Showing posts with label MyOwnView. Show all posts
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Friday, 17 June 2016

Personal: Another failure of the Justice system

Why is the world such a harsh place to live in.


Horror Crime - No Death Penalty


Although this is the Daily Mail, the article however is a real life nightmare event.  We've all seen horror movies which can show the worst in humanity.  We've all seen documentaries which also shows the same thing.


Living through the actual nightmare is something else.  It's an event that nothing can prepare you for and in this case it is one of the most horrifying moments for husband and father.


So what is the story?  A man simply broke in to a house, murdered and raped a wife.  Then did the same to the two daughters.  The wife was strangled to death and the two girls were burnt alive when he set fire to the house.  The husband is the single survivor of a horror.


This isn't about revenge, this is about justice.  A man takes the lives of multiple people without mercy and should not be granted mercy nor forgiveness.  The death penalty should stand.


Why are people against the Death Penalty
The main reason I see for those against it is "wrongly accused" which I can understand.  If there is enough evidence to take it to court and then of course prosecute.  That doesn't effectively mean that person is 100% guilty - we have seen it where some one has spent years in prison and actually was innocent.

So what you do in simple terms is Death Penalty when the evidence is 100% proof.  Well in this case it's pretty easy to confirm the guilt.  In this case of a nightmare event - the proof is undeniable.


I mentioned this in another post regarding why the justice system is broken and again there was several cases that had no doubt at all.  There was DNA evidence, video feed and ability to identify the guilty person.


It's not Justice it's Revenge
Wrong, revenge is about doing to the person what's been done to you.  In this case I will say this, revenge would be he having to go through the same thing.  Perhaps if he was raped, strangled or perhaps burnt alive.  That would be more closer to revenge than justice.  The death penalty isn't revenge it's about safe guarding the world from some one that doesn't deserve to live.  He didn't just end some ones life, he ended multiple people and put them through hell before doing it.  The last victim who no one seems to realise exists is the father and husband.  He has to live through knowing what his wife had faced and his two daughters.  I doubt he goes a day without thinking about it.  The murderer didn't hesitate to think about the 4 people he effected.


Justice isn't about helping the guilty ones, it's also about helping the victims move on, it's about safe guarding society.  Which is why child molesters spend years in prison.  This isn't about being helped to go back in to society this is about protecting more possible victims.


Why do we live in a weak society
Let's face it, we do and it's not easy.  There are far too many people who are happy for not just no death penalty but also weak sentences.


I put a few questions to anyone who agrees that justice is about helping those criminals be productive members of society.
  1. Would you be happy to live next to a multiple murderer?
  2. Would you be happy to raise a family next to a serial rapist?
  3. Would you be happy to live on a street with multiple convicted criminals?
It's interesting that a lot of people would say no to all the above questions when it comes to criminals yet they are the ones defending weak decisions regarding the justice system.


I think anyone who defends the weak system should be forced to live next to these people.  They can have a small taste of "justice" every time they feel unsafe living next to these people.


It's also known a lot of the people who defend the justice system do so without any family or loved ones to think about.  As a father you think about your children's safety every day and likewise for the mother.  You think about your other half and family members.


The justice system has never been just about helping criminals become more shall we say normal?  It's about punishment fitting the crime, it's about protecting more people and at times used as an example.







Personal: Why America will never fix the Gun Problem

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I wouldn't class my self as old, I'm in my thirties and I've been see a lot in society.  We've gone through our problems, several leaders of Britain and even in the mix of the EU.


None of that really compares to the nightmare of Gun Control in America.


Knifes kill people
I will start this part by asking a question, a man armed with a knife walks in to a bar and starts randomly stabbing people.  How many people are going to be killed before he is pinned down?


A man walks in to a bar and starts shooting people with an automatic rifle.  How many people are going to be killed before he is pinned down?


In the UK we recently had a knife incident, no fatalities.  Several people were injured but the criminal was apprehended and not one single person killed.  All those people made a recovery.


How many people were shot recently? Over 100.  If that man was armed with a knife does anyone really believe he would have stabbed over 100 people and killed at least 49 before he was shot dead by police?  If you honestly believe that a knife man is more dangerous than a man with an automatic gun - you need your head checked.  That's like claiming a push bike is more dangerous than a car.  Where a car can plough through a crowd seriously injuring dozens, a cyclist would struggle to hit more than a few.


This is one argument anyone is wrong about.  No matter what - that's a fact.  If you don't believe me, ask why is the military armed with guns instead of knives?

What's the old pun - Don't bring a knife to a gun fight.  There is no competition.  A single person with a gun can do more damage than two people with knives.


Automatic is no different to a Semi Automatic
Well yes there is actually, A semi automatic is designed for more single shot precision instead of simply spray.  A full on automatic is about letting go of an entire magazine in the shortest amount of time possible to injure/kill as many people as possible.


It's not the guns it's the people
This is a ridiculous statement, guns are not toys, they are not collectables and are simply one thing - Weapons.  They are designed to kill.  This is why the military train troops for combat, to choose their targets, to feel no pity for the enemy but to make sure they don't hurt their own.  They are trained to use them.  The average Joe doesn't.  They go to a firing range shooting at targets thinking that they are having fun.  They also allow their children to play with those weapons, creating a society of people who believe these are toys.


It's also a fact that people who tend to own more guns, tend to kill people - as shown by many surveys completed by Americans.  It's also known to increase the risk of confrontation because people are not afraid to enter difficult circumstances e.g. petty arguments.


Defending their own home
Question - How many people have been killed as a result of trespassing?  How many have had to kill as a result of complete self defence with a gun in their own home?


Did you know that owning a gun actually increases the risk of death - fact.


Did you want to know how many mass shootings have been stopped as a result of gun ownership? zero - fact.


The above are not facts provided by my self but instead American news and Government agencies.


Video Games create more violence - So look at Japan who don't have the same kind of stats in regards to murder - fact.


America
You know what I think it's a nation in real trouble.  More innocent lives are murdered and not many people bat an eye lid.  The real issue is you have too many high ranking officials that don't want to give up gun control.  In a democratic society not even The President of the United States of America can do a thing about it.  It would not only be political suicide but destroy any future employment for Obama and even create serious unrest towards him and sorry to say this - his family.


