Due to stresses in my life, especially with homework, schoolwork, and
general stresses in my real life I am declaring a state of semi-hiatus.
Basically, expect a long time before I do any content releases, and do
not expect consistent releases, either.
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Sunday, August 19, 2018
I should push myself harder
I rarely talk a whole lot about myself and my personal life online, but there's a little bit that I would like to confess.
Since nearing the end of summer, and entering school, I have gotten overly lazy, with borderline mind-numbing, and definitely unproductive surfing the internet, watching videos, doing minor playlist updates on YouTube, looking at Zootopia fanart on DeviantArt, and doing almost nothing to update either this blog or on Quora, and do little to update my trivia blog. Never mind other social media sites that I almost never bother to update.
As much as I am worn out by school and homework, I know that I have to do better than just become lazy and unproductive, especially considering that my situation isn't that bad. I can't just say that I'll push myself tomorrow; I got to push myself more today.
Since nearing the end of summer, and entering school, I have gotten overly lazy, with borderline mind-numbing, and definitely unproductive surfing the internet, watching videos, doing minor playlist updates on YouTube, looking at Zootopia fanart on DeviantArt, and doing almost nothing to update either this blog or on Quora, and do little to update my trivia blog. Never mind other social media sites that I almost never bother to update.
As much as I am worn out by school and homework, I know that I have to do better than just become lazy and unproductive, especially considering that my situation isn't that bad. I can't just say that I'll push myself tomorrow; I got to push myself more today.
Monday, July 30, 2018
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Posts and updates to expect, and expect more delays
Over
the summer, I had yard work, vacation with my family, more yard work,
driver's ed and finishing driver's ed, over-the-summer homework which I
better get cracking on, and a AFJRORC leadership class which I'm just
about getting anxious over, with the closing of the summer.
I prioritize my time. Looking at art and reading and writing Zootopia fan-fictions is not high on my priorities, hence why development is so slow.
I also officially announce the storyline will take a darker turn, with black and black morality when it comes to geopolitics, the NATNWO's fight against international central banks and world powers.
An excerpt from The Pot Calls the Kettle Black will be on the bottom of the article.
I'll explain the specifics further in The Pot Calls the Kettle Black story outline.
Events outlines and countries involved:
. The Pot Calls the Kettle Black.
. The Pot Calls The Kettle Black: World War III in a nutshell.
. Using The Pen Before The Sword.
. NATNWO affiliates: Iran, Malaysia, & Taiwan.
. How the NATNWO tried to strengthen Iran against the New World Order, & what happened to Iran during & after World War 3?
The human experience and cost:
. The human cost of World War 3 (The Pot Calls The Kettle Black).
. Conscription in the Nations Against The New World Order.
. What happened to Israel & Saudi Arabia during & after the war?
. China story, & what happened to China & central Asia after World War 3.
Government agencies:
. Cascadia military & law enforcement branches & structure.
Equipment and uniforms:
. A few Naval & Sea/Coast Guard ship classes of Cascadia & the NATNWO.
. ZHHF Stealth Ultra-Battlecruiser & 6th generation fighter-bomber concepts.
. Combat aircraft & towed & cold war & modern air-droppable howitzers of Cascadia & NATNWO countries.
. Armored fighting vehicles & self-propelled artillery of Cascadia/NATNWO/Real-life military equipment to use for reference.
. Real-life Cascadia & NATNWO government firearms & military, paramilitary & tactical combat uniforms.
. NATNWO & Zootopian military equipment & weapons sold to or licensed made in affiliated countries.
. Small warships, patrol ships & fast attack craft of NATNWO countries.
. Overkill CIWS.
. The NATNWO's export of military equipment & uniforms.
Stories & story ideas:
. Sergeant Wolf & the Maga-yacht Lavon Oded Yinnon (aka Talpiot) draft.
. Punisher thoughts & ideas, along with Punishernator, a Terminator-Punisher crossover, & a Truancy crossover.
. Zootopia Tame Collars uprising idea.
. Lord Superintendent General John Dewey's assassination.
Article updates:
. Armed Security Service/Law Enforcement in New Israel.
. Libertopia law enforcement equipment regulations & guidelines update.
Possible unimportant articles for the far future:
. Sheriffs in New Israel.
. Armed Security Service Fire, Rescue, & EMS corps.
Other:
. Zootopia taxes headcannon.
"The explanation for why I am doing this:
I, at first imagined the NATNWO as being more or less good, avoiding causing unnecessary or unjustifiable damage or committing human rights violations. But this changed after listening to a talk (the second one, specifically) between the historian & political analyst Ryan Dawson & historian & author Tom Goodrich, which described war crimes committed by the Allied Forces. After listening to the interviews between Dawson & Goodrich the documentary Hellstorm, I decided to make the story be from affably good vs evil to darker, to evil vs evil, & have what the NATNWO forces did to Israel & Saudi Arabia to reflect what the Allied Forces did to Germany & Japan.
