Got locked up!! Wont let me out!!!

School!!! Ring the bell say hello to your new principle kids!!!

She acts as a warden and keeps the school on lock down. Many parents saw this person as the joe clark solution, and in reality you have just hired the warden from ShawShank Redemption.
The halls are being patrolled in ghetto elementary and no one gets in no one gets out.

There is an understanding that, the administration , has to do what they can to increase the learning opportunities in schools in urban areas, because the kids in these areas are a little more hyper then average kid. (Then again most kids are hyper these days) I mean going to the corner store and buying a breakfast which consist of BBQ chips, blue berry soda, and a handful of peanut chew would not have anything to do it. Now would it?

I am kinda pizzed awf at the fact that I can not walk into my kid's school and see how theyare doing or even see the facilities which I am entitled to. It is a public school but I have to make an appointment. Basically what this tells me, is that, the principal wants to prepare the teacher to do the dog and pony show when the parent comes in to make sure their kid is being taught well. This is like a food inspector calling a restaurant before hand. There is no way that you can get a true feel of your child's learning institution if you are calling ahead. The urban school system sux!!!

This anger stems from one of my dear children having issues with their teacher just being down right nasty. I want to go and observe things to make sure my child is behaving as they are taught to at home, but if I see that the teacher has some issues I willbe sure to point that out too. I mean every parents thinks their child is an angel, but come on some of you...we have all been in school and have acted up at least once, and told a fib to our parents when we got a note sent home. I really want to be fair.

Most of the administrators in this school district make close to a six figure salary, but then you wonder why the kids don't have the appropriate learning materials? Don't get me wrong my hats off to teachers. They have a pretty strenuous job raising and teaching these hi pro glow kids. A lot of the kids in the city come into school with some baggage, and those teachers have to deal with those problems as well.

Back to the Joe Clark wannabes...

I see that you are trying to help but you are excluding those parents that actually do care and also those parents that could help make a difference. Don't cut off the hand to spite the other appendages. You have to utilize everything that you can and take advantage of the added support. Remember parents can make you or break you.

In closing there is really not much to say. I wish that the school systems realize that it isn't the metal detectors or security that is making the school better. That is just putting a band aid on the solution. Good teachers, administrators, and supportive parents will make the school better with out the combination of the three you might as well throw in the towel.

The Big Take Over

"Slap on your helmet kid, you’re going in..."
"Into school that is."


I am trippin and flippin over the tragedy of the teenage kid that killed 9 yesterday. I have so many hang ups about this and it all is not going to sit too well with you suburbians, but I don’t really care. You have to stay with me. Coming from both sides of the fence I am seeing through different shades right now. First you have everyone claiming that he was a Goth, a neo-Nazi, and many other labels. No matter what he is dressed like, or talked like he was a teenage kid!! He is a kid first and the other things second. Society is losing sight of this. They want to find a label and then associate that label with an influence, most likely so-me poor band or musician.

These kids are hurting and no one wants to address that until it is too late. I am sick and tired of hearing all of this nonsense about what group these kids are associating themselves with. My parents would have had a hell of a time if I had killed myself and my classmates because I followed all of the above. Being a person who is very diverse in my musical desires, they would have said I was a hiphopgothichardcorepunkdeathmetalheadasaurus. People we have to wake up and smell the gunpowder clear away the smoke and see that these kids are trying to tell us something.

Wake up America, this is no matter you can smile at with your conformist view and sweep it under the rug attitude. We can't hope it goes away. This is a matter that each parent is had to look into and spend time with their children. We as a society are so money driven we are leaving our children to rot. We can’t hand our kids a bundle of money and hope that they are happy. What is the phrase "Can't buy me love?" It’s funny how the one thing that we want to blame for our kid’s behavior is actually giving us warnings. No one is hearing it; Why?

