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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:27 PM Original message |
My niece's 5th-grade graduation |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Rampant nationalism. When the nation is bereft of leaders, the mobs form. eom |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Funny how people are proud to just be born into a circumstance in life. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
46. In that regard, patriotism is.... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. True and a sense of logic says that one would be just as proud to be |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am so sorry .....for the kids |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Ooo, sorry, We Are The Champions is banned from graduations. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. queen? queen??? can't do that. you know, it's the gay thing & the aids thing. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. I agree with you - those "Power of Pride" bumper stickers creep me out. |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. Damn you!! |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Can I ask at least what state this was? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. It was in a pretty liberal state, and at a good school, which |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. I am an elementary teacher who thinks 5th grade graduation is stupid |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I totally agree. You're SUPPOSED to go from 5th to 6th grade. |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. OK, the song sucks, but I have a bigger question |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. In my state, they have to be 5 by July 1 |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. and you say your a teacher.....I have never heard a teacher hate |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Hello?!?! Where did I say I hate students? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I agree with you on the graduation but strongly disagree on the honor roll |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I believe every kid in elementary school should make the honor roll |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Prom? I wouldn't talk to girls in 5th grade let alone dance with them |
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GrumpyGreg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. You seem to be making a mountain out of a molehill-----relax a bit. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Not making a mountain of it. It was just a song. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. I don't know if it's a new trend |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. IA, at other times, like when I was a kid, it wouldn't mean much |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. 5th graders should not have to sing claptrap |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. What is this, the "Sean Hannity Middle School"? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. My problem with that song would be the range |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. My problem would be with the lousy English and illogic |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. 6th grade orchestra played america the beautiful. they were |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. I like GENUINE patriotism.... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. MY daughter won the "Tom Delay" Good CItizenship Award"... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. LOL |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Oh man |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Make sure you save them. They'll be worth big money on EBay |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. we're thinking post-conviction sales for maximum value. yes? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Definitely! |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. LOL that's too funny |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. Be sure to hang on to those! Someday,when the kids are adults & have a fine sense of irony... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. At my grammar school |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Why not sing a song celebrating teachers or learning or |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
34. We sang Fifty Nifty United States at my fifth grade graduation |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. Just like Jesus Camp... |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
37. The American educational experience was developed for this... |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
38. i think its funny uve just realised |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
39. You should've shouted out some requests: |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
40. At times when it's hard to be proud to be an American, state institutions need to do things like |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
41. did it look/feel anything like this...? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. That looks like Voldemort took over Hogswart. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
42. I went to the circus Thursday night. |
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loudestchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Just like at a Shrub press conference? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Indeed. The funny thing is they were shoveling elephant shit into a wheel barrow at the same time. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. That vision just about sums up what America has become. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
51. I've never heard of a fifth-grade graduation. I wonder when they started doing those? |
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