tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618422487610414011.post7188199299204259054..comments2024-02-28T00:52:41.354-05:00Comments on Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back: FTT Off-Topic: Please Stop Photographing My ChildDMtShooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17773877707208485532noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618422487610414011.post-58462702663726565552012-04-22T20:53:28.929-04:002012-04-22T20:53:28.929-04:00and I will cut the extra check to avoid going to t...and I will cut the extra check to avoid going to the evening events that are intended to get more parents involved but only attended by the already involved parents!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618422487610414011.post-22610266236468397342012-04-21T23:10:25.990-04:002012-04-21T23:10:25.990-04:00And Bill, I do the same. Then toss the magazines a...And Bill, I do the same. Then toss the magazines and candy out.DMtShooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773877707208485532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618422487610414011.post-59335203348604436352012-04-21T23:09:46.676-04:002012-04-21T23:09:46.676-04:00You can argue, and the numbers might bear it out, ...You can argue, and the numbers might bear it out, that band, sports, and many other extra curricular activities foster better grades and test scores. They sure as hell did for me; without football, basketball, the school paper, choir and a few other things, I wouldn't have given a rat's ass about high school. I had to get good grades to do these things, so I worked harder. Strip it down, I would have air-mailed it.<br /><br />Pictures, however, ain't any of these things. It's just codified and obsolete money grubbing.DMtShooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773877707208485532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618422487610414011.post-72554770345423894582012-04-21T19:37:31.947-04:002012-04-21T19:37:31.947-04:00I say trash ALL non-education related activities l...I say trash ALL non-education related activities like band, sports, pictures, etc. Our tax money, high as it is already, should more than pay for everything. And I don't agree that the screws, um, teachers, should be teaching my child about work ethics or organization. Thats my job. Take all the extra crap out of school and perhaps our property taxes would be in line with the rest of the nation. <br /><br />Yeah, like that will ever happen.CMJDadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618422487610414011.post-48636904947883906872012-04-20T15:48:43.096-04:002012-04-20T15:48:43.096-04:00It wouldn't be so bad if they were any better ...It wouldn't be so bad if they were any better than DMV photos. One year they took a picture of my daughter with a loose tooth poking out of her mouth at an odd angle. She looked like a stereotypical hillbilly. Lifetouch is a joke.Leslienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618422487610414011.post-70401520801217642492012-04-20T15:12:34.024-04:002012-04-20T15:12:34.024-04:00As a father of five kids who were all in band, I k...As a father of five kids who were all in band, I know of the hell you speak. I stopped participating years ago and wrote the check myself. I am a better coworker too since I don't bring 68 fundraisers to work anymore.Billhttp://weekendsportsupdate.comnoreply@blogger.com