In this timeline, instead of the NATNWO using diplomacy to solve problems and using its armed forces to protect its borders (which they do in an alternate timeline), they're using the full might of their military to go after a few dozen to a few hundred individuals (the powers that be, mainly bankers, people involved in the Military-Industrial Complex, lobbyists & government officials) while killing hundreds of thousands to millions of people just to capture or eliminate the aforementioned few hundred, which involves an utter disregard for the most basic human rights (the bombardment and invasion of Israel, then Saudi Arabia), only continued when one individual (a Six-star General, which I'm proposing to be either Tyrannicus Tiger or Shere Khan) wanted to eliminate a perceived problem group (namely Jews & Wahabi & Salafist Muslims)."
I prioritize my time. Looking at art and reading and writing Zootopia fan-fictions is not high on my priorities, hence why development is so slow.
I also officially announce the storyline will take a darker turn, with black and black morality when it comes to geopolitics, the NATNWO's fight against international central banks and world powers.
An excerpt from The Pot Calls the Kettle Black will be on the bottom of the article.
I'll explain the specifics further in The Pot Calls the Kettle Black story outline.
Events outlines and countries involved:
. The Pot Calls the Kettle Black.
. The Pot Calls The Kettle Black: World War III in a nutshell.
. Using The Pen Before The Sword.
. NATNWO affiliates: Iran, Malaysia, & Taiwan.
. How the NATNWO tried to strengthen Iran against the New World Order, & what happened to Iran during & after World War 3?
The human experience and cost:
. The human cost of World War 3 (The Pot Calls The Kettle Black).
. Conscription in the Nations Against The New World Order.
. What happened to Israel & Saudi Arabia during & after the war?
. China story, & what happened to China & central Asia after World War 3.
Government agencies:
. Cascadia military & law enforcement branches & structure.
Equipment and uniforms:
. A few Naval & Sea/Coast Guard ship classes of Cascadia & the NATNWO.
. ZHHF Stealth Ultra-Battlecruiser & 6th generation fighter-bomber concepts.
. Combat aircraft & towed & cold war & modern air-droppable howitzers of Cascadia & NATNWO countries.
. Armored fighting vehicles & self-propelled artillery of Cascadia/NATNWO/Real-life military equipment to use for reference.
. Real-life Cascadia & NATNWO government firearms & military, paramilitary & tactical combat uniforms.
. NATNWO & Zootopian military equipment & weapons sold to or licensed made in affiliated countries.
. Small warships, patrol ships & fast attack craft of NATNWO countries.
. Overkill CIWS.
. The NATNWO's export of military equipment & uniforms.
Stories & story ideas:
. Sergeant Wolf & the Maga-yacht Lavon Oded Yinnon (aka Talpiot) draft.
. Punisher thoughts & ideas, along with Punishernator, a Terminator-Punisher crossover, & a Truancy crossover.
. Zootopia Tame Collars uprising idea.
. Lord Superintendent General John Dewey's assassination.
Article updates:
. Armed Security Service/Law Enforcement in New Israel.
. Libertopia law enforcement equipment regulations & guidelines update.
Possible unimportant articles for the far future:
. Sheriffs in New Israel.
. Armed Security Service Fire, Rescue, & EMS corps.
Other:
. Zootopia taxes headcannon.
"The explanation for why I am doing this:
I, at first imagined the NATNWO as being more or less good, avoiding causing unnecessary or unjustifiable damage or committing human rights violations. But this changed after listening to a talk (the second one, specifically) between the historian & political analyst Ryan Dawson & historian & author Tom Goodrich, which described war crimes committed by the Allied Forces. After listening to the interviews between Dawson & Goodrich the documentary Hellstorm, I decided to make the story be from affably good vs evil to darker, to evil vs evil, & have what the NATNWO forces did to Israel & Saudi Arabia to reflect what the Allied Forces did to Germany & Japan.
In this timeline, instead of the NATNWO using diplomacy to solve problems and using its armed forces to protect its borders (which they do in an alternate timeline), they're using the full might of their military to go after a few dozen to a few hundred individuals (the powers that be, mainly bankers, people involved in the Military-Industrial Complex, lobbyists & government officials) while killing hundreds of thousands to millions of people just to capture or eliminate the aforementioned few hundred, which involves an utter disregard for the most basic human rights (the bombardment and invasion of Israel, then Saudi Arabia), only continued when one individual (a Six-star General, which I'm proposing to be either Tyrannicus Tiger or Shere Khan) wanted to eliminate a perceived problem group (namely Jews & Wahabi & Salafist Muslims)."
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Why I haven't invited the Alt-right or the Far-left for story writing; the factors of seriousness, common ground, & fringe elements in movements
This article is NOT necessary reading. This is just to satisfy anyone's curiosity as to why I am going to make invites for ground collaborative writing for liberals and conservatives but not to people in the circles mentioned in the title.
Both sides are going to be highly alienating and discrediting. Letting Neo-Nazis march alongside of a movement is about as discrediting as letting Communists march alongside the movement.
Another concern that I have is that, in the (unlikely) case that these people get into power, the human rights situation would be atrocious, to say the least.
The Issues that I want to cover are talked about in my blog post Uniting Americans: the common ground principle.
P.S.:
To give you an idea of how damaging the Alt-right and related circles here, even William Luther Pierce (yes, the same man who literally wrote novels that describe the total extermination of non-Caucasian people), a popular figure in the aforementioned circles, denounced stereotypical Neo-Nazis for poor mindset and public image.
