Kingofpain89 wrote:And I thought the story about the two siamese twins joined at the head was a medical marvel.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21652326/Wasn't there a girl like this in a Stephen King book?
Kingofpain89 wrote:Anyway...more crazy stuff going on and right here in the good 'ol U.S.A.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15316912/I dont know why we just dont close every school in the country and just have kids learn from home via internet conferencing. If they dont have a computer I am sure the state government will be more than happy to buy them one with all the funding they saved by closing the schools. Seems like it would make all their problems disappear. No public affection at school. No lawsuits from playground accidents. No need for teachers to punish students for being unruly in class. And definitely no more problems with children having physical contact of any kind with teachers.Of course that would cause countless social development problems for the kids but isnt that what they are heading towards anyway? Reading stuff like this makes me overjoyed that I decided to not have kids. I really do have a lot of respect for those of you that do.
Deadlord39 wrote:shit like that is why my wife and I decided to home school our son. Not only do I not have to worry about getting a phone call saying my son was shot by a psycho, he also gets a MUCH better education.
Badmike wrote:Can you even fathom such a ban happening in any of our local schools in Texas?
Deadlord39 wrote:I didn't know Texas had schools. Hmmm, learn something new every day.It really is a nationwide thing. All the bleeding-heart liberals who think everyone should be treated exactly the same. And the average sheep/American citizen bleats happily and accepts it, just like everything else.
benjoshua wrote:"No Child Left Behind" should actually be called, "No Child Gets Ahead." Here's an analogy I copied.No Child Left Behind: The Football Version1. All teams must make the state playoffs, and all must win the championship.If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable.2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time and in the same conditions. No exceptions will be made for interest in football, a desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabilities.ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL.3. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own without instruction. This is because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who aren't interested in football, have limited athletic ability or whose parents don't like football.4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept in 4th, 8th and 11th games.5. This will create a New Age of sports where every school is expected to have the same level of talent and all teams will reach the same minimal goals.If no child gets ahead, then no child will be left behind.
bombadil wrote:...There was a pile of heads stacked up around me at the end of every day. Very cold work. No gloves, blowing snow, bloody knife handle slippery as hell...
sauromatian wrote:There's a mom at the local elementary school who's been patrolling the playground before & after school, harrasing kids to stop playing tag or catch [the ball might hit someone]. If more parents like her demand it, the schools will follow the trend. It can happen here.
gyg wrote:I recently heard, at my kids school (I'm a governor, for which read self-important busy-body ), that there is a problem with using the word 'failure' when describing a childs academic achievement - the F word should be replaced with the wonderful term 'deferred success'. Now I'm a positive, up-beat kind of guy but this is absolute fucking nonsense - 'guess what kids, it's a big hard world out there, so everything is not going to be handed to you on a plate - get over it'.Molly-coddling the youth of today will not help society in any way shape or form, everyone eventually finds there own level - the fuck-ups will remain fuck-ups and the decent,hard working ones will succeed - I realise that this is a huge generalisation but it's a pretty safe bet 99.9% of the time.Rant over - deferred success my arse