Yomar Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Describing a 6-year-old child as an "empty bucket" and an 18-year-old adult as a "bucket that someone has filled" makes me want to say, "Please Arnold, do go on." "Do you honestly think we have done everything we possibly could to enhance our children's development? *Dramatic pause as weight of question sinks in* NO! *Shake head in disbelief at absurdity of it all* Not by a long shot!" - Paraphrasing Arnold on local news clip tonight Let the record show, Arnold stands squarely in favor of enhancing the development of children. Yet somehow, I have a feeling that if I had a kid, I wouldn't want Arnold filling his or her bucket. Schwarzenegger Promotes Initiative Sat May 18, 7:43 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Arnold Schwarzenegger told a newspaper editors' conference that he wants to terminate idleness among youth, which he said leads to drug abuse and delinquency. The 54-year-old star of "The Terminator" and "True Lies" was promoting a 2002 state ballot initiative that would set aside more than $400 million for extracurricular activities and tutoring help for students in kindergarten through ninth grade. "When (kids) go to school at the age of 6 there's an empty bucket there, and someone by the time they're 18 will fill that bucket. Is it going to be a parent? Is it going to be a good educator? Is it going to be a good mentor? Or is it going to be some other scum out there who is going to fill that bucket?" he said Friday at the annual meeting of the California Society of Newspaper Editors and Associated Press News Executives Council. The ballot initiative is the Republican actor's first major foray into political life. The Austrian-born entertainer previously has hinted at someday running for California governor, but declined to say Friday how the initiative fits into any grander political aspirations http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020518/ap_on_en_mo/arnold_schwarzenegger_3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 I thought the empty-bucket analogy is a good one except I could not get A-rnold's accent out of my head! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 After AAAARRRNOLD gets done "filling your bucket" you will be saying this... "My cpu is a neural net processor a learning computer." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn X Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 "If I am not me, den who da hell am I?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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