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Otherwise, there are adverse consequences for society at large.
Speaking of disinterested parents (why have kids at all if that's your attitude, I say); one of my son's mate's Mother was bleating to us (and she's a Mrs.Thong in trakkies and moccies type I'll add) about how her 7 year old daughter was struggling with her spelling at school.
So, the school have sent her a note, or a phone call (can't remember now) asking her to spend more time helping the child with spelling and reading at home....
Her sooky comment to us was "It's the bloody school's job to teach her to read and spell; not mine".
I noticed you've copped flak for this one, but I agree.Maybe they ought to means test people who want to have kids. Also literacy and numeracy tests. This way, the kids have a reasonable chance to start with someone who can spell, add and can claim two cents to their name.
Maybe they ought to means test people who want to have kids. Also literacy and numeracy tests. This way, the kids have a reasonable chance to start with someone who can spell, add and can claim two cents to their name.
Maybe they ought to means test people who want to have kids. Also literacy and numeracy tests. This way, the kids have a reasonable chance to start with someone who can spell, add and can claim two cents to their name.
Procreating is a significant societal responsiblity that should not be just left for anyone. Just like if you want to drive a car, you and your car need to pass certain tests and standards. Otherwise, there are adverse consequences for society at large.
I noticed you've copped flak for this one, but I agree.
There are so many duds out there who are a blight on society and the whole economy, and they pump out loads of more of the same.
Good on ya for saying it, dude.
There are a decent number of qualifying criteria, and we all know what they are.Maybe you can work out the test parameters for this then seeing as you strongly agree ?
Lets have the test on here, you know, like a trial.
this sense of bl**dy entitlement culture needs to be broken with a sledge hammer.
There are a decent number of qualifying criteria, and we all know what they are.
But seeing as you asked, I'll give ya three to start off. This is based on someone who hasn't already had a child, who would like to have one.
1. Under 18
2. On welfare
3. Father not known
Growing up in the one of the most dangerous cities in the United States of America, Marcell Jenkins, 12, never ventures more than a few blocks from his home alone.
“You have to think that your life is on the line every day,” he explains. “This kid got shot. They might have just been in the way. You could be in the crossfire and get killed because you were outside at the wrong time.”
Camden, once a thriving industrial city in the state of New Jersey, has been in decline for decades. Today it is per capita one of the poorest cities in the USA with high unemployment and crime rates.
In recent years, Camden has become a haven for drug-dealers who openly ply their trade on the streets. To make matters worse, nearly half the city’s already beleaguered police force was recently laid off due to budget cuts.
Marcell’s own life has been shaped by these problems. “My parents were in the street on drugs and they weren’t fit to be parents, so I had to come and live with my grandmother,” he says
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“I’m on medicine. I weigh as much as a grown man, maybe even more and I have health problems,” explains Marcell. “It’s harder to eat healthy than to eat junk, because junk is always going to be there.
He adds that one year he went on a diet at school and his grandma had to pay $100 extra than she usually did for his lunches in order for the school to buy healthier ingredients.
Maybe they ought to means test people who want to have kids. Also literacy and numeracy tests. This way, the kids have a reasonable chance to start with someone who can spell, add and can claim two cents to their name.
Yes the kids were obviously at a disadvantage but not everyone can go to Uni.
It takes balls to write that,all the people i know like myself started in the gutter with the drain on one side and the footpath on the other,inbetween you have everybody trying to keep you in there,i call it the animal within,..{deleted by OP}
It's not about a high IQ or money.I agree there should be some sort of training but to say only people with money and high IQ's can have children.
It's not about a high IQ or money.
It's about your whole approach to life.
Both my parents were poor, but had good intelligence, good values and a terrific work ethic. They were a credit to themselves and the human race.
And I've seen rich folk who are as dumb as dog-shoit and who are oxygen thieves; all they have done is make a lot of money and do nothing to benefit anyone else...people like Paris Hilton springs to mind...and what's worse; she has made no money of her own, etc.
It's about what your values are; if you think it's ok to sponge off the rest of society, to have kids because of a cash hand-out, to be a criminal, have no respect for yourself or others, then no; you don't get to add more of the same to our numbers, because you haven't bothered to make yourself into a decent human being, so how can you possibly have any hope of imparting the right life path onto any of your own kids...
Where's the pride?
If I was an adult who couldn't spell I'd be ashamed of myself.
yeah; you can wang on about how there are spell checkers and all that these days...
So friggin' what?
Doesn't mean that just because you can; you should (be lazy and only use spell-checkers).
It's a terrible indictment on our lazy Aus culture.
See if you can find any Asian kids at school who can't spell.
3. No gingers