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| James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer
and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.
Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i
with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka-Obama Da Dog!
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This blog also appeared in the May 12, 2018 edition of the Kaua'i Garden Island news!
http://www.thegardenisland.com/2018/05/12/opinion/letters-for-saturday-may-12-2018/
The most exciting event of the professional football off season is the NFL draft. The 2018 NFL
draft recently took place at AT and T stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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| The Buffalo Bills scored huge in the recent NFL draft with 2 first round picks! They may finally have their franchisedQB, Josh Allen and on defense they drafted LB,Tremaine Edmunds |
I was excited for this draft since my favorite team the Buffalo Bills had 2 first round picks!
I was going crazy because there was a quarterback named Rosen with the first initial of J. for Josh, that the Bills were said to be interested in?
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| Josh Rosen wound up being drafted to the Arizona Cardinals. Something about this Quarterback I really like, can't quite figure it out? Although my Buffalo Bills did not draft him, I will follow his career and buy his jersey, don't know why I like his jersey so much? ;-) OY! |
Imagine my favorite team drafting a quarterback named Rosen! Oy! I never bought a football jersey before, however this would be the jersey's of all jersey's for me!
My dream did not transpire, my team drafted another Josh, another great quarterback from Wyoming, Josh Allen.
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| They say Allen is a better fit for Buffalo, time will tell? |
The Draft is fascinating to watch. The team that had the worst win-loss record the previous
If the real world of commerce was like the NFL, the high school with the worst academic record would get the chance to draft the best teachers,
Teachers that graduated at the top of their class and those whom had great student teacher references would be allowed higher salaries. Great teachers would have agents that would negotiate multi- mullion dollar contracts for them.
All professions should be given the same hype and thrill as the NFL. It would be exciting for a McDonald's manager draft competing for a huge contract on TV!
The real world of academics and vocations needs to follow suit in the footsteps of the
NFL draft, only then will teachers and others be paid in a fair and justified manner.
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| Josh Allen drafted by ther Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 2018 draft # 7 as their hopeful future franchised quarterback! |
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| Whose that old guy talking story with Mel Rapozo? ;-) |
http://www.thegardenisland.com/2018/05/12/opinion/letters-for-saturday-may-12-2018/
P.S.
Hawaii's disastrous weather, climate change or biblical prophecy
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| Homes in Leilani estates subdivision on Hawaii's Big Island being destroyed by lava flow from Kilauea Volcano |
Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island is currently erupting and neighborhoods are being evacuating with lava flow burning down many homes. A 6.9 earthquake and many after shocks happened on May 4, 2018.
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| Kauai's north shore flooded |
One question remains, climate change or biblical prophecy? My vote goes for biblical prophecy. I can't get the image out of my mind of waking up one morning and finding of the few friends I have left many have disappeared. I hope and pray I am not one of the souls remaining. It's time to get it right!
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| Josh Rosen was great in college but was injury prone, and many teams were reluctant to draft him because of his know it all attitude. |
12 comments:
The thought of high schools being able to "draft" good teachers by their standings in academic accomplishments may not be as rediculous as it sounds!! Pay them more and have those schools get better teachers just might be a way to better education for all.
Your pal,
Glenn
Glenn,
Imagine a good teacher copping a contract for a 100 million for 10 years! ;-)
Yes, Kimo it is mind boggling to see all these athletes making millions of dollars (Kershaw $40 million a year and on the DL for no telling how long) and good teachers struggling to survive while having one of the most important jobs existing, teaching our young ones how to take care of our planet.
Glenn
I remember back when I was a kid my father would hire some of the professional football players to work in his warehouse in the off season. NFL players had to work in the off season back in the 1960's. Now even a third string bench warmer is guaranteed a minimum of 350,000 for a season playing ball. Even a player on the practice squad earns 5,000 a week.
Shalom Rabbi :
Good one,There is No free lunch in this world ,that's why we have so many HOMELESS THAT EVEN THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CANNOT RESOLVE !!! Oy vey !!!
Uncle C's solution :
False Messiahs are detriment to the homeless with free gifts "WHY WORK WHEN YOU CAN GET THINGS FREE ?"
Best is let the Homeless do community service for Tips,GOOD WORK DESERVE GOOD TIPS WITH OUT TAX DOLLARS WHILE KEEP EDUCATING FOR A BETTER JOB.
Yes, Teachers , Base ball players or any other profession ,when they do a good job they deserve higher pay.
Your Pal,
Uncle C
Yes, there is no absolutely correct pay for any given job. It’s the demand and the negotiation skills of the job seeker.
I do agree that everyone who is able, should work. In the post-depression era, the CCC (Civil Conservation Corps) and similar agencies made folks work to beautify the community, even with unnecessary work, to earn their self respect and money for life’s necessities.
The community should take care of those who are mentally unfit or physically handicapped. These conditions must be certified by physicians and regularly reviewed. Even then, a limited amount of work can be assigned to those folks.
Allena
Unc:
I would go one step further and make sure that anyone getting welfare or food stamps MUST DO SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY WORK BEFORE THEY GET THAT FREEBE. IF OF COURSE THEY ARE PHYSICALLY ABLE.
Even prisoners should be made to do community work (the old chain gang) since we are giving them a place to stay, food to eat and recreation areas.
Always your pal,
Glenn
That’s what I’ve been saying criminals in prisons gets a better a treatment than we the people works an honest jobs they eats good free health care 😂 even free security guards
It's ALREADU IN PLACE & HAD BEEN!
Congratulations on getting your article published today---loved it and still think your ideas like the draft could work and make a lot better educational system for the country.
Your pal,
Glenn
Michael Mann replied with a Letter to the latter in the May 17,2018 edition of the Garden Island news,
http://www.thegardenisland.com/2018/05/17/opinion/letter-for-thursday-may-17-2018/
Treat teachers as professionals
Thank you, Kimo Rosen, for managing to cheapen the profession of teaching by trying to draw some parallel to the cheap and tawdry world of “professional” sports in your letter “The NFL draft and the real world of jobs.” I’m sure teachers around the country will appreciate it.
Perhaps we should have teachers fight for the best teaching positions in MMA-style fighting matches, too? Boy, won’t that get your blood flowing — figuratively and literally!
Allow me to offer a much simpler and logical solution: treat teachers as professionals. Pay them as professionals. Don’t force them to financially martyr themselves and then treat them like babysitters by sending your children to them day after day unprepared to learn.
I have no problem with pay being merit-based, and no problem with removing teachers with poor performance, but creating some spectacle like a draft is simply ridiculous. They do this in sports to create fake drama to catch the fancy of those who need drama. Teaching is not a sphere where drama and spectacle needs to be created.
Michael Mann
Lihue
I miss the old Michael Mann
Lighten up Mr. Mann, relax. How long have you been reading my letters? By now you should realize many of my letter's have a tongue -n-cheek theme to them.
Do I really believe an NFL style draft for all professions would be nice? Yes! Was I being facetious? Yes!
It seems the only time you write a letter of late is to bust my chops, may I suggest an original idea like your writings of the old days?
Your letters used to be profound and fun. I miss the old Michael Mann!
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