McCain Wins! (At school anyway.)

[creeky]

Got home last night and my son said McCain won at his Middle School.

All three grades.

My youngest in Elementary school said he voted for McCain. I asked him what made him want to vote for him. He said he heard he was once a solider and was captured, and that since we were in a war it only seemed right that he should be in charge.

(Then I ssnuck around the corner and did the "Happy Dad" dance! LOL!)

[Guest c.a.s.]

McCain won in my school too, and if you were to listen in the halls you'd hear a bunch of Liberals!

When asked why, many of the McCain supporters were actually informed on his policies and history.

When asked why, many of the Obama supporters just said "because he was Black", or "he's for hope and change!"

[TGO David]

I want to be happy when I hear stories about kids at elementary schools voting for McCain but then that sinking feeling sets in and I am reminded that this means that kids who are too young to understand any of the issues are being indoctrinated by an overwhelming liberal, socialist biased public education system and that only a few will survive it without being utterly brainwashed.

[creeky]

I'm hoping that this shows that parents are discussing issues in front of the kids.

The kids in turn are reflecting on what they have heard and trying to make some sense

of it.

[TGO David]

I admire your optimism. I think it probably has more to do with the fact that in your part of Tennessee, traditional values are still held dear ... even by the teachers.

[musicman]

My wife teaches at Mitchell-Neilson elementary in Murfreesboro. If there is a ghetto school in the Boro, this is it. Do any of you remember that 13 year and his 14 year old buddy that drove an Expedition to Joelton and back early last year, and about to miss their exit off I-24 on the way back home, they swerved and hit a family in a station wagon, killing the father? Those were some of her students. They were know gang members and drug dealers... in 6th grade.

Anyways, there are a few rays of hope in the eyes of some bright young kids in the school, but for the most part they are passing through on their way to jail and the streets. Of the kids that voted yesterday, there were 30 votes for McCain, and over 200 for Obama. I'm guessing that for the same reasons as others have mentioned... it's who their parents are talking about. Well, many of these kids don't actually have "parents" in the traditional sense... grandparents, cousins, relatives, and foster families take care of a surprising (to me) number of these children here in the heart of Rutherford county. The sad thing is, these families seem to grow faster than responsible, mature ones. 5-6 kids brings in more welfare than 1-2. My parents knew kids were a lot of work and dadgummed expensive and stopped with 2.... I was a surprise, being #3. After I showed up Dad decided to make sure that wasn't going to happen again and traded in his live ammo for blanks.

Unfortunately the scale of population seems now to have tipped out of our favor. I'm not excited about where we are going.

[TGO David]

James, if you'd been my third kid I'd have gotten chopped too.

Do you ever fear for your wife's safety working in the ghetto like that?

[musicman]

James, if you'd been my third kid I'd have gotten chopped too.

Do you ever fear for your wife's safety working in the ghetto like that?

:rofl:

But seriously.... Ya know... it's weird... Kelley's school isn't in a location that I think is all that bad. It's behind Alexander Ford, at the intersection of Jones Blvd and W Clark. Unfortunately, if you look at the zoning maps, that's not where the majority of their students come from. So... do I worry about her going back and forth to her car and such.... not really... at least not anymore than I would at our house or anywhere else. There's always the chance that some whacko is out there from Franklin and Brentwood to Antioch and Gallatin Rd. What I'm more worried about is some kid bringing something to school and hurting other kids or teachers. Kelley has already taken away two makeshift shanks in the last year. Of course, the principal says it nothing and won't call the cops. Oh yea, those kids I mentioned earlier.... the cops were called in for a situation with them the year before all that happened, and the officers offered to arrest them and put them in juvy for awhile, and the administration (both at the school and the city school system) just let it go so as not to make a scene, or bring negative attention to the school system.

We're still tyring to get the time and money for Kelley to get her CWP. She's still afraid to have a gun on campus, though. She can get in some deep doodoo if that's found out.

So.... I guess, yes, I am a little worried. But I think I'd be just as worried if she worked at a Best Buy or any other place.