American schools are becoming a terror zone. The ones that are leading the charge are the very intelligent. They don’t get excepted so they are making sure their name will be remembered for the rest or their peer's lives. Also on the other end when you look deep enough at the center of this are the parents. They are the first to point the finger but are not looking at the three pointing back at them. I’m not saying that all of the kids involved in these shootings had bad parents. I am saying the parents thought they were doing the right thing by leaving these children alone.

A lot of parents think that leaving the kids alone is the right thing. When I say alone I am saying when there is a problem or issue they go with the whole “They’ll figure it out rule." As of now that rule does not apply; Not to toot the “when I was that age" horn, but we could deal with most things, and our parents were involved. There is one thing that I will blame for these kids lashing out, and that is technology.

Technology is changing life as we know it. The average kid does not need to go outside. The average kid can have friends that are more like them without really ever seeing those friends. We can be the cool and the cool can be even cooler online. The problem is that once you log off you are just you and you are not "vlad the impaler" any more. You have to slide back into the body of problems that you left in the real world. Technology is limiting our social abilities. So in those limitations are the problems of dealing with a person face to face. Seems like the warnings from Ted Kaczynski are actually starting to make sense. Let me state right now that I am not an advocate of his beliefs, but there were some things in his manifesto that struck a cord. Also being one of the employed in Information Technology I believe it has made life easier but it is also starting to take over.

As you look around you see more and more cities adopting city cams and everything. Slowly people are becoming less human. We can barely tolerate one another, and eventually those you thought you could trust won’t be trust worthy any longer. We'll be all watching our property line with shot gun in hand waiting for someone anyone to close in. Then Bam!!! “Sorry ma' I told ya I don’t want any!!! Now get back over the property line or Ill have to kill you!!!"

Last words, to everyone we have to learn how to be kind again. Treat each other with informal respect, because everyone has something to offer to this world. Take a moment and say hi to that person you never talk to and make them feel like there is still a kind heart left on this cold block of ice we call earth.

Drive by.....

This is a quickie... nothing too deep, just a keeping in touch post. I have so much to say. My thoughts are whizzing by like bullets flying outta gat, while riding through the hood at 90 miles per hours G'. I need time to focus, really center my thoughts. I want to make sure things are on the level for those of you out there. When I spit fire I want it to be hot and correct. I want it to hit you square in the dome causing a connection, an outta body experience. When you place on those glasses, I want you to see and feel as though you were right there on the front lines soldier. You need to feel the heat of the streets, I’m talking that summer time seeing mirage like images heat. So when we kick this off we're gonna talk about some stuff that is gonna raise some brows. We here at GhettoVision have stuff like: "Living in a Ghetto Paradise", "Drug Boi's how much do they really make?", "Catch a piggy by the toe", I got some things brewing that will make you look twice out your window before you walk out on the street so stay with me. Check back on a daily basis, and yo!!! Let's get real!!! Give me some shouts about your town, your hood, barrio, trailer park. Where ever you are there has to be some type of ghetto near by. Fortunately, New Jersey has a lot of them. Peace out!!!

Preface

When you look out your window and see that the buildings are crumbling. (Ghetto) The people on the block are staying indoors, and their children only come out to play in the mid afternoon. (Ghetto) When gunshots and little tiny sandwich baggies are the norm. (Ghetto) When schools start having metal detectors and police officers walking the halls. Ghetto. When you clean your sidewalk the night before and wake up to more trash on your door step. When the words food stamps and section 8 are synomous with yours or others daily living situation; there is a store on every corner of your neighborhood. When every politician running the city has ended up in jail...........Welcome to the Ghetto!!!

Life is different than ever for me and my family. About 5 years ago I ended living in one the most dangerous cities in America. It is an experience that I will never forget, once I leave(if I ever do). I am learning a lot about the ghetto mentality and those that run the city as well.

I want to capture this life and share it with others from the ghetto point of view. As well invite others living in ghetto type areas to post along with me. If you are from a ghetto or live in one now and would like to post please email me your email addy and I will invite you to post or if you want to remain anonymous send us an email and we will post it for you.

As for now place on your ghetto shades to live through my eyes welcome to GhettoVision.