Are your kids under the Attack of the Mindnumbed Educators?

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Dusty wrote:

In East Providence, Rhode Island the school district policy expressly
forbids teasing, emotional abuse and harmful gossip. Decorations
specific to any winter holiday are banned from public schools in
Yonkers, New York and in Boulder, Colorado school officials denied the
formation of a Bible club as not related to curriculum, while at the
same time allowing a Gay/Straight Alliance club as being part of the
health education curriculum.

I *live* in East Providence RI, or in a suburb close to it.

I'm not sure what's so great about allowing teasing, emotional abuse, and
harmful gossip, though. The Devil is in the details, I suspect.

I was looking at that one, too. Why would anyone complain about making
those against the rules? chuckle


Codifying it allows some half-wit to define what is/isn't illegal.
These are freaking *children* we're talking about, yes?
Just what we need,...another 1st grader being handcuffed because he kissed a
classmate.

"Georgie Porgy did ten years..."

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Dusty wrote:



In East Providence, Rhode Island the school district policy expressly
forbids teasing, emotional abuse and harmful gossip. Decorations
specific to any winter holiday are banned from public schools in
Yonkers, New York and in Boulder, Colorado school officials denied the
formation of a Bible club as not related to curriculum, while at the
same time allowing a Gay/Straight Alliance club as being part of the
health education curriculum.

I *live* in East Providence RI, or in a suburb close to it.

I'm not sure what's so great about allowing teasing, emotional abuse, and
harmful gossip, though. The Devil is in the details, I suspect.


I was looking at that one, too. Why would anyone complain about making
those against the rules? chuckle

It might be seen as having the potential to generate boatloads of
frivolous lawsuits, although I haven't heard of that happening here.


It is amazing the things that generate lawsuits these days.

I was in Japan a few years ago and had the opportunity to visit a lovely
island near Hiroshima. In addition to a great many tiny deer with no
fear of people, I visited a shrine with a bell at the top. This bell
was mounted on a 10-foot cube of granite with stairs leading to the top.
A small cliff stood on one side of the cube, descending about ten feet
from the base before gradually angling out into a lightly forested
hillside. If you fell off the cube on that side, you'd probably fall
about 20 feet before rolling down a steep hill into some trees.

I was amazed that there were no fences around the top of the cube, nor
any posted warnings. In America, of course, there would be a
ten-foot-high fence around the top of the cube with signs that said,
"DANGER -- sharp drop -- do not climb fence!" And someone would
probably get good and liquored up, climb the fence, dance around on top
of it, and sue the park after they fell and broke their leg, claiming
that the sign wasn't visible enough. And they just might win.

I later learned that the entire nation of Japan has fewer lawyers than
Long Island. Sad and interesting, eh?

- Ron ^*^

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Dusty wrote:


In East Providence, Rhode Island the school district policy expressly
forbids teasing, emotional abuse and harmful gossip. Decorations
specific to any winter holiday are banned from public schools in
Yonkers, New York and in Boulder, Colorado school officials denied the
formation of a Bible club as not related to curriculum, while at the
same time allowing a Gay/Straight Alliance club as being part of the
health education curriculum.

I *live* in East Providence RI, or in a suburb close to it.

I'm not sure what's so great about allowing teasing, emotional abuse,
and
harmful gossip, though. The Devil is in the details, I suspect.


I was looking at that one, too. Why would anyone complain about making
those against the rules? chuckle

It might be seen as having the potential to generate boatloads of
frivolous lawsuits, although I haven't heard of that happening here.

It is amazing the things that generate lawsuits these days.

Not really, if you just set your expectations a bit lower for mankind.
Don't expect too much, and you can't get disappointed. See how easy that
was?

Werebat wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:

Beowulfen wrote:

I teach high school and I can tell you for a fact some of the stupid
rules , policies and procedures we have are tied directly to a parent's
law suit. Some parents think being invovled in their child's education
means sueing if they get a B-.

Yes indeedee. That's how "far" we have "progressed" today (with an
ample
assist, as expected, from our stellar legal "profession").

