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No Name Calling Week to be March 1-5th; Thousands of Schools to Participate
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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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bullying; education; glsen; govtschooling; homosexual; homosexualagenda; namecalling; prisoners; publicschools
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To: hsmomx3
Jerks.
41 posted on 02/19/2004 11:09:29 AM PST by BlessedBeGod
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To: cyborg
Thanks for the ping.
42 posted on 02/19/2004 11:12:33 AM PST by scripter (Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
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To: alisasny
The schools are too busy to teach while they figure out how to make their results look good amid tighting standards...

Absolutely. Is this the best they can do as far as instilling character in the students? No name calling? Utterly absurd. You'd think that teaching character is unconstitutional. Wait a minute.. IT IS!

43 posted on 02/19/2004 11:54:17 AM PST by Dataman
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To: MrB
So, basically, it's another attempt at

"We're going to behave in whatever manner we want to, you cannot judge or deride us, and what's more, you will pay to alleviate the consequences of our behaviors."

Typical leftists.

Yes indeed. It's more useful to tell them what to think rather than how to think.

44 posted on 02/19/2004 11:55:45 AM PST by Dataman
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To: *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; ...
Homosexual Agenda Ping -

I *think* this is related - super busy right now, trying to ping as fast as humanly possible.

Parents, PLEASE get your kids out of public school. They are controlled by Teachers' Unions (primarily one) which is dominated and controlled by leftists, especially the "gay" activists.

GET THEM OUT!! Homeschool or send to religious or private schools. Many religious schools have funds for helping low income people.

Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
45 posted on 02/19/2004 1:16:56 PM PST by little jeremiah (everyone is entitled to their opinion, but everyone isn't entitled to be right.)
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To: *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; ...
Homosexual Agenda Ping -

I *think* this is related - super busy right now, trying to ping as fast as humanly possible.

Parents, PLEASE get your kids out of public school. They are controlled by Teachers' Unions (primarily one) which is dominated and controlled by leftists, especially the "gay" activists.

GET THEM OUT!! Homeschool or send to religious or private schools. Many religious schools have funds for helping low income people.

Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
46 posted on 02/19/2004 1:17:05 PM PST by little jeremiah (everyone is entitled to their opinion, but everyone isn't entitled to be right.)
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To: hsmomx3
Ah, they can all bite me.
47 posted on 02/19/2004 1:17:28 PM PST by Xenalyte (I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
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To: hsmomx3
I would like to propose a "No Shit, Sherlock" week for children from first grade to high school seniors.
The program, to be funded by the George Bush Second Term Sisters of Sayanora, will attempt be to instill in our youth the concept of causality, the arithmetic of repercussions, the doctrine of Duh.

Example transactions:

"I forgot to feed my goldfish, and it died."
"No shit, Sherlock!"

"I lost my lunch sack behind the radiator for three weeks, and now the sandwich tastes funny."
"No shit, Sherlock!"

"Oral sex really gives me bad breath."
"No shit, Sherlock!"

"I pissed off a computer geek, now all my email is in Chinese."
"No shit, Sherlock!"

"I got Sally pregnant, now my life is in a shambles."
"No shit, Sherlock!"
48 posted on 02/19/2004 1:41:03 PM PST by gcruse (http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
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To: little jeremiah
Bump
49 posted on 02/20/2004 10:18:50 AM PST by EdReform (Support Free Republic - All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!)
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To: hsmomx3
BTTT
50 posted on 02/22/2004 10:50:33 AM PST by EdReform (Support Free Republic - All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!)
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To: Xenalyte
Ah, they can all bite me.

I've seen your pictures on your profile page (BTW I like you in the lighter hair much better than in the darker hair, but then I've always had a thing for elven lasses). Linking that to the lesbians at school harrassment thread, I'd be very careful about using the term bite me anywhere near a public school. The last thing we should give the sodomites is an invitation

51 posted on 02/23/2004 5:11:38 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Living Free in NH


Calling other people names is really childish and immature.

Isn't that right, Mr. Poopy-Pants?
52 posted on 02/23/2004 5:28:14 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (It's not over till the intern sings)
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To: John O
BTW I like you in the lighter hair much better than in the darker hair, but then I've always had a thing for elven lasses

Why, thanks! I'm a natural blonde, but I went dark for the Xena gig. I'm blonde again, though, and I hope to make blondeness a character choice this season. :)

Linking that to the lesbians at school harrassment thread, I'd be very careful about using the term bite me anywhere near a public school.

You're right about that part . . . Xen had fans that play for both teams.
53 posted on 02/23/2004 6:05:55 AM PST by Xenalyte (I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
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To: GrandMoM; tuesday afternoon
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54 posted on 02/23/2004 7:05:14 AM PST by EdReform (Support Free Republic - All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!)
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To: EdReform
GLSEN's primary agenda is to solidify their hold inside the schools and their curriculum.

From Queering the Schools:

To claim their rights, homosexuals argued (without scientific evidence) that their orientation was a genetic inheritance, like race, and thus deserved the same kind of civil protections the nation had guaranteed to blacks. An inborn, unchangeable fact, after all, could not be subject to moral disapproval.

Interesting parallel in 'I'm tired of being forced into the shadows by society' (Pedophile & Homo agenda alert)

"I think it can be both a disorder and an orientation," said Dr. Frederick Berlin, founder of the Sexual Disorders Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. While he believes people who are sexually attracted to children should not feel ashamed of their condition....

Someone needs to forward Queering the Schools to Linda Harvey (What "Gay" Marriage Will Mean for our Children).

55 posted on 02/23/2004 7:52:07 AM PST by tuesday afternoon
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