Posted on 09/25/2002 4:46:22 PM PDT by ItsBacon
No. Her only obligation is to abide by rules that ALL the other kids abide by. No special rights here. She's trying to create special rules for herself. It's this girl that needs to "feel better" about herself. Walking around like that is a clear sign of VERY low self esteem. It's a hideous hairdo.
"She can tell them she'll leave and they can do without the state aid they get for her attendance. There are those who decide that they really aren't that happy in the public schools anyway."
Other NORMAL homeschoolers should get the state aid public schools still receive even though they don't attend. I agree that ALL homeschoolers should get the alloted tax dollars for their kids.
I must respectfully disagree on you position regarding uniforms. We had a dress code at the private high school I attended, and it definitely made a difference. Instead of focusing on who was wearing what and who could afford the latest fashions, students distinguished themselves through academic, artistic, musical, or athletic excellence.
I can only speak from my experience, and the experience of the other friends I made from various private educational institutions, but having spent the first 9 years of my life in public education, private education (and, yes, the dress code accompanying it) was significantly better.
I'm confident it wasn't the *only* variable, but it was an important variable that helped comprise the difference. Your experience may have been dramatically different, and I respect your right to disagree.
I hate you and everything you represent. But I really, really miss you. Won't you admit you made a mistake and just TAKE ME BACK!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!
Look at the pic and use your imagination. First the girl stands staight at attention and stiffens up. Then some big guy grabs her and uses her to mop the floor. When he's done he runs her head through a ringer (just the hair part) and stacks her in the corner to dry. The more floors done the better the hairdoo.
I found out how to make dreadlocks on the net. It is a wad of totally tangled knots. The "locks" have to be cut off to remove the style as there is no way to ever untangle them. The effect is easier to obtain with frizzy or kinky hair, but I saw a few straight haired blonds with locks, but not as thick.
Show me where this is happening. Of course, since you have no idea what goes on in a modern school, you can't. A good education, regardless of where it is obtained, frees the mind. Even if you have to wear a uniform and not curse at the teachers while obtaining it...
I am not seeking to take YOUR MONEY to enforce MY RULES upon your children.
That's Conservative. That's family values. That's Parental Rights.
And if you don't like it, all I ask is that you don't steal our money. Let the Parents of my Church keep their Tax Monies, and you can keep your Gubmint Skoolz.
But lemme guess -- you still want your Gubmint Skoolz, and you want US to pay for it... right?
Gosh, if I wanted to take YOUR MONEY to enforce MY RULES upon your children, I'd be some kind of John-Dewey Communist.
And I'm no Communist.
Are you really incapable of seeing that the statement,"do you think the inmates should run the system",is not a LITERAL statement? You know what I meant,of course the parents are not inmates. What a bunch of claptrap.
It's NOT Literal? Are you sure?
Try this on for size...
That's Communistic.
You claim to be a Calvinist?
Yes, and my Calvinism forces me to be an anti-Communist.
Yet you "feel" that because the public schools,which we all agree are cesspools of indoctrination,are wrong to have dress codes and enforce them?
Right, I agree that the Communistic Publik Skools are wrong to exist.
I don't want Communism to "work better". I want it to DIE.
You want Communism to "work better".
That's Communist.
Then you try to insult me by questioning my simple desire for the schools, flawed as they are, to have and enforce the rules that the LOCAL people have seen fit to write. You question my being conservative? What's the matter don't you believe in the LOCAL control of our schools? That's hardly a conservative or Calvinist view,so I guess you are just posing?
No, Local Communism is still Communism.
You think you are not a Communist because you support "Local Collectives"??
"Local Collectives" are the ORIGINAL DEFINITION of Communism, my red banner Comrade. The "Local Collectives" are termed, the SOVIETs. The Local Communist Collective is the very idea of "Soviet" Communism!!
I am firmly in favor of the idea of PARENTAL RIGHTS.
And I am firmly against the Communistic idea of the LOCAL SOVIET.
My original point stands,students shouldn't make the rules,they are CHILDREN,and whatever rules there are, should be applied equally to all students in the school. It is amazing to me that you are so hysterical about this trivial,inane,unimportant "event".
If PARENTS do not rule their Children's education, then the Local SOVIET rules the Children's education.
"Hysterical"?? YOU are the one who is appealing to the idea of the local collective SOVIET and trying to insidiously pass it off as being "Conservative!!"
Faugh upon that John-Dewey Marxism, my red-banner Comrade.
I guess you are the type of person who, while complaining about the "quality of education", would sue the school over any trivial objection you are able to gin up?
If it would cause the Local SOVIET Publik Skool to Die as it should, that's not a half bad idea.
But I'm afraid... good idea or not, I just couldn't bring myself around to the idea of taking Tax Dollars from my fellow-citizens by means of Lawsuit.
So, instead of Lawsuits, I'll merely continue to Vote for the abolition of the Local "education" Soviets.
If this entire thing is not a tempest in a teapot,I sure don't know what is! By the way I don't REALLY mean a hurricane inside of a piece of pottery,it's just a colloquial saying, not intended to be taken in a literal way. Should I use smaller, more simple words,for you?
Naw, these words will do just fine:
And if you don't like it, all I ask is that you don't steal our money. Let the Parents of my Church keep their Tax Monies, and you can keep your Gubmint Skoolz.
But lemme guess -- you still want your Gubmint Skoolz, and you want US to pay for it... right?
Those are small enough words for you to grasp, no?
Clue stick
The school board changed the rules just so they could expel her
Whitefish school trustees revised the student handbook's dress code this summer.
A section that had read "Unnatural hair color and outlandish styles detract from the educational settings and will not be allowed," was altered to add "such as mohawks and dreadlocks" after "outlandish styles." The word "not" was changed to capital letters.
A copy of the revision was mailed to