Realizations in the Midst of the Journey
If you are a spiritual person, everything that happens to you in life you connect to the spiritual or deeper meaning of your life, your purpose, your very existence. And, there are times when you can reflect on the past and reconcile its meaning with your present place in your journey.
Such is a time for me. In questioning, "why or why is this happening to ME?" as we all do at some point or another, its a rare moment when the answer comes and says to you, "This is why, tell this story now." The Clark County School District in Las Vegas Nevada is trying to send me to prison. To this end, they have been largely successful in their efforts -- and while I realize that whistle-blowing to the media when they let a child walk out the front door of our school may be the obvious reason they are trying to do that -- scapegoat me to save face -- it is not, I believe the only or the real reason.
I've told this story before, but I can't find it now, so I'll tell it again -- like a good storyteller, I will try to bring it to life once again. Like the retelling of the stories in the gospels with slight nuances to bring broader meanings to a simple tale.
In January 2009, my daughter's elementary school was set to present in the Dr. Martin Luther King parade in Las Vegas, Nevada. They begun preparing in December when I learned what the school's presentation was going to be. A dance by the girls and, theoretically the boys could join too, but doubtful they would want to dance to a song called "Candy Girl."
Now, I'm old(er) and I remember "Candy Girl" -- its a sweet song by New Edition. A very innocent song if you compare it to other songs like Soulja Boyz' "Crank Dat" previously approved by the school for functions. But coming from a child's perspective, it has some very grown-up or perhaps just teenage innuendos about the relationship of a boy and a girl, including those of a physical and sexual nature. And, coupled with the presentation at the school of songs like "Crank Dat," the innocence is soon lost, and a clear message is sent to the girls: you are "candy girls" to be looked at and thought of how good a girl makes him feel "in every way" -- you are a sexual objects. And, boys, you are supposed to sexualize girls at age 6, 7, 8, etc.
As an adult, I appreciate that -- that subtle lesson being taught. Now, sexuality is not a bad thing. And, that thought when you are growing in young love is a wonderful one and one I hope every person on the planet gets to feel everyday in healthy, life affirming, empowering circumstances.
This is Las Vegas, Nevada, land of perversion. Sin City is where these 1st through 5th grade girls are being put on parade as "Candy Girls" to be "thought of" in every way by those watching -- and they are not just their classmates of equal age where the sexual innuendos of the song would likely fly right over their heads -- but paraded before older boys, young men, old men.
In a city where we have frequent ten o'clock
news stories of another underage, 11, 12, 13 year olds,
prostitution ring has been broken up.
Now, I am not going to be a hypocrite because this is not about "Sin City." There are adult choices adults make that create our environment and I do not think the mere existence of this environment is wrong -- its not something I judge that way -- this is about the safety and security of our children.
Security first and foremost on a very practical level -- those being of sexual predators. Now, if such a predator (and Las Vegas has its disproportionate share of them) knows exactly where they can find some "Candy Girls" -- at my daughter's school.
Security first and foremost on a developmental level -- sex education is a regulated part of our public schools. Regulated with good reason. And until the 5th grade, and then ONLY with specific parent approval, are our public schools supposed to introduce sexual concepts, even if those concepts are hidden in the lyrics of a song, the ideas of relationship development into the sexual context are premature for children of ages under 12, and then, even for some older kids, they are still not ready -- hence the regulation of parent approval for such education to be given in our academic settings. This is a educational basic.
Security first and foremost on a spiritual level -- the degradation of women to that of the oppressed, violated, battered or conditioned whore in our society comes from a breakdown of the innate spiritual connection within a woman that begins when she is a girl. Who she becomes as a woman is crafted in her childhood. School, both academically and socially, plays a large role in the sculpting of those values in a child.
As parents, we try to expose and protect our children naturally from the things we feel we need to protect them from as they grow up. Some of us limit television, some only allow G movies, others don't allow certain music, still others immerse their lives in a circle of community where common sensibilities maintain a level of protection preventing exposure to that which we feel are detrimental to our child's spiritual development. We all have different levels of protection, but all parents have the need to protect.
As a parent, I did that. I filed a Public Concern Form with the Clark County School District asking them why they were putting our little girls on parade to be "Candy Girls" at age 8-9-10, etc. The system of politics in Las Vegas, Nevada need Candy Girls to be developed so the system of perversion that creates the corruption that is very obvious on many levels and very hidden on other levels.
The school and the school district saw nothing wrong with the parade or the context in which they presented our elemetnary girls. My Public Concern Form basically informed them they were "pimping" our girls -- although I did not use those words. And, they are. Through their system of failing to follow the Regulations that are in place, they put their agenda ... and it is an agenda when you put together all the little, tiny nuances of sexual education they introduce in our schools without calling it such. God, they say, is in the details.
So, I confront that perversion in our educational system in Las Vegas, Nevada -- that is one reason they want to put me in prison. Be a witness anyway -- do not be afraid. Wherever you are, in your own way, be a witness for the truth you know to be right. Jesus said, "render to Caesar what is Caesar," but God gave us our children to raise for God. Caesar's school system cannot take from us what is God's, we must protect them and I need your help to do that, because for me, this is a spiritual battle for my child and all our children.