America feeds it self far too much on lies, they have done it for decades.  They believe without them the Brits would be living a rule under Germany.  Even though the Nazi Airforce was demolished when they attempted to destroy England through bombings.  The Nazis had even given up invading Britain at this point because of how well "dug in" the nation was.  This was of course while still keeping Europe in check and dealing with the Russians.  I'm not surprised at Americas arrogance over WW2 - they got thumped hard by the Japanese and had to resort to dropping Nuclear bombs to end that war.  They thought they defeated the Nazis on their own, yet it wasn't America constantly being bombed every day.  It wasn't the American civilian shipping lanes constantly being targeted.  They were thousands of miles away on their own large island.  Was New York under threat? No.  What about Washington? No.  They have always been comfortable in their own beds.


One day America may sadly realise the truth that it's time to move on.  To own guns is not a civil right or liberty.  It's not my right to own a knife....


I really do feel for them.

Friday, 3 June 2016

Personal: Why feminism is overly abused and is about revenge

We all know what's going on, a fight for equality for women and men.  Which I will add I completely support.


I've been doing my job solid for over a decade:
Should a woman earn as much as me if her qualifications and experience are the same level? Yes absolutely.  Should she be treated equaly on every level, in regards to her career choice, day to day job choice?  Totally.  Should a woman tolerate being treated poorly? absolutely not.


The above goes for everyone, regardless of gender, race or class.

Question though aimed at feminists fighting for equality, is this about what's right or revenge?


There seems to be a severe hypocrisy in regards to fighting for equality and remember that's what this is about.  Giving a woman every chance in life as a man gets - which is again spot on the way it should be (we should be adding everyone - can't exclude anyone regardless).


Now, I would like to add as a man I've had the following thrown in my face:
  • Expected to support women financially (namely a few ex girlfriends of mine) no we didn't get married nor have children.
  • Expected to open a door for a lady (is equality about being polite? why not hold the door open for me?)
  • Expected to take it like a man, take the insults and the criticisms because I have a backbone.
  • Men can't do more than one thing.
  • Typical "male" - How many times have I heard that I "think between my legs", my second brain, typical man etc.  They can range from jokes to serious comments about my gender - do I take these as severe insults?  well no.  Even though equality means you shouldn't be saying anything that criticises my gender right?  Considering the amount of court cases of sexual harassment can occur with similar things.
Recently there has been a certain MP that went to war to remove the "Page 3" which I can totally understand, I don't think material like that should be easily available in papers.  Even though those models would earn a living for something they choose to do.  Very similar to a certain KK who insists on posting nude pictures of her self and claims it's for feminists.  Sorry to say but that is no different to me posting a picture saying this is for men - ridiculous.


Fighting equality is about fighting womens rights to equal pay, equal treatment and to be no different than the treatment of men.  Simple.  How some one who has never expressed equal rights for women but magically uses it as an excuse to advertise who own naked body?  Then again this is the same woman who conveniently leaked a certain inappropriate video and magically became world known.  She was a nobody before that.


How to move forward
It's pretty simple, a big issue is maternity leave/pay.  I can totally understand from an employers point of view that I would rather choose someone who will give me 5 years with nothing but say 28 days holiday time to use up.  It's not against women, it's not against equality but instead it's against some one that costs the company a lot of money to have children while taking paid time off.  How do we solve that though?  force the man to take maternity leave?  From a personal point of view I want my other half looking after the baby but taking care of her self as well.  Looking after a child is a full time job and she deserves her break just as much as anyone.  So would I mind taking maternity time off as well?  nope not at all.
One problem with that is, would we see a change in interview questions - are you in a relationship? are you engaged? will you be having children any time soon?  would bachelor's/singletons be more preferred?


Is that a fix, a step in the right direction?


Sexual harassment of any kind is wrong
Criticising some one of their gender is wrong, How far do we go though?  till we lose that "backbone" and no longer able to take any joke or criticism.  I don't take everything personal, I am a man, grew up as a man and born a boy.  I grew up with male banter, jokes and learnt that thick skin not to take anything personal.  I have taken criticisms my whole life from women regarding my gender, I'm in my young 30s and I grew up in a world where women are not treated as kitchen house wives.  That was my previous generation as shown by some older men that I've known through the years but the same can be said about the older women who act like men should be providing food/money for the house.
My other half can't take criticisms well and instantly can turn on the insane emotion.  Her friends are all similar, not very good at taking it which is why they don't even joke about it - instead they do it behind each others backs.  My friends who are guys joke to their face, criticise the clothes, the mistakes and anything to the face.


There is a difference between men and women, that's not about equality that's about individuality.  That's the way things have been for a very long time, it's the way we raise our kids, the way a man may protect a daughter and a mum will protect her son.  That's a society issue not an equality issue.


Need more Women
So, something else I see often.  Ten people have had a view on something and only two are women - feminism.  Hold your horses, if I walk down the street and grabbed the first ten people I see regardless of gender and I happen to grab more men than women?  That's got nothing to do with equality.  If I hold interviews which I have done over the years and the majority has been men; this also has nothing to do with equality.  Why should I purposely put "Seeks more women" in a job advertisement just to attract more women to my profession?  Is this in any way related to equality?
No - end of.  This immediately causes a betting odd that would say more men in my profession, would that mean more men are earning more? yes but there will also be more men earning less.  The simple fact is there are more men in my job than women.
In my current profession I've only known 3 women compared to about 40+ men.


I am constantly seeing, comparisons to the amount of men vs women in a lot.  I watch football and see more men interested in the sport than women, is that men putting women down or is that simply lack of interest by women.  Which is true, I know at the top of my head 4 women that love football as much as I do. How many men do I know?  a lot.  Has this got anything to do with equality? no.  Even my other half has no interest in watching the game "It's boring" but she wouldn't mind attending a live game to feel the atmosphere.  Has this got anything to do with equality? no.  There is a constant scape goat being used in regards to equality, if a woman chooses to be interested in football only a small minority of men will have a problem with it.  That small minority are an issue in regards to equality.  I know a lot of men who have no issue in fact, they would prefer it if their other half's were interested in football.  It means no squabble, no fighting or problems over who has the TV.


Real Equality Issues


When a man tells a woman she can't do something because of her gender - that's an equality issue.  When a man refuses to give a job to a woman even though she is better qualified/experienced because of her gender - that's an equality issue.  When a man tells a woman to get her body out, well that's sexual harassment and isn't an equality issue.


When a woman tells a man that he can't do something because of his gender - that's an equality issue.  When a woman refuses to give a job to a man even though he is better qualified/experienced because of his gender - that's an equality issue.  When a woman tells a man to get his body out, well that's sexual harassment.

See what I did there?  Equality is about equal rights to all.  Want to talk about custodial rights as a mother VS father? for a child that doesn't need breast feeding? this is an equality issue.


