Something needs to change!

I live in a very small town. It started to snow (big suprize!) yesterday morning after the children were already in school. I was told by a teacher that the school NEVER lets the elementary school out early, so I never thought about it again. She MUST be right! Well, yesterday proved why we should never say NEVER, and possibly why we should always double check what teachers tell us!!! My first grader was put on the bus three hours earlier than usual and sent HOME without my knowledge! I was at work an hour away. My husband was at work 40 minutes away. I listened to the local AM station from 8:30 in the morning until I left work at 3:30. No one alerted me that my son's school would be letting out early! I found out by looking online during my lunch hour, which was 40 minutes AFTER the children had boarded their buses. After calling people completely panicked for about 20 minutes I found him at a neighbors house where he was safe. When I called the superintendents office to find out why I was never notified about the early release, they told me I should have checked online or watched TV! TV? Where would I find a TV at work? When I asked the woman why it wasn't on the radio station that the school told me to listen to in case something like this happens, she replied, "The station wouldn't let us announce it." I think that was a load of crap...no, I KNOW it was! I listen to that station everyday, and I know they would never deny alerting parents that their children will be going home to empty houses! Something needs to change!

To kill or not to kill?

So, it's all over the news. Death penalty for children? I'm not sure what I think about the death penalty. Hopefully I will never be on any end of it. I think if someone close to me were murdered I would rather know that the person that did it was in jail being tortured! BUT it would also be nice to have them waiting in jail knowing that they were going to die by someone elses hand. I think I might agree with the death penalty more if the punishment fit the crime...exact! Like a person who raped and tortured then strangled the victim, well, maybe that's what should be done to them. They were inhumane to someone, so inhumane things should be done to them. Let the loved ones of the victim beat the murderer with a bat or something if they want to. Throwing rocks at people on the town common actually makes sense to me sometimes! However, I could never do that! I think that's why I have no opinion about the death penalty.

Not too long ago an old friend of mine was murdered by his boyfriend. Then his boyfriend went and committed suicide! That has to be the worst! The families have no idea what went on or why. They have no one to convict or "throw stones" at. THAT has to be the most frustrating type of crime EVER! I'm frustrated just writing about it. That's another reason I don't think I like the death penalty. Would they rather be in jail for the rest of their lives, or would they rather die...it's like the easy way out!