: About Me

What can I say? I am a hard rock redneck. Now, not all rednecks fit into the normal image of barefoot spit chewing hillbillies; some of us are actually quite educated and full of spirit. I am not prejudiced, and I don't listen to country music, hence the "hard rock". I do, however, have a love of the country, and am proud to call Idaho my home (no, I don't grow potatoes).

I have lived in a variety of cities, including Phoenix and LA, but for sheer entertainment, nothing compares to country life. Some of the things you see and hear in this place would shock even Bill Maher for their sheer stupidity.

I love to write and read, and I am completing my degree in Biblical Studies. I am a social activist, hardcore liberal and all around thorn in every conservative's side.

My passion is ...

politics

I know too much about ...

everything

My parents always told me ...

what parents?

My childhood ambition ...

to reach 5'10" (Only hit 5')

My favorite memory ...

London

Why I write ...

Everyone is entitled to my opinion

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Hard Rock!!!

My first job ...

Cleaning cow crap

My best moment ...

Getting everyone to laugh at my best friend's funeral

My inspiration ...

My Uncle Thom

Education > School Bullying & Violence The line between harmless fun and bullying

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Life can be extraordinarily difficult when you are the victim of a bully, especially since there never seems to just be one. Once a child's weakness, whether real or imagined, is discovered, the weakness is drawn out and exploited - often in the name of harmless fun. However, that line that defines "fun" and "bullying" is so blurred that it really does not exsist. One of the biggest mistakes made by parents and teachers is to stereotype the bully. Everyone has seen the characterizations of the big, bad kid in the school yard beating up the smaller, weaker kid for his lunch money; but physi...

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