Letters to the Editor 01-23-2003
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Praying For America - IPFW In Warsaw, Too - Let Kids Be Kids - Also Tired Of ...
Praying For America
Editor, Times-Union:We are praying for America because of the national sin of abortion, especially on this infamous day marking 30 years of murdering our weakest citizens.
While our federal government has legalized selective murder at home, it goes about to unseat Saddam Hussein who has murdered his own citizens. Is not America's slaughter of babies the worse crime? It is said that abortion should remain safe and legal. Where is the safety for the little boy or girl? And who made it legal but unjust judges.
The news media also report that America cannot stand by while Mr. Hussein prepares to export his weapons of mass destruction, but must stop him. At the same time, America exports its weapons of mass destruction via abortion procedures, products and supplies. What's the difference?
God says of our actions, "... Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, that thou hast slain my children ... ?"(Ezekiel 16:20-21). When this was written, Israel had begun offering their own children in the fire to false gods. But the point is whatever way children are murdered, God hates it and declares children belong to him. Judgment awaits America for all these innocent lives. And there is no wisdom, nor counsel, nor understanding against the Lord God.
Our pledge of allegiance should end with "liberty and justice for all except the unborn child."
Rick Wagner
Pierceton
via e-mail
IPFW In Warsaw, Too
Editor, Times-Union:I would like to correct you in a recent article. I am a freshman at IPFW. I am also a full-time student who works part-time at Biomet in Warsaw. ALL of my classes are also held in Warsaw across from the courthouse. I just want everyone to know that Ivy Tech is not the only institution of higher education with a full-time presence in Warsaw. And if anything, IPFW/Warsaw needs room as well. I attend a night class in a room that is smaller than my bedroom, which is average size. The number of students in there on the first day of this semester was over 25 students. It is very possible that lack of room in our IPFW/Warsaw building is a hardship to learning. IPFW/Warsaw is very convenient for me to go to school. I drive 30 minutes to Warsaw and then am able to attend class and work before driving back home. I wouldn't be able to keep my job if I had to go to Fort Wayne for classes. Also, since our building is so small and only has a computer lab and about three other rooms, IPFW/Warsaw is unable to hold a wide variety of classes, making it inconvenient to a few. I really enjoy attending IPFW/Warsaw and due to lack of room I will be forced to attend the majority of my classes at Fort Wayne next year.
Please take into consideration of reprinting your article, IPFW/Warsaw is also in the community with great opportunities for students as well, not just Ivy Tech.
Emily Carter
South Whitley
via e-mail
Let Kids Be Kids
Editor, Times-Union:I am a parent of a student attending elementary school. In the past two weeks I have witnessed a couple of things that I feel need to be brought to the staff's attention as well as the parents'. The first thing is about the school lunch. The schools remind us as parents to make sure our children eat a good hearty breakfast before coming to school so their minds will be more alert and they may learn better, but when their parents forget to send their lunch money to school, they are eating a peanut butter sandwich. (I am talking about the second day). And what really bothers me is that these elementary students are told in front of their peers that what they will be eating is a peanut butter sandwich because they forgot their lunch money, and they are put in a different lunch line. How wrong is that? How embarassing is that for them? Is there really that much of a shortage of food at school?
My other problem I have is that when an elementary student is late for school, whose fault is it? Well, not the little boy or girl who doesn't have a license. So don't tell them that they need to be to school on time or disciplinary action will take place. They can't even drive! Contact the parents. Don't worry our children with adult problems. Let them be kids. Let them learn and have fun in school. Let them eat, for goodness sake! All I could think about today was the little second-grader who was 10 minutes late for school and how he was told that if he kept making a habit of being late that he would need to stay after school with the principal. I bet he had a good day, don't you?
Amy Weist
Akron
via e-mail
Also Tired Of ...
Editor, Times-Union:I'm writing in response to Phyllis Barger's letter on Jan. 21 titled "Tired Of... ." I agreed with many of the points she made, especially the one about the mistreatment of cashiers. As a cashier at a local grocery store, I completely agree that cashiers do not receive proper treatment from certain customers. There are times that we are treated like second-class people who don't have half a brain to function with. There are customers who do throw things, make snide comments or, my personal favorite, seem to be attached to their cell phone and unable to tear themselves away from their conversation to properly communicate with you. Please, people, pause your conversation or call the person back when you are done at the check-out. I don't know if people look down on cashiers because we scan groceries as a job, but it's a job that pays and it doesn't make me less of a person. But there are also very courteous customers who make up for that mistreatment and their kindness is always very appreciated.
I'd also like to comment on the point of dress codes at schools. People like to blame the parents for improperly dressing their children when they send them to school, but have you ever stopped and looked at the clothing sections in stores? It is almost impossible to find "tasteful" clothing that adheres to dress codes due to new clothing trends. Schools feel that instating dress codes will help the problem of inappropriate clothing, but in actuality that only works if you enforce the dress code with every student. For example, in some schools cheerleaders are allowed to wear their uniform to school and any person with fairly good eyesight can see that 95 percent of the time those skirts are in violation of school policy.
At the school I attended, your shorts had to be fingertip length. First of all, people have different arm and finger lengths so how does this even make this rule fair? Second of all, why should we have to adhere to this rule during school hours but after school when you put on your track uniform, the shorts that left little to the imagination, were fine for our athletes to wear. I think people should take a step back and really think about our dress code regulations before placing the blame on parents. Placing the blame on the parental units is always the first and easiest excuse and that's what I'm "tired of."
