Merging of Maine Schools and Special Needs Children (Portland, Falmouth: renting, crime)

[dmyankee]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Wingman, I would watch who you are assuming will hide under a rock when his Country calls. Forest is retired from the military and I have no doubt it is you, who owe him a round of thanks for spending months and years away from his family so blowhards like you can spout their self-righteous drivel. As for family and kids, if you can bring yourself down from the alter you have placed yourself upon and read some of the posts on this forum, you will see that he had made his home in Maine because he thinks that is the best place for him and his Family (Including his children.)

I think I just found another "Charmin" for my ignore list.

Sorry for butting in Forest, but people like this who spout on for lengthy posts and think they are superior to everyone else. AHHHHHH!!!!!

LOL!!!

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by wingman580

I cant help but notie that you bloviate, and criticize anyone and everything you are completely ignorant about. YES IGNORANT, as that is the kindest explanation of you that I will utter and that my enlightened blowhard is what your writings disseminate, fear, bullying, and sheer ignorance of Federal, and State law, that I also point out is your incapacity of rebutting. As I provided hyperlinks to every Law and fact that you so callously disregard.

I think the word you search for is: "Notice", and not "notie"

As to "Bloviate", I can't help but to observe that I typed a two line post and your vomit was twenty five lines. Hmm, who is speaking pompously and excessively?

... You resort to calling me a communist, socialist and imply other truly ignorant inuendo. I wonder when this country needs you for anything even to just help the less fortunate will you hide undre the rock from which you crawled? Or maybe you are so disconnected from reality that you will never quite get the fact that children (of which it seems you have none or any compassion thereof) are truly this Nation's most important asset!

I said that you are a communist? Really?

I missed that one.

"inuendo" which dictionary is that in?

Also I think that "undre" was meant to be "under".

As to children and their comparative 'worth', I hesitate to assign a worth to any human; though we have been a foster-family in multiple states and nations and we have adopted foster children.

Wednesday's Child lists over 160,000 unwanted children in the US who are currently open for adoption and awaiting placement; yet their number grows as few US citizens wish to adopt a US child. So what trend can be observed from this fact of American behavior?

... I wonder when your health fails and you reside in state care only then will your concern for our youth be taken seriously? As it is these same children that you deny today who will be responsible for your anonymous care, compassion, and simply attempting to keep you alive!

Yawn.

I have been treated by 18 year olds. I have had stitches put in me by 18year olds, been given shots, blood samples taken and more all by young 'adults' all under 19 years of age.

I am rather familiar with our nation's health care.

... I am sure you will want a Harvard educated grad with a MD from Georgetown or John Hopkins Medical School. Who will more than likely turn out to be a Black, Hispanic, or Asian inner city child from modest upbringing. One of the same children you seek to deny basic education to!

I have never been medically treated by any doc who was a Harvard grad, nor a JH grad.

I am treated by our nation's socialist health care system.

Only when I pay our of pocket do I get treated by a college grad doc. Again I am treated by MilMed.

... God Bless this wonderful Country we live in that allows someone as opinionated as you to speak freely, yet reap the benefits of our educational system that is the envy of the world from the same children that you are so vehemently attempt to pigeonhole and deny to children that in thirty to forty years will be your caretakers!

Heh heh heh

Yes God bless America.

... Be carefull what you wish for "comrade" beekeeper!
You remind me of a Mississippi gentile from the 1860's whose thought and ideals are very similar. Therapy would and should be your first course of action instead of hiding behind anonymous screennames and attempting to bully anyone that will "log on" to this site and may not be educated or exposed to the real Mainer's kindnest and consideration for their neighbors and fellow human beings. It was not so long ago that volunteers streamed out of all rural communities on trains to save this country from Tojo and the Third Reich also known as the Axis Powers. In fact many a Maine family has lost children in the past 7 years in Afghanistan and Iraq.
It would not hurt you to try and assist those in need at any level. Not on a PC but in real life you may acquire a fuller understanding that we are all in the race, the Human Race! There but for the grace of God Go I, is a good rule to pattern your young life after!

"carefull" should be "careful"

I am not entirely sure of "kindnest".

Perhaps a small amount of education would help you.



I have posted my name previously on this forum.

Though we see that by using "Wingman580" you certainly are not hiding behind a handle, now are you?



As many here know I am a combat vet, my most recent combat was in Kosovo, fighting a purely religious war, killing Eastern Orthodox Christians. I served on AD from 1976 until my retirement in 2001.

ET1(SS) USN retired

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by dmyankee

Hmmm,

Must be an "educator" from one of the Government Sanctioned Liberal Indoctrination Centers (Public School System!)

In a quick reading you might think so. But then the grammar and spelling leave the poster's education in doubt.

Then again, you did say "Public School system" so never mind.

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by Bydand

... Sorry for butting in Forest, but I hate drizzle dicks like this who spout on for lengthy posts and think they are superior to everyone else. AHHHHHH!!!!!

That is fine.

But in all you wish. After all this is an open discussion forum.