There is a constant term some feminists are using that men can't fully comprehend what it's like to be a woman.  You are right, men don't fully understand.  Likewise though for a woman to understand what it's like to be a man.  Sexism and equality is a major issue and does affect both men and women but no one can have their cake and eat it.  Equality is about both sides having EQUAL rights in everything and I've used one example on why men don't have equality as well.  I'm not denying the issue is bigger for women because of society and cultures that exist today/in history.


It's not going to be fixed till everyone decides that they want equality, not revenge but equal rights for both men and women.  So question to those who fight for feminists - are you really after equal rights or are you after revenge.  There is a huge difference to showing your body as a woman to showing your body for attention.  If you look at some ones history and that person has done nothing but seek attention - certain reality celebrity - it's NOT feminism.  This entire episode reminds me of celebrities fighting poverty while they live in their 10 room mansion, multiple servants and swimming pools with a maintenance cost of more than I earn in 5 years.  #Hypocrisy


If you spend your life fighting for equal rights - you should do it where it is needed.  Not to seek attention.  Has this reality celebrity gone out of her way to fight equality?  Has she treated men like a walking wallet? - This pretty much does sum up attention seeking and gold digging for this celebrity.  #QuiteSad

Tuesday, 31 May 2016

What should IT be used for in Education

A very simple question, not so simple answer?
Keeping the first part short - to make life easier.  We are currently living in a world where Students are easily bored, lack the realisation of whats important and are being fed half of the information to get them to succeed.


IT should always be about making life easier.


Engagement
A constant term being used to get Students engaged, paying attention and simply not nodding off through boredom.  Now although I completely agree, surely the urgency of their future should prevent them from being bored.  The more you push for new ways to engage Students, the more new ideas you are having to try.  Let's face it, young people are very spoilt in regards to technology and are far used to not being bored.  Keeping their minds occupied.  They are very rarely just sitting there in the quiet.  Problem is though the more "new" ideas are being tested there is a good chance that half of those ideas are failures.  Remember - Students and Schools can ill afford time being wasted which is why the Schools that tend to push for new ideas tend to be the ones that are not outstanding and sometimes struggle to hit good.


Half of the Information
This is quite simply an issue in education and partly has to do with the engagement side.  The main priority for Schools is Student results and Ofsted - that is the main focus above all else.  That's fact and that's what Schools tell Parents.  Although some Schools will add terms to make it more fancy like community based - that is the focus.  Problem is though that is also the downside.


There is an increased pressure among young people to succeed to avoid failure.  This is important after all for them and the School.  Strange part that..  when Students are getting too stressed because they feel like this is their only opportunity - it causes health issues.  The truth is, today is not the end of the world, tomorrow isn't either and failing at a current subject certainly isn't the only opportunity.  Schools are not feeding this to Students and that is a bit of a niggle for me.  They really should be told that today isn't your greatest, biggest nor most important period of their life.


This also plays a major part with IT, it's there to make your life easier not to be engaging, not to catch their attention - are teenagers 8 year olds? 
What makes life easier
When you record data on a computer and it's saved to a shared area - that's easier compared to the old filing systems in cabinets.  Do you remember constantly going to one office or making 1000 copies of everything?


So what is easier? (I've covered some of this in other posts):
  • Projectors
  • Secure area to store data
  • Shared area to store data
  • Computer in every classroom
  • Available IT areas
  • Filtering
  • Email


Projectors
A simple one, creating work any where in the world on a device to stick it on the projector.  I remember a teacher spending 10 minutes doing some thing on a black board, rubbing it off and doing the next part.


Secure area to store data
This area, is available to save important work which can be accessed any where in the world.  All you generally need is the ability to use IT to create and modify.  You no longer need to carry around dozens of books.  This is usually backed up by IT, kept relatively reliable and safe.


Shared area to store data
Quite simply put - sharing a piece of work, from Students to staff.  It can be permissioned and setup in such a way that you can store years of files in a single area for your entire department.


Computer access and IT availability
With Schools pushing for more IT every where, all Students and staff need is computer availability.  We have several staff areas and one general staffroom.  The Students have access to plenty of computers throughout the School and 97% of them have IT access at home.  Every classroom has a staff computer which allows every staff member to logon and gain access to their areas.  The software installed is the general image for staff, meaning only licenses are the issue.


Filtering
We have a duty of care to protect Students and staff.  If you allowed a Student to break the law willingly, they will do it for the sake of it - as shown by endless amount of social media issues (even after educating).  Students are children, no matter what they will do things that you don't want them to do.  As a result we have a useful filtering system which once fully setup correctly and all "allowed websites" are allowed, you shouldn't really have day to day problems.  Although we don't do a allow only setup, we do block quite a bit to prevent any security breaches.  Reports are easily created and emailed for any E-Safety problems.  And to put it bluntly I do not agree that Schools should allow the doors to be opened, you wouldn't let anyone walk on site would you?


Email
Instant communication, email groups, electronic recording, contacts, tasks and calendars.  All available on any device and any where with signal.  There is absolutely no reason communication should be a problem in the 21st century when the majority of the Country has access to email.


Assessments, Finance, Attendance and Exams - Data Entries
Although exams have seemed a bit touchy and not so perfect systems, this again is all about making things easier.  Attendance can see pre-collated information regarding any Students who have not arrived for registration.  They are able to chase up within minutes to find out why Students are not at School.  Assessments can also be collated very easily by recording in spreadsheets and data entries.  That information can easily be viewed by departments and senior leaders.


All of this would be available at the finger tips of Ofsted and management.


MFD Printing
The ability to print a large document quickly on a machine fit for purpose.  We have a biometric system which links up to a Parent Pay system (cashless catering).  You walk up to a printer and place your finger on it, logs in and click print.  Simple system, the reports can be auto generated every month and sent to the relative departments.


Virtualisation
This system will primarily be available to IT Support, it is how ever a prime example of making life easier.  How many times has a request come through for a massive piece of software to be installed but requires it's own server?  Installing big packages on certain servers can cause other unknown issues especially when altering IIS/SQL settings.   What if it required constant updates and occasional reboots?  Keeping server installations away from each other will keep reliability and redundancy high.  This also allows a new server to be quickly installed, setup and be readily available.


Internet Access and Wi-Fi
A question, if you wanted to learn about Isaac Newton, how would you do it?  Going to a local library which seem to be fast disappearing or go to the shop for a book?
Easy answer:  Google
Isaac Newton
This search literally took me three seconds, this can be done for anything and anyone including Mark Twain.
With Wi-Fi you have access to almost anything you need, regarding any subjects.  You could pretty much lock your self in a room and revise/learn and study.