Viva Le Age De Enlightenment! Makes me proud to be here, in this era
of
true enlightenment! And social progress!!

What we "need" is one big crisis, I mean a real nation-shattering,
devastating event. That will cause the country to wake up a bit and
shake off a lot of these parasites out of necessity.

- Ron ^*^

I guess you have more faith in people than I do (which I find a bit
surprising). I've seen this "newage transformation", and I think it's
practically hopeless. I honestly believe most people are too stupid to
either notice or care (besides which, many of the New Agers never knew
anything different, anyways)

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Dusty wrote:


In East Providence, Rhode Island the school district policy expressly
forbids teasing, emotional abuse and harmful gossip. Decorations
specific to any winter holiday are banned from public schools in
Yonkers, New York and in Boulder, Colorado school officials denied
the
formation of a Bible club as not related to curriculum, while at the
same time allowing a Gay/Straight Alliance club as being part of the
health education curriculum.

I *live* in East Providence RI, or in a suburb close to it.

I'm not sure what's so great about allowing teasing, emotional abuse,
and
harmful gossip, though. The Devil is in the details, I suspect.


I was looking at that one, too. Why would anyone complain about making
those against the rules? chuckle

It might be seen as having the potential to generate boatloads of
frivolous lawsuits, although I haven't heard of that happening here.

It is amazing the things that generate lawsuits these days.

Not really, if you just set your expectations a bit lower for mankind.
Don't expect too much, and you can't get disappointed. See how easy
that
was?

chuckle You could certainly be right.

Bill in Co. wrote:

Werebat wrote:

Bill in Co. wrote:


Beowulfen wrote:


I teach high school and I can tell you for a fact some of the stupid
rules , policies and procedures we have are tied directly to a parent's
law suit. Some parents think being invovled in their child's education
means sueing if they get a B-.

Yes indeedee. That's how "far" we have "progressed" today (with an

ample

assist, as expected, from our stellar legal "profession").

Viva Le Age De Enlightenment! Makes me proud to be here, in this era

of

true enlightenment! And social progress!!

What we "need" is one big crisis, I mean a real nation-shattering,
devastating event. That will cause the country to wake up a bit and
shake off a lot of these parasites out of necessity.

- Ron ^*^


I guess you have more faith in people than I do (which I find a bit
surprising). I've seen this "newage transformation", and I think it's
practically hopeless. I honestly believe most people are too stupid to
either notice or care (besides which, many of the New Agers never knew
anything different, anyways)

"The Good Old Days weren't always good, and tomorrow's not as bad as it
seems..."

I have great faith that people will continue to be people, for better or
worse.

- Ron ^*^

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Dusty wrote:



In East Providence, Rhode Island the school district policy expressly
forbids teasing, emotional abuse and harmful gossip. Decorations
specific to any winter holiday are banned from public schools in
Yonkers, New York and in Boulder, Colorado school officials denied the
formation of a Bible club as not related to curriculum, while at the
same time allowing a Gay/Straight Alliance club as being part of the
health education curriculum.

I *live* in East Providence RI, or in a suburb close to it.

I'm not sure what's so great about allowing teasing, emotional abuse,
and
harmful gossip, though. The Devil is in the details, I suspect.


I was looking at that one, too. Why would anyone complain about making
those against the rules? chuckle

It might be seen as having the potential to generate boatloads of
frivolous lawsuits, although I haven't heard of that happening here.


It is amazing the things that generate lawsuits these days.

I was in Japan a few years ago and had the opportunity to visit a lovely
island near Hiroshima. In addition to a great many tiny deer with no
fear of people, I visited a shrine with a bell at the top. This bell
was mounted on a 10-foot cube of granite with stairs leading to the top.
A small cliff stood on one side of the cube, descending about ten feet
from the base before gradually angling out into a lightly forested
hillside. If you fell off the cube on that side, you'd probably fall
about 20 feet before rolling down a steep hill into some trees.

