The Korean Culture and Freedom Foundation(MOON FRONT) had been barred from soliciting contributions in New York after 1976. The State Social Welfare Board had discovered that less than 7 percent of the funds collected by KCFF for the Children’s Relief Fund could have been used for that purpose. The public was told that money was needed urgently to save the lives of 350,000 children who were facing “terminal forms of malnutrition” in Southeast Asia. Contributions were to be used to buy emergency supplies of blood plasma and food.

The Children’s Relief Fund appears to have been more an exercise in image-building than a drive to raise funds for the cult’s coffers. An audit showed that Bo Hi Pak himself got $26,000 each year, while the bulk of the contributions in 1975, $920,000, was paid to Richard A. Viguerie Company, a professional fund raising firm, for handling mail order solicitations. Another $58,000 went to the Associated Public Relations Council of Washington, owned by Donald Miller, who was also the executive director of KCFF.

[Robert B. Boettcher - Gifts of Deceit - Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park and the Korean Scandal. (1980)]

from Sara Diamond – “Spiritual Warfare the Politics of the Religious Right”

In 1986, Viguerie was on the brink of bankruptcy when the Unification Church again came to his aid financially. In late 1985, Viguerie had been forced to sell ‘Conservative Digest.’ In January 1986, eight of his creditors filed suit for a total of $2.3 million owed to them. At the same time, Viguerie had to put his $9 million office building in Fairfax, Virginia up for sale.

Just as he was about to go under in early 1986, Viguerie won a lucrative account, the distribution of the Unification Church-owned ‘Insight’ magazine. Then in October 1987, U.S. Property Development Corporation controlled by Rev. Moon’s right-hand man, Col. Bo Hi Pak, paid $10.06 million for Viguerie’s office building. Also in 1987, Viguerie took on the direct mail account of the Moonie-dominated American Freedom Coalition.

I keep hearing how great it is to have an administration like that. I am expecting it from my new school.

Smart of you to keep good records. It’s hard to dispute that – especially when the kid left out all those necessary details.

I had one kid who decided to do one of his Science News Projects on UFOs. Silly me didn’t think thatone all the way through before agreeing to it because, well, I have a grasp on reality. He’s one of those who is a class clown anyway, so when he started giving his presentation on little green men – as if they were scientific fact – the class laughed at him. I just shook my head and asked him if he was serious. He swore that he was, but you can only belive about5% of the stuff he ever says anyway. Initially I gave him an 85 because he met the project requirements and then some.

The next day I called him away from clas to ask him one-on-one if he was serious. He told me that he was – that he knew it had to be true because he’d gotten it off the internet on “,org” sites – which means that the information is true. I assured him that that was not the case, but because he had done what was asked, I moved his grade up to a 92.

A few weeks later, one of the more tolarable VPs comes into my room and tells me that his mother wants a conference. She said that I laughed at her son and insulted him in front of the class..A lot of other nonsense to boot. After I gave him my recount – which made sense, he called the mother back to schedule a conference. She never showed up teh first time – called to cancel and then didn’t show up the second time at all with no phone call.

I think a strong Administration wouldn’t have wasted the time to schedule a conference twice over something like that. But, it’s habitual with them.

Yep. And as soon as teh parents all stop doing that – I won’t have to either. :)

Are you nuts? Hitting them? Nope. Not me. I don’t think it works the way itis intended to work. It just teaches them that using violence is a means for solving conflict.

But like I said – my first year. I learned to make the final project due at the end. And not sweat a day or two fo goofing off – when really, in the grand scheme of things, a couple days of movies isn’t the end of the world.

The school where I taught, and am returning to is GREAT. The administration backs its teachers. I have had parents call or come in to complain, but you see, the lawyer in me keeps great records, so it is difficult for the parent to challenge me.

Of course, I’m sure the parents say the same thing about them watching TV at home vs doing their homework :)

“Little Johnny will not do his homework and if I set him in front of the TV I can maintain the peace”.

Thats why they should bring back the ruler. Quick swipe across the knuckles, behaviour fixed, or just have a test on the last possible day of class, make it like 30% of their grade for the quarter.

The reason 99% of them go to sleep is because they didn’t go to bed at a reasonable hour because they were talking on the phone or running around unsupervised – or doing other things that don’t warrant my sympathy.

If they are sick or have a valid reason – I’m as maternal as I can muster – but otherwise, I get yelled at for not giving them twenty chances. And I don’t like to get yelled at when I’m doing my job. Ya know :)

That one has gotten me a few parent complaints. Wouldn’t be as big of a deal if the Administration here had spines. I’m so happy to be leaving this District.

Softee :)

Again, Mr. Absolutist – I showed those kind already. I needed something in this case that would maintain the peace at the end of the year. This works.

Oh, I see it, but if you wait for the one with out sin to throw the first stone, it’ll never be tossed.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 23, 2006 @ 2:55 pm

Oh like rules ever stop those sort of people from flinging them at everyone else doing the same stuff they do… kinda like you. :)

I guess that’s why the first year is the hardest? In the beginning I was more strict about certain things because all I had to go on really, was 20-something years ago. I’ve lightened up on some things that aren’t that critical. But I still wake them up too.

Why? someone needs to flip burgers and stock gas station shelves.

It is also fun when I am teaching something and someone has slept though it or is talking or writing a note (I can be cruel – especially when it is a complicated subject matter). I make them come to tutorials. I refuse to reteach something during classtime to someone who is not paying attention.