Not everyone is Clued Up on IT or Technology
The biggest point, which is true, some teachers don't want to use IT nor have the time to learn.  It's very difficult to look through a different lens, very difficult to do it differently especially if there is no proof it's better.
Problem being, it takes time to adapt new technology or new methods.  With teachers under constant strain - do they have the time?  well they do have CPD time and if correctly planned I'm sure everyone can join in.  I have seen many times that people blame confidence, competence, training or even support to why people may not choose to use IT.  The fact is, some people simply do not want to use it.  I know some one who refuses to touch it with a barge pole, even though I have pushed and pushed.  He isn't afraid, he simply doesn't want to.  Some may also push the blame towards training but some times people want to come in, teach how they choose to teach and leave it that way.


Should always remember that IT is there to make your life easier but only if you want to learn, want to be a part of it, want to use and believe it can help.  A lot of people will insist both ends of IT, that it can benefit you or it can't.  Fact is some Schools don't push for change, don't push for technology and those Schools are not being hindered in any way.  I know some one that went to a School that is still old fashioned and that School was voted best in the County and one of the top in the Country.  Even though this School is seriously lacking in "technology".  The Students know they go to that School to learn, to get grades and results to go off on further education.


IT is a Must
So is IT a must have? No.  You would have to be pretty narrow minded to believe that you must have IT in Education.  When Schools have been succeeding without major technological pushes for the last decade.  And this is coming from my self, I use technology every day to make my life easier, I honestly couldn't do my job without it or live my life.  The phone I have has all my contacts, work emails and personal emails.  I pay my bills on IT, I watch my programs and general entertainment.


Although if IT went tomorrow, it would end my job and career - would certainly make me more qualified to say we don't need it.  Would also mean I am not "protecting" my job.


For Schools where the focus is Teaching and Learning - results and Ofsted - it's really important to remember that don't use technology just because you want to instead because you know its a benefit.  I strongly believe that IT can push everyone forward, you also have to remember that history has shown us that you don't always need it to learn or to live.  You can learn more as a farmer actually doing the job and not sitting looking at computer.  Remember although some may say we all must embrace technology, IT doesn't dictate everything in our lives and being without it is just as important as with it.


If Teaching and Learning is truly about preparing young people for the future, should that mean we need to make it clear on topics that we don't like to discuss?  A good example would be, making it clear that failing their exams isn't the end of the world?  Spending all day and every day working hard isn't necessarily the best way to lead their life?


Even though that entire paragraph risks results, would we as staff show Students what life is really like in regards to "dog eat dog world"?  Interesting thing to think about.


You can see the world for what it is, the wonders, the natural life and it's important to remember that IT is there to make your life easier.

Thursday, 26 May 2016

Personal: Why Piers Morgan should be a Politician

Piers Morgan
Some one who has worked hard in his life but didn't come from the standard working class background.  We all know him?  Has a habit of saying something to cause a reaction, acts like he knows it all and can dish it but certainly can't take it.  There's a term for that right?  Troll.


I remember reading an article about the fact our Government was debating banning Trump, as a result of the public signing a petition.  He went on about the fact there are bigger fish to fry like the immigration crises.  Interestingly enough Piers Morgan does the same thing, goes on about Madonna, petty arguments or very miniscule topics when there are bigger problems going on.


Piers also will tweet, he will say that he does things to create discussions - even though they create provocative reactions (just like a troll).


He will criticise people for launching personal attacks (as shown by his tweets) then use terms like "Little Man" live on TV which is utterly cringe worthy and unprofessional.


Viewer Competition
I remember seeing how Gary Lineker tweeted that he had more viewers for his Leicester FC special.  Which it did, over a single episode it had more.  Piers responded with "Not in total of Trumps interview".  There was no mention of the fact that if 1 million people watch a show, if it's the same 1 million watching episode 2.  If there was a ratings reward that night, the interview with Trump wouldn't have won - no matter how sweet talking Piers used.


So looking at the top, Piers twists positive information to suit his own needs, says what he likes to create reactions and really cant take nothing on his chin.  Just like?  That's right - Politicians.


He should be a Politician
We all know Politicians, most of them have been raised by the same kind of families, same Schools and are all given jobs by family and friends.  They didn't earn their positions, they were given them as a result of their upbringing not qualifications.  As shown recently - it really is who you know - so you are taught how the system works e.g. tax systems.


I generally dislike Politicians, they constantly turn things, ignore the negatives and concentrate on the pros.  They argue like children often.  You tell them about their mistakes and they will not want to discuss that instead talk about the good.  This entire EU in/out argument is a prime example.  Telling the public anything to scare people in to voting.  Even though, the truth is - they don't know for certain what will happen.


Piers also constantly mentions his "family" members being military.  So what?  The respect is due to the family members not to Piers Morgan.


BGT
At each step of the way in his posts, Piers would twist, turn and argue back to suit his own petty arguments.  He over indulges in words to again suit him self.  His recent tweets about #BGT are a prime example.  The show wasn't great in the view of some people that I know but to claim people are "Dreadful" just because they may not be world beaters?  Is an understatement by far.  I also like how Piers states that the ratings were best when he was on the show.  Didn't Piers leave this show when it had not even finished yet?  So the best ratings of the series was actually not just Piers?


I remember watching this series 5, I loved watching the Hoff and McIntyre more than Piers Morgan.  Yet again we see Piers acting like it was thanks to him.  I actually wouldn't mind seeing Piers return next season.  I wouldn't watch that show any more than I am barely watching the current one.

It has little to do with the "talent" it's because we have seen it all before.  We've seen singers, pets, magicians and dangerous stunts.  It has nothing to do with the judges most of the time it's the acts and when they become boring.. why watch it.  Even Simon Cowells insults are old news, a bit like Piers Morgan will be soon enough.


So let's go again back to the posh Piers Morgan who's attitude is very disgusting and frankly appalling.  If he had to work like the rest of us, he wouldn't know what to do.  His attitude would have him fired instantly.  Then again, his career is built on that attitude.  Not hard work, but arrogance.  And there is a huge difference in arrogance to confidence, confidence is self belief and has nothing to do with others.  Arrogance is the belief you are better than others.  Piers Morgan certainly believes he is better than YOU.  I remember reading a part of his bio that his first job, he was told who to vote for.  A man so hell bent on his own opinion and doing what he wants?  was basically told what to do in his first job.  Any other real man would have voted how he wanted to regardless.  A man makes his own destiny and his own future, so perhaps Piers Morgan has naturally got some issues.


