You heard me, I said no name calling.
DumbAss
Posted on 02/19/2004 10:13:19 AM PST by hsmomx3
No Name-Calling Week Coalition Announces National Plans for Week Aimed at Ending Name-Calling and Bullying in America’s Schools
Thousands of Schools Taking Part in “No Name-Calling Week”
New York, NY - The No Name-Calling Week Coalition today announced local and national plans for its inaugural No Name-Calling Week project. During the week of March 1 - 5, 2004, thousands of middle schools from around the country will take part in a week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling and verbal bullying of all kinds. To date, over 3,500 school administrators and educators from all 50 states have come on board for participation in the week’s events with hundreds more signing up each week
On the morning of Monday, March 1st, No Name-Calling Week will commence with concurrent events at the Los Angeles and New York Simon Wiesenthal Center - Museums of Tolerance. At both events, students from local middle schools will participate in a facilitated lesson plan about name-calling and experience relevant exhibits of the museum. The students will also have an opportunity to interact with their peers on the opposite coast about their experiences when the dual events are video-conferenced at the end of the New York session
Individual schools, local school districts and statewide organizations are setting up various events throughout the week. In Trenton, New Jersey’s Attorney General will hold a press conference to kick-off New Jersey Cares About Bullying as part of their No Name-Calling Week. The Minneapolis county health department will conduct a school climate forum for educators and students that focuses on bullying. Events are also being held in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Washington, DC and throughout the nation
No Name-Calling Week seeks to generate national attention to the problem of name-calling in schools and to provide students and educators with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate name-calling in their communities. The project was inspired by The Misfits, a book written by popular author James Howe and published by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
A resource guide with lesson plans, a video for classroom use and other promotional materials are available to educators to assist in facilitating the week’s activities at www.NoNameCallingWeek.org.
About No Name-Calling Week
No Name-Calling Week, to be observed March 1 - 5, 2004, is a project of the No Name-Calling Week Coalition, created by GLSEN and Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing in collaboration with over forty national organizations. The project is aimed at stopping name-calling and verbal bullying of all kinds in our nation’s schools. The project was inspired by James Howe’s book The Misfits, where four outcast students come together to end name-calling in their school and end up establishing “No Name-Calling Day.” To obtain comprehensive curriculum resources, more information on this weeklong event and a complete list of organizational partners, visit www.NoNameCallingWeek.org
Now eliminate name calling, and you're left with plain old ass kicking in the schoolyard to establish the order within the herd.
Sheesh, and I thought liberals were supposed to be smart? I guess that's a name too.........Sorry!
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But seriously, check out the article on No Name-Calling Week at the GLSEN website:
Next is "Sticks & Stones" Week.
The link doesn't work, but the URL is correct... I'm there on another window.
Well, home-schooled kids generally have better vocabularies, so you probably need not worry about them calling each other "doofus," "moron," "fatso," "nerd," and so on.
But in the spirit of the occasion, perhaps you might remind them not to refer to one another as "feckless," "reductionistic," "unapprehending," "fatuous," "pyknic," or "prosaic."
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