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I am mostly referring to the kids who are home schooled for the sake of chasing the dream. Most of the homeschool moto kids I have met think that because they are fast on a dirt bike, they should be treated like royalty.
What makes you think that he's talking about your daughter or any other home schooled child? He very clearly states he's talking about being home schooled for the sake of chasing the dream.
Congrats to your Daughter. She sounds like a very level headed and responsible person. You should be very proud of her and yourself for being a good parent.
It isn't personal but I did use a personal experience as why wouldn't I use something I have direct knowledge of? Only an idiot would try and argue from a point of where he had to real world experience. You know, like how to raise kids when he never had, lol.............
My boys have both attended public schools also. So which "side" am I on?...........
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The Rambo and Seattle Shooters Were Homeschooled
June 6, 2014 by Libby Anne 104 Comments
Did you all hear about the mass shooting that left three police officers dead in Canada on Wednesday? They finally have the suspect, Justin Bourque, in custody.
A gun-toting man suspected in the shooting deaths of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the wounding of two others in a rare case of gun violence in eastern Canada was arrested early Friday, police said.
Paul Greene, a spokesman with the RCMP, said Justin Bourque was arrested at around 12.30am.
The 24-year-old Bourque had been wanted after the shooting Wednesday evening in the northwest area of the city.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police combed the streets and woods of the normally tranquil city of Moncton Thursday in search of a gun-toting man suspected of killing three officers in the deadliest attack on their ranks in nearly a decade.
Have you heard about yesterday’s mass shooting at Seattle Pacific University? The media is reporting one dead, several injured.
A lone gunman armed with a shotgun opened fire Thursday in a building at Seattle Pacific University, wounding multiple people before a student subdued him with pepper spray as he tried to reload, police said.
The 26-year-old gunman, Aaron Ybarra, was obsessed with the Columbine High School shootings and had even traveled to the Colorado site where two student gunmen killed 15 and injured another 21 fellow students in April 1999, police sources told KIRO 7.
Ybarra was not a student at SPU where the shootings happened about 3:25 p.m. Thursday. In a statement Thursday night, police said they had “not found any connection between the suspect, Seattle Pacific University or any of the victims.”
You may be wondering why I’m writing about mass shootings. It’s definitely not my normal subject matter. But I do have a reason. Justin Bourque and Aaron Ybarra, you see, had something in common—both were homeschooled (you can read verification that Bourque was homeschooled here, but will have to wait on verification regarding Ybarra, as I have the information who knew him growing up).
Oh yes, I know, lots of kids who go to public school pull off mass shootings too. I get it. But I’m sitting here, as a homeschool alumna, remembering everything I was told about homeschooling growing up, and suddenly it seems very hollow. I was told that homeschoolers grow up to become model citizens, that public schools produce violent criminals but homeschools do not. Public schools produce mass shooters, after all, but who has ever heard of a homeschooler pulling off a mass shooting? Or so I was told.
I was told wrong.
Homeschooling is not a magic formula for producing upstanding adults. Homeschooling is not a safeguard against violence or crime. People are people, and that includes homeschoolers. And now I’m sitting here, feeling kind of sad, and a bit melancholy about it all. I feel a bit of kinship with homeschool alumni across the country, and here two of our own have done the unthinkable within days of each other. It’s sobering. It’s sad.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2014/06/the-rambo-and-seattle-shooters-were-homeschooled.html
Not sure any lessons were learned.
Kid shows up for his first real pro race and starts shit both on and off the track with a guy who's in the chase for the championship. Not doing himself or his team any favors. Star doesn't want to be associated with a kid acting like a bitch on the track and in the pits. He can't even fight his own battles has to have his mechanic sucker punch Osby's friggin dad. Give me a break.
Arenacross is very aggressive. The kid showed up and couldn't handle it so instead of blaming himself he blames others.
Forkner and McAdoo had no issue getting their points and being well liked in the AX pits. Tennant has made a pretty bad first impression. Mike Alessi didn't do anything NEAR this bad when he first went pro, but his dad made some bold predictions and got a little cocky and Mike unfairly gets a bad rap even to this day.
Tennant didn't have half the amateur career Mike had, shows up to his first AX race and acts like an entitled little girl.
It's early, he's got time to redeem himself but if he shows up to SX with this attitude and entitlement no team will want to work with him and none of the racers are going to respect a kid like this.
The real point is if the type of schooling your kid has attended is the main factor in shaping their future in life you aren't a very attentive parent.
Shitty parenting = "Oh yes, I know, lots of kids who go to public school pull off mass shootings too. I get it. But I’m sitting here, as a homeschool alumna, remembering everything I was told about homeschooling growing up, and suddenly it seems very hollow. I was told that homeschoolers grow up to become model citizens, that public schools produce violent criminals but homeschools do not. Public schools produce mass shooters, after all, but who has ever heard of a homeschooler pulling off a mass shooting? Or so I was told.
I was told wrong."
Capisce?........
Pit Row
Even ML512 mentioned that he had spoken with a source after the post who said that he had only bought bikes from them. A month or two later the kid very quietly had a deal with Star kind of out of nowhere. This came at a point when Star's roster was already pretty full with Ferrandis, Reardon, Harrison, Plessinger, Colt Nichols and a couple of other amateurs.
If there was ever a situation where a wealthy parent/grandparent pretty much fronted a team whatever portion they thought fair for bikes, travel, mechanics, etc. this sounds like it COULD be it...
The kid is obviously talented but when he supposedly signed to Star he was coming off a broken back and an underwhelming showing at Loretta's. I will try to find the link to the thread.
http://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Challen-Tennant-to-Star-Rac…
Yes, I saw his IG post about getting picked up by Star. Big deal. Kid is young and has a lot to learn. I'm not quite ready to crucify him yet.
Sheer genius
Like you, I am not ready to crucify him . . . yet, but something should be done. Personally I think maybe a time out (since we are all trying to be PC around here, lol) is in order of maybe the rest of the season. The alternative to the PC approach of an ass whipping for him and the mechanic might also prove effective.
(Anyone know if the mechanic was part of the presumed deal made with Star? Did Tennant supply the mechanic?)
"This is awesome"
He definitely seems like a spoiled entitled brat. No disagreement there.
Professional motocross racing is dog eat dog out there and not sure this kid has the mental fortitude to succeed long term.
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