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     Crusty |
Of course, who are you going to trust? CNN or random memes? Would you rather have your head cut off or be burned at the stake? | ||
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| Kmbuell |
We like the recent direction this thread has taken! | ||
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| Ourdee |
Oops, there went the neighborhood. | ||
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| Ebutch |
Bernie is running again Old Whiteman.   | ||
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| Ourdee |
Another side of the suspension story goes like this: School can not leave students unattended in building. School knew of walk out and made provisions. Student was given choice to either participate in walk out or go to commons area and participate in study hall. Student chose neither and wanted to stay in class room against directions. He is a pawn. What side of the board do you think is playing his disobedience? | ||
| Sifo |
Bottom line... He chose to not walk out of class. He was suspended for not walking out of class. Had the faculty not walked out of class, he would not have been left unattended. Why did the faculty not get reprimanded for walking out of the class room leaving a student unattended? | ||
| Uncle |
I thank GOD I don't have kids in the school system now. It would drive me crazy dealing with this BS. And I would not do it quietly. | ||
| Court |
The story about the student . . . like most others in the news recently is likely a meld of untrue, true and half-truths that can be "spun" as suits a writer's ends. It's a shame. I'm unclear as to why the schools felt they were the proper forum to channel students empathy, support or other personal feelings. Would that not be more appropriate in a setting outside the school, under the supervision of parents? I wonder would would happen if the school focused on education? | ||
| Ourdee |
Court, I would have suspended all who walked out. Not to punish them for rebellion mind you. It was a great teaching point that was passed up by those that don't truly seek to educate. Actions have consequences, and that should have been the lesson for the day. High school taught me to think for myself with the caveat that, when all is said and done and I am sitting in prison or dangling from a rope, if I still believe I was right, then I was right. We need to raise children up knowing how to think and with enough fortitude to do what is right with what they know. Kids are amazing and capable of becoming amazing adults if we don't damage them. I look at where I got to in spite of the "adults" I met along the way. That book I mentioned taught me that everyone has skills, but attitude is what keeps you in a place to use them. | ||
| Sifo |
One thing that is hard to change with spin. The faculty walked out when they were being paid to be in the classroom. Without that act, the rest of the story simply wouldn't have happened. The student's reasons(s) for staying in the class room, instead of other "approved" courses of action can certainly be spun a few ways. I'll take him at his word that he was attempting to remain neutral. Punishing him for not bending to the ill-conceived, faculty supported walkout of class, seems very unreasonable. My tax dollars should not be going toward paying teachers to protest political issues during class hours. | ||
| Airbozo |
At my wife's high school, every student that participated in the anti-gun walkout was marked absent without excuse. Parents complained and provided "fake" excuses after the fact, but the students were still marked absent without excuse and had to make up the work. The district upheld that decision. | ||
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| Ft_bstrd |
Leftist teachers chose to abandon their classes and students permitted by Leftist administrators. The students were compelled to participate. | ||
| Ratbuell |
There's the key word - "compelled". As in, "if you do this, it's OK and we'll excuse your absence, because this is the right thing to do". In other words - a Learning Experience. Brought to you by our ever-objective educational system... |