Naval forces on the Dead Sea
Origins:
The purpose of the flotilla was to support the invasion of Israel and the West Bank by providing fire support for troops on or near shore, to protect and assist vehicles crossing the dead sea, rescuing crew members and passengers from aforementioned vehicles, and to prevent Israelis and Palestinians from flooding into Jordan during the war.
These vessels would be tactical implements. As such, it was decided that large ships (such as missile boats and larger) would not be built, let alone used, in the salt lake, as that it simply would not be worth the resources and manpower, and likelihood of being targeted and destroyed when it would be better to use missile launched from bases if large missiles are necessary.
There was controversy as to which type of military branch and even government agencies should have responsibility for operating the Dead Sea Flotilla. The controversy was mainly over rather Naval or Marine/Army forces would take over, and rather or not Coast Guards would even be deployed in the area.
After much deliberation, it was decided that Army forces would be dominant in providing leadership and much of the personnel, while Naval forces would provide both personnel to operate larger vessels and advisors, as that Marines are needed to invade Israel's coast.
Coast Guards did have a presence, but this generally was limited to several small patrol boats, with each getting a small crew, and their main task was to survey and watch activity on the West Bank and near Israeli waters. The reason for this was that it was believed that Coast Guard members on boats with clear Coast Guard markings were less likely to provoke the Israeli government or armed forces, and hopefully less likely to scare Palestinian militants than Navy and Marine troops on board of heavily armed gunboats and monitors painted in camouflage colors and patterns.
Vietnam's Federal Army, Federal Navy, and especially the Federal Navy's Marine Division make up the largest percentage of the Flotilla, which was also led by Marine officers, as that Vietnam has the most experience and resources when it comes to using brown-water naval forces. The Federal Army and Navy forces of Laos and Cambodia also provide significant resources.
It was also decided that when feasible, personnel would be ordered to disembark their vessels and join the fight on land.
There are several types of vessels (these are general characteristics, not any specific makes or models):
. Vehicle Recovery Motor Barge (for recovering damaged, destroyed, disabled, and broken down vehicles. Can handle up to a 45-ton tank). There is only one.
. Air Defense Monitor. Primarily armed with Close In Weapons Systems, often in the form of rotary cannons (similar to the AK-630 but in 20x102mm) to shoot at missiles and aircraft and Metal Storm guns to shoot artillery shells out of the sky.
. Minesweeper. Modified to not carry mines, and instead, have a heavier gun and portable-missile based armament.
. Gunboat. Dozens are operated.
The aforementioned vessels are, generally equipped at least with Kord machine guns. Often, when feasible, portable missile launchers, automatic grenade launchers, mortars, and even autocannons and small howitzers are mounted.
Sometimes, a Public Security Directorate Officer (most commonly also in a border security unit) would also be on board of the vessel to represent the government of Jordan. They are generally issued the same uniform as everyone else on board of the vessel but wearing Jordanian flag patches and Jordan Public Security Directorate patches.
In response, the Israeli Defense Forces Army and Navy setup their own flotilla, with Defender-class boats supplied by the Navy and manned by members of the Givati brigade. But, it lacked any real power, and the Israeli government was more interested in using their military power to directly protect land instead of sending an elite unit to get practically massacred for almost no gain during a war, and thus, practically eliminated the unit in November of 2016.
The purpose of the flotilla was to support the invasion of Israel and the West Bank by providing fire support for troops on or near shore, to protect and assist vehicles crossing the dead sea, rescuing crew members and passengers from aforementioned vehicles, and to prevent Israelis and Palestinians from flooding into Jordan during the war.
These vessels would be tactical implements. As such, it was decided that large ships (such as missile boats and larger) would not be built, let alone used, in the salt lake, as that it simply would not be worth the resources and manpower, and likelihood of being targeted and destroyed when it would be better to use missile launched from bases if large missiles are necessary.
There was controversy as to which type of military branch and even government agencies should have responsibility for operating the Dead Sea Flotilla. The controversy was mainly over rather Naval or Marine/Army forces would take over, and rather or not Coast Guards would even be deployed in the area.
After much deliberation, it was decided that Army forces would be dominant in providing leadership and much of the personnel, while Naval forces would provide both personnel to operate larger vessels and advisors, as that Marines are needed to invade Israel's coast.
Coast Guards did have a presence, but this generally was limited to several small patrol boats, with each getting a small crew, and their main task was to survey and watch activity on the West Bank and near Israeli waters. The reason for this was that it was believed that Coast Guard members on boats with clear Coast Guard markings were less likely to provoke the Israeli government or armed forces, and hopefully less likely to scare Palestinian militants than Navy and Marine troops on board of heavily armed gunboats and monitors painted in camouflage colors and patterns.
Vietnam's Federal Army, Federal Navy, and especially the Federal Navy's Marine Division make up the largest percentage of the Flotilla, which was also led by Marine officers, as that Vietnam has the most experience and resources when it comes to using brown-water naval forces. The Federal Army and Navy forces of Laos and Cambodia also provide significant resources.
It was also decided that when feasible, personnel would be ordered to disembark their vessels and join the fight on land.
