Why soon to be former military soldiers should consider being a public education teacher


10) Your commander / your principal “I’m just following the rules!”

9) Co workers / fellow soldiers – your stuck with em so you might as well try to get along.

8) Sleep desperation – you wake up to every little noise you hear and wonder “is that gun fire?”

7) Long hours and little pay

6) What ‘off duty’ time?

5) Your always screaming at them (applies to both sides)

4) Sometimes ya just want to knock their block off (applies to both sides)

3) Language barrier - Both teenagers & those in anther country speak a different language

2) The cafeteria food is just as bad as military rations

Number one reason why soon to be former military soldiers should consider being a public education teacher

1) Field Combat in Iraq vs. Field Combat on high school campuses – what is the difference? The Location and the style clothing

ZONKS! Topsy Turvy - which side is up?

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Ya just gotta put the picture first on these kinds of things. It's the only correct way to announce crazy cool projects such as the Topsy-Turvy Bus created by art car artist Tom Kennedy from Oakland, CA with a team of ten other artists.

The idea for Topsy-Turvy came from Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s and president of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities and artist Stefan Sagmeister.

Tom and Haideen Anderson are currently driving the bus around the US, blogging about their adventures, with stops planned in the same places, dates and times as the presidential primaries.

The Topsy-Turvy, painted in all it's yellow glory with a twin welded upside down to the roof was commissioned by Ben & Jerry's to protest U.S. military spending. Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities is a non profit organization made up of 700 business leaders who want to reduce U.S. military spending.

"Essentially this is a marketing technique that I started doing at Ben and Jerry's," Cohen said.

"We find that dollar for dollar, it's more effective than run-of-the-mill TV advertising. Seeing this weird vehicle in three dimensions makes more of a lasting impression."

Lead art car builder Tom Kennedy said

“It's under the 13.6-foot height limit and within the weight limit for noncommercial vehicles.”

With rare exception, most police officers who pull him over just want a picture to show their families.

Photo credit: Ken Duffy