Amanda Elliott
Mentone
via e-mail
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Praying For America
Editor, Times-Union:We are praying for America because of the national sin of abortion, especially on this infamous day marking 30 years of murdering our weakest citizens.
While our federal government has legalized selective murder at home, it goes about to unseat Saddam Hussein who has murdered his own citizens. Is not America's slaughter of babies the worse crime? It is said that abortion should remain safe and legal. Where is the safety for the little boy or girl? And who made it legal but unjust judges.
The news media also report that America cannot stand by while Mr. Hussein prepares to export his weapons of mass destruction, but must stop him. At the same time, America exports its weapons of mass destruction via abortion procedures, products and supplies. What's the difference?
God says of our actions, "... Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, that thou hast slain my children ... ?"(Ezekiel 16:20-21). When this was written, Israel had begun offering their own children in the fire to false gods. But the point is whatever way children are murdered, God hates it and declares children belong to him. Judgment awaits America for all these innocent lives. And there is no wisdom, nor counsel, nor understanding against the Lord God.
Our pledge of allegiance should end with "liberty and justice for all except the unborn child."
Rick Wagner
Pierceton
via e-mail
IPFW In Warsaw, Too
Editor, Times-Union:I would like to correct you in a recent article. I am a freshman at IPFW. I am also a full-time student who works part-time at Biomet in Warsaw. ALL of my classes are also held in Warsaw across from the courthouse. I just want everyone to know that Ivy Tech is not the only institution of higher education with a full-time presence in Warsaw. And if anything, IPFW/Warsaw needs room as well. I attend a night class in a room that is smaller than my bedroom, which is average size. The number of students in there on the first day of this semester was over 25 students. It is very possible that lack of room in our IPFW/Warsaw building is a hardship to learning. IPFW/Warsaw is very convenient for me to go to school. I drive 30 minutes to Warsaw and then am able to attend class and work before driving back home. I wouldn't be able to keep my job if I had to go to Fort Wayne for classes. Also, since our building is so small and only has a computer lab and about three other rooms, IPFW/Warsaw is unable to hold a wide variety of classes, making it inconvenient to a few. I really enjoy attending IPFW/Warsaw and due to lack of room I will be forced to attend the majority of my classes at Fort Wayne next year.
Please take into consideration of reprinting your article, IPFW/Warsaw is also in the community with great opportunities for students as well, not just Ivy Tech.
Emily Carter
South Whitley
via e-mail
Let Kids Be Kids
Editor, Times-Union:I am a parent of a student attending elementary school. In the past two weeks I have witnessed a couple of things that I feel need to be brought to the staff's attention as well as the parents'. The first thing is about the school lunch. The schools remind us as parents to make sure our children eat a good hearty breakfast before coming to school so their minds will be more alert and they may learn better, but when their parents forget to send their lunch money to school, they are eating a peanut butter sandwich. (I am talking about the second day). And what really bothers me is that these elementary students are told in front of their peers that what they will be eating is a peanut butter sandwich because they forgot their lunch money, and they are put in a different lunch line. How wrong is that? How embarassing is that for them? Is there really that much of a shortage of food at school?
My other problem I have is that when an elementary student is late for school, whose fault is it? Well, not the little boy or girl who doesn't have a license. So don't tell them that they need to be to school on time or disciplinary action will take place. They can't even drive! Contact the parents. Don't worry our children with adult problems. Let them be kids. Let them learn and have fun in school. Let them eat, for goodness sake! All I could think about today was the little second-grader who was 10 minutes late for school and how he was told that if he kept making a habit of being late that he would need to stay after school with the principal. I bet he had a good day, don't you?
Amy Weist
Akron
via e-mail
Also Tired Of ...
Editor, Times-Union:I'm writing in response to Phyllis Barger's letter on Jan. 21 titled "Tired Of... ." I agreed with many of the points she made, especially the one about the mistreatment of cashiers. As a cashier at a local grocery store, I completely agree that cashiers do not receive proper treatment from certain customers. There are times that we are treated like second-class people who don't have half a brain to function with. There are customers who do throw things, make snide comments or, my personal favorite, seem to be attached to their cell phone and unable to tear themselves away from their conversation to properly communicate with you. Please, people, pause your conversation or call the person back when you are done at the check-out. I don't know if people look down on cashiers because we scan groceries as a job, but it's a job that pays and it doesn't make me less of a person. But there are also very courteous customers who make up for that mistreatment and their kindness is always very appreciated.
I'd also like to comment on the point of dress codes at schools. People like to blame the parents for improperly dressing their children when they send them to school, but have you ever stopped and looked at the clothing sections in stores? It is almost impossible to find "tasteful" clothing that adheres to dress codes due to new clothing trends. Schools feel that instating dress codes will help the problem of inappropriate clothing, but in actuality that only works if you enforce the dress code with every student. For example, in some schools cheerleaders are allowed to wear their uniform to school and any person with fairly good eyesight can see that 95 percent of the time those skirts are in violation of school policy.
At the school I attended, your shorts had to be fingertip length. First of all, people have different arm and finger lengths so how does this even make this rule fair? Second of all, why should we have to adhere to this rule during school hours but after school when you put on your track uniform, the shorts that left little to the imagination, were fine for our athletes to wear. I think people should take a step back and really think about our dress code regulations before placing the blame on parents. Placing the blame on the parental units is always the first and easiest excuse and that's what I'm "tired of."
Amanda Elliott
Mentone
via e-mail
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