He falls out and insults anyone who doesn't agree with him, his ranting on twitter is a prime example.  Each time some one famous criticises him or what he says, he instantly launches in to a vicious attack and you can expect an article about .  Just like Politicians, he has completely lost touch with people.  Although he has a huge twitter fan base what he doesn't realise is, I follow him because I find them hilarious not because I like or agree with him.  I know 10 people on twitter and all of them follow Piers and only one of them thinks "he's okay".  That's 1 in 10.


Looking at almost 5 million followers, meaning only 500,000 out of 5 million actually think he's okay.  That's a very poor amount.  What's the old saying?  Quality not quantity?


You look at voters, we don't vote because we like politicians, we vote because we have to.  Otherwise we don't have a right to a voice according to the messages we are told.  Truth is if we don't vote, it would cause chaos.  We may even vote because of a single policy.  Goes to show people follow anyone on twitter for any reason.


Star Wars
I remember reading an article about Star Wars, he instantly had to search what dirt he had on the franchise.  From Alec Guiness him self, some one that didn't get Star Wars nor liked it.  What Piers Morgan failed to mention was the fact that not even George Lucas was happy with it, it had been edited more times than most films ever go through.  The critics wasn't impressed and generally everyone thought it was a waste of money.  It was plagued with a huge amount of problems, Lucas him self was starting to get poorly (again during Ep5) because he simply couldn't do everything that was needed.  The special effects had never been done before and the teams were coming up with new ideas to show simple things like explosions and camera angles.  He also went for untried actors, with Sir Alec and Harrison Ford being the only experienced actors in the movie.


Yet, when released from the very first scene it was captivating.  The very first title scroll had never been done before in such a way, with loud powerful music and straight on to a space chase which again seemed very real for the times.  Not only did it bring people back to the cinema's it also showed there was stories to tell.


Piers completely tore in to Star Wars and also admitted to never watching more than five minutes? Why did he react? Because Star Wars was hitting twitter and he didn't like it.  How can people even like the franchise that he didn't like or understand.


Piers uses "My huge twitter fan followers" to say how popular he is?  Look at how much the Star Wars franchise is worth.  Look at how many decades it has lasted and even in todays world young children who have Parents not even interested in Sci Fi making "light sabre" sounds and wishing they flying ships in space.  Young imagination - something many people even NASA scientists had when they were young.  It shows inspiration to look up instead of looking down on people.


So just like a Politician, Piers tries to understand the crowd.  He fails miserably in criticising a franchise he has never seen more than "10 minutes" worth.
It would also be interesting to know if he actually is a Sci Fi fan, I my self hate soap opera's I have seen plenty of episodes and I'm more qualified to have an opinion on those than he is on Star Wars.  To publicly rant and whine about them is quite entertaining.


Arsenal
Piers Arsenal moaning has been an incredibly predictable moment every single football weekend.  It's hilarious and in all honesty the main reason why I follow him.  It's an instant meltdown, not for his love for the club but instead because he shows how mentally childish he is.  I honestly believe Piers should manage Arsenal.  So we can see him struggle, so he can feel what it's like to be a manager in the Premiere League, the most competitive league in the world.  It's no longer two tier where you expect a team at the top to easily walk over a team at the bottom.  No longer are teams at the bottom full of average players, even league 1 doesn't have average footballers who just want to kick a ball around for a laugh.
He's made it clear he has not liked Wenger at all and now with Arsenal not winning a title for ten years his ranting carries on and doesn't stop.  Never mentioning the fact that for a majority of that ten year period Arsene had his hands tied and had to sell players.  He had to let go of talented footballers not because he wanted to but because he had to.  If a player doesn't get sold for a lot of money, they go on free transfer when they refuse to sign a new deal.  Is that Wenger's fault? No.  That's the owners of the club.  According to Piers though the buck always stops with the manager - wrong.  The manager is always a scape goat.  You look at Manchester United, they have bought so many players under LVG in two years.  Half of them have been a waste of money, the other half are doing well.  He was able to waste half that money which looks like it's not much of a problem, the board allowed it, LVG did it and guess what happened?  He has been sacked.  Wenger has had to make do with what he has and the thing is, most of Wengers purchases have actually worked.  You look at Arsenals signings in two years the ones that cost a good amount of money, they have been talented.  When was the last time Piers moaned about any of these new players?  I don't remember once.  He whines about the same two players constantly yet doesn't mention that Wenger pushed for the other players.


LVG has lost Champions League football, just managed the FA Cup and strangely enough not really thanks to the new signings but instead the youth team.  Did he make the choice to play them?  No.  He had no choice.  He had to.


Wenger every year improves Arsenal, he knows that a fully new team will not challenge anything.  The worst thing for Arsenal?  Finish outside top four, lost a manager, go through what most if not all clubs go through - a bigger nightmare.


Would Piers be quick to moan about Wenger if he never had the financial holding back in those ten years?  No.  Does he constantly play the wrong players in wrong positions? No.  Does Wenger need more players to win a title, Yes.  The thing is, Arsenal need two players - that is it.  They have a good defence, good attack and good midfield.  They simply only lack two men.  Will we see Arsene finally get those two men?  Most likely.


A part of me wishes Arsenal lost that top four, to see the melt down.  Piers blames Wenger, Wenger blames the fans, the fans blame everyone.


For years I have heard all sorts of things from Arsenal fans.  They accuse Wenger of being deluded in thinking they can win the title.  Even though Arsenal fans are just the same.  I know a lot of Arsenal fans and I can say, they want Wenger in/out depending on results.  They blame the ref, injuries and the players.  The players they blame then become players they missed when they are injured.  At Christmas if Arsenal are top of the league its "we will win the league, we are top of the league" yet they blame Wenger for not being down to earth?  Arsenal fans are becoming more and more hated by rival fans than United fans - which says it all.


I had a Wolves fan once, he's retirement age and told me.  "One type of fan, Arsenal fans.  Never their fault, always the victims".  And he is spot on.  Long time ago i knew a few Arsenal fans, they whined about injuries too.


Wenger is a world class manager and any fan would take him tomorrow.  He may not be winning titles all the time but that's the Premier League - get over it.




Piers Morgan will be forgotten
It's quite sad that a man at his age, enough to be a granddad and respectable has to resort to constant tantrums.  Something from the Inbetweeners, including all the "banter" and insults.  I would love to meet Piers Morgan, spend plenty of time with him to see if he really is this person or he just acts like it to gain the reactions.  I did mention before about him being a troll, something he accuses others of being.  I get the bad feeling that Piers Morgan is actually this person, as shown by his live TV presenting.  He doesn't realise that people don't watch him because they love him, they watch him because they find him hilarious and not in a comedian kind of way either.  One day, he will pass away and on that day we all know what will get tweeted, we all know the reaction.