There are several types of vessels (these are general characteristics, not any specific makes or models):
. Vehicle Recovery Motor Barge (for recovering damaged, destroyed, disabled, and broken down vehicles. Can handle up to a 45-ton tank). There is only one.
. Air Defense Monitor. Primarily armed with Close In Weapons Systems, often in the form of rotary cannons (similar to the AK-630 but in 20x102mm) to shoot at missiles and aircraft and Metal Storm guns to shoot artillery shells out of the sky.
. Minesweeper. Modified to not carry mines, and instead, have a heavier gun and portable-missile based armament.
. Gunboat. Dozens are operated.
The aforementioned vessels are, generally equipped at least with Kord machine guns. Often, when feasible, portable missile launchers, automatic grenade launchers, mortars, and even autocannons and small howitzers are mounted.
Sometimes, a Public Security Directorate Officer (most commonly also in a border security unit) would also be on board of the vessel to represent the government of Jordan. They are generally issued the same uniform as everyone else on board of the vessel but wearing Jordanian flag patches and Jordan Public Security Directorate patches.
In response, the Israeli Defense Forces Army and Navy setup their own flotilla, with Defender-class boats supplied by the Navy and manned by members of the Givati brigade. But, it lacked any real power, and the Israeli government was more interested in using their military power to directly protect land instead of sending an elite unit to get practically massacred for almost no gain during a war, and thus, practically eliminated the unit in November of 2016.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
New Israel State Schools, Part 4: School Dress codes, Dressing for Success, & Ranks & Titles
Under the School System's "Dress For Sucess" policy, both students & staff are required to wear uniforms, which are State Government property.
The School System describes the dress-code as being "conservative" & "strict", but in reality, these are simply weasel words for "authoritarian".
The School System describes the dress-code as being "conservative" & "strict", but in reality, these are simply weasel words for "authoritarian".
The student's uniform, from the feet up, are;
Dress shoes, oxford style.
Dress socks.
Dress slacks.
Dress belt.
Dress shirt.
Formal necktie.
Formal waistcoat.
Suit jacket.
Military-style side cap (similar to the Soviet "pilotka" cap).
An acrylic sweater may be worn alternatively to the waistcoat in the winter. It is required that all students in the entire state school system either wear the waistcoat or sweater at the same time on the same day to promote a collectivized appearance.
The clothing has a "classical" fit. The color is all mono-color "lifeless gray", a shade of dull gray. The fabric weight & material for the slacks is 18 oz wool-shoddy polyester, shirt is 10 oz polyester, & waistcoat & jacket is 16 oz wool shoddy & polyester. Alternatively, there are slacks, waistcoats, & jackets that are available that are made out of 14 oz of cheap polyester. Shoes, socks, & belts are black.
If a student has a medical condition that would make their body react in a negative way to wearing the regular school uniform, then their legal guardian(s) may fill special form requesting permission for that individual student to wear a uniform made out of alternate materials.
Parents may also apply forums to authorize their child to have modifications made to their uniform to comply with their religious beliefs.
The uniform is to be worn to the state school system's specifications, ie, shirt tucked in, pants perfectly at the hips, tie perfectly tied at a full Windsor, no wrinkles, perfectly spotless, shoes are spit-shined, pant hem resting on top of the shoes, etc. All modifications are absolutely prohibited, with the sole exception being a specific order from the Superintendent to make a uniform modification. School spirit pins & pins supporting the State Government & schooling system, however, are authorized to be worn.
Failure to follow the full dresscode will result in the student being forced to wear a pocketless jumpsuit, with their school’s name & the words “DRESSCODE VIOLATOR” on the back, & pink if the individual is a male, or black & white stripes if the individual is a female.
Since the 1960's, for physical education, due to the intensity of the activities, students are authorized to wear school-issue "never again volunteer yourself" (navy) blue collared long sleeve 70%/30% polyester-cotton jumpsuits with "inmate sneakers". A student may also wear an approved school spirit t-shirt purchased from the store, & also have school spirit patches brought from the store on their jumpsuit. On particularly cold days, the School Superintendent may authorize the students to wear sweaters brought from the school store.
It was once proposed to have the jumpsuits colored "baby barf green" instead of "never again volunteer yourself blue", but this wasn't implemented, as the school board thought that the dull green could act as a camouflage color if a student escapes school.
For high school students, when they are doing "volunteer" work, since the 1950's, they are authorized to wear what are called "Volunteering Utility Uniform" in lieu of the standard uniform. This uniform, from the feet up, consists of:
. Utilitarian Black work boots.
. Socks that match the boots.
. Never again volunteer yourself blue work slacks.
. Web belt that matches slacks.
. Prisoner's blues style pockless long-sleeve work shirt.
. Lifeless gray wannabe-military style bib scarf.
. Never again volunteer yourself blue side cap.
For the VUU, the pants are made out of 16.5 oz polyester twill & the shirt is made out of 10 oz polyester twill. The back of the shirt says "STUDENT" & their number in big letters, with "Dept. of Education" in smaller letters below it, all in black letting. The front right breast has a white patch with the student's number on it in black. On the left sleeve, is the New Israel State Schools patch.
