[mort56]

America what have you done?

[a fool in paradise]

Okay for America’s youth but wrong wrong wrong for Islamic terrorists held at Gitmo.

[an amused spectator]

Hey, Obama's ACORN Brownshirts have got to train somewhere...

[Badeye]

Lets see. Growing up in a lilly white oh so comfy eastern suburb of Cincinnati, what do I recall from those days?

1. Grabbed by a principal at age 10 and shaken violently?

Check

2. Beaten by a teacher multiple times?

Check

Guess I’ve got a issue myself huh?

[a fool in paradise]

But even more alarming, in the vast majority of cases, teachers found guilty were only given a slap on the wrist.

I'll bet they didn't even get that.

[a fool in paradise]

"Any founded allegation where an adult is hitting a child, hitting a student - they're going to be gone," Duncan said.

Put security cameras in the classrooms. Keep the NEA union staffers in line.

[AreaMan]

How many of these incidents were little snowflakes with behavior problems and how many were assaults by incompetent teachers?

Voting Republican...That's a paddlin!

[digger48]

Probably the only way to get the little darlings to hand over their knives and guns.

[proud_yank]

Maybe they openly questioned Algore and global warming, or perhaps they didn’t put the condom on the cucumber properly???

[freekitty]

So much for Obama love.

[mojitojoe]

It’s the Chicago way.

[ronnyquest]

This just keeps getting better...

[jaydubya2]

Go to this link to see how much Illinoise teachers and administrators are paid. Unbelievable!

http://www.suntimes.com/data/1408824,illinois-salaries-teacher-administrator.article

[Cicero]

I’ll reserve judgment. Each of these is an individual case. But as a general rule, the biggest problem with the inner city public schools—and all the other public schools—is LACK OF DISCIPLINE.

We had corporal punishment back in the prep school I went to many years ago. It wasn’t fun, but it did the job. In fact, probably an occasional injustice is better than no discipline at all. It teaches you the lesson, “Life is unfair, so get on with it!”

A lot of these kids probably come from disfunctional families, have older brothers who are drug dealers, and no fathers at home. A little discipline is exactly what they need.

Which isn’t to say that this is being done right. Chicago? Not a model for good education. Still, it’s time to admit that there’s no way in hell that some of these kids can be taught without an occasional whacking. Better a whack with a broomstick than a couple of years in jail a little later on.

[XR7]

Hundreds Beaten, Whipped, Choked By Teachers, Coaches (Chicago Schools Under Obama's Ed. Sec.)

The Annenberg Challenge.

from A Kind and Just Parent, by William Ayers

[BAW]

Arne Duncan, now Secretary of Education in the Obama administration, was chosed for this position based on his performance while Chief Executive Officer of the Chigaco Public Schools. Duncan was CEO of Chicago Public Schools since 2001.

[SuperLuminal]

Love it!

Raises two possibilities (at least):

• Probably just shows that these children were raised in loving caring environments to believe in personal responsibility and good manors and the government's indoctrination pros have to beat that evil crap out of them; or,

• Probably just shows that these children were raised in the Chicago marxist-controlled environment of hate and loathing for white people, the U.S., Christians, capitalism, and the former Constitution and have become so animal-like that even the government's indoctrination pros have to beat reinforcement crap into them.