I am rather amazed that some phrases get by though.

As to the OP; did I mention that both our bio-son and our adopted son are 'special needs' and have learning disorders?

Our bio-son is dyslexic, and has a hearing disability brought on by sonograms. As a result has a 'different' hearing band-width. He does not entirely hear the human vocal range. Thus a speech impediment.

Our adopted son is F.A.S. [Frontal lobe damage]

[dmyankee]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

In a quick reading you might think so. But then the grammar and spelling leave the poster's education in doubt.

Then again, you did say "Public School system" so never mind.

I do know a couple of young teachers with Masters in Ed. that have deplorable writing skills.

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

Our bio-son is dyslexic, and has a hearing disability brought on by sonograms. As a result has a 'different' hearing band-width. He does not entirely hear the human vocal range. Thus a speech impediment.

Our adopted son is F.A.S. [Frontal lobe damage]

Kudos to you guys. FAS and many other tetrogenic conditions are 100% preventable. All it takes is common sense and education.

[txmom]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

As to children and their comparative 'worth', I hesitate to assign a worth to any human; though we have been a foster-family in multiple states and nations and we have adopted foster children.

Wednesday's Child lists over 160,000 unwanted children in the US who are currently open for adoption and awaiting placement; yet their number grows as few US citizens wish to adopt a US child. So what trend can be observed from this fact of American behavior?


ET1(SS) USN retired

We adopted our two babies in Texas. They were abandoned by their biological mother under the "Baby Moses" law. We were first their foster parents through the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Now we are a "forever family" . They're awesome.

[flycessna]

Originally Posted by wingman580

Thank you for your reply. It is criminal that in America we are reduced to having to hire an attorney to get the education for children whose birthright entitles them to just that an EDUCATION. One would think in the USA 2007, educators would see the basic need to educate all children to the best of teir ability, as if we do not we all will be paying that childs way in life as an adult either on welfare, social security, or heaven help them PRISON.
The fact that so many stand aside watching nothing happen to help those in need shows that for all our bragging about being #1 in the world order we are no better than those who sat idly by while lynchings, and murders took place at the turn of the last century and centuries past!

Those who sit by not standing in protest to such practices are themselves cowards, and themselves in need of the most Special Educations.Being an adult means there are no excuses, or alibis, especially when it comes to denying basic rights (education) to all children, regardless of ingrained myopic values instilled upon them as children. As Hatred, Racism, Intolerances and the practice of laughing at anothers exspense are values taught not God given.

Thank you, and if this offended you, yes it is you the latter writings refer to and you should attempt therapy in an effort to rid the world of the "us" and "them" mentality.

As I once was taught "There but for the grace of God go I"

Think of this the next time you feel the need to exclude, make jokes about, or are not sympathetic to the needs of someone less fortunate.

I think you forgot that some of us believe that all of inaliable rights come from somewhere other than our government.

A good education starts in the home. I have met more home schooled households here in Maine then anywhere else I lived. That is a good thing, there are limits to a government education, and there is a point where the costs outweigh the benefits.

You mention people standing idly by while others suffer. I wonder how many of the same people who fear big government and wasteful spending are the same who people who volunteer reading to children with disabilities, or who give donation's to programs that truelly help needy children, or who when they realize that their school is failing their own child they take the child out of the school and home school them. So I question whether those who prefere to use the coercive powers of the government to fund there own desires of what they veiw as a RIGHT! is actually considered "getting involved".

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

I am rather amazed that some phrases get by though.

So am I actually. I was expecting to see stars there.

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

As to the OP; did I mention that both our bio-son and our adopted son are 'special needs' and have learning disorders?

Our bio-son is dyslexic, and has a hearing disability brought on by sonograms. As a result has a 'different' hearing band-width. He does not entirely hear the human vocal range. Thus a speech impediment.

Our adopted son is F.A.S. [Frontal lobe damage]

I remember you saying this a couple of times in the past year or two and have to take my hat off to you for all you do for the boys. That is what just burned my shorts about the response that was posted.

[AustinB]

"Why are you are so afraid of insuring the best education to our children without saddling the masses with the additional cost of tuition for private education in the Primary and Secondary Levels? Could it be for selfish reasons? Or are you just some omniscient fascist that hopes to subvert this country through fear? As it is far easier to scare someone who does not know who the real enemy is. I had read some of your posts but now see you cloak yourself and ideals. How will it feel to be brought into the light of day for the world to see you are a name calling little man?"

[7th generation]

Originally Posted by Moxie

Hi,
We are moving to Maine next year and are coming up to check out communities within the week. When my husband dropped my son off with his grandparents a couple of weeks ago he returned to NC with the newspaper talking about combining school districts. Does anyone know anything more about this? Should we assume that the larger districts won't be merged unless they are under 2500 students? We are doing our housing search based on schools so with 4 children this is important to us. Also of concern is that one of our twins has some delays as well as sensory integration issues and we want to make sure his needs are met. We are looking in the Greater Portland area and would especially like any feedback from folks with children in those areas. Any advice is much appreciated.

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