The rules that apply to the wearing of the VUU are the same as the regular uniform (the boots are also required to be spit-shined). However, is a particular job requires it, wearing a prisoner orange hard hat in lieu of the side cap & wearing personal protective equipment over the VUU is authorized. Also, if one is doing a particularly dirty job, they may remove the bib scarf, but must button up the top button of the shirt.
There were proposals to have the uniforms feature lifeless gray pant stripes & shirt shoulder straps/epaulets, but these modifications were judged as "too fancy", which could possibly hint at the students being higher class than their teachers (whose uniforms do not have those features).
It was also proposed to authorize students to wear their VUU's in place of their uniforms on normal school days like United States Marines wear their Combat Utility Uniforms when in garrison on a base & to also authorize the wear of PE jumpsuits while doing "volunteer" work like United States Navy Sailors are permitted to wear coveralls in lieu of their regular Working/Utility Uniforms while on a military installations & ships, but neither of these was implemented, as one school board member said that "They'll look unprofessional... bums, if I'm honest, which will also ruin our public image, & besides, that would be a lowering of standards".
School stores used to sell plain black large military-style rucksacks so students can carry some of their homework in them, but in the 1980's, ostensibly as a safety measure, these were replaced by clear plastic backpacks.
Teachers, Administrators, Vice-Principals & Principles wear a military-style dress uniform, which includes:
Jackboots.
Creased uniform pants.
Coat with U.S. Marine Corps style "standing collar" (officers have gold & purple trim, & have epaulets).
Dress belt.
Hats:
Teachers: campaign cover.
Administrators: wannabe-military style peaked cap.
Principal, Vice-principal & assistant principals: big "Russian dimensions" peaked cap (similar to post 1991 Russian peaked caps in dimensions).
Commissars, School Board Members, Vice-Superintendent, & the Superintendent-General: "Commissar Cap".
Badges & color patterns for their rank class (from Smtih & Warren, Model S88):
Enlisted Teacher:
Enlisted Teacher:
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Officer (Assistant Principal):
Officer (Assistant Principal):
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Commanding officer/deputy commanding officer (Principal, Vice-Principal)
Commanding officer/deputy commanding officer (Principal, Vice-Principal)
Enlisted (with silver buttons):
Officer (no purple trim or commissar cap):
The post-1991 Russian army cap in the picture below is shown to give you an idea of the dimensions of the Assistant Principal's cap are (albeit all black & plainer looking).
The Commissar cap in the image below is similar in dimensions to the hat that would be worn by Commissars & above:
Standard Armed Security Service School Security Command Uniform (this example is an is supposed to be an enlisted style, but has gold buttons):
(The images above come from Marlow White's First Responder Uniform Configurator Beta, with the image taken & face blurred using Awesome Screenshot Minus on Google Chrome.)
The purpose of uniforms to establish that there are two classes of people, being controllers & subjects. The lifeless gray uniforms of students symbolize them being subjects, while the black military-style uniforms of the staff symbolize the authority of the staff.
Within the controllers, there are several subclasses, in this pecking order;
. Lord Officers (Lord Superintendent General)
. Executive officer (Superintendent General).
. General officers (School Board Members).
. Special officers (Educational Commissars. Perhaps roughly equivalent to School manager or Assistant Superintendent in some school systems).
. Commanding officers (Principals).
. Lesser officers (Assistant Principals & Administrators).
. Non-commissioned officers (Tenured Teachers).
. Enlisted guards (Teachers).
. Prisoners (Students).
When it comes to Commissars, they are called "Special officers" for a reason. Commissars control the Armed Security Service's Fast Action Response Team's School Security Command (SchoolSecComm). If a Principal wants the Fast Action Response Team to show up to his school, he must contact a Commissar to do so. They even have their own pecking order, similar to the rank system of Commissars in Warhammer 40000, as follows:
Commissar-General. The highest rank among the Commissars. Reports directly to, & is in contact with, the Superintendent General.
Colonel-Commissar. Slotted between a regular commissar & Commissar-General. Responsible for regional operations.
Commissar-Captain. Responsible for a company of Fast Action Response Team members.
Commissar. The most common rank in the Commissariat. A typical Commissar would be assigned to watch over several schools & a platoon of Fast Action Response Team members.
Junior-Commissar. Subordinate to full Commissars, performing the role as a junior aide in the oversight of the unit assigned to a full Commissar. They primarily perform as adjutants & in an investigatory role as well as carrying out the usual Commissarial duties. It is common for one Junior-Commissar to be assigned to a school to watch over it & the Security Officers stationed at the school.
Cadet Commissar. They are Commissars in training.
New Israel State School uniformed personnel wear United States Military style rank insignia, being Enlisted Army for Teachers & Administrators (Teachers with no tenure wear no insignia, & when in training without full certification, are treated as unpaid interns, while tenured teachers wear NCO insignia), while officers being Administrators, Assistant Principals, Vice Principal & Principal wear Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps "Bars & Train Tracks" style insignia (Administrators may wear up to three, Assistant Principals wear four, the Vice-Principal wears five, & Principal wears six respectively).
Commissars, School Board Members, the Vice Superintendent & Superintendent wear regular U.S. military officer rank insignia.
