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Posted on 12/01/2005 4:20:42 AM PST by cloud8
At my college, every wednesday, 98% of the school population wore bdu's. It is a military college.
:-) Then you and your fellow students were very well behaved and nothing like the darling savages that I came in contact with. I say that because I enjoy working with children, but lately more parents are not willing to work with teachers to build a child's study habits and establish a foundation of responsibilty. A child is born as a savage and it's the adults' job to civilize him or her.
What if she was going deer hunting after school?
Basicly. I think the operative phrase is: what is deemed disruptive to the classroom enviornment.
Me, i think *all* schools should go back to
a policy of school uniforms, for all students
from kindergarten, through graduating,from
High School. Students want to show their
"uniqueness" they should do so with their
wit, intellect, ingenuity, talent, skill,
and performance...there are things that
america used to pride ourselves about, and our
children used to take pride in...and not how much
they can be a version of of life's losers
ala 'Bart Simpson'.
Then you and your fellow students were very well behaved and nothing like the darling savages that I came in contact with.
Well, duh!
Yep. Controversial for the administration. Like wearing a Republican Party button or having a Republican bumper sticker on the car.
She's not interested in learning, but in beng the issue herself, a statement of Hip Hoppity Tacky Fashion
Bunnyism. I find it offensive that she considers
it "cool" to advertise that she aspires to be a
bimbo loser, and opresents herself that way in a
setting where others are sent to learn to be able
to have a much better life than the one this girl
wants. She sets an offensive and degrading example.
No Blueflag, you do not have me, but nice try. :-) Who is appointed to make the decisions about the school property?
Taxpayers fund it, but they do not administer the school, which is the point that you made in your response to me. :-)
So we agree :D
And where do you draw the line about responsibility? I would argue that if you take away the principal's and teachers' ability to make a decision, you lose the ability to hold a child answerable to responsibility.
If it's a free for all for all parents to say to their kids, hey in school, do whatever you want, sure, why send them to school, because no one is responsible?
A libertarian holds people responsible. If the parents keep the kids in their charge all day, the parents are responsible and that's how it is. If the parents send the kid to school, then the parent is authorizing the school to take care of the kid under a list of agreed upon rules, meaning that there is room for the school to have discretionary authority. If that's not the case, then the parents should find another school that meets their expectations -- I am no fan of public schools. :-)
:-) My mother was talking to another lady who is in her 70s and she was talking about the change in discipline. When this lady was about 14, she did not want to eat breakfast before going to school. Well her mother made her a bowl of oatmeal and gave her a banana, but the 14 year old (71 years ago, mind you) said "no".
Her mother was very upset and dumped the bowl of oatmeal on the girl's head and stuck the banana in her mouth. Then the mother fainted. Horrified, the girl had to run over to a neighbor's for help, with the oatmeal on her head. :D
If it is disruptive, then it does not belong in the schools. The schools are not about fashion shows or "making statements", they are about learning.
Today that would be child abuse. Back then it was the just reaction to a kid giving mama lip.
When I went to high school you couldn't even wear jeans or shorts.
LOL! Today, I would have said "fine, the kitchen's closed until lunchtime. Don't complain if you are hungry before lunchtime." But the oatmeal on the head and the banana in the mouth is just too funny.
IIRC, it was artist from Keene, NH that was pushing the US Army to adopt the concept during WWI.
I wore it to school just about every day...nobody said a thing, either."
Likewise for me. I wore my Old Timer with a 4" locking blade in a leather belt holster almost every day all four years of high school. Never had a problem with it, and I even had teachers ask to borrow it in class several times.
I recall some of the pickup trucks in the parking lot would have rifles in the gun racks along with lariats (a lot of kids in our area were into rodeo). Nobody ever threatened to shoot anyone or stab anyone. Good old fashioned fist fights usually settled things.
“This has nothing to do with the military. We allow Reserve Officer Training Corps to wear military gear because they wear it in a respectful manner. It's the gang relation. If it's controversial or if it has gang associations, we won't have it,”
“She was covered, but it was military dress, and we've decided at the school that isn't allowed.”
But the oatmeal on the head and the banana in the mouth is just too funny.
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