The pathetic thing is, no one will remember Piers Morgan after 12 months from his death.  Those who remember him, will be the same amount that remember me.  Families, friends and generally those who spend a lot of time with me because of who I am not because of my wealth and power.  If Piers Morgan was a normal person, no money, no power - he wouldn't be the friend people wanted around.  He'd be that guy that invited him self to the party.  I feel pity for Piers Morgan, he wont be remembered for doing anything special for our Country.  He won't get a an honour status among the people.  He will simply be dust in the wind.  Perhaps that's why Piers reacts the way that he does, he knows in his heart that he would surely become yesterday's news.


I really do pity him.




What did I say about hypocrisy?  Piers Morgan has just told Johnny Depp to act his age.
Act your age

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Personal: Jose to Manchester United and a wee bit more

Huge football fan here, yes absolutely a Red Devil.


I've been to the games, spend a ton on merchandise and pay a fortune for every sport channel on Virgin Media.


So let's start with the sacking of LVG, I feel for him I really do but let's have a quick peak at the mistakes he made?
  • Spent a lot - £250 million.
  • Half those players were/are flops - the biggest being Di Maria even though he showed glimpses.
  • No plan B - for a time Fellaini's head was the plan.  With no on form strikers to rely on but still attempting Rooney as a striker.
  • Players out of position, Valencia as a RB, Young as a LB and striker, Fellaini as a striker even Blind isn't a natural CB, Carrick as a CB and Mata on the wing.  It wouldn't be so bad if this was occasionally but it became a norm.
  • Wrong tactics against the wrong teams, at times teams would park it and hit United on the counter.  This didn't always work and in fact usually caused massive problems for United.
  • Multiple holding mid-fielders.  There is a reason why some teams only allow one holding midfielder.  This allows every other player except that midfielder and centre backs to have pace and speed with creativity.
At every stage along this path, these two footballing seasons LVG would insist the issue is not him.  Even attempted to blame the fans for expecting too much?


David Moyes
Dave made one mistake, he didn't plan for the loss of RVP.  Although United had strikers, United didn't have perfect finishers.  As a result United had scoring problems just as much as they did before RVP turned up.  Losing out to City on goal difference was why Fergie pushed for another striker with Van Persie.  A striker who already had respect and fear from defenders and rival fans.  Daves end of season mistakes involved the likes of Zaha, Janu and losing several key players from Evra to Vidic.  You also have to remember the loss of of Rafael and Evans - that's 4 critical 1st team defenders that won Fergie league.  Those defenders were replaced with Shaw, Damian and Rojo.  And in all honesty I do not rate Rojo what so ever as a defender, lack of pace and no creativity moving forward.


Luke Shaw
When people talk about Uniteds best players, they talk about one man Da Gea.  Yet there is no mention of Martial, Rashford, Lindgard and the amazing Shaw.  I rate shaw to be our best LB not just for club but for Country.  Funnily enough our season went down hill when we lost Shaw, our LB with Rojo was easily beaten and couldn't go forward.  There was a time when Rojo wouldn't breach the midfield line.  He has not got the pace and very limited creativity.  The loss of Shaw was a major factor in losing a top 4 slot.  Will he return to form?  players rarely do.  His fitness was impressive after what LVG did to him.


The best parts of LVG
So he did make a positive impact, he made Luke Shaw fitter.  He got Martial, Rashford and Lindgard all playing.  Although many considered Martial a waste of money, those critics were fast silenced after one game.  Even after that game it was "lets see if it wasn't luck" and guess what, Martial has been another player to mention this season.  Who's next? Well the impressive Rashford who has not had many shots on target but has consistently scored.  He is very cool headed and relaxed, doesn't get stressed as much.  Perfect for United.
Lindgard, although inconsistent - I really think we should build our team around him and Rashford/Martial.


Jose
So, the Special one, the antic one, certainly not the boring one.  We all know him, the majority of Chelsea fans didn't want him gone but understood why it happened.  When he went the results only slightly improved and Chelsea still struggled.  Was it Jose's fault or perhaps the players simply didn't perform?  I think it's safe to say that the players really didn't bother.
The problem with Jose was he never blamed the players, he protected them, sugar coated them and it seems when he stopped doing that - they didn't like it.  Kind of goes back to Fergie when he said that times have changed.  We can no longer batter the players, we have to look after them - they are sensitive.


So back to Jose, I believe he is a great manager.  Even SAF wasn't perfect.  He is arrogant like most footballer managers but I do think he is the right choice for the next few years.  Till a more long term solution can be resolved.


The sacking of LVG
It's interesting when rival fans banter, #hypocrisy comes to mind often.  The same fans that complained about LVG being sacked are the same ones that laughed constantly at his performances and results.  The same fans that complained at the way it was handled also criticised Man City's openness, Liverpools instant sacking of Rodgers and every other EPL manager (theres been plenty of sackings this season).  I even watched an Arsenal fan rip in to Uniteds handling of this.  Yet Arsenal fans who have been the most inconsistent supports I have ever witnessed with their ever changing minds of Arsene Wenger.  They complain at how United have booed LVG yet they did the same (insert all the banners, campaigns etc etc etc).  #Hypocrites.


One thing I can say is I am proud of United fans.  I know a lot of non United fans from all sorts of teams and they all say one consistent messaged, we are not by far the worst fans in the Premier League.  We supported LVG through his mess, supported Moyes longer than most other fans have done (as shown by this and last season).  It took us 6 months of poor results and performances to finally say enough is enough Moyes.  We was on course to missing top four by a mile, losing the CL and every competition.  Struggling to score goals and have a laughing stock of a defence - then blame it all on luck.  The same fans that criticised this entire escapade only take one or two bad losses to call for their managers head.  As shown by Arsenal and even Liverpool fans.


I watch football occasionally with a few Arsenal fans and I have to say, quite shocking.  The same person who says "Insert Player Name" was missed, will also say a few weeks later that the player is a waste of space.  The same fans who "We are top of the league, we will win it" at Christmas then whine and complain when they bottle it.  The terms deluded gets used, aimed at poor Arsene yet the fans do the same thing.  Instead of "Lets see how this goes" it's always we will win it, come next season and then the bottle gets smashed.  You only have to see the tweets from a certain Piers Morgan to know exactly what I mean.  If I ever see an Arsenal fan whine about Uniteds treatment of LVG, I just remind them to look in the mirror at their own obscene fans who whine non stop, blame everything (like Jose) and then use terms like "injuries" as if they are the only team that faces them.


Injuries
A major factor in football, I keep an eye on the most injuries stats.  This season United has been amongst the highest, last season
As I type this United has the same amount of injuries that Arsenal has #4.  That's it.  A team like ours always should have plan B players.