Cadet Commissars wear a gold bar, Junior-Commissars wear a silver bar, full Commissars wear two silver bars, Commissar-Captains wear a gold leaf, Colonel-Commissars wear a silver leaf, & the Commissar-General wears an Eagle.
School Board Members wear one star, the Vice-Superintendent wears two stars, & the Superintendent-General wears three stars.
Lord Superintendent-General is a four-star honorable rank, rewarded to "Major contributors to public education". The only people who have been given this rank so far are Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Horace Mann, & John Dewey, & John Dewey is the only one out of these who actually served within the New Israel State Schools system.
The use of different rank insignia & even header between school-level & state-level officers symbolises that the State has the authority over schooling of children, in that it is the State, NOT the locality or the people, that controls the schools, along with what & how things are taught in them, & even what could be done within school grounds.
In slang terms, Administrators, Teachers, & enlisted Security Guards are said to be part of the "scum class", while Assistant Principles & up, & Security Officers & up are said to be part of the "snob class", considering how the latter come from upper-income classes while the former are made up more middle to lower income classes.
Uniform complaints:
The uniforms have been criticized by both staff, & especially students, alike.
The students' biggest complaint with their uniforms is how uncomfortable, & more specifically, how hot & unbreathable they are. Obstensively, the reason for the heavy fabric (14 ounces for the jacket, waistcoat & pants. & 10 oz for the shirt) is to make the clothing durable & look less wrinkled. But, this heavy weight makes the suit hot to wear, which is combined with the traditional use of itchy wool shoddy, & since the 1950's, exacerbated by the use of low-grade polyester.
The build & material quality is low, as that there is no quality control, leading to suits often having poor durability, & it is common for seams to break.
It is common for students to complain en mass about uniforms that are of such low quality, & there are rumors that the uniforms were deliberately made uncomfortable to make the students used to being miserable. This all comes before rather mooted prices for uniform sets. For example, a new uniform set for kindergarten student may cost around $300 as of 2010.
Staff members also share this sentiment, albeit to a lesser degree. While school staff members are given more choices in terms of materials & material weights, they also have to deal with seemingly unfair pricing. For example, a standard-issue polyester-wool dress coat alone would easily set the buyer back $350 as of 2010.
There was also a safety complaint. Because the Government of the State of New Israel never replaces vehicles unless it costs more to maintain a vehicle in running order than to purchase a new one or they're forced to do so, many school buses are from the early 1980's, often in ramshackle condition, & all fueled with gasoline, which has the risk of exploding if the bus wrecks.
As a result of these complaints, ironically, both students & the staff members responsible for imprisoning, conditioning, & indoctrinating them both have uniform issues in common. This is to the point where members from both sides would privately buy their own clothing items & attach markings & accessories to the new clothing items to make it look like a uniform if they had the money to do so, considering how privately brought clothing items are usually more comfortable & of higher-quality than official government-supplied items. The New Israel state government officially has a rule against this, & regularly pressures businesses to block suspected sales of unofficial uniforms (officially as a safety measure, but in reality, to keep profits from sales), but the practice still is somewhat common.
Before
1910, uniforms were made out of heavy, itchy, wool shoddy. After 1910,
uniforms were made out of a wool shoddy & viscose blend. Starting in
the 1950's, the uniforms were made out of low-grade
polyester & the same material was used ever since.
The reason for outsourcing to Israel was officially because Israeli employees would make a higher quality product than American prisoners, but in actuality, it is a thinly veiled way to funnel money to Israeli companies.
New Israel State Schools & Prisons trivia.
Private Prisons in New Israel
In the State of New Israel, private prisons have started after the American Civil War mainly to incarcerate people to resist the State Government's power (many of whom are Native Americans or rebels) & other people who failed to perfectly obey the rules of the nanny police state, & as a thinly veiled, yet legal, way to funnel money to wealthy oligarchical corporatists. Generally, both juvenile prisons & regular prisons are owned & ran by private prison companies with contracts to the state in which that they must be at at least 100% capacity at all times.
But In the 20th century, there were less rebels to incarcerate thanks to the government schooling system. So instead, more nanny state laws were passed & enforced more strictly (such as recreational drug & alcohol prohibition) to keep the capacity at 100% or higher.
With the state's school-to-prison pipeline, the relationship between New Israel's prison system & government schools is actually as close as the relationship between the United States Navy & Marine Corps.
But In the 20th century, there were less rebels to incarcerate thanks to the government schooling system. So instead, more nanny state laws were passed & enforced more strictly (such as recreational drug & alcohol prohibition) to keep the capacity at 100% or higher.
With the state's school-to-prison pipeline, the relationship between New Israel's prison system & government schools is actually as close as the relationship between the United States Navy & Marine Corps.
If one is arrested, if they’re both under 16 years old & not charged as an adult, they go to a juvenile prison, which is an extra-strict boarding school with more security.
If they’re 16 years old or older, OR under 16 but charged as an adult (& there is no minimum age at which one can be charged as an adult), they go straight to adult prison.
If they’re 16 years old or older, OR under 16 but charged as an adult (& there is no minimum age at which one can be charged as an adult), they go straight to adult prison.
