A couple of weeks back, professors in Tijuana shut down border traffic into and going out of the San Ysidro crossing. They wanted the whole world to
know of their unhappiness over their pensions. Very effective and the US could learn from these scholars a lesson in border control.
I've heard that they plan another demonstration for June 27, this Wednesday. Same thing, block border traffic. Has anybody else heard about this?
Very Effective ?
MrBillM - 6-25-2007 at 08:21 AM
What sort of improvements in their "Pensions" came as a result of the blockage ?Hook - 6-25-2007 at 08:34 AM
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What sort of improvements in their "Pensions" came as a result of the blockage ?
I think he means effective at controlling the border; something we cant seem to do.DENNIS - 6-25-2007 at 09:13 AM
Thanks Hook.........M_Man - 6-25-2007 at 12:23 PM
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What sort of improvements in their "Pensions" came as a result of the blockage ?
I think he means effective at controlling the border; something we cant seem to do.
Border Control...Another "Job Americans Won't Do"
I'm going to be sick...
Even more reason to use the OTAY crossing.
The Gull - 6-25-2007 at 01:08 PM
DENNIS - 6-25-2007 at 01:13 PM
Sí Gull..........
The San Ysidro crossing has become an excercise in masochisim.fdt - 6-25-2007 at 02:01 PM
and they closed the schools here several times last month in protest, now road closures too. so have they gotten their protest resolved yet? I think
they're lazy bastards that need to be fired anyway just my humble opinion in the observations I've made throughout the years with three kids through
secondaria and prepa and now one in kinder. the first grader is going to the catholic school and the nuns don't strike which is nice. but thay're
also not as strict as Sister Kathleen used to be with me DENNIS - 7-4-2007 at 03:16 PM
Sister Kathleen? Sounds peaceful but, I know better. The nuns who ruined my life for seven years were schooled at Marquis D'Sade school of
brutality.bancoduo - 7-4-2007 at 03:22 PM
I still have the welts.flyfishinPam - 7-4-2007 at 03:26 PM
Sister Kathleen was only about a head taller than most of us second graders. She wore the full long black dress and habit, looked like a short tubby
"flying nun". Man she packed quite a punch and I still couldn't remember my times tables. roundtuit - 7-4-2007 at 04:00 PM
Mine carried a 12 inch wooden ruler up her sleeve and was a quick draw artist
Also could swing faster than you could duck flyfishinPam - 7-4-2007 at 04:08 PM
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Mine carried a 12 inch wooden ruler up her sleeve and was a quick draw artist
Also could swing faster than you could duck
That was Sister Francis, fourth grade bajamigo - 7-4-2007 at 04:11 PM
The Jesuits, who taught-tured me for 8 years, were a lot more subtle. They had strips of linoleum up their cassock sleeves, and in as fluid a motion
as a gaucho twirling a bolo, could bring tears to your eyes and the neatest welts to the back of your hands. But, man, you learned something!jerry - 7-4-2007 at 04:30 PM
yes you learned somfin i went to 8 years of torcher with nuns and my spelling still looks better then my fingersDENNIS - 7-4-2007 at 04:44 PM
Good one, Jerry.bancoduo - 7-4-2007 at 04:44 PM
It was scary, all of mine had facial hair. But thats OK. I learned thru TORTURE.
Hey!
Baja Bernie - 7-4-2007 at 05:24 PM
Imagine going to a public school where they denied you the ability to think or even read..............Now! That IS torture.bancoduo - 7-4-2007 at 05:35 PM
I have to agree with that.fdt - 7-4-2007 at 06:54 PM
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I think they're lazy bastards that need to be fired anyway
Most of us mexicans second your opinionfdt - 7-4-2007 at 06:56 PM
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I think they're lazy bastards that need to be fired anyway just my humble opinion
I second your opinionflyfishinPam - 7-4-2007 at 07:16 PM
Then why don't we DO something about it? The first school closure I argued with the "teachers" and asked why they canceled school because of this. I
wrote my own comments on their protest banner but it was later removed. Geeze 60 year olds are too old to teach children? Sister Kathleen was at
least 90 and we eight year olds had a genuine fear/respect for her, she's probably still teaching 30 years later bless her heart!bajabound2005 - 7-4-2007 at 07:45 PM
In our crummy little rural school here in Punta Banda (primaria) we think the teachers are actually pretty good. We teach (on a volunteer basis) at
the school for a whopping 45 minutes once a week -- when there are classes (they were cancelled frequently over the past 2 months due the teachers'
unrest). I'm not so sure the teachers are the problem so much as the entire educational system. Com'on, these kids go to school for what 4 hours a
day (?) and it seems like there is a holiday at least once a week. The government needs to make education the NUMBER ONE priority. Our
understanding is that the govt pays for the school building (to be built) and the teachers' salaries -- that's it. The rest (maintenance, utiltities,
supplies)comes from the "PTA", the community, whatever. Jees, the kids have to bring their own toilet paper to school! Our Sociedad de Vecinos here
pays for the school bus maintenance; a community leader pays for the gas for the bus, there are no music classes, art classes, athletic teams --- it's
a sad commentary. These kids have very little to look forward to in growing up.
