Hodgepodge Wednesday!!

I had my Hodgepodge answers done, and left them on my home computer. I usually drop them into my DropBox, so I can access them from work and post them first thing Wednesday morning.  I did my best to recreate my answers quickly, rather than wait until this evening to post.

Thank you Joyce, for another week of Hodgepodge! If you want to join us in this weekly endeavor, you can join from Joyce’s site:  http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/

1. When it comes to good manners, what two top your list of most important?  Just the very simple “Please” and “Thank you”.  Just those two signs of respect will lead to others, I think.

2. Let's open a proverbial can of worms...Common Core.  Are you familiar with the term (talking education reform in the USA)?  If so, care to share your thoughts? In your opinion, what is one of the biggest issues schools (in your home country) face today?  I work with teachers, and my sisters are teachers.  It’s not the teachers!!  Teachers can only do what they are told to do.  We need to get away from the national Department of Education (get rid of it all together!) and put the responsibility back at the state level, where it belongs. The only ‘common core’ should be basic reading, writing and arithmetic.  Throw in FACTUAL history, sensible science, and kids will be learning what they need to know to get along in life.  We also need to bring back patriotism, prayer and respect.  Pay teachers what they are worth, get rid of ridiculous testing ‘standards’ and teach our kids things they really need to know to get into college or to practice a trade.  Making certain grade levels in order to qualify for federal money is not the way to teach our children, or to reward educators.  Our colleges have become hot beds of socialism and even communism.  I am appalled at our education system today. How’s that for a can of worms? You touched a nerve!!  LOL  I could expand on these complaints and write volumes...  wish I knew how to fix it.

3. Name a celebrity whose fashion sense you admire and share why.  I can’t think of any current celebrity whose fashion sense I admire. There is nothing pretty about being nearly naked in public. I admire the fashions on the 1940/50s celebrities.  Tasteful, classy and gorgeous!

4. How are you affected by the changing seasons?  In the Fall and Spring, I get sinus problems. It’s not allergies, but changes in the barometric pressure, I think.   Other than that, the changing seasons are very subtle in Florida. We don’t have drastic drops in temperature (usually) and greens stay green.

5. Scariest book you've ever read?  “1984” and we are living it now. Terrified!!  I have also read some scary Stephen King and Dean Koontz books.

6. What time of day are you most hungry? What's your go-to snack?  You know, I am rarely really hungry, praise God.  When 3:00 rolls around, I find I am usually looking for something to perk me up, rather than fill me up. Sometimes I want salty and sometimes I want sweet.  It all depends.

7. Do you lean more towards being too needy or too independent? Which do you find harder to deal with in others?  I am independent, but don’t think I’m TOO independent. I still need a shoulder now and then. I find needy people difficult to deal with. I can be sympathetic for a little while, and then I just want to tell them to get over it and get on with it!! I don’t do whiny well.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.  Only those of us in the southeastern region will understand, but our grocery chain, Publix, trains their employees so well in customer service. I am always amazed at how pleasant and helpful the employees are. Publix is a great place to shop. They are moving into Tennessee….one in Chattanooga opening soon.  We love Publix.  The Publix headquarters is right here in Lakeland and it is our 2^nd highest employer. The Jenkins family is made up of wonderful, philanthropic souls who support local organizations, especially those involved in education and with children. I am always impressed.  (Went shopping there last night, and was thinking about this…random thought.)  Publix is the largest privately held grocery chain in the USA.

Thanks for stopping by!! Wishing you a good HUMP DAY!   Peace, love & hugs.