So let's look at a pivotal point - JAN 2016:
Manchester United had 20 players injured with City on level.  Who was higher?  No one.  Liverpool and Stoke had 19.  So where is Arsenal on this table?  14.  Which actually is sitting on the average, with the lowest being 9 (likes of Leicester).


I remember growing up listening to an Arsenal fan go on about injuries which is why United won the league.  Hold up?  I thought it was refs? I thought it was because United spent money?  The same fans who said Fergie was nothing are now respecting him, telling United those glory days are gone.

Such fickle fans we have - quite sad really.


JAN Injury Stat


DEC Injury list


Yet according to some fans it's been their bad luck on injuries.  Funny? Those stats say something else.

Thursday, 12 May 2016

Personal: What's wrong with Teachers

I do apologise but the title is mostly miss-leading.


Teachers are under extreme pressure to get Students with grades, results, Ofsted inspection all while dealing with day to day lives.


What issues can a Student have that is out of everyone's power?
  • A family loss.
  • Illness (from serious or general problems).
  • Abuse.
  • Poverty.
  • Health, from food to lack of exercise.
  • Behaviour.
  • Parents who don't care.
  • Always the Schools fault.
The Teachers will be expected to get those Students through an educational system to getting their predicted grades if not better.  The Government though will simply not care about that nor that the above can impact attendance.


The Government changes the Curriculum, goal posts and teaching level?
  • ICT Changes from day to day general IT to "coding".
  • English changes to teach "British Literature".
  • 1 Year to prep for these while still doing day to day work.
  • Telling Schools they should employ trainee teachers.
  • VLE requirement, suddenly cancelled
  • BSF rollover, suddenly cancelled
  • Ofsted changes in requirements.
  • Longer hours
  • More Students
  • More classes
  • No extra budgets, buildings and classrooms - Instead cut backs.
  • New Government with new changes
Under paid, under valued and as mentioned before it's always the Schools fault.  Ever sat and watched a Student insist they are innocent, they "swear down" and the Parent 100% believes their child.  Not until you get CCTV proof that little Johnny was indeed responsible.  This actually happens more often than most people think.


A Teacher should be Teaching, this is a generic thing I use for anyone including us in IT.  We are IT Support and we should be doing that.  Would a parent be happy if their child was being taught English by an IT Technician who was fresh out of School? No.


So what do Teachers do?
  • Lesson plan (usually months in advance and record it for Cover).
  • Evaluate Students often (including recording it all down review).
  • Marking Students work (all of it)
  • Teach all day every day (with minimal free periods that usually get taken for Cover).
  • Deal with 25-30 Students per lesson with 5-6 lessons a day Monday to Friday.
  • Parent evenings and events.
  • Training (from child protection, to new policies, procedures and general improvements) - Usually a few periods a week at most.
  • Work daily long hours
Summer Holidays off?  Correction.  I've been told by a few heads over the years that the holiday time is actually when the above work should be completed.  This includes any tracking, marking and lesson planning.  Teachers are expected to do the average 25-32 days off a year same as any profession (give or take a few days).  Some teachers will choose to work late during the week so they get the half terms off.  You have to remember that teachers can't book time off during term time.


Are they Perfect? The bad bits - after all they are human
Not perfect, you will see in other posts some teachers are just the same as any other professional job.  You have the good, the bad and the nutty.  You have those who treat you the same as the Government treats them - like dirt.  You have teachers who are very ambitious, selfish and don't actually just teach but want to show off new ideas that don't actually benefit teaching. 


A major issue Teachers have especially young ones is their career path:
  • School
  • College
  • University
  • Teaching
This path provides little experience in anything else, Schools are responsible for millions of pounds (yes millions) which is why they are generally employing School manages/business managers to offload.  It's why finance officers tend to be also experience in business management.  After all why would a head teacher have experience in budgets? until they hit deputy head.


They can be very poor with IT, know nothing about it but claim they are the best qualified to say what tool to use.  You wouldn't trust some one who can't drive, knows nothing about cars to claim they are best qualified to say what car is suited for the jobs? No.  I once had to help deal with a situation of a teacher lying, although wasn't a serious incident in fact it was very minor but because this teacher had lied - it resulted in their sacking.  I've had teachers openly tell me how to do my job, what my job is - regardless of my job description.  It's not my job to be responsible for externally provided websites - use Facebook as an example.  If Facebook went offline, what's that got to do with any School let alone the IT techies?  Some teachers over the years have acted towards me like I am a teaching assistant, admin assistant or even a cleaner/site staff.


Then again, I have heard some stories from teachers over the years including heads and deputies.  Good stories and Bad stories, I know some teachers today that are absolutely lovely to talk to.  Always apologetic if they make a mistake, always kind and caring towards us.


So it goes to show there are some really nice, great teachers but there are some poor nuts and bolts around.

Thursday, 5 May 2016

Personal: The Force Awakens

So the new Star Wars movie, practical effects, real budgets, real cameos and an updated feeling.  Don't forget there are spoilers below!


Going to start off with the negatives


Feels like a long time ago..    since Return of the Jedi
So it's been many years since the destruction of the death star and the death of the emperor/vader.  I didn't mind this too much but I have put this as a negative mainly due to the next part I wanted to discuss.


Forgotten the original story lines
So, not only did it feel like the entire trilogy was for nothing - after all defeating all that evil felt like "what's the point".  The Small band of Rebels grew in force and numbers then became an Alliance Fleet.  Then magically they went back to being "Resistance" fighters...  and again the numbers were stacked against them.  This was my 2nd biggest issue with this new movie, it really did feel like why did they even bother?  Instead of the Emperor we now have Snoke, we are yet again outnumbered/outgunned by an evil army.   And of course that climax towards the end which resulted in the destruction of the New Republic - essentially putting us exactly where we was at the end of New Hope.


Too much Ford
One part I didn't enjoy, was the entire Smuggling Scene.  It felt like Ford didn't take his role serious, nor the fact he was in danger and it generally felt that Han Solo didn't care anymore.  Perhaps he was still hell bent on losing his Son to the Dark Side but with his "humour" and taking nothing serious I don't relate to that at all.  I would have scrapped this entire scene which was my main big gripe at this movie.


Felt very original but perhaps a bit too much
The easy one, we all said it and we all know it.  Felt similar perhaps too similar to A New Hope, I really appreciate that they made some changes but it did feel like too much A New Hope.  You have the desert planet, dreaming of a better life, planet killer and the old Jedi with the young padawan.


