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What is so threatening to you about increasing communication? What is so awful about someone coming in and facilitating people applying more of the Golden Rule in the school relationships and getting students to speak it, act such out? Obviously horribly subversive stuff, that.

Because they are NOT QUALIFIED to dig into the psyche of these kids. They are screwing with their heads, not just teaching them to be honest.

Welllllll, it sounds to this psychologist like they are doing a pretty good job OF HELPING SOME OF THE KIDS FINALLY GET THEIR HEADS SCREWED ON ****RIGHT**** regardless of a huge chunk of routine disconfirmation as their lot in life.

The kids' psyche's would be much MORE MANGLED WITHOUT SUCH.

By the way, what are YOUR qualifications for judging someone else's psyche mangling?

How often do you talk REALLLL VULNERABLY HEART TO HEART TO kids of such ages? How candid do you think such kids are with you? . . . say for a baseline on awareness, here.

And why because I think this is BS does that mean I am "threatened" by it?

A) Because your responses are more emotional outrage than reason.
B) Because of the subtle nuances in your wording and the general tone, flavor of your responses. C) Because your outrage, indignation seem to be fairly tenacious. D) Because of your quick resort to name calling.

Of course threatened can mean many things.

Another a-hole liberal trying to intimidate me into shutting up?

I've been virtually hyperconservative every minute of my 55 years. Some would agree about your label . . . usually the ones who don't appreciate a spade being called a spade. . . . many whould not . . . usually those who bother to get to know me and a few thousand who've been helped significantly from their interactions with me.

Of course, if calling me names helps you feel less threatened, please help yourself.

You ARE a psychologist! LOL! Well that explains everything.

Welllllll, it sounds to this psychologist like they are doing a pretty good job OF HELPING SOME OF THE KIDS FINALLY GET THEIR HEADS SCREWED ON ****RIGHT**** regardless of a huge chunk of routine disconfirmation as their lot in life.

I was involved in one of these sessions as a hs kid. In the 30 minutes that the love fest is going on, it's great! But as soon as it's over, the kids who were jerks to begin with were locked and loaded, ready for more taunting.

How often do you talk REALLLL VULNERABLY HEART TO HEART TO kids of such ages? How candid do you think such kids are with you? . . . say for a baseline on awareness, here.

I talk with the teens on my street from time to time. They are candid enough to tell me they cheat at school, and the teacher doesn't care. They smoke pot as school and the Principal doesn't care. They stay out 'til all hours and their parents don't care.

Pretty obvious that they are desperate for someone to care. So I listen to their escapades and chide them gently about their grades. Could I delve into their heads? Probably. I've found that these kids will talk to anyone who actually paid attention. But that's not my job. I simply try to be a friend, someone who cares.