Posted by Masked D-Bag #8 on Mar 10, 2010 in
Angry Minute When I go to the ice cream parlor I stand before their display and gaze at the flavors that ballet before my eyes. Maybe I will stick with the standard chocolate or vanilla; but maybe I’ll spice up my day with some rainbow sherbet or even the strawberry kind that has the big chunks of real strawberries mixed within it. But ultimately the only person who can decide what flavor is best for me is myself. I can ask others their opinion on the matter, but when that cold treat touches my lips it will be because of the pros and cons I have weighed. Mmmmm I love ice cream!
Education is just like ice cream. We offer our children different areas of education (math, science, computers, art, etc) and ultimately they decide what flavor of education is best for them. Some become Math majors; some become English majors; and so on and so on.
The problem with education today is that we are not offering our kids the right flavors. We still have that oldschool mindset that our children only need to have the basic academic flavors (Math, Science, Social Studies, English). Our society has evolved, but our educational system and those who lead the educational system are still dusty dinosaurs who don’t see the changes that have occurred in our society.
So where is my anger coming from on this subject? My fans know that I have bitched and complained about the poor education process and how our children are our future… yet we are not preparing them to LEAD our future.
One of my Angry FANatics (that’s what I’m gonna call my fanbase, FANatics) sent me a message a few days ago. Let’s call her Redbird for privacy reasons. Redbird expressed her frustration and anger over the changes and budget cuts many schools are making. But she had backup, she had PROOF of their incompetence. And it all starts with this video here.
Redbird recommended I start watching the video around the 7.5 minute mark and see if the anger boiled within my soul. I’m good with instructions so I dialed it to that spot this morning as I prepared for work. What I heard confused and ANGERED me!
This school system (the Kenton City School System) has to trim some fat this year as they are over budget. Nothing new there as schools are always fighting the budget crunch. But the approach and ASSUMPTION of these board members are endangering the children that attend these schools.
At the 7.5 mark a lady name Patti comes up and speaks about a recent cut that she (and others like Redbird) don’t quite understand. You see the school board has elected to remove the computer arts program from their local middle school. This basically boils down that these children won’t get any education on computers until they reach high school, and even then (as you watch after Patti it’s revealed that keyboarding/typing has been removed entirely from the school curriculum) these kids aren’t even taught HOW to type.
Now I can bitch about a lot of things in this video, but as a 27 year old working in society I can say without a shadow of doubt that I use my computer and the skills I learned from my education about computers to get myself a great job and the ability to move up the corporate ladder. Computers and the ability to type are INSTRUMENTAL in today’s world and without those skills people find they are VERY VERY limited in where they can go and what they can do.
And the school board president’s response? He just figures that since computers are “everywhere” that kids should already know how to use them. WHAT BS! What an ASSSSSSSSSSHAT! Assuming makes an ass out of everyone, and that is EXACTLY what this school board president has done.
What about the poor kids who don’t own a computer? I know in today’s society a lot of us take for granted that WE have computers and internet and all that… but there are people (especially in Kenton where the median income of households is $29,065*) that are POOR and cannot afford FOOD let alone a computer with a monthly charge for internet access. It doesn’t help that Kenton jobs have decreased by 79% since July 2008*. And there are 15% of households in Kenton that make LESS than $10,000 A YEAR*! With more then HALF of their income going to rent (that is on average of $381 per month*) are these families going to RUN OUT and buy a $500 PC and then an additional $20 per month for crap dialup? That’s almost a $750 expense right there or, 7.5% of that family’s income!
So Mr. School Board President; to just ASSUME that kids should KNOW how computers work just because they are around us MAKES NO FRAKIN SENSE! That’s like saying that since I eat a fish that I know HOW to fish, or that since I see stars in the sky I should be good at astronomy. Just because it is AROUND us doesn’t mean we KNOW it. I drive a car, yet I know jackshit about how it works!
I work for a Help Desk for a very successful insurance company and I can easily tell you the workers that don’t last are those who don’t have the computer experience and education. Without the ability to type so many words per minute or even the ability to understand where in a computer they go to perform the simplest of actions, they are let go and forced into jobs that give lower wages. But that fits RIGHT IN with Kenton, as their biggest industries for hiring works are Catering Services, Food Service Contractors, Convenience Stores, Blood & Organ Banks, and Clinics & Outpatient Services*. Yeah I guess computer education isn’t that big of a deal when your town offers these as their “bread and butter” professions. It even looks stranger when you see that the most commonly listed Kenton jobs include territory sales manager jobs and assistant store manager jobs, both which would require computer knowledge and expertise (or one who would have these skills would have an edge over those who don’t).