I was amazed that there were no fences around the top of the cube, nor
any posted warnings. In America, of course, there would be a
ten-foot-high fence around the top of the cube with signs that said,
"DANGER -- sharp drop -- do not climb fence!" And someone would
probably get good and liquored up, climb the fence, dance around on top
of it, and sue the park after they fell and broke their leg, claiming
that the sign wasn't visible enough. And they just might win.

I later learned that the entire nation of Japan has fewer lawyers than
Long Island. Sad and interesting, eh?

- Ron ^*^

It has been long since known that Japan's lawyers per capita is similar to
the US's engineers per capita, and vice versa.

In the US, the law is up every orifice and down every cravasse our our
persons. I dare anyone to get through the day without breaking some law
somewhere. Or how about keeping up with all the bills that are passed by
Congress in a year? Could you possibly hope to read them all in a lifetime?

When the law becomes too complicated for any one mere mortal to understand
in one's lifetime, something is tremendously wrong...

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Dusty wrote:

In East Providence, Rhode Island the school district policy
expressly
forbids teasing, emotional abuse and harmful gossip. Decorations
specific to any winter holiday are banned from public schools in
Yonkers, New York and in Boulder, Colorado school officials denied
the
formation of a Bible club as not related to curriculum, while at the
same time allowing a Gay/Straight Alliance club as being part of the
health education curriculum.

I *live* in East Providence RI, or in a suburb close to it.

I'm not sure what's so great about allowing teasing, emotional abuse,
and harmful gossip, though. The Devil is in the details, I suspect.

I was looking at that one, too. Why would anyone complain about
making
those against the rules? chuckle

It might be seen as having the potential to generate boatloads of
frivolous lawsuits, although I haven't heard of that happening here.

It is amazing the things that generate lawsuits these days.

I was in Japan a few years ago and had the opportunity to visit a lovely
island near Hiroshima. In addition to a great many tiny deer with no
fear of people, I visited a shrine with a bell at the top. This bell
was mounted on a 10-foot cube of granite with stairs leading to the top.
A small cliff stood on one side of the cube, descending about ten feet
from the base before gradually angling out into a lightly forested
hillside. If you fell off the cube on that side, you'd probably fall
about 20 feet before rolling down a steep hill into some trees.

I was amazed that there were no fences around the top of the cube, nor
any posted warnings. In America, of course, there would be a
ten-foot-high fence around the top of the cube with signs that said,
"DANGER -- sharp drop -- do not climb fence!" And someone would
probably get good and liquored up, climb the fence, dance around on top
of it, and sue the park after they fell and broke their leg, claiming
that the sign wasn't visible enough. And they just might win.

I later learned that the entire nation of Japan has fewer lawyers than
Long Island. Sad and interesting, eh?

- Ron ^*^

No, it just further supports what I have been saying all along - that we are
truly making progress. And that I'm proud to be here, in this "advanced"
society today.
Viva Le Age De Enlightenment.

It has been long since known that Japan's lawyers per capita is similar to
the US's engineers per capita, and vice versa.

In the US, the law is up every orifice and down every cravasse our our
persons. I dare anyone to get through the day without breaking some law
somewhere. Or how about keeping up with all the bills that are passed by
Congress in a year? Could you possibly hope to read them all in a
lifetime?

When the law becomes too complicated for any one mere mortal to understand
in one's lifetime, something is tremendously wrong...

--
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In East Providence, Rhode Island the school district policy expressly
forbids teasing, emotional abuse and harmful gossip.

So you believe that students should be allowed to emotionally abuse
each other?

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"Dusty" wrote
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In East Providence, Rhode Island the school district policy expressly
forbids teasing, emotional abuse and harmful gossip.
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My kids' school has a similar policy (called "Bully-Free Zone")--on paper.
In reality, I haven't seen much
enforcement. My 11 year old got popped on the ear leaving bruise marks but
the school simply told the
kid not to do it again and changed his seat. I prefer criminal charges when
criminal law is broken and last I knew,
assault is a crime. For some reason, police prefer to let the school handle
these things but
schools have little penalty power. That criminal acts are permitted on
school property but nowhere else is
ludicrous. If my kids are assaulted again, I will insist on criminal
charges.
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