Personally I would have removed the entire planet killer and perhaps have it.  A final small issue was the end X-Wing battle felt too...  much going on?  too all over the place?  no attention to exact details?  now all of a sudden these X-Wings are super manoeuvrable?


Okay the Good Stuff and there was plenty of it


Kylo Ren
How do you top/replace one of the coolest bad guys in existence (Darth Vader) - You don't.  Instead you give us some one who is a child of Solo.  You give us some one who isn't a master but still learning.  Not afraid to throw tantrums (not the annoying kind but the funny disturbing kind) and allow him to stop a blaster.
He also sensed his father arriving and also a Finn questioning but didn't bother with it.  Not only do you feel his presence but you feel that there is a lot more to come from his character.  Although I don't love him like Vader, you certainly feel like he is a popular Sith compared to Anakin during no.3 but perhaps better than most.


Pretty much Every Character - Too Many to list.
I loved Rey, really liked Finn and thought Poe was brilliant.  Not forgetting a certain little droid BB-8 - Again how do you top R2.  The right choices they made on the actors was also unforgettable.  From the moment we all saw Luke, the cameo characters with a few lines - everything felt like they tried their best to give us a worthy Star Wars.  And they did it.


Practical Effects
We all saw them right? real sets, real backgrounds, real characters not special effects, real explosions and a sense that everything was real.  The prequels biggest mistakes pretty much summed up the non existence of that sentence.


The Story
The way the film started was brilliant, all about finding Skywalker.  Giving us Kylo Ren and something about his past, showing us Finn a Storm Trooper who would normally not hesitate to kill innocent people like the others questioning his life.  This entire scene was perfectly shot and executed.  Then they gave us Rey who could certainly handle her self in sticky situations.  It really did feel that every shot was perfected with love and care for this is Star Wars.


The Lightsabre moment
In this one single moment, I knew that Star Wars was really back and in good hands.  Rey finds Lukes weapon and feels something powerful.  A moment of history, voices and even Obi-Wan.
One thing the prequels completely failed on was moments like this.  In the originals we had those moments, from Obi Wan talking about the dark times before the empire, to Luke facing him self in the cave and witnessing the Han/Leia suffering.  It's a bit of script, to a dream that really gives off that "magic" of Star Wars.  This moment actually sent chills down my spine.  What did it all mean?  I cant wait to see more.


The X-Wings Arrival
Another perfectly shot scene, only slightly off put by Han Solo now only discovering the CrossBow.  From watching Finn fight with a sabre, to seeing the X-Wings taking on Tie Fighters and ground troops.  There was a lot going on while Rey was having a nightmare moment for her self with Kylo Ren.


The Stare off
Rey vs Kylo when she begins to realise that resistance is possible with the Force.  What a fantastic way of giving us Rey's abilities being discovered.  I had a feeling that he would slightly struggle but he was completely put in his place.  Not only that but telling a storm trooper to let her go was great to see.


Snoke and Phasma
People whined about this because it felt like they were "Non Existent" yet these same people didn't whine about the lack of Emperor Pre ROTJ or Boba.  Such small meaningful parts, if you don't include being setup by Lando.  This is the first movie out of this trilogy and I'm sure we will get more, perhaps even seeing what they are capable of doing.  Remember this is the first.
Snoke is obviously in some way a Force user, perhaps the new Sith Lord but either way the character was impressive.  Not like the Emperor but certainly not afraid or inexperienced.  Phasma, with that armour alone deserves a place for memorable characters.


Luke Skywalker
I can't lie, I wanted more Luke Skywalker and I hope they do not make the mistake of killing him off during Episode 8 in a way that Yoda died.  The original trilogy was about this guy, as much as many of us fell in love with the other characters - it was supposed to be about Luke.  With that being said, I loved the way he was there at the very end.  And it looked incredibly natural to Mark.


So on a final note yes I am looking forward to more, no I don't think Rogue One will have anything to do with Force Awakens nor the characters.  I for one do not sit here and think about all the fan theories where 99% of them end up totally wrong.  The more outrageous you think you more unlikely you are going to be right.  I've yet to see a crazy idea turn out to be true.










Personal: The Donald Trump


So finally a relaxing post? No chance.



Trump

I think most people saw this coming, he is taking America by storm.  Maybe not for reasons I like, personally I wouldn't vote for him but do I blame Americans? No.  They like many of us are sick of politicians not saying what needs to be said or doing what needs to be done.

Obama was very good at telling people what he would like done but not for one second would he make that call.  Perhaps we will see Trump do the same thing, we've seen it with a certain British Politician who was quite outrageous but has had to cool down lately.  Will Trump bow down to peer pressure to keep the support? Only time will tell but I do believe he will calm down a bit once he has what he wants which is the White House.  Do I think he will make America better? No.


The other options
Realistically it seems that Hilary is the other option, she's had to deal with a lot from her husbands affair while he was president.  She's been in the political office long enough to know the ins and outs, the do's and don'ts.  From a non American Citizens point of view I think she is the better choice, perhaps the safest option.  Everyone has pretty much given up.  Hilary has the benefit of potentially being America's first lady president which isn't a bad thing.  We live in a society where equality is important and rightly so - women should be given every right to do the same job a man does.  Regardless right?  Right.


Fear of the future of Trump
A part of me likes his say how it is, at times though he seems to not realise what is coming out of his mouth.  A recent interview with some one he wasn't very polite to, he had actually forgotten that he insulted the interviewer some time ago.  He also seems to be back tracking on a lot of what he says in regards to the American relationship with the UK, North Korea and even the middle eastern nations.  I wonder how much time he will back track on his Muslim comments?  Like all politicians he will silence his outrageous comments and take that chill pill.  He is simply using America's fear and hate to win the presidency.
Problem is?  What if he will be that mad president?  What if he really has no fear of doing what he wants.  Like it not there is a hate for America, their history and the mistakes they have made.  Likewise for the old British Empire, but the British history was a long time ago that only America really remembers it - wonder why?
I would actually be nervous at the thought of Trump being responsible for America.


Should America Change
Yes, it should.  Once upon a time America was the nation of the free, welcome everyone.  How do you think some of the greatest cities were build?  New York, Washington - they were not built by a free enterprise and equality instead built under slaves, lies and deceit so the rich got richer and poor got poorer.  No difference really in todays society.


I'm no political editor, nor politician but I am the general public.  The voter, the tax payer and the working class.  Everything I own is bought and paid for by my self.  I didn't have rich parents or inherited anything instead I really had to work hard for my self.  I am that general working class.  And you know what, I am nervous about the future, afraid for my next generation.  So is Trump the right man for America? the world?....  only time will tell.