The Bad and Good Teachers

Teachers play such an important role in developing our children at an early age. 

My memories of a bad teacher recounts a Monday morning when I was in the First Grade. On the agenda for the day was sharing about what you did over the weekend. When it was my turn I stood up and said I could see the wind blowing when my dad took us up to a scenic lookout. There were a lot of clouds blowing around the mountains. It was very windy that day. I was so excited to share that with the class. To my surprise the teacher barked at me and to the class "You can't see the wind it's invisible and Drake said he could see the wind blowing." I remember students starting to laugh. I was so humiliated that day. I did report that incident to my mom and she had a nice talk with that teacher to make sure she never behaves that way again. A good teacher would have used my story to explain to the class how the wind works and thank me for my story.

Memories of a good teacher recounts a very dedicated teacher that offered to tutor me after school to bring me up to speed on a subject. Mission accomplished and she rewarded me after school by taking me across the street to get a milkshake. Such a precious moment I remember when I was in the Second Grade.

My advice to new teachers and veteran teachers is that you need to remind yourself daily that you are setting lifelong memories that are good and bad for your students. You play an important role in the development of young minds to be good students. Make a difference and be that good teacher.

The Scout Elves Return for the Christmas Season

The Scout Elves visit children between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. They will depart on Christmas Day to return to the North Pole. They will return every year.

Get ready for some fun!

The Scout Elf Team

Santa has his Scout Elves hide in homes with children to watch over them to see if they been good or naughty. The fun starts when the children go to bed. The Elf will seek out a place in the house to hide. The Elf loves to play hide and seek. The Elf will have a message for the children or the Elf will do something funny. Leave it to your imagination what a Elf would do. Sometimes the Elf does not hide and wants to be found easily to show off what he or she did. This fun goes on everyday. Encourage your children to leave messages for the Elf. The Elf will respond back.

Join me for some pancakes

Start this annual tradition by granting Santa permission to send a Scout Elf into your house to observe your children. Believe me your kids will love it and look forward to waking up each morning to find a new surprise everyday.

What's going on in the world?

We have the President of the United States claiming the dubious honor of the biggest liar ever for telling Americans you can keep your insurance and doctors with a convincing speech maintaining a straight face while promoting his Obamacare. What a good role model for our children.

Our Schools and Colleges. What is going on with all these crazy shooters. Our children are not safe getting an education. We have to teach lock downs in our schools.

Going to the Malls we have crazy shooters. We need to be on guard wth an action plan if an active shooter situation occurs.

Our Airports are not safe. Home grown terrorist uses his clearance to sneak a bomb in to cause harm to innocent people. 

The World is not a safe place. I'm sad that our children have to grow up in a dangerous world now. We have to turn it around one day at a time. 

I remember as a child going to the Airport and all the way to the boarding gate to say goodbye to a loved one. Going to the Mall was safe.

I wrote this post two years ago. Not much has changed since then. It's 2016 now.

What Happened to Hawaii?

I always pass by homeless camps in Hawaii driving so this time I wanted to get a close up look and feel of these camps at a safe distance on foot. I'm not implying these camps are all dangerous, but a Hawaii lawmaker was attacked taking pictures and doing research near the area that I selected Kaka'ako Waterfront Park that is in the heart of Honolulu. In hindsight, I put myself in a precarious position. It did not help that I was dressed up in a Aloha Shirt and dress pants the standard Hawaii business attire. I snapped pictures with my iPhone discreetly and disappeared. 

The homeless problem is all around in Hawaii. Affordable housing does not exist in Hawaii when the wages that the average person earns can't even rent an apartment. Solution live on the streets and keep moving around when you get kicked out of your current location.

The previous Governor and current Mayor of Honolulu both failed on solutions. Only bandaid fixes that don't last. The current Governor is new and he is teaming up with the Honolulu Mayor that failed in the past. The Governor formed a new task force to tackle the mushrooming homeless problem. I will not make any judgements on the current Governor until I see him in action. Is his task force going to succeed with a long term solutions to help the homeless. 

Hawaii is becoming a Banana Republic, but we don't sell bananas we build 1 million+ condominiums and homes. The future of Hawaii is grim for our children because they will all leave Hawaii for a better life on the mainland. Hawaii is failing to bring in industries that will create employment at good wages to buy these 1 million+ homes. The tourism industry that is Hawaii's bread and butter is not a decent living for most. The people in the tourism industry need to hold down an extra part-time job or a second full-time job to stay off the streets. This is ridiculous. Is this America?

It's not an easy fix. The mainland states keep sending their homeless to Hawaii promising them a better life in a warmer state on the streets. That crap needs to stop. There are so many families with young children in these camps it breaks my heart how they have to live in a tent on a sidewalk playing in the street. How do these children get an education when they are living under these circumstances. We can't all be a Rocket Scientist, Doctor or Lawyer, but we need to help these children get a good education so they have an opportunity for good paying jobs in the future.

I'm calling you out Governor and Mayor to perform your duties that you were elected too. It's not rocket science to find solutions to help the homeless. It's a staged long term plan. You can't look for the slam dunk solution it does not exist. Put me on that task force and I will come up with proposals. You can find me here on my blog.

I recall when I was a little kid growing up in Hawaii it was a different place. Hawaii is changing not for the better, but for the worst.

In the background condominiums priced at 1 million+ and such a bargain. Note to self, I need to buy one of these bargains at 1 million+. 

This is the view around 200 yards away from the homeless camps.

Six year old boy accused of Sexual Harassment

The world is changing every day for the better or for the worst. The politically correct movements are so comical and pure stupid.

Children are basically innocent and learning every day how the world works and need a lot of guidance now that we made it so complicated for them to navigate through. Is a six year old capable of intentional sexual harrasment? Absolutely not! 

A six year old boy in Colorado was suspended for kissing a classmate on the hand. Oh my goodness we need to lock him up and throw away the key. Joking aside we need to wake up and get real already. That Colorado school should have used that incident as an opportunity to educate the children on sexual harrasment in a gentle way since our society expects so much from six year old children. Instead the poor boy gets suspend and is so confused now. Schools please educate and stop creating so much drama. 

This is a true HR policy created years ago in my former Banking days. We were told that you cannot tell a co-worker that you look good. That was deemed sexual harassment. Example if I told a female co-worker that I liked her outfit I would be written up.

Common sense let's bring it back please. Let's teach boys and girls manners. Have the boys open the doors for the young girls and the girls respond back with a nice thank you. Chivalry is what the world lacks. Start teaching manners in schools early to build a foundation for our children to become respectful adults one day.

Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays

What do we say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"?  Both greetings are fine using your judgement on the audience or person you are extending the greeting too.

The issue I have is if you want to say "Merry Christmas" close to 12/24 and 12/25 and someone get's offended. I'm sorry that is the Holiday we are celebrating Christmas. The birth of Jesus Christ. What did you think we were celebrating Santa Claus. 

Saying "Merry Christmas" to someone is not disrespectful. It's disrespectful to get offended when someone says "Merry Christmas" to you.

A general rule is to be gracious when someone extends you any type of greeting it means no disrespect.

Stop picking on the usage of Christmas because that is the Holiday we celebrate on December 25th.

Leave schools alone and let children celebrate Christmas.