Together, we can build a place where by the operation of our own laws and family values, our children are protected. Please, help me do that in Las Vegas, Nevada.
peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'
Such is a time for me. In questioning, "why or why is this happening to ME?" as we all do at some point or another, its a rare moment when the answer comes and says to you, "This is why, tell this story now." The Clark County School District in Las Vegas Nevada is trying to send me to prison. To this end, they have been largely successful in their efforts -- and while I realize that whistle-blowing to the media when they let a child walk out the front door of our school may be the obvious reason they are trying to do that -- scapegoat me to save face -- it is not, I believe the only or the real reason.
I've told this story before, but I can't find it now, so I'll tell it again -- like a good storyteller, I will try to bring it to life once again. Like the retelling of the stories in the gospels with slight nuances to bring broader meanings to a simple tale.
In January 2009, my daughter's elementary school was set to present in the Dr. Martin Luther King parade in Las Vegas, Nevada. They begun preparing in December when I learned what the school's presentation was going to be. A dance by the girls and, theoretically the boys could join too, but doubtful they would want to dance to a song called "Candy Girl."
Now, I'm old(er) and I remember "Candy Girl" -- its a sweet song by New Edition. A very innocent song if you compare it to other songs like Soulja Boyz' "Crank Dat" previously approved by the school for functions. But coming from a child's perspective, it has some very grown-up or perhaps just teenage innuendos about the relationship of a boy and a girl, including those of a physical and sexual nature. And, coupled with the presentation at the school of songs like "Crank Dat," the innocence is soon lost, and a clear message is sent to the girls: you are "candy girls" to be looked at and thought of how good a girl makes him feel "in every way" -- you are a sexual objects. And, boys, you are supposed to sexualize girls at age 6, 7, 8, etc.
As an adult, I appreciate that -- that subtle lesson being taught. Now, sexuality is not a bad thing. And, that thought when you are growing in young love is a wonderful one and one I hope every person on the planet gets to feel everyday in healthy, life affirming, empowering circumstances.
BUT . . .
Real World Context
Real World Context
This is Las Vegas, Nevada, land of perversion. Sin City is where these 1st through 5th grade girls are being put on parade as "Candy Girls" to be "thought of" in every way by those watching -- and they are not just their classmates of equal age where the sexual innuendos of the song would likely fly right over their heads -- but paraded before older boys, young men, old men.
In a city where there are four strip bars within
a block or two of the parade route.
a block or two of the parade route.
In a city where we have frequent ten o'clock
news stories of another underage, 11, 12, 13 year olds,
prostitution ring has been broken up.
In a city where girls in g-strings and pasties
"Girls right to your door" are
handed out on postcards on the street
and plastered on rolling billboards
circulating all over town.
"Girls right to your door" are
handed out on postcards on the street
and plastered on rolling billboards
circulating all over town.
Now, I am not going to be a hypocrite because this is not about "Sin City." There are adult choices adults make that create our environment and I do not think the mere existence of this environment is wrong -- its not something I judge that way -- this is about the safety and security of our children.
Security first and foremost on a very practical level -- those being of sexual predators. Now, if such a predator (and Las Vegas has its disproportionate share of them) knows exactly where they can find some "Candy Girls" -- at my daughter's school.
Security first and foremost on a developmental level -- sex education is a regulated part of our public schools. Regulated with good reason. And until the 5th grade, and then ONLY with specific parent approval, are our public schools supposed to introduce sexual concepts, even if those concepts are hidden in the lyrics of a song, the ideas of relationship development into the sexual context are premature for children of ages under 12, and then, even for some older kids, they are still not ready -- hence the regulation of parent approval for such education to be given in our academic settings. This is a educational basic.
Security first and foremost on a spiritual level -- the degradation of women to that of the oppressed, violated, battered or conditioned whore in our society comes from a breakdown of the innate spiritual connection within a woman that begins when she is a girl. Who she becomes as a woman is crafted in her childhood. School, both academically and socially, plays a large role in the sculpting of those values in a child.
As parents, we try to expose and protect our children naturally from the things we feel we need to protect them from as they grow up. Some of us limit television, some only allow G movies, others don't allow certain music, still others immerse their lives in a circle of community where common sensibilities maintain a level of protection preventing exposure to that which we feel are detrimental to our child's spiritual development. We all have different levels of protection, but all parents have the need to protect.
As a parent, I did that. I filed a Public Concern Form with the Clark County School District asking them why they were putting our little girls on parade to be "Candy Girls" at age 8-9-10, etc. The system of politics in Las Vegas, Nevada need Candy Girls to be developed so the system of perversion that creates the corruption that is very obvious on many levels and very hidden on other levels.
The school and the school district saw nothing wrong with the parade or the context in which they presented our elemetnary girls. My Public Concern Form basically informed them they were "pimping" our girls -- although I did not use those words. And, they are. Through their system of failing to follow the Regulations that are in place, they put their agenda ... and it is an agenda when you put together all the little, tiny nuances of sexual education they introduce in our schools without calling it such. God, they say, is in the details.
So, I confront that perversion in our educational system in Las Vegas, Nevada -- that is one reason they want to put me in prison. Be a witness anyway -- do not be afraid. Wherever you are, in your own way, be a witness for the truth you know to be right. Jesus said, "render to Caesar what is Caesar," but God gave us our children to raise for God. Caesar's school system cannot take from us what is God's, we must protect them and I need your help to do that, because for me, this is a spiritual battle for my child and all our children.
Together, we can build a place where by the operation of our own laws and family values, our children are protected. Please, help me do that in Las Vegas, Nevada.
peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'
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