My solution for todayâs public schools.
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Posted by J.King. on October 03, 2003 at 06:01:26:
My solution for todayâs public schools.
By : J. King. - 10/03/03
Edited By : S. King. & J. Rousse As school began last month (or for some unlucky kids who started in August) the stories poured in over the Înet and daily news about how students were getting into various troubles. About how more and more teachers lacked the courage to discipline children in fear for their lives, and/or the reprisal of angered parents. We constantly read how Îfeel-goodâ leftists scream, ãDisorderly children should be nurtured and loved. They are missing something at home so we should give them what they need at school. Instead of discipline we need to give them hugs for violent and disorderly behavior.ä ãBlahhh, blahhh, blahhh,ä is what I say!!! I attended various schools in the city of Boston. Very tough yes; stabbings and shootings occurred all too often. I can even remember one day when I was summoned over the PA system to the principalâs office because my mother had come to get both me and my brother from school after hearing that a shooting had taken place that morning. We both paid no attention to the whole deal - which had taken place just hours earlier in the front of the building - because to us it was sadly a normal occurrence. Now years later, as a hopeful parent of the future, I can see how events like this would be a problem for me if my child attended public schools. I could see the effect it would have on my daily sanity, having to worry about my kid as he or she wandered off to school for the day. This is why my boy or girl will not attend public schools. So whatâs the solution to the madness you may ask? What could combat the total lack of respect for God, country and everything in between, in todayâs public schools? Well itâs your lucky day my reader, I will give you one simple answer! Send in Mr. Mosher!!! Now you may ask, ãMr. Mosher?!? Who is he? What man could bring about the reverse of anti-civility into our public school systems????ä Well to answer your question I need to first let you know who Mr. Mosher was! In my very dysfunctional high school there was one English teacher who no Îsaneâ person would dare to mess around with. His name was Mr. Mosher. I can still remember my first class with this legendary teacher. He paced back and forth in front of our desks with his very tall and intimidating boxer-dog-shaped body. I remember him stopping in front of my desk as he described to the class how he spent many years in the Marine Corps and that he (rightfully so) would not put up with any B.S. from some silly little kids who didnât know their asses from their elbows. From that point on I spoke only when spoken to, as did almost the entire class whenever he was present. Many stories came from the halls about Mr. Mosherâs class and what went on within its walls. One tale was of a hippie kid who bragged about how he was going to be brash and swear in Mr. Mosherâs class. He did, all right--only to find himself dangling by his feet strongly gripped in Mr. Mosherâs hand over a second story railing which hung over a fully populated area used for debates in the high school. This was after Mr. Mosher told this kid to leave his classroom and the kid actually raised his hand to the teacher! Harsh treatment you may say? Well I guarantee this kid never once muttered a swear word in front of Mr. Mosher or another teacher ever again. You see this is what our schools are missing these days: straight, hardcore discipline. And thanks to our leftist public school systems, the whole of Americaâs up-and-coming society will almost be a complete loss. You see, in Mr. Mosherâs class he took no B.S. He was there to teach, not to be a babysitter, and if you didnât like it, you didnât last. You got sent to some touchy-feely love-teacher, which I wanted nothing to do with. Was it hard in this teacherâs class? You bet--but you learned--and that was what counted. I recall being sent to the chalkboard to write out a sentence which described a bear in the woods. Being a ãvery bright student,ä (wink, wink) I spelled it as ãbeerä. You bet after getting chewed out in front of the entire class for a good five minutes I never spelt ãbearä wrong again. But do I feel mad about this treatment? Do I want a lawsuit for my poor little feelings being hurt? Give me a break! It made me strong, and made me want to do better and to strive for better, which I was entirely capable of, and if it took some ribbing in front of a class of my own peers to instill that striving spirit into me, then so be it! One of my greatest and most classic moments in Mr. Mosherâs class and probably the most classic moment in my entire tenure with in the public school system was a Friday that Mr. Mosher decided to throw a pop quiz at us! This quiz was hard, and it definitely challenged us all. But I will never forget how everyone was working hard, save for two girls eleven rows back and two desks over, who were babbling and using very colorful words to describe Mr. Mosher and what type of hard-ass he was. What happened next has me laughing to this very day, years after the incident. Mr. Mosher began speaking; he was saying word for word what these girls had mumbled under their breaths so sneakily. For what seemed to be minutes Mr. Mosher repeated the entire conversation that these two girls had. The entire class stared at Mr. Mosher in awe, as the two girls now turned beet red. Mr. Mosher starring directly at these two girls stated very bluntly, "You forget that I was in the Marine Corps. My job in Vietnam was to read enemy lips through binoculars as they spoke Vietnamese at very long distances. After doing that for years I can sure as hell read two dingbatsâ lips who can barely speak proper English in this country, with only my glasses, eleven rows back. Now get back to work!" The class, amazed tried to get back to their test. This day my respect for the man went from typical teacher status to complete admiration. I mean, a dang lip-reading teacher?!?! That was life in Mr. Mosherâs class. No nonsense--and if there was nonsense, step back because it was getting dealt with. Where have those days gone??? Where have teachers like Mr. Mosher gone??? These questions bring me back to my thought on the solution to it all. Find Mr. Mosher, clone him, and there you go. Enough said! The public school systems would be reformed completely. I know this canât be done yet, so until they get to that point of cloning damn good teachers like Mr. Mosher, my child will be privately schooled, so he or she does not grow up as a touchy-feely, liberalistic, socialist puke. If I had my choice to go back in time and pick my teachers all over again, Iâd say ãGive me Mr. Mosher any day!!!!ä
In liberty or Death
J. King. © 2003
BIO: Justin King is a native of the Boston, Massachusetts area. He's an avid patriot and firm believer in the forefathers' vision for the country they founded. He currently lives in the state of Vermont and is the producer of a free newsletter, entitled 'Sons of Liberty'. He is also a guest commentator on the web siteâ http://freerepublic.com/ & http://www.speakoutamerica.us/ and puts out a "Quote of the Week" segment on the following web siteâ http://www.americansonsofliberty.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=WeeklyQuote &
http://www.solriders.net/solr/index.php?s=248eba1d6a55f8446ebb51d4dc0b23a9&showforum=27 He has also had articles published on Sgt. Grits website, which is a Marine web site dedicated to the greatest Warriors of America's
uniformed defense forces! Those articles can be found at: http://www.grunt.com/taleofheroes.htm & http://www.grunt.com/newsletters/americancouragenewstext/Num48_2003acnews.htm
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