Lazy Kids - Tying Shoelaces

Part of the playground where I worked
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You know what really grinds my gears about the current generation of parents & kids today, some parents are babying their kids WAY too much. I work with elementary kids, I don’t think it’s acceptable for a third graders not to know how to tie their shoes. What the heck is going on?  Either these kids are stupid, their parents are dumb, or society has decided to dumb down a generation to help the other generations out.  

One day, I told several third graders to tie their shoes before they played a game with me, shockingly, a few of them walked over to me and put their foot out and looked away. Excuse me? I am not responsible for tying their shoes, I am not their servant.  I looked at those kids and said, “Sorry, but I’m not here to tie your shoes, that’s something you learn in kindergarten. Tie your own shoes or you don’t get to join the game, we don’t have enough time for people to trip on their shoelaces during the game.”

Here’s the best part. When I went back into the “teachers lounge” (more about that in another post), I shared my shocking discovery with another lady I work with. She told me that her son, a fourth grader, did not know how to tie his shoes and that it was ok.  Then, she said the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, “The doctor said that he’ll learn to tie his shoes when he’s ready.” WTF?! Since when do kids have the option to decided whether or not they want to learn basic life skills? Really? Learn to tie your shoes when you’re ready? Give me a break, that is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard, I hope she was just making that up. Then you know what, maybe we should all learn to brush our teeth, wipe our asses, use a fork, etc. whenever we’re ready.  Ridiculous.

"Falling in love with Jesus"

"Fall in love with Jesus" is one of the top annoying phrases that some Christians use today.  These are the same Christians who also say that they will "love on" people.  Those phrases just don't sound right.  First of all, how are you supposed to "fall in love" with the Son of God?  Are you going to woo Him?  Make Him a candle lit dinner?  Take Him out on a nice date?  Sure it makes sense to say it to a woman, but how they heck can you say that to a guy, "Hey dude, you need to fall in love with Jesus." WHAT?!  That doesn't even sound right! Just stop saying that... Instead, say something like "Talk to Jesus/God daily," OR better yet! just tell people "Pray.  Pray daily and let God know what's going with you & thank Him for giving you another day to live."

Also, I understand that it's not the eros type of love when the annoying people say it... however, I'm not so sure that the non-Christian population understands that, so be careful when you say it, better yet don't say it at all.

Please stop saying "Fall in love with Jesus."  It just sounds creepy, weird, and somebody will get the wrong idea.  Just sayin'

P.S. The Bible doesn't say "fall in love with Jesus." Instead, the Bible says to ACKNOWLEDGE God, not fall in love with Him.

AAA Stickers

This doesn't really grind my gears too much, but it's something that I don't understand.  Many cars in Central and Northern California have the UGLY AAA sticker on them.  Why?  I don't get it.  Why on earth would you put that sticker on your car?  It's not going to make the tow truck guys find you any faster and it certainly does not make you a better driver.

Why? 

By the way, when I went home to visit my family in Southern California (for me, that's anything south of the Grapevine), I only saw 2 cars with that dumb sticker.  So thank you Southern California for not ruining your cars with that hideous sticker.