tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.comments2023-10-30T10:07:09.016-04:00The InsiderLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423544545388492094noreply@blogger.comBlogger1294125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-90556471788069790552023-04-30T11:36:22.735-04:002023-04-30T11:36:22.735-04:00nice article nice article kampus terbaikhttps://umj.ac.idnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-33814213212004125692022-12-02T08:18:05.087-05:002022-12-02T08:18:05.087-05:00I enjoyedd reading your postI enjoyedd reading your postPasadena Glass Cuttinghttps://www.glass-professionals.com/us/custom-glass-california/pasadena-glass-cutting.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-79757443878552702802022-05-05T17:02:57.102-04:002022-05-05T17:02:57.102-04:00This was lovelly to readThis was lovelly to readGerard Whttps://www.gerardwalker.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-47827604947214381812020-01-10T11:57:38.621-05:002020-01-10T11:57:38.621-05:00As a school assembly provider you should know bett...As a school assembly provider you should know better than to throw the word "rape" around so casually, especially regarding anything to do with schools and children. It's time deaf to say the least. What non profit do you work for? You have done a great disservice to your original rant. If I don't know your company name, I will avoid all school assembly providers.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485227809464345540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-8214051599380459642019-11-07T12:13:30.533-05:002019-11-07T12:13:30.533-05:00LolLolYour son Gottemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-31032836674100302802019-06-03T15:10:59.420-04:002019-06-03T15:10:59.420-04:00My little brothe bought like, 6, and wasted a crap...My little brothe bought like, 6, and wasted a crapton of money on it. Its a stupid scam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-59132600418622987242018-01-29T03:51:21.126-05:002018-01-29T03:51:21.126-05:00crackstools is a hub of software cracking tools in...<a href="http://crackstools.com" rel="nofollow">crackstools</a> is a hub of software cracking tools including protection against the manipulation of software, serial number, hardware key, date checks etc. You can find full version software, activation keys, <a href="http://crackstools.com" rel="nofollow">serial key</a>, and license keys for lifetime, crack, patch, keygen in crackstools with easy download source.<a href="http://crackstools.com" rel="nofollow">www.crackstools.com</a>crackstoolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946234504862939505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-52481192408808811002017-01-06T02:25:44.647-05:002017-01-06T02:25:44.647-05:00Really you blog have very interesting and very va...Really you blog have very interesting and very valuable information about the school assembly idea good work.<br /><a href="https://wheelsoffreestyle.com/" rel="nofollow">school assembly idea</a>harrytommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582376523467975247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-51958929897497768042016-09-23T17:48:34.453-04:002016-09-23T17:48:34.453-04:00Okay. So I'm going both ways in this situation...Okay. So I'm going both ways in this situation. I know about NED yo-yo's, and we had one earlier this week. For Elementary(Kinder-5th at my school) they have presentations, while the upper academy does not. But they sell to all of the groups. The presentation for the little ones is to persuade them to buy a yo-yo, since the presentation is directed for a younger audience. I got NED yo-yo's in my old school (transferred going to 6th grade) and the presentation, but sadly I didn't see it this year. This can be taken to ways, that NED is going for the younger ones to trick them into buying it, or that they want to teach it to them early on, so that they take this message into their older self.<br /> Now, I remember from a presentation from 6 years ago(I was 7), and I remember these exact words;<br />NED, N: Never Give Up, E: Encourage Others, D: Do your best. Now, I bought it again, and I still remember to do tricks. But every time I buy one, they don't break until another kid messes with mine. And whenever I look at the wheel, it says Never Give Up, Encourage Others, and Do your best. So I look at it, and remember to be nice to the public, and try my hardest to be a better person in all. After buying the yo-yo, I saw an increase in my grades, mood(was depressed ;c), and my my respect for other people. <br /> Another thing, if you think this was typed by a old 26 year old man, no. I'm a 7th grader, currently taking Alg 1 and Phs Sciences. I hate it that just because your a kid you can't type/write a good arguement against adults. That is stupid and biased. I, myself, think I am smarter than most teens and maybe some adults these age. I can cite sources, and use evidence correctly. So, According to a study done in a school(my school), a week after NED yo-yo's were on sale, out of 1000 students, nearly 800 remembered the message. Also, the mood BETWEEN THE ELEMENTARY KIDS was also a lot more positive and they were a lot nicer and helpful to each other. According to a study last year(also at my school), at the end of September (sales started on the 19th), that 800 went down to a sad estimated 750. WOW. 250 kids don't remember the NED thing (300 in Middle School)? Even though it was presented to only 600 kids out of 100? WOW! WE NEED TO TAKE DOWN NED! WHOS WITH ME!? <br /> No but seriously, stop ganging up on NED. It leaves a positive impact on students, and I rarely see the other side defending them selves. Never give up! And encourage the parents that it's good! Also, Do your best to show them, that it does do good. If everyone attacks one thing, then it can't defend itself. Plus, what school wouldn't want a free 1,200 check just for selling kids yo-yo's with good morals on them? Really. You need to do a lot of things. 