Posted on 05/08/2010 2:34:31 AM PDT by kcvl
Per Drudge...
Yesterday, a listener’s son was offended that his school, Klein Collins High School, displayed the Mexican flag prominently. His mother called to complain, and the school wouldn’t return her call. The student took the sign down.
The school pitched a fit, reviewed the surveillance tapes, found the student, and suspended him for 3 days. AND he has to pay for the flag.
Hanging it is stupid but students don’t have the rights to redecorate their schools and take down what they don’t like. I’d have given him detention rather than suspension.
My grandparents were immigrants and never felt the need to display the Union Jack. They came here to leave the old country, not to bring it with them.
Ping!
Actually, it was a cross, but your point is still valid, appropriate and well made.
The schools don’t tell any of the students what a great country we live in- many teachers dwell on all our “mistakes” and patriotism is not taught in shcools any more. As far as foreign children- they don’t want them to “lose their culture” so they go on and on about how great their former country is and make a big deal about all their “cultural” things like food, dress, celebrations. All in the name of multiculturalism. Assimilation is seen as bad to most teachers- that was a mistake of the past where other cultures were not respected.
I know many Mexicans who came here and demanded their children learn the language and assimilate- those parents are fighting an uphill battle with schools though. The schools, radical groups, and pandering politicians are to blame for the attitude we see in many of these children.
What puzzles me is the schools are so cautious now about our traditional holidays- many won’t touch Halloween- instead having a fall or harvest celebration that is not related to the fun things about Halloween like costumes and scary things. They really get their panties in a bunch over anything to do with Christmas- many celebrating a winter holiday without even Santa- only snowflakes and snowmen are PC. Easter is really hard for them; many refuse to have Spring Break during Easter which would make it easier on most families. Seldom do schools now do any activities around Veteran’s Day or Flag Day- they have thrown most of our holidays in the trash but grab on to holidays of other countries. It’s ironic that Cinco de Mayo isn’t a real holiday in Mexico, more of a beer holiday yet schools have embraced it.
Sorry,I meant the staff involved in this “incident”.
You are correct , my bad.
“His mother called to complain, and the school wouldn’t return her call. “
She called? This is where she and I part ways. If my child called to tell me there was a Mexican Flag hanging like that in the hallway (or anywhere), I’d be in that principal’s office pitching a fit until the flag was taken down. School administrators hated seeing me!
Don't apologize as it was obvious what you meant.
OK, now I have to nitpik YOUR post! ;)
It wasn't obvious, actually. I've seen quite a bit of “take no prisoners” attitude here on FR, and in fact used it myself more than once. There probably are some instances when it's appropriate, even. Islamofacists, for example, with bombs.
You are right about an apology not being necessary, though. A simple correction is quite adequate. Caffeine deficiency, a glitchy keyboard, like I'm trying to use, or just the words tumbling out too fast for fingers to keep up. I suffer from all those and more, myself.
Hoosierham, consider this my apology. My post was intended more as a “there, I fixed it” type of thing, not a smack-down.
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No longer a problem?
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"No longer a problem? "
It will always be a problem. I'm an addict. I'm down to three or four cups of green tea a day, as advised by my doctor. This after many years of serious abuse.
Too much gives me gastro problems. Not enough accentuates the ADD.
I used to drink a case of Coke a day, and a couple of gallons of STRONG sweet iced black tea, minimum.
Sharing this keyboard with my daughters doesn't help. The youngest insists on eating and drinking over the poor thing, and many of the keys stick. Careful proofreading is a must, at which I often fail. I also sometimes forget that text doesn't convey emotional loading very well. Some of the discussion here at FR gets pretty intense, and I'm as capable of forgetting that it IS discussion as the next guy, and may more so. ;)
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