June 4, Looks like they couldn't get to me legally regarding my published political opinions, except by forcing an attack of dubious reasoning, on the school counseling website I made for my schools parents, kids and the department: www.vhmscounselors.com. This was also built on my own time, on a private server because the DO said we were almost out of space on the school server. The name is even registered to me. You'll see that www.vhmscounselors.com is gone as a favor to my new principal. Even though CWA the department over counseling had requested that each school have their counseling department build it's own web site. Only two Moreno Valley MS's don't have Title One money. Title One schools can and have used this money to hire an out side agency to build and maintain websites for them. Cost only $3000.00 a year. My principal is a nice guy stuck between a rock and a hard place. The powers that be even had him quoting statements from an email or letter from my after hours political blog - you know the one your reading - saying they supposedly came from the counseling web site. They must have known he hadn't taken the time to look it over even though it was still under construction. He admitted he hadn't read the page (or the web site) even though I asked, more out of proof that I could do it than anything. I then asked him if he would go over the site page by page so I could better understand the problem but he declined for another time. I was particularly taken to task regarding my statements regarding the changing voter's attitudes toward public schools and asking parents to please become more informed and more involved.
Oh how could I be so brazen. Further, I had a picture of the "unknown comic" from the eighties on one page. Just for fun, a person with a smiling grocery bag (as in gag) over his or her head. As well as a picture of myself dressed for Halloween as a Roman Senator, you know Rome! Aligned with the sixth grade curriculum. I was told that someone at the DO found it offensive! No names were given, see also "blackey Houston's Moreno valley" and most anything written by 'MVgordie.' This all occurred two days after the hail storm of critical commentary from the readers of the Press Enterprise's timid report on Victoria Baca's arrest. I admitted (in my blog and the P.E. commentaries) to having seen Mrs Baca engaged in some very racist comments of her own. In doing so I probably gave my ID away. I have always made it clear that I am a concerned educator in Moreno Valley. No problems, I too ms. Baca have a right to freedom of speech. Anyway, the principal was told "someone" from the DO would be putting paper (a reprimand) in my file." Further, he asked me to go home and made it clear that I wasn't to return until I had a doctor's written "clean bill of health." I asked what he meant and he just told me the same thing again. " a clean bill of health. I returned to Friday morning with the note. and went about my day. The first day of my vacation. I was left a message from the Principal to call him. I needed to come in and move my stuff from my office so it could be painted. Knowing this was the whim of our guidance clerk and the DO was broke. I sent a letter to the lead custodian and one of the head painters saying that I really didn't want. MY office painted. Never the less The Principal came in and immediately called me. Telling me to come in on the first day of summer break. Lets see what "retribution" is in the works come August.
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The Art of SETTING LIMITS, Its not as easy as it looks.
Art of Setting Limits Setting limits is one of the most powerful tools that professionals have to promote positive behavior change for their clients, students, residents, patients, etc. Knowing there are limits on their behavior helps the individuals in your charge to feel safe. It also helps them learn to make appropriate choices.
There are many ways to go about setting limits, but staff members who use these techniques must keep three things in mind:
Setting a limit is not the same as issuing an ultimatum.
Limits aren’t threats—If you don’t attend group, your weekend privileges will be suspended.
Limits offer choices with consequences—If you attend group and follow the other steps in your plan, you’ll be able to attend all of the special activities this weekend. If you don’t attend group, then you’ll have to stay behind. It’s your decision.
The purpose of limits is to teach, not to punish.
Through limits, people begin to understand that their actions, positive or negative, result in predictable consequences. By giving such choices and consequences, staff members provide a structure for good decision making.
Setting limits is more about listening than talking.
Taking the time to really listen to those in your charge will help you better understand their thoughts and feelings. By listening, you will learn more about what’s important to them, and that will help you set more meaningful limits.
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SYSTEMATIC USE OF CHILD LABOR
CHILD DOMESTIC HELP
by Amanda Kloer
Published February 21, 2010 @ 09:00AM PT
category: Child Labor
Wanted: Domestic worker. Must be willing to cook, clean, work with garbage, and do all other chores as assigned. No contract available, payment based on employer's mood or current financial situation. No days off. Violence, rape, and sexual harassment may be part of the job.
Would you take that job? No way. But for thousands of child domestic workers in Indonesia, this ad doesn't just describe their job, it describes their life.
A recent CARE International survey of over 200 child domestic workers in Indonesia found that 90% of them didn't have a contract with their employer, and thus no way to legally guarantee them a fair wage (or any wage at all) for their work. 65% of them had never had a day off in their whole employment, and 12% had experienced violence. Child domestic workers remain one of the most vulnerable populations to human trafficking and exploitation. And while work and life may look a little grim for the kids who answered CARE's survey, it's likely that the most abused and exploited domestic workers didn't even have the opportunity to take the survey.
In part, child domestic workers have it so much harder than adults because the people who hire children are more likely looking for someone easy to exploit. Think about it -- if you wanted to hire a domestic worker, wouldn't you choose an adult with a stronger body and more life experience to lift and haul and cook than a kid? If you could get them both for the same price, of course you would. But what if the kid was cheaper, free even, because you knew she wouldn't try and leave if you stopped paying her. Or even if you threatened her with death.
Congress Aims to Improve Laws for Runaway, Prostituted Kids
by Amanda Kloercategories: Child Prostitution, Pimping
Published February 20, 2010 @ 09:00AM PT
The prospects for healthcare reform may be chillier than DC weather, but Democrats in the House and Senate are turning their attention to another warmer but still significant national issue: the increasing number of runaway and throwaway youth who are being forced into prostitution. In response to the growing concerns that desperate, runaway teens will be forced into prostitution in a sluggish economy, Congress is pushing several bills to improve how runaway kids are tracked by the police, fund crucial social services, and prevent teens from being caught in sex trafficking. Here's the gist of what the new legislation is trying to accomplish:Shelter: Lack of shelter is one of the biggest vulnerabilities of runaway and homeless youth. Pimps will often use an offer of shelter as an entree to a relationship with a child or a straight up trade for sex. In the past couple years, at least 10 states have made legislative efforts to increase the number of shelters, extend shelter options, and change state reporting requirements so that youth shelters have enough time to win trust and provide services before they need to report the runaways to the police. Much of the new federal legislation would make similar increases in the availability and flexibility of shelter options.
Police Reporting: Right now, police are supposed to enter all missing persons into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database within two hours of receiving the case. In reality, that reporting doesn't always get done, making it almost impossible for law enforcement to search for missing kids across districts. This hole is a big problem in finding child prostitution victims and their pimps, since pimps will often transport girls from state to state. The new bill would strengthen reporting requirements, as well as facilitate communication between the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the National Runaway Switchboard
We Must Never Forget These Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen and Women
Nor the Fool Politicians that used so many American GIs' lives as fodder for the fight over an english noun - "Communism"
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