Posted on 11/05/2006 5:22:05 PM PST by Stoat
Bethany Read, 17, said: Weve even had a naming and shaming policy in assembly and people reporting others.
John White, 16, said: I can understand no kissing but theres nothing wrong with hugging. Some have had detentions for hugging.
Local councillor Kath Pascoe said: I dont see anything wrong with hugging its better than fighting.
Last year Mr Kenning suspended pupil Daniel Pethick, 15, for streaking his hair like his hero Ashes cricketer Kevin Pietersen.
Fascinating, thanks very much for posting! I had never heard of a Curta before.
I'm still trying to make it work, but it's fun to play with and looks like it was a very important innovation for it's time.
How can you nip something in the bud that is happening extensively? Don't you nip it in the bud when it's just showing up?
And what does it mean, "it might become inappropriate?" Was the current form appropriate? If so, then why ban it?
Why cahn't the English learn how to speak?
They'll probably master it at around the same time they learn to cook :-)
I guess it is necessary to regulate absolutely everything. Monty Python's "Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch seemed less plausible before reading that.
In the current climate I guess its OK for the youngsters to engage in whatever depravity they can copy from MTV as long as none of that dastardly hugging is involved. That's crossing the line. Next thing you know they will be praying or something.
Who cares, I'd tell the powers that be to stick it where the sun don't shine.
By saying "evidently" it seems that this policy was either brand-new or so very poorly publicized that both you and your daughter were unaware of it. this doesn't sound like a policy that was implemented very well, and so to punish an otherwise good student on this basis seems a bit heavy-handed to me.
My husband and I didn't get too upset at her; we figured there could be lots of worse reasons to get a detention!
Indeed. Who knows how many other 'secret policies' they have on the books that they implement at random?
Just let's all march to work, and march to our cave, eyes downcast and mute.
Much more productive and easier to generate our required tax revenue with minimal discomfort to others that way.
I suspect that minions of the Hard Left will soon be contacting you and asking you for assistance in designing their policies :-)
(just kidding)
I'm dating myself, but I had a Curta Calculator back in the 60's. I was involved in road rallies and calculating speeds to make the next checkpoint was the job it was used for. If you had to slow down, you could figure out what speed you needed to go to make the average.
I wish I still had it. They bring big bucks on eBay right now.
At the Wikipedia page so kindly provided by cynwoody it mentions auto rallies as a popular use for the Curtas, and it all looks like grand screaming fun. I'm sure that you had a great time and provided an essential service for the races.
I wish I still had it. They bring big bucks on eBay right now.
The passage of time reminds us all that we should have each invested in a huge warehouse decades ago and filled it with all of the consumer products that were available at the time, then locked the door to this time capsule, only reopening it now so that we can sell it all on eBay :-)
If a time machine is invented during my lifetime, I want to take a big pile of cash back to the 1950's or 1960's and get a nice sports car, put it in the warehouse on blocks and then re-sell it in 2006 with zero miles on it :-)
(I also want to get in on the ground floor at McDonald's corp and a few other stocks that people didn't think would amount to much at the time but have since turned into multibillion dollar ventures)
I suppose that will never happen, because nobody has ever encountered a time traveler. This suggests that a time machine will never, ever be invented.
"sigh"
I'm thinking the guy who scoops the poop at a horserace track.
When the picture is in preview, what I do is hit the refresh button on the browser to refresh the preview page. This will usually catch anything before you post it.
I'm thinking the guy who scoops the poop at a horserace track.
The article suggests that many students (and parents) would agree with you.
You weren't allowed to hug your girl friends? I went to a Christian high school in the 80s, and we were allowed to hug.
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