Miscellaneous Missionary

If I were to just say nothing about the woes of my beloved Jayhawks, I
would be failing in my role as a fan. The Ides of March com and go
every year dissappointing. The sorry performance of the Hawks March in
and March out with little hope of a championship. The end of season
surge had me all hopeful, but it was a false hope. The tradition at
Kansas has long been dominate the Big Eight (now the Big Twelve) and
choke in the national tournament. This has caused many of us skeptical
fans to take that famous Phog Allen Fieldhouse chant "Rock Chock
Jayhawks, KU" and exchange it for "Upchuck Jayhawks, PU." I am still
for the blue team (not the baby blue team), but I would just once like
to get a glimpse of those Danny Manning years. Until then, I will have
to settle for the "PU."



While I am on the subject (PUKE), I would like to reference you to a
couple of news items which, when juxtaposed, are really quite sad
and funny at the same time. One, an editorial in the Washington
Post Online complains about the fact that Pres. Bush is too much of
a man. The other is of the alternative.

While I do not agree with everything the Pres has done or said, I think
that I prefer a manly man, and not a womanly man.



Here
is a good commentary on bird flu and the scare in Europe.



And, if I was not sick enough, here
is one to take the cake. There was once a time when parents were
begged, commanded, lured, and whatever else it took to get involved in
their children's education. Uncaring parents were the reason that super
teachers had to emerge, drawing in their students from the streets.
Now, educators are fed up with parents involved in their children's
education. They want to do whatever it takes to get those nosy,
ignorant parents off their backs, to get those controlling nuts to let
their children go, and to let the educators do their job. Gag me with chalkboard! Education
begins and ends with the home. I do not believe that home schooling is
morally obligatory, but I do believe that in every case, concerned
parents should at least partner in education and pay attention to what
is being taught. Unlike what I hear from the socialist model
(children's education is an investment "society" makes for future
production) I like to think that children ought to be real people,
individuals whose parents love and care for them and prepare them for
the future with a grounding in truth, justice, morality, and practical
ordinary things too, like look both ways before you cross the street. I
thank God that my parents did not stay out of the classroom.