In regular prisons, prisoners are also used to do hard labor.
When one goes in, all of their clothing & personal belongings are taken away. The only clothing that they may wear are their bright red or orange jumpsuits & disposable sandals, & the only items that they may possess for themselves are cheap hygiene-related items & specifically approved religious items.
Most prisoners live in a "tent city", which is the same as Sheriff Joe Arpaio's tent city for the Maricopa County jail, BUT instead of using double bunk beds, bare metal triple bunk beds & stackable bunk beds are used, both 27 inches wide & 72 inches long at the largest, are used.
In cases where "tent city" does not provide enough restraint &/or security, prisoners are crammed into a dormitory that easily holds hundreds of other prisoners. If they're lucky, they'll get to sleep on a bunk bed that is designed to hold at least three individuals at a time, with no mattress or sheets. Again, the bunks are installed not for the benefit of the prisoners, but in an attempt to increase capacity for the dormitory.
Prisoners who are considered too troublesome to be housed with the general population would be housed in smaller cells, or even isolated. It is common for either small groups of prisoners or individual prisoners to be locked into a 35 square windowless cell. In the cell, there is NOTHING but a combination sink-toilet & a triple bunk bed (not that every cell will have multiple prisoners in it, depending on the situation) with no mats or even sheets on it.
It would look something like this, except that it would have a triple bunk bed & being poured concrete gray.
(The above picture came from Here's How Many Solitary Prison Cells Fit In Your Apartment.)
At the beginning of the prisoner's average day, they are woken up, & are given one cheap meal. After the several minute eating opportunity ends, they are sent to work. They do backbreaking work for 16 hours a day with virtually no pay, in often harsh conditions, in their jumpsuit & sandals. When the workday ends, they go back to their dormitory or cell, eat again, sleep, & rinse & repeat.
Prisoners are fed nutraloaf, or if the Federal Government doesn't allow the practice under the rules of cruel & unusual punishment, meat from factory-farms & plain bread, with a side of milk sourced from big dairy companies.
During a prisoner's institutionalization, the only time off that they have from this are working on their legal case, doing specifically approved religious activities, & that it about it.
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New Israel State Schools & Prisons trivia
New Israel State Schools, Part 1: The origins of the public education system
New Israel State Schools, Part 2: How Conditioning, Brainwashing, & Indoctrination works
New Israel State Schools, Part 2.5: How Conditioning, Brainwashing, & Indoctrination works
New Israel State Schools, Part 3: Architecture & Working Conditions
New Israel State Schools, Part 4: School Dress codes, Dressing for Success, & Ranks & Titles
Private Prisons in New Israel
New Israel State Schools & Prisons trivia
Trivia:
New Israel State Schools, Part 2: How Conditioning, Brainwashing, & Indoctrination works
New Israel State Schools, Part 2.5: How Conditioning, Brainwashing, & Indoctrination works
New Israel State Schools, Part 3: Architecture & Working Conditions
New Israel State Schools, Part 4: School Dress codes, Dressing for Success, & Ranks & Titles
Private Prisons in New Israel
New Israel State Schools & Prisons trivia
Trivia:
. The uniform comfort issues was an indirect reference to some of the problems that the United States Air Force's Airman Battle Uniform has, such as a heavy 13 oz fabric weight. The Physical Education uniform being better compared to the standard dress uniform but is only allowed to be worn under limited conditions is almost like how the Airman Battle System-Ground being more comfortable & practical than the standard-issue Airman Battle Uniform, but the wearing of which is also restricted to limited circumstances.
. Both viscose & polyester are sometimes said to be bad materials not only for comfort but also potential health effects; The 6+ Synthetic Fabrics You Most Want to Avoid, and Why
. If you're wondering where I came up with the numbers for Student's uniform fabric weights, I used real-world clothing as realism references. References for the shirt can be found here, the regular pants here, VUU pants here, & uniform waistcoat & jacket here.
. The credits system was inspired by the credits system adopted by manufactorums in Warhammer 40000. If you're not familiar with what I mean, imagine that your workplace pays you in its own currency. Your workplace/employing entity offers you stores & markets to shop in, & the currency that you're given only has value in aforementioned stores & markets, being useless elsewhere.
New Israel State Schools, Part 3: Architecture & Working Conditions
New Israel State Schools, Part 2.5: How Conditioning, Brainwashing, & Indoctrination works.
On the outside, concrete walls that are at least 26 feet high, topped with barbed tape, with double-coil razor wire wrapped around the barbed tape, & big barbs on the wire.
On the outside, concrete walls that are at least 26 feet high, topped with barbed tape, with double-coil razor wire wrapped around the barbed tape, & big barbs on the wire.
Past the wall, one can see almost nothing but dull, cold, hard, concrete all around them. The school building itself will be of brutalist style architecture with influence from totalitarian architecture; cold, hard, & lifeless gray concrete, with no windows. Even doors are generally made out of cold, hard steel & lack windows.
School grounds are fenced in with heavy duty chain-link fences & topped with razor wire, which generally will be electrified. Schools are built to be very spartan, generally built with cheap, poured concrete with no windows.
