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Ok, after reading this, I am confused. This is the one holding up the 281 toll road, right? For environmental reasons?? I woke up really tired and this article is really taking a mental toll on me - lol
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/terriha...diet%e2%80%99/
Beware the great American war on cars!
Ok, after reading this, I am confused. This is the one holding up the 281 toll road, right? For environmental reasons?? I woke up really tired and this article is really taking a mental toll on me - lol
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auto congestion on N New Braunfels from Fort Sam to Austin Hwy? lolHere are some examples of how these policies have played out in Bexar County and around the state. First, since the “complete streets” policy was adopted by the MPO, on North New Braunfels Avenue between Ft. Sam Houston and Austin Highway the city came in and restriped it so that what used to function as two lanes in each direction is now one lane each way for autos with a dedicated bike lane in the space once used by autos. There has been no marked increase in cyclists, but the auto congestion has doubled.
If that's really true, it must have doubled from around 4 to 8 cars per hour.
I drive NW Military Hwy from Lockhill Selma out to 1604 on a semi-regular basis.Then, in recent weeks NW Military Highway between 1604 and 410 was expanded between Shavano Park to Castle Hills not for autos, but for a dedicated bike lane in each direction. So after all that time and money on a road expansion, they did not add ANY new auto lanes, only bike lanes including a 6-8 foot buffer lane of space between the auto and bike lanes without adding any new auto lanes as well. The road remains congested.
If she thinks that is congestion, she doesn't really know what congestion is.
I feel like I wasted energy reading that blog.
You add 'VLWC' and 'ankle biter' and it sounds right off boutons's boulevard...
GFY ElN!!!
“walkable communities” is code for the United Nations’ Agenda 21 initiatives that seek to abolish private property
As for cars in general, high gas prices will pare trips and car usage back all by itself, once people realize that they can essentially give themselves a raise by moving closer to where they work.
That says all you need to know about how seriously to take any statements of "fact".Terri Hall, a homeschool mom of eight turned citizen activist
This is funny.
I take that road every day. It did suck when they were working on it, but its really nice now. Don't know wtf she is talking about.
Really? Just because someone homeschools their kids?
Yeah, I thought that was pretty weak, too.
Quite a reach.By now you may be asking how does providing safe access to roads translate into reducing single occupancy vehicles? Because the “complete streets” initiatives aren’t about adding curbs and sidewalks (which indeed are needed to accommodate pedestrians and the disabled) as much as about declaring an all-out war on cars. Like “complete streets,” “walkable communities” is code for the United Nations’ Agenda 21 initiatives that seek to abolish private property, reduce the carbon footprint of humans, restrict mobility, and basically control what we eat, how many children we can have, how we travel, and where we can live, work, and play — initiatives which are already being implemented through ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability in over 600 cities nationwide and in 178 countries worldwide
I know whenever I see a bike lane the first thing I think of is how that bike lane is part of a government conspiracy to limit the number of children I can have.
So who is going to email her and suggest articles about light bulbs and dish soap?
On it.
I have yet to meet anybody who homeschools their children who I would say is above average intelligence, or even moderately capable of competantly teaching their children to be functioning adults.
The ones I know, and this is about four different people, are all either highly religious and paranoid, or flaky new agers and paranoid.
Small sample I guess, but it does not inspire confidence that a larger sample will be much different. I'm sure there are intelligent thoughtful people who homeschool, but I have yet to meet any.
Confirmation bias?
Sounds like you are the paranoid one.
I don't homeschool my kids, but I can see why it might appeal to some people who have the time and dedication. From what I can tell, it appears that the public schools teach to the lowest common denominator of a particular grade level.
If my wife could make enough to provide for my family, I wouldn't mind home-schooling my kid, as I think I could tailor the lessons to be slightly more interesting than the classroom.
The problem with home-schooling is that it's a full-time job for the parent doing it, if they're doing it right. I'm not sure if a lot of homeschool parents take it seriously.
And WC met this black doctor one time........
That was the first thought that went through my head too, but first thoughts are often pretty biased and not well thought-out. I was just thinking about the first exam I ever took in college. It was for a chemistry class, and I got a ing 10 on it. I thought I was hot because I had pulled a 99 in my last high school chemistry class, so I asked permission to take the honors one in college. That 10 showed me pretty quickly how worthless my high school chemistry class was. At the same time I was pulling A+'s on my calc, cs, and literature exams (calc and lit were honors too) because math and cs were skills I mostly taught myself in summers away from my high school; lit I just lucked out and had an amazing HS teacher who gave a really difficult class that was great preparation for college work. I guess the moral of the story is that you can in general learn a lot more with some discipline when separated from our misguided public secondary school system.
But what about your kids being exposed daily to those hippie unionized teachers????
Alright alright, I am being illogical. Mea culpa.Confirmation bias?
I am sure that this non-scientific sample is quite possibly not a good cross-section.
But having witnessed first hand the train-wrecks resulting from these parents/relatives decision to home-school, I am left with a rather strong impression.
One of my neices, at the age of 15, can barely read, and her siblings aren't doing much better. I was appalled the last time I saw her at how truly illiterate she was.
Two of my nephews will be raised in a house with no microwave "'cause it makes the food toxic", and no drinking of tap water with its flouride "'cause it makes ya docile". Spiritual gurus who drone on about "cosmic uplifting" during 2012 where the spiritually acscended will rise up into the cosmos, will be "enlightened".
It goes on.
While one cannot logically conclude all home-schooled kids are being raised in ignorance, I can conclude there is enough evidence to be somewhat more skeptical about people that feel some need to withdraw from society to shelter their kids from the big bad world lest they be exposed to information that might be contradictory to their parents beliefs.
If someone can show me some fair study that shows an overwhelming majority of homeschooled kids go on to do well in life/college, I would be downright happy to find out that the sample I have drawn is nothing but a sad minority.
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