He's got good tetherball skills, you know.
Posted on 09/17/2005 2:30:08 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
What an irresponsible and dangerous world we have created.
Thousands of years of childhoood discipline has been destroyed in a single generation.
I was recently told, by a mother in her thirties, she could no longer control her son. He is two years old....He is surely headed for a life of crime because 1) his parents are too busy making money and acquiring "stuff" to be proper parents and 2) his parents do not understand discipline IS love.
Not long ago, my wife and I made the mistake of meeting the couple and that small boy at a Mexican restaurant. The parents let the child run all over the restaurant and grab things on every unoccupied table and bring them back to ours. I was so embarrassed to be seen in the company of such irresponsible parents, I told my wife I'd never go anywhere with them again.
The inmates are truly in control of the asylum.
The New Orleans anarchy is only a small taste of our future.
Sounds like the kid was a little psycho to begin with. I sympathize with the folks advocating ten of the best, but in this case she shouldn't have been participating in the first place.
The need for both parents working and out of the home is part and parcel of the nanny state raising good little socialists. One begets the other. More social programs, more taxes, etc....
This is an amazing story for I attended Roser Park elementary school (no longer extant) in St. Pete FL in the early 60's. We had to line up in the cafeteria and march back to our classroom. The route led outside and through the playground, past the tetherball pole. I was near the end of the line with my friends, and to a man, we all grabbed that pole and swung around it, lifting our bodies parallel to the ground and making a few circuits around the mast. This seemingly innocent behavior was observed by one of the Goody-Two-Shoes near the front of the line who informed the teacher that we had deviated from proper 'Returning to Class' procedure. Five of us miscreant boys were remanded to the custody of the principal where, in turn, we were ushered into her office and throttled with her 1/2" thick Board of Discipline. Our butts were indeed glowing red from the experience, but the real fear was that our parents would find out. No cops, no lawyers, no hand wringing, just instant discipline.
This story just jogged a memory with me. St Petersburg, elementary school, discipline, tetherball...
Why didnt they call the ACLU? Surely they would have arrived quickly to subdue in a legal fashion, that sweet little girl who, by virtue of losing a ball game, was the victim of a terrible educational system?
>>Looks like there's no end to their problems<<
Homeschool.
I won't let my kids near these monsters.
We homeschooled. Back when we started (11 years ago), I don't think that the schools were having this degree of problems, but I know with each passing year, I'd hear more and more about problems in public schools.
Homeschooling is one decision we've never regretted, and the benefits (and I'm not just talking educationally) have been profound.
ping to #1
calling ted kennedy.......need another 20 billion for education!!!!
"If I'd acted like the kids in this article, my butt would have glowed in the dark by the time my parents were through with me."
Little girl, let me introduce you to my friend Mr. Belt.
He's got good tetherball skills, you know.
"The 8-year-old girl who acted up last week"
An emotionally disturbed kid, dumped off on the school system. I'd bet her mom can't control her either, but it's not her problem while the school has her.
The school can't control her, and the police are afraid to go near her.
Wonderful. Just wonderful.
What's this kid going to be like in 10 years?
You're right. I read too fast and popped off too soon about that one "omission".
A glass of ice water in the face works wonders and does no physical harm.
Either one would probably bring a successful assault suit, or some such, against the teacher and schools, in this day.
And what's the problem with a little physical punishment? Harm is a stretch. I'm not talking a bruising here, I'm talking a little butt-warming.
My hubby insisted that my little one go to half day Kindergaten this year. Along with that I decided that my older one could do "specials". We signed her up for Music and Gym.
Honestly, the Kindergarten class is not so bad. (of course it kills me that she is going over the alphabet for the third week while working on vowel blends at home) The Gym class was fine. THE MUSIC class!!!! Oh MY! The poor teacher did all she could do but the kids were awful. I walked up to the teacher at the end and stated that this class was the reason why I homeschooled.
She is an older lady and said, "I would too."
>>What's this kid going to be like in 10 years?<<
She'll be in an orange jump suit.
I believe that an adult should have picked up the girl wrapped their arms around her and sat her on his/her lap until Daddy arrived. Let her scream until then and from there on she's Daddy's problem.
But what do I know, I am just an old Grampa, who has 4 adult children and 12 grand children.
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