1. Fact check. 2. Understand their point of view without the MONEY MONEY MONEY intent. 3. Noticing that they use Yo-Yo's, a cool trick-modded wheel, to present a good moral. 4. Every time your kid looks at the cover, it reminds him of NED. 5. The story is fun and innovative, and they change it every time. I remember in 4th grade, they used Spongebob as an example, and ever since it has been imprinted in my mind whenever someone mentions or I see something like/related to the sponge, I remember the NED morals. 6. Not all kids will remember the morals. Lets face it. Kids have gotten much more, well idiotic. Have you seen World Star Hip Hop website? It's for kids to try and be cool in their school. The Dab and the Whip, things that children do, what if I told you that kids are more interested in learning to twerk and 'Hit the Folks', than school work? So, we need to raise the children better. Until you have been to a NED show, you don't know it's true meaning. You can use this for reference, but cite me. Or else I'll file a lawsuit for plagiarism. I may be a kid, but I don't mess around. (also subscribe to my YouTube Channel)Jordan William Martinezhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE2VWLc8_EuFfGYiyrM1Yhgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-49928095677093319902015-10-11T10:32:51.365-04:002015-10-11T10:32:51.365-04:00though, that’s just not the case. It seems that no...though, that’s just not the case. It seems that no matter what, something happens. <a href="http://www.relationshipeguide.com/how-to-rekindle-sexual-intimacy-in-your-relationship/" rel="nofollow">sexual intimacy problems in marriage</a><br />jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835847777966515522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-9555339798020123552015-09-06T05:11:22.091-04:002015-09-06T05:11:22.091-04:00I'm a professional stand-up comedian and I per...I'm a professional stand-up comedian and I perform my elementary school National Assembly Program, Stand-Up For Kids, throughout the USA. My show focuses on self-esteem, life skills, and character etc. and I convey my message through the art of stand-up comedy. I proudly say that I am the only comedian in the USA who performs in public and parochial schools; I've researched this many times, but I am yet to find another stand-up comic doing what I do. Furthermore, I have also been performing adult stand-up comedy for more than 20 years. <br /><br />In any event, I don't sell anything to schools, libraries, children's museums etc. Schools and other venues pay a performance fee, for which I deliver a very unique, high-energy, message-oriented show that focuses on character and being a positive, kind, loving productive member of society. Moreover, I am the only performer for Stand-Up For Kids. It is solely my creation and thus I am very passionate and grateful that I can make a positive impact on students and educators. I'm very proud that students and teachers consistently love my performances and shower me with kind words, letters, etc. about the performances and what they learned from them.<br /><br />I invite you to visit my website at www.standupforkidsusa.com. For bookings, you can contact my manager, Dave Clark, at 561.768.2471. Don't worry. He won't try to sell you anything. He just schedules the dates and gives you any additional information that you may need to know. Oh, he happens to be my performance partner in our adult show as well. Anyway, thanks for your time. Perhaps your children will experience my show one day. I certainly hope so:) <br /><br />Sincerely,<br />MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-77163774002590311852015-08-12T16:11:17.975-04:002015-08-12T16:11:17.975-04:00I'll be honest...I'm a school counselor an...I'll be honest...I'm a school counselor and I CONSTANTLY get calls from the NED show to come do a FREE program. I've been called about 6 different times, and today was the first time he EVER mentioned anything about having us sell yo-yos afterwards. This is what led me to this blog. I know a lot of people get mad at the school in these instances, but sometimes schools really don't know what they're getting. NED show people are very persuasive and know how to sell it (because of their positive message) Schools are always looking for free or low cost options for positive behavior presentations, and they make this one sound really good. I'm glad I decided to research it first!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-57063614534302750372015-07-03T04:55:28.008-04:002015-07-03T04:55:28.008-04:00Hi Lisa,
