! I THINK MY MOM'S WERE BOUGHT FIRST BY FACULTY. GOOD THING I HAD MY SHARE AT HOME WAITING. I HATE AND STILL DO ALL WHITE CUPCAKES, A MIX OF CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA WERE IN THE MIDDLE. ALL CHOCOLATE IS THE TOP CHOICE.

WHO REMEMBERS PLANT SALES? IT WAS THIS TIME OF YEAR WE HAD THEM FOR A MOTHERS DAY GIFT. AGAIN THE SAME ORDER FOR BUYING. MY MOM SAYS I BOUGHT THE UGLIEST PLANTS HOME. IN EIGHTH GRADE I LOOKED FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I REMEMBER BUYING A DUSTY MORGAN.

IS ANYONE OUT THERE REALLY REMEMBER FLAG DAY/PREDIENTS DAY. WHEN WE MADE TRICORNER HATS TO WEAR, CARRIED A FLAG AND MARCHED AROUND THE SCHOOL IN JUNE/FLAG DAY.

I AM SURE WE ALL REMEMBER VACCINATIONS. AS A KID WE ALL HATED SHOTS OF ANY KIND, RIGHT? THOSE AIR GUNS MADE IT WORST BECAUSE WE HEARD THE LOUD NOISE THEY MADE AS WE WATCHED THE KIDS AHEAD OF US GET THEIR SHOTS. THEY  WERE ALWAYS HELD IN THE LIBRARY.

DUCK DUCK GOOSE. OH NO. A GAME FOR ALL AGES. IF YOU COULDN'T RUN FAST YOU NEVER WANTED TO BE PICKED BUT YOU ALWAYS WERE AND ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE. IT WAS USUALLY PLAYED IN THE GYM FOR PE CLASS.

FOR ALL THOSE EITHER POPULAR OR NOT POPULAR KIDS. YOU EITHER LOVED VALENTINES OR HATED IT. I DETESTED IT BEING ON THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SOCIAL LADDER. I WAS LUCKY TO GET 4 0R 5 CARDS. I STILL HATE IT. I AM AN ANTI-VALENTINE'S GAL. I LIKED IT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS TIME WE CAN DO ART AND DRAW AND BE FREE ON WHAT WE CREATED.

FOR THE SAME REASONS I ALSO DETESTED XMAS GIFT EXCHANGE. I AM SURE MY NAME KEPT GETTING TOSSED BACK UNTIL SOMEONE GOT STUCK WITH IT. THAT IS UNTIL JEN MY ONE AND ONLY BFF WAS THERE WHO PICKED ME. AND SHE GOT ME AN AUTOGRAPH SNOOPY AND I BOUGHT HER THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK. EVEN WORSE IN HIGHSCHOOL, THE TEACHER GOT STUCK WITH ME. SEE WHY I HATE IT SO MUCH.

TEACHERS WERE THE SAVING GRACE OF THE SCHOOL THEN HELPING THOSE LAGGING STUDENTS PULL THROUGH ALL THE BAD STUFF IN ORDER TO MOVE ON. I REMEMBER MY EIGHTH GRADE CLASS AS MOSTLY HAPPY THANKS TO THEM AND JEN. THERE WERE SOME BAD TIMES  TOO. BUT NOW A TEACHER CAN'T EVEN TOUCH A STUDENT WITHOUT LOSING HER JOB. AND THERE ARE SO MANY PERVS OUT THERE TO. THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED WITH A TEACHER FOR ME WAS THAT I HAD A CRUSH ON A SUB AND HELPED HIM OUT WITH A FEW CHORES WHICH THE FACULTY DIDN'T THINK WAS COOL. SO IT STOPPED LIKE THAT SAME DAY. OH WELL. I OWE HIM MY LIKLEHOOD THOUGH. HE GOT ME TO LOVE SCIENCE, FROM THERE I WENT ON TO GET MY B.A. IN BIOLOGY, SUB JOB, AND AM NOW WRITING EDUCATIONAL WORKBOOKS. SO SEE HOW A TEEAHDER CAN POSITIVELY INFLUENCE YOU IN A WONDERFUL WAY. I WAS ALSO TEACHERS PET TO MY HOMEROOM TEACHER TO WITH BOOK CLUB.

SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WERE MORE EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINARIANS BACK THEN TO. THEY WERE ALWAYS MEN BACK THEN AND SO WERE MORE THREATENING. NOW THEY'RE ARE SO MANY WOMAN PRINCIPALS THAT THE KIDS  WILL NOT LISTEN TO THEIR WARNINGS. LIKE  IN MY LAST DAY AS SUB A KID THREW SOMETHING AT ME AND I CALLED FOR HELP, WHO DID THEY SEND THE FEMALE VICE PRINCIPAL. IT WAS LAUGHABLE, IN FACT, AFTER SHE LEFT THE KID DID LAUGH AND TELL ME IT WAS HIM. COME ON  MY VICE PRINCIPAL USE TO TAKE OFF HIS BELT TO SCARE THE BAD BOYS IN THE SCHOOL. THE STIGMA OF THE OFFICE  CALL WAS MORE POWERFUL THAN ANYTHING ELSE. BACK THEN WE HAD THOSE WALL PHONES AND IT RANG.

 WHO REMEMBERS THE SCHOOL NURSE  AND THE HELP SHE GAVE US WHEN WE WERE SICK OR HURT. AN ASPIRIN AFTER A TEMPERATURE CHECK. OR A BAND-AID FOR A CUT.SHE ALSO DID THE SCOLIOSIS CHECKS AND THE VISION TESTING IN THE HEALTH OFFICE. NOW SHE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU HAVE A DOCTOR'S NOTE. PARANOID PARENTS THESE DAYS. WOW. WHY HAVE HEALTH OFFICE AT ALL THEN. NOW YOU CALL 911 IF ANYONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. FOR ABUSE IF A TEACHERS DOESN'T REPORT IT  HE/SHE COULD BE FIRED. WHAT A DOUBLE BIND, HUH?

BULLYING ALWAYS EXISTED BUT IT GETS WORSE EACH DECADE. I WAS A VICTIM BACK THEN. THE KIDS THESE DAYS CAN'T EVEN ESCAPE IT BY GONG TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL DUE TO THE INTERNET,  FACEBOOK, AND TEXTING, ETC. MINE STOPPED WITH A TRIP TO THE PRINCALS OFFICE. THANK GOD I WAS BORN IN A SENSIBLE DECADE. IT'S SO BAD KIDS ARE KILLING THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF IT.

WEEKLY READERS. I LOVED THIS DAY. USUALLY AT END OF THE DAY IF THERE WAS TIME WE WOULD GET TO READ IT IN CLASS. IF NOT JUST TAKE IT HOME.


I LOVED FIELD TRIP DAYS TO LOCAL SPOTS IN MY CITY LIKE THE ZOO:

THE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA:

THE ART GALLERY:

THE HISTORIC MUSEUM:

EMERY PARK PICNIC IN  7TH AND 8TH GRADE:

ALSO ONE FAR AWAY TRIP TO A PLACE CALLED CANADIANA IN CANADAUGA PARK. WHERE THEY HAD SCENES OF MINI CITIES THAT HAD MOVING CARS. THEY HAD WILD ANIMALS YOU FEED WITH ANIMAL FOOD YOU PAID 25 CENTS FOR IN GUM DISPENSER MACHINE. I LOVED TO FEED THE DUCKS.


SCHOOL PICS WHERE ALSO A BIG THING. MY MOTHER SEEMS TO THINK I FORGET TO TELL HER. I THINK I JUST FORGOT. I LOOK A WRECK IN ALL MY CLASS PICS.


ANOTHER GAME WE  PLAYED WAS HUCKLE BUCKLE BEANSTALK. THE HIDDEN OBJECT WAS ALWAYS  THE TEACHER'S  KEYS. WE PLAYED IN GROUPS. I WAS LAST TO FIND IT . THE FIRST TO FIND IT WAS THE NEXT HIDER.  THE REST OF THE NONPLAYING KIDS WOULD CALL OUT COLD TO HOT WHEN YOU WERE EITHER FAR AWAY OR CLOSE TO IT. THIS WAS A CLASSROOM GAME. AND ONLY IF WE WERE GOOD AND THREE WAS EXTRA TIME BEFORE THE BELL RANG DID WE GET TO PLAY IT.
WELL, THIS WILL CONCLUDE ALL THE SCHOOLTALK ON THE BLOG NOW. I PROMISE.