Kenton is your typical “Varsity Blues” type of town. They push their children to be football superstars, but then when their football career is over the majority of them do not have the skills to progress into a real job that makes them real money to survive. Then these kids have no choice but to move back “home” to Kenton and live in their parent’s basement and work at one of the multitude of fast food restaurant or even the backbreaking warehouse labor in the area for the majority of their life with little compensation.
If the Kenton School Board, or any small town school board, truly cared for their children they would ensure that those kids would have the best in computer classes. Because without these skills they will end up working at a dead-end job in a dead-end city. But that fits right in with Kenton, now doesn’t it?
Tags: Angry Minute, Children, Class, Computer, Education, Employment, Failure, Kenton, Kenton City Schools, Keyboarding, Kids, Ohio, School Board, Subject, Typing
Posted by Masked D-Bag #8 on Dec 31, 2009 in
Angry Minute Tis the season of giving 
This Holiday (not christmas, as Holiday is the traditional celebration for all FSMers) I wanted to look back at a year that saw Angry Minute be born. Angry Minute was actually created on Jan 28th 2009 through the Notes Application in Facebook. It was SOOOOOO popular that the website had to be created. Because of this there are actually several AngryMinutes that were NEVER posted on this website.
So with these last 4 weeks of 2009 I want to post the top 4 Angry Minutes that were never posted on this website. MERRY HOLIDAY BASTARDS!!!
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ANGER TOPIC: People who call off work because of bad weather
(originally posted on 01/28/2009; the FIRST AngryMinute EVER!)
I live in Ohio, where if you don’t like the weather all ya need to do is wait five minutes and it’ll change. We have been hit with a recent rash of snow and rain, which causes people to become morons and imbeciles. I could rant about the idiots who drive 5mph on the freeway, or the jerk that is racing 70mph in a school zone… but I have a special place for those who are just plain lazy.
Why in the hell would you EVER call off work for weather? Unless there is a natural disaster (in which case you and your county would be under a warning that would prohibit you from coming to work) there is NO REASON to EVER call off work for weather.
If you called off because it snowed, you are lazy. Period, no exceptions. “But I have personal days” you say. Doesn’t matter, you’re a lazy piece of crap and should be fired for not doing your job. Bad weather isn’t a personal problem, get over yourself. You’re not that important.
I live in Ohio. OHIO! If you call off cuz of weather your not only lazy, but stupid and inconsiderate. You don’t care about your coworkers (who came to work and are picking up your slack) and you sure as hell don’t realize you can MOVE THE FUCK OUT OF MY STATE! It snows in Ohio, you didn’t know? LOOK OUTSIDE ASSHOLE! That white shit of the floor is what we call “snow” and it happens EVERY YEAR!!! If you can’t take it, get the F out! There are states that don’t have snow, but you know you’d just make another excuse not to show up to work. Cuz your lazy and deserve to be fired and live on the street cuz that is where lazy people should live.
Excuses that are acceptable would be things like your car/girlfriend/boyfriend/friend/family/yourself being sick/dying. Everything else should be PREAPPROVED. If you didn’t get it approve, tough! If I were your boss I’d fire you if you requested a day off and I denied it yet you were “sick” on that day.
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POSTANGER:
If you call off work for weather it boils down to this:
1. You’re lazy
2. You have no respect for your job/coworkers/employer
3. You have no discipline/self-control
Don’t agree with me? Leave a comment. But just know one thing; I’m right, I’m always right.
Tags: Angry Minute, Call Off, Employee, Employer, Ohio, Snow, Weather, Work
Posted by Masked D-Bag #8 on Dec 16, 2009 in
Angry Minute Tis the season of giving
This Holiday (not christmas, as Holiday is the traditional celebration for all FSMers) I wanted to look back at a year that saw Angry Minute be born. Angry Minute was actually created on Jan 28th 2009 through the Notes Application in Facebook. It was SOOOOOO popular that the website had to be created. Because of this there are actually several AngryMinutes that were NEVER posted on this website.
So with these last 4 weeks of 2009 I want to post the top 4 Angry Minutes that were never posted on this website. MERRY HOLIDAY BASTARDS!!!
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ANGER TOPIC: Using Turn Signals
(originally posted on 04/29/2009)
Is this SOOOOOOOOO hard?!?!?!?! Must be, cuz rejects and retards seem to not understand what that leaver is beside their FRAKIN steering wheel!!!
Here, let me help: ITS CALL A TURN SIGNAL! USE IT, ASSHAT!!!
Man, it ANGERS me sooooooooo bad when I got some retardo infront of me, beside me, hell ANYWHERE on the road, and they decide they DON’T need to use their turn signal! YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW!!! Maybe people just don’t understand the law, so let be bring out my lawyer hat and throw you to THE LIST OF LAW!!!! (please note I live in Ohio but the law is very similar in all 50 States. Also, I am not a lawyer and you should consult one if you are not understanding the laws in your area.)
LIST OF LAW:
1. Ohio Law states that you are to provide an adequate signal for turning atleast 100 feet before making a turn, changing lanes on a multi-lane road, passing a vehicle on a two lane road (by law you are to honk aswell, and you can actually get away with not using the signal as long as you flash your headlights), merging into a stream of traffic, and merging out of a stream of traffic (like taking an exit)
2. Turn signal lights must be visible at a distance of no less than 300 feel in normal sunlight. If they do not work, you are REQUIRED to perform the correct hand signals when performing any of the above turns/merges/etc
3. It is the LAW that you use your turn signal to let other drivers know that you are planning to pull into/out of the stream of traffic. As the driver entering/exiting the highway you are required to yield to motorists already on the freeway; the stream of traffic always has the right of way.
4. It is illegal to drive into the median or crossover if you miss your exit/turn.
Sooooo what does this mean to you? I mean, no one really gets hurt when you don’t use your turn signal… right?
WRONG! FRAKIN WRONG ASSHAT!!! YOU ARE A WRONG STUPID MORON ASSHAT THAT I WANT TO KICK IN THE BALLZ! IN YOUR BALLZ!
A Response Insurance National Driving Habits Survey revealed that 57% of drivers don’t regularly use their signals. I guess they think that it’s cool to just drive wherever the hell they please! FRAK THEM!
Did you know that Unintended Lane Changes have been the direct cause of 23,000 annual fatalities on U.S. roadways? That’s 60 people killed a day just because turn signals were not used!!!!! That is a CRAP way to die people!!!!
In 2007 Ohio had 7,965 crashes caused by Improper Turns and 20,029 crashes caused by Improper Lane Changes. That’s 10.2% of all crashes in 2007!!!! 5,526 of those crashes caused injury, while 130 of them were fatal (that’s 11.2% of all fatal crashes in 2007 caused by not using a turn signal! WTF!!!)
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POSTANGER:
So you see, its not that I’m a Masked D-bag and want to flip out about something, it’s that I’m sick and tired of asshats putting my life and the lives of those I love in danger!
If you change lanes PUT ON YOUR FSM DAMN TURN SIGNAL! I don’t care if you are the only FRAKIN car on the road, you are REQUIRED TO! IT IS THE LAW! Stop putting my life and others in danger cuz you’re too damn lazy to flip a switch. If you’re that frakin lazy then you should be shot and strung up by your private parts till you die a horrible humiliating death cuz you’re worthless to society!!!!
Road rage is typically caused by those who don’t follow the law. Those immaculate people who think the law is below them. The law is not below you! But if you don’t use your turn signal and someone you love dies in a horrific traffic accident DON’T ASK FOR MY SYMPOTHY because I’ll be fresh out. Don’t hate the playa, hate the game! MOOSHOE!!!
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REFERENCES:http://www.ohio4h.org/youth/carteens/documents/CarteensOhioLawsCurriculum.pdf
http://www.signalamerica.org/
http://www.roadandtravel.com/safetyandsecurity/2007/road-rage.htm
http://www.bmv.ohio.gov/pdf_forms/HSY-7607.pdf
http://www.ohiotrafficlawyers.com/traffic-violation-facts.cfm
http://www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/crashes/crash_facts.asp
Tags: Angry Minute, Automobile, Car, Law, Ohio, Traffic, Turn, Turn Signal, Turn Signals, Vehicle