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Our Kershaw County School District has decided, on a whim, to make Friday this week an e-learning day. To those of you not familiar with such things this means the kids stay home and do their school work online.

This came about because one high school will be competing in a state championship game for their division. I say division because I think that’s the term. I do not follow football.

I wouldn’t dream of taking anything away from an accomplishment like this for the team involved, so let me say congratulations to the Camden High School Bulldogs. That is quite an accomplishment. Hard work should be rewarded, and I certainly hope y’all rise to the occasion and win Friday.

Closing down the entire school district for one team to compete in a championship is entirely foolish.

The priority of any school district should be the education of the children entrusted to them. And that is not the case here.

This school district is more concerned over a football game than education. More concerned over time off during the year than education.

Concerned over anything but education.

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Our school district is a bit of a mess. It seems that many around the country are.

We received drafts of plans for the schedule for next year today. The first two plans start on July 25, 2022, and August 1, 2022.

In the email:

To begin with someone actually sat down on the taxpayers dime and drafted three schedules. Two which cannot be enacted by state law.

I suppose this is bureaucracy at its finest. Wasteful and uncalled for.

When I was a student we ended school before June and went back after Labor Day.

We had a summer vacation actually taking the summer off.

Now we have winter and spring breaks. The week leading up to these breaks, the children learn nothing because they are taught nothing. They go to school and have play days. There’s no homework. It’s a complete and total waste of time.

They shorten school days either at the beginning or the end of the day. Usually out of the blue.

We have Late Start Wednesday’s. The kids start school 30 to 45 minutes late on Wednesday. Supposedly this is so the teachers can do lesson plans and get caught up on paperwork. From what I’ve heard and seen, this is more of a thirty-minute break the teachers are taking. And how many bosses are rolling with that? Sorry boss gotta drop my kid off at school, late start Wednesday!

I’m sorry, teachers this is what you signed up for. This is what you get paid for. Yes the hours during school aren’t enough you knew going in that hours after school were required. This is the life.

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It seems like we’ve gone from being in the business of education to be in the business of vacation at inopportune times.

You are a school district not a travel agency.

It would help if you got your priorities straight.

But no you’re more concerned about taking time off and passing out awards to each other. Awards that mean absolutely nothing to working families that pay your salaries.

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This is just me ranting. I have absolutely no hope that anyone in the school district would read this and think to respond in an intelligent way. we live on the outer edge of the school district and have never been paid proper attention to by the school district.

I don’t see that happening before both of my children are well out of school.

That’s it. That’s the post.

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I’ve been waiting and hoping for a change at one of my locations.

I’m horrible with names and I think I know this guys name, but I’ve only spoken to him twice. He’s a new store lead for one of my locations.

In the past few days, he has taken charge and changed a lot up. I was pleasantly surprised to see the backroom this morning. Very clean. Like walking into a newly built house.

This is a good start, but he’s already working with me on projects I need to get done, and that’s even better.

I’m surprised at this because management for some companies has been a bit lacking. Leadership should inspire people not put then off.

That’s it. That’s the post.

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Nothing has gone right.

Car trouble this morning. Black Friday and impatient customers, so that was fun.

“Do you have this?”

“I don’t work here. I’m a vendor.”

“Is that what I asked you?”

Retail would be a great gig if it weren’t for the customers.

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I left the house at 5:30. By 10:00 I found myself sitting in a church parking lot trying not to lose my…shtuff.

I realize I have come to my mental limit with stress and I just sat there and let it out.

And I found myself praying and realizing that I was not carrying all that weight. I’m not even carrying 1% of it.

No. If I carried all I should have to carry, I would snap and flatten to nothing. He carries it and keeps it off of me.

Lord, I hope I never get what I deserve but thank you for what I have.

That’s it. That’s the post.

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I slept in until a bit after 8 AM. It’s a day off for most of us and a rare day off during the week for my company. We do get to celebrate all major holidays, and the company does observe that.

I said I would, and so I have replaced an O2 sensor on the truck today. It seems that I did it properly as the truck is running fine. It was a proverbial booger to replace. The threads weren’t rusted it anything. The metal part of the replacement was extremely smooth. Unclipping the connector and the placement of said connection was hell to get to. I have added to my knicks, cuts, and scars.

I accomplished this before 10 AM. I took a test drive and let the truck run a bit after resetting the PCM. It’s usually so simple to fix most things on this truck. I know there are more significant potential problems but ill tackle those too. Either on my own or with the help of my dad and a friend.

It’s good to know people who know.

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We had lunch with Mom and Dad. This is our Thanksgiving and our Christmas. Lunch or supper and then a long visit. No phones. Just sitting and talking. I enjoy this immensely.

After that it was rest and relaxxation because back to work in the morning.

That’s it. That’s the post.

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She’s my favorite. I’m hers.

I’m tired. I can’t think straight.

That’s it. That’s the post.

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It started here.

On Twitter of all places, I found some inspiration this morning. I’m headed off to church soon; then, I have some repairs to work on at the house and some errands to run.

Rarely are my weekends restful.

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I needed a haircut, so that happened. I ran my errands and picked up a few things.

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Truck wise I’m having trouble with the O2 sensors, and rather than replacing them outright, I’m trying something simpler first. 

The problem here is sometimes simple ain’t cheap. But it’s still half the cost of one O2 sensor and saved time removing and replacing the sensor. I’m hoping this will clean up the existing parts and make them function properly. My gas mileage isn’t bad and I just recently cleaned my MAF. We’ll see what happens. He ain’t running too bad. Just a hiccup here and there.

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Other than that it has been a decent day and you can’t ask for much more.

That’s it. That’s the post.

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