Thanks for sharing your experience, we j...Hi Lisa,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your experience, we just had NED at our eldest daughter's school, where I'm also a school governor, over in the UK. It was arranged by a member of staff in good faith with no clue when she booked it as to the aggressive marketing and true nature of the company. <br /><br />I was just about to write out a cheque for £18 (about $30) for two yo-yos (one for her little sister too) and some accessories and I was looking at their flyer and smelt a rat. something about the very noble "pay-it-forward" approach seemed off. So I did some research...<br /><br />There's a great article from one of the more reputable national UK newspapers, The Guardian, here: <br />http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jul/20/schools-premium-yoyo-ned-show-parents<br /><br />...and another from a very popular website/forum called Mumsnet: <br />http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/primary/793114-WARNING-Is-the-Ned-Show-coming-to-your-school <br /><br />I also quoted this blog and your experience in an email to my fellow governors expressing my concerns. It was reassuring to know I wasn't alone in my scepticism. Certainly when I polled parents I knew, most had been unimpressed with the hard sales tactics - most kids had come out with the message "I want to buy a yo-yo", having forgotten the NED part within a few minutes/hours. Our school, like some of the other respondents, is very mixed in socio-economic terms, and cost would be an issue to many of the parents. A couple of parents responded by saying that had they known about the company's sales targets and marketing ploys, they would not have bought their child a yo-yo.<br /><br />The company behind NED say they make no secret that they are for-profit, yet I found no evidence of this on their website. Although we are not quite so far along in the UK with the "Coca-cola" model in the US and some other countries, we do have the likes of Scholastic etc. come in and do sales. The difference is that the model is transparent, every party knows what everyone is getting out of the transactions. Nowhere on the flyer does it mention the company behind NED's commercial status.<br /><br />Yo-yos are FABULOUS toys - and definitely worth getting a premium quality one, but no reason why they can't be bought from local toy shops, ToysRUs, Amazon etc., rather than through high pressure sales tactics. The addition of a "NED zone" where only kids whom have purchased NED products can enter, is totally exclusive and wholly unacceptable where schools are supposed to be promoting an all-inclusive environment.<br /><br />Our Headteacher was genuinely shocked, and I'm pleased to say that the school leadership team and governors will be implementing a policy to ensure that we have more due diligence in commercial companies interacting with our school. <br /><br />No-one minds companies selling products when it's transparent, it's the deceit in the approach in this case, and the way they have the children in a captive audience =that is alarming.<br /><br />I hope the links I've posted will help others too. Thanks again.Cathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875910691958515255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-18759252867853565942015-07-03T04:51:39.752-04:002015-07-03T04:51:39.752-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875910691958515255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-80098957236317077752015-01-30T02:02:29.264-05:002015-01-30T02:02:29.264-05:00The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see somethin...The ultimate aim of the <a href="http://www.ufgop.org/pdf/ego" rel="nofollow">ego</a> is not to see something, but to be something. 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My daughter has been introduced to NED PROGRAM 4 consecutive years (recently 3 weeks ago). She has been able to explain what NED was about K-2. This year she could only trace memory back to previous Years to explain what she had retained? She almost manipulated me into buying a Yoyo $20 +$6 kit (which the kit is suppose to come free from the teacher's, regardless of a gosh darn yoyo purchase)? I am the youngest of 8 and we (myself, siblings, and husband) went to private Roman Catholic School. I had a conversation with my mother about all of this she said "you are spending more money sending her to school which is government funded and paying more then I ever did for your yearly tuitions (yes that was 25 years ago but not cheap so mom and dad both worked 2-3 jobs for us). Not to mention we currently pay $10,506.83 in school taxes. I'm done with the fund raising stuff. We are taking 2 across country trips this year. If she(my kid) wants to sell fund raisers for school, to close neighbors and family that's on her! I'm done! I refuse to put anymore money into these subliminal scams! Btw she bought a $10 Yoyo with her money, no xtras or kit (of course because it's her money). Now she has 7 yoyo's in our house now. I got them out and had her show me the difference b/w some she was given as gifts and souvenirs for many of our volunteer work with different cancer, autism, Alzheimer's, and awareness committees we (she is young and determined to get to heaven by being involved for finding cures and grateful for the these foundations who have advocated and kept my parents, all her grand parents alive (or at