Classrooms are bare with little more than simple plain gray desk (with no storage space) & backless stool combinations for the students, & a raised podium & maybe some matching gray storage cabinets for the teacher.
Student restrooms have stainless-steel toilet-sink combinations (the same as those used in prisons) with no stalls.
Whenever students eat lunch, they must eat in the classroom & are given a maximum of 15 minutes to eat. School lunches are literally the same as prison lunches brought from the prison-industrial complex, which sources the food from big bank-owned farms & the meat from corporate factory-farms. There is no recess, break time or other sorts of free time, which is intended to condition the students into the idea that their time is not their own, & that the state may intrude on it at will.
What may be possessed on school grounds:
Anything that a student possesses on school grounds is considered contraband unless it is specifically brought from their school's commissary, with exceptions narrower than a razor blade. Any student caught breaking this rule would have said contraband confiscated, & the student punished.
Credits system:
For students to buy things in school, they must buy credits, with real money. Credits have roughly the same value as U.S. Dollars, but they have more restrictions. If a student fails to be perfectly obedient, they can have credits taken away as punishment. Also, if a student's grades get too low, they can also have credits taken away as punishment.
Food:
Students:
Literal prison food.
They used to be sold bug-infested "pirate hardtack" (the proper name would be sea biscuit) to eat, but this was changed in the early 20th century to more standard prison food.
High school students doing volunteer work are sold military rations while taking authorized food breaks (for breakfast & dinner). Since the late 20th century, military rations from Israel, Saudi Arabia, & China are available, common in that order.
Enlisted (Teachers, administrators):
Food used to vary from school to school, but always a bit overpriced. Since the late 20th century, they were sold military rations from Israel, Saudi Arabia, & China are available, common in that order.
Officers & Warrant Officers (Assistant Principals & up, Armed Security Service Warrant Officers & Officers):
They get their own luxurious dining hall & lounge only accessible to them & specifically authorized individuals.
The food is often like what is found in the "Officer's Ration Pack" as depicted in this video (minus the alcohol).
New Israel State Schools, Part 2.5: How Conditioning, Brainwashing, & Indoctrination works
New Israel State Schools, Part 2: How Conditioning, Brainwashing, & Indoctrination works.
Elementary & middle school students get 17 hours worth of homework a school night & 24 hours worth an off day or single holiday day. That translates to 48 hours over the weekend, 720 over the summer, & so on & so forth.
Elementary & middle school students get 17 hours worth of homework a school night & 24 hours worth an off day or single holiday day. That translates to 48 hours over the weekend, 720 over the summer, & so on & so forth.
High school students are required to do 1168 hours worth of mandatory school assigned & organized "volunteer" work per quarter, 2336 per semester, & 4672 per school calendar year. 960 are also required over the summer except for the summer after their senior/12th-grade year.
The official story for mandatory volunteering was to build the student's character, but in reality, was a source of almost free labor for the government, where students work to clean government properties & making the state seem nice & clean, & to condition the students into obedient subjects, killing two birds with a single stone.
Another thing that is used in the schools is psychotropic medications & antidepressants. Kids being forced to sit on a concrete bench in front of a concrete table to do mind-numbing work for 7 hours a day doesn't always go perfectly smoothly, & schools are incentivised to diagnose kids with some sort of a disorder or disability, so at every single chance possible, the school would intentionally diagnose a kid with a disorder or disability, commonly ADHD &, especially when it comes to smart, less than perfectly obedient students, Asperger's syndrome.
This, however, frequently backfires, with students reacting violently, which frequently leads to the Fast Action Response Team being deployed to restrain & arrest said students.
Armed Security Service Guards & Officers monitor the campus, looking out for any escape attempts or other disobedient, undesirable behavior. They also work with Fast Action Response Team Officers & the Commissars that lead them that are on patrol, hunting down truant students to arrest them & their parents/guardians.
Another thing that is used in the schools is psychotropic medications & antidepressants. Kids being forced to sit on a concrete bench in front of a concrete table to do mind-numbing work for 7 hours a day doesn't always go perfectly smoothly, & schools are incentivised to diagnose kids with some sort of a disorder or disability, so at every single chance possible, the school would intentionally diagnose a kid with a disorder or disability, commonly ADHD &, especially when it comes to smart, less than perfectly obedient students, Asperger's syndrome.
Armed Security Service Guards & Officers monitor the campus, looking out for any escape attempts or other disobedient, undesirable behavior. They also work with Fast Action Response Team Officers & the Commissars that lead them that are on patrol, hunting down truant students to arrest them & their parents/guardians.
What may be possessed on school grounds:
Anything that a student possesses on school grounds is considered contraband unless it is specifically brought from their school's commissary, with exceptions narrower than a razor blade. Any student caught breaking this rule would have said contraband confiscated, & the student punished.
Credits system:
For students to buy things in school, they must buy credits, with real money. Credits have roughly the same value as U.S. Dollars, but they have more restrictions. If a student fails to be perfectly obedient, they can have credits taken away as punishment. Also, if a student's grades get too low, they can also have credits taken away as punishment.
That’s regular public school. The state also runs boarding schools, which run much the same way but buildings are generally literally rented out from private prison companies & students are crammed in dormitories like sardines in a can & get no privacy or free time.
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