Gravely disappointed...and severely concerned!

No doubt, our public school system has been hy-jacked by social progressives. Been that way for quite some time with no end in sight. Glen Beck had a show about the progressive movement and big industry collaborating to create "worker bee's', and after watching it, well, it made sense. They are re-writiing history to make lincoln and rosevelt look great, while Franklin and Washington were just slave owners with crazy religious ideas. Having said that, schools are not the problem as much as the PARENTS. Kids sit around watching the idiot box munching on candy, drugged on ridlin smart mouthing their dad. It's easier that way I guess. This drive through right now mentality we have leaves little time to "train up" a child in the way he should go and we are paying for it as a nation. Like was stated in an earlier post, "I dont care if my kids hate me". Well thats true, they dont have to like me, BUT... thay WILL respect Me.

 

A cynical response would be that government schools are educating the next generation according to plan. This is one way to get rid of the well educated that might have caused trouble in the future.

 

The "Leave No Child Behind" being a great example of that....

 

I have grown up in the middle of generation "X" and generation "Y" but had the "luxury" of doing so on a farm with little to no money. My parents took special care to make sure I could get that new "contraption" the Internet, and I DO NOT believe it is the cause of the problems described. I also played those same video games and received that same public education and remember much of the history and geography I was taught. Some people are just STUPID, no matter what you tell them. You all know the way the media portrays events in today's society and it does not surprise me in the least when kids know more about "reality TV" than actual reality. The loses we take in Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa and other places in the world are regularly down-played or totally shunted to the side. Blame can be thrown around to bad education, bad resources, or parenting, but the main thing that gave me an advantage was that back-breaking work I had to do growing up every morning. Personal responsibility is the only culprit I see here. I was told in no uncertain terms the animals and crops we raise would feed me in turn. And yes, I use spell check, who wouldn't?

 

my oldest is in the 6th grade, she is a 4.0 student. We have been lucky to have her attend the best public schools in the area (we live close enough to the GOOD side of town). but I have yet see American history or any civics whatsoever.

This week I was at her school and saw some of the kids work on display on the walls. The projects were titled "Promote Welfare" ugh what is THIS? The depictions didn't suggest anything relevant to the preamble. I asked my daughter and she said "oh, its on Buddhism". Great....

Every time I talk about the revolution, constitution etc my family just says "Dad's at it again" I pray some portion of it is absorbed.

Now when I was learned American history it was awful and boring, rote memorization of places and dates. That was it, no explanation of WHY things happened.
It was not until later that I became interested and excited about the founding of this nation and the principles behind.

 

Proofing my spelling is not the point. I am not Hemmingway on the best of days(let alone that drunk!), but if I write something meant be really seen, I'll actually look at it twice. The point is responsibility! If I mess up, I'll own it. I know who raised me. Who raised the kids who get these complaints? It wouldn't seem fair to blame the parents or would it?

 

On a more jovial note, I just built my first AR15! Need to get more of these kids shooting!

 

Having my first problem with either the disconnector or the trigger. It failed the function test despite taking it apart five times to check the process. Time to visit a gunsmith.

 

is your sear backwards?

 

No, it is all on right, the hammer just gets caught on the disconnector hook. It is slightly off and forward and catches on the hook of the hammer.

 

disconnector is supposed to hook the hammer. but release it when the trigger rises. check your safety, the safety bar has a flat spot that is supposed to let the trigger rise when safety off.

or am I misunderstanding?

sorry for thread hijack

 

The hook on the disconnector is catching on the inner notch of the hammer. I think the disconnector is just a bit too far forward. Don't worry about it too much, its a significant problem that will require a good look at the problem, something I won't be able to truly show with words. I'll be showing it to my local smith, so no worries.