I thought it was interesting that I found this post shortly after I made my own kindergarten post.
This one talks about how parents in the more affluent areas seem to go nuts if they can’t get their kids into prestigious kindergartens. I thought it was interesting that one school received 178 applications but only had room for 16 new students.
http://thestateofblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/kindergarten-you-in/
Well, I’ll be able to after I get through the classes and the probationary period.
Travel with me if you will back to last month when I wrote about my experiences in two different volunteer fire department’s business meetings.
I ended up going with the Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department. I turned in the fat packet of papers Monday night. Then, the rest of the probationary members and I had to leave the room while the regular members voted on whether I could join their gang. Surprisingly enough, they let me in.
Now I get to start training and take the firefighter classes as soon as those start up. I’ll get the same training that a career firefighter would so that could be a potential career path.
Either way, it’ll be good to have the opportunity to save old people and children from flaming buildings and get cats out of trees with my super fireman ladder.
Jermil
edit: Video for ya!
Fire Engine Exodus from Jermil on Vimeo.
Why do people hate doing taxes so much?
I’ll admit, I’ve only done my own twice. And both times I used one of those fancy programs on that there adding machine. I only had one W-2 the first time and two the second time. I don’t have tons of fancy investments.
Total time to complete my taxes: 30 minutes or less per year. Some of that time was waiting on the paper to be expelled from my printer.
I guess it gets more complicated when you get married and have kids and they’re in college and you have a few IRA’s and rolled over 401K’s.
I have a solution for that: Don’t get married or have kids or if you do, don’t let them go to college and don’t save for retirement. Duh!
I ended up getting a couple bucks from federal and owing about 10% of that to The Great Commonwealth of Virginia.
I went to the post office at 1:30pm on the day before due date to mail them out. I went inside, waited in line, and was out in less than 5 minutes. I didn’t get stuck in a line the day before taxes are due. But I can only imagine if I went at 1:30pm on tax due date, I’d be there for at least 30 minutes (not really a long time).
The post office clerks were really trying to push getting your envelopes certified so you can confirm that it gets there. I don’t think it’s really necessary. Don’t be a sucker!
Word to your mother!
Remco agrees!
If you disagree, put this on!
I hear that from friends a lot lately. I understand why people ask that but to me it should be assumed.
If I tell them about something cool that I’m doing and it’s something I sound somewhat passionate about, it would be safe for them to assume I’m excited. So don’t ask.
But I’m the type of person that doesn’t get too excited about most things until I’m walking in the door or I’m about to climb in or sign the papers or whatever that step is right before I do whatever “it” is. So don’t ask.
I’m sure I’m different than most people in that respect. As much as I get asked, “are you excited”, I would bet that most people develop a walloping level of excitement about things well before they happen.
Jermil
edit: I do get excited about one thing before I should. Narendra reminded me. I get excited everytime I here a peep about the new Grand Theft Auto 4. So if whatever we’re talking about isn’t GTA4, I don’t get excited prematurely.
From Wikipedia:
Kindergarten (German, literally means “children’s garden”) is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling. Children are taught to develop basic skills through creative play and social interaction. In most countries kindergarten is part of the preschool system. In parts of the United States, Canada and Australia (NSW, TAS and the ACT) kindergarten is the word used to describe the first year of compulsory education. In British English, nursery, playgroup or Reception is the usual term for preschool education, and “kindergarten” is rarely used. Children usually attend kindergarten any time between the ages of three and seven depending on the local custom.