least tried)? SO you know they give little fun packages. So is the NED PROGRAM OR THE SCHOOLS making the bigger profit? Fundraising in her school comes home with letters"please send cash if a check must be written please write it to "xxxxxxxxx Elementary School"I find that very mind boggling, so I only address my checks to whatever company we are dealing with for example: mandatory purchase of a flute, that check was written to the receiving music company. Sorry to ramble on , but it's exciting to find other folks who believe these are scams are very real! The other parents think I'm nuts (well they aren't completely wrong I am a little off, lol) <br />God Bless all of you who care for these children (directly or indirectly),<br />LIZLiz welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04359695282741031714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-2013690891643232802014-10-28T10:44:33.311-04:002014-10-28T10:44:33.311-04:00I am a bit angry concerning the NED show and the &...I am a bit angry concerning the NED show and the "character education assembly". REALLY!!! The school made the decision to support this corporation and it's sales directed to elementary students. It is just about making money. The fact that my kids were victims and taken out of class to learn from some salesman about morality, and then hay, wanna buy this yo-yo. "Hey, the sales dates are from October 27th-31st". Really? The schools should not be promoting a companies marketing efforts to our kids! <br />Rant over, thanks for reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-75380559886797372532014-10-22T17:20:16.235-04:002014-10-22T17:20:16.235-04:00The Ned Show is trending on Reddit right now (for ...The Ned Show is trending on Reddit right now (for the same reasons you mentioned) and someone linked to your page. There is the link to where your blog was mentioned: http://www.reddit.com/r/Parenting/comments/2jzh7b/so_incredibly_mad_at_my_sons_school_for_falling/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-16922001666256326392014-10-10T19:52:48.732-04:002014-10-10T19:52:48.732-04:00Let's not kid ourselves that the "pay-it-...Let's not kid ourselves that the "pay-it-forward" option is anything more than a Trojan horse. I'd like to meet the district that agrees to pay $1,200 per school (12k+ per district) to a yoyo performer. I have seen the performance, the performer is good, both with tricks and speaking ability, but as soon as she said "here's how much the different yoyos cost," I was immediately skeptical. The message, for almost all students, will not actually change behavior or mentality. No one disagrees that Never giving up, Encouraging others, and Doing your best are solid points of advice; but the most important thing to those kids is owning a Ned yoyo because that's what the other kids are doing, not because they're all still reveling in how strong a moral message the show had. I disagree with the show, andwould not allow it in my school if I were an administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-18094194781366346392014-10-08T18:52:49.515-04:002014-10-08T18:52:49.515-04:00So...I've seen the NED show multiple times and...So...I've seen the NED show multiple times and I also know a bit about yoyos. (11 world records) I will not try to defend the company or the message or anything like that. I simply want to educate people about quality yoyos. Much like anything else, you get what you pay for. If you don't know anything about yos, $15 seems ridiculous! That is actually on the bottom end. Yes, you can get a yoyo from Walmart or dollar tree, but they won't last. I have a NED yo, and it has lasted me 6 years so far. (That was the $6.50 one...FYI) <br />I have yos that range in cost from $6.50 all the way up to $85 and they get up into the hundreds. <br /><br />Again, I am not addressing the ethics of the assembly, I just wanted people to know that $15 is not a rip-off for a ball bearing yoyo we a lifetime warranty.<br /><br />Hope this helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-75567782865193585452014-07-25T19:23:07.139-04:002014-07-25T19:23:07.139-04:00I have found that Dennis Regling Wonder Shows scie...I have found that Dennis Regling Wonder Shows science & math assembly programs are excellent for students. Rather than sell product, Dennis actually gives the schools free books for their libraries. Check him out at www.greatassemblies.comKathyhttp://abseconschools.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-241868109672448052014-04-28T20:08:06.050-04:002014-04-28T20:08:06.050-04:00For this exact reason, 5 years later I made the NE...For this exact reason, 5 years later I made the NED show send my daughter a FREE pink YO YO. I WOULDN'T GIVE UP or take no for an answer...just like their message! It backfired on them today. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11039828930739900161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19801124.post-76973423483267477102014-04-28T20:07:23.438-04:002014-04-28T20:07:23.438-04:00For this exact reason, 5 years later I made the NE...For this exact reason, 5 years later I made the NED show send my daughter a FREE pink YO YO. I WOULDN'T GIVE UP or take no for an answer...just like their message! It backfired on them today. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11039828930739900161noreply@blogger.com