Welcome to the free market. THe interesting thing is that the money is killing competition, the best teams with the most money poach all the best players for millions thus retaining their positions. There was a study done on the permier league in Europe showing how the teams positions are getting sticker and sticker, all very interesting if you ask me.

I'n no big sports fan and most of the sports I play involve weaponary (target shooting, archery) but I can understand the appeal of watching the worlds best soccer players, it really can be very impressive.

That's a figure of speech, most of the pros work very, very hard. :) But yeah, many are overpaid.

Dear lord. That poor girl. I wanted to hear the report on the site, but I got an error. Just seeing the girl's crying face is enough.

"I just wanted to go to a school that doesn't make fun of me. I wanted to be treated with respect," Glowczewski said, crying.

Jesus effing Christ already, when does shit like this stop? :mad: :mad2: :angry: :rar: :flipbird:

What I find strange is this:

If you're constantly truant, they expell you, but if you're a bully, they don't. Kinda like, "well, if you won't go to school, then by golly, we won't LET you, but if you want to make other people miserable, then step right up."

Yeah, I know and the idiot school "acting administration" didn't even see fit to discipline this kid until the media shamed the school district as a whole into doing something. And these are the sort of people who teach in our schools? Christ! Couldn't agree with you more, Ladysycamore! (HEY! that rhymes - sort of)

Worked for me. I was probably the last kid to get a house key (age 13), have a phone and TV in my room (age 18), and computer...what computer? LOL.

Thank goodness for books and that I was an avid reader.

Re: Parenting 101
 

Nope, that's the beauty of the parent putting the fear of God in the kid. I knew plenty of kids who grew bigger than their parents, but wouldn't DARE talk back or misbehave in school, in public, etc....why? Because the parent was still the parent! Especially the mothers. There were plenty of times I'd hear a mom say, "You may be bigger than me, but I'm STILL you MOTHER!" (this was mostly a mom/son thing).