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I now know what I didnt know then
by Mr.Tod A.Parker
A dear friend of mine shared a bit of wisdom about youth. People
could not believe she was the mother of two children when she was
in her mid thirties.When aske
d what was her secret to remaining youthful looking she replied,
Always maintainsome of your immaturity in the childlike,silly sense
,and it will aways keep youyoung. Well you dont have to tell me
twice about how to remain young. When we wer
e all younger I do believe we used to say we couldnt wait til we
grew up so we could do grown up things like use profanity. It was
fun back in the day when we used to sneak and do it. It took s lot
of practice to get it right so we had to find ways to sneak and use
it around our parents. Remember sugar,honey ice ,tea? It was so
grown up to use profanity .And use it well too. Every time you
droppedthe F bomb on the playground around your friends you became
cool. Come on now you know that the curse words are the first ones
you learn when you are around lets say Puerto Rican people (I know
all of the cuss words in sign ). And they learn ours and we both
get them mixed up to the point where they re funny and dont so
und at all like they were meant to.Then we all grow up and do
the things that grown ups do , but that kid side kicks in sometimes
and I chose to embrace mine .Entirely. Seriously. Oh and did I
mention imagination? At my age x8 years old Istill find that kid
like immature humor so funny. There is only one other pers
on who gets it, and she just so happened to be the wise one who
reminded me to maintain some of that immaturity. Needless to say we
could spend hours on the phone talking about absolutely nothing yet
laughing about it the whole time and cracking 5th and 6th grades
jokes on each other .I believe her children are now almost the age
we were when we met. Shes also a mathematician she can calculate
accurately anything or any time frame .And a tomato grower (and
tickler, too)I didnt know at that time that the friend I made 30
some odd years ago would still tothis day still be my closest and
dearest friend.
I think one the gr8est gifts that one could share with another
is the gift of friendship. Along with that gift comes the joy of
laughter which creates a smile.That is another fact that is true
100% of the time. It really is true! Try to laugh without smiling!!
(please do not try this at home.) I know this can be difficult .
Especially if you have ever been in an awkward situation whereas
you haveto suppress the laughter and or smile with some other
awkward gesture which is
even funnier. Im jus sayin. That thought in itself is hilarious
when you think about. And as for that bit about it being the best
medicine.I definitely agree .Ithink network news is starting to
catch on. If they deliver the hard-hitting news stories the way I
do ,(with a new twist on the dull and mundane) I think wellget the
dose of laughter we need. But just in case the regular news doesnt
do it,dont worry I see a story about to brew.
I mentioned awhile back about how news makers make news . By
news makers I meanthe people in the new news. Atl has really gotten
itself in the news lately. The horrors of the cheating scandal have
been revealed and the truth is finally out. Im glad its out and Im
sending a hats off to those who are coming forth to expose the
truth. Teachers are leaders .They are in charge of leading the
lives of the children that are placed under their tutelage. They
are basically a childs front line to education and the worlds
future. Theyre in charge of educating the mind of what could be the
next Dr , President or teacher or actress . How many times has a
teacher seen his or her student reach goals and feel in someway
responsible for helping mold that mind.Without a fair education
that child has more ch
ances of ending up in the prison system, which is what the
cheating scandal( hadit not been found out) would have been setting
the students up for. After all t
here is more money being spent on building prisons to house
inmates than there a
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re good schools to educate children. Im jus sayin .Im lucky
enough to say I wentto a public school in NJ and I must say I had
gr8 teachers. I can remember mostof their names because I always
had to ask him or her to help me with math. Andthey did. Never got
more than a C because English was my strong point. I enjoyedwriting
and it was my English teacher Ms S., who took the time to help me
writebetter compositions.Still couldnt conjugate a verb properly or
locate the prepo
sition( nor do I have the desire) But I was able to create very
colorful and ela
borate stories back in the late early 70s when homework called
for a 400 wordessay on what the future would look like in the year
2000. First I wanted to know how old I would be in the year 2000.
But remember, math was not my strong point. Since science fiction
really became science fact , I have to say I wasnt that far off.
The cars in my science books back in 1969 are actually on the road
now. I think I drive one .The cities of the future (as depicted in
the 60sversion of the millennium) are really here. With amazing
leaps in science doctors are able to diagnose patients the same way
Dr Spock did. I hope the science fiction of Planet of the Apes and
Soylent Green dont become facts. Im jus sayin. The technology that
we only read about as kids is actually what educates the future
generation. I remember reading in my science book about the
invention of the computer. Now this was in 1970. It had an artists
rendition and it looked a lo
t like what Capt. Kirk used to communicate with. I would sit in
awe and wonderwhat the world would be like if those things were
real and now look, I can communicate with someone across the globe
via Skype instantly. Now what the future looks like 20 years from
now, well its the children who grow into adults that create that.
They rely on a good support unit . Family (parents , hopefully, yet
somany are being raised by grandparents) teachers clergy (when
reliable) to help n
urture the precious young minds into what will eventually mold
the future of many other people. I know now what I didnt know then
but the teachers who were the hardest on me were the ones who saw
potential in what I took interest in . Particularly music and
writing. There still are good teachers out there .They need toteach
the ones who are setting up children to fail what education and the
titleteacher is all about. As for the rest of science fiction
turning itself into sc
ience fact, well youre just gonna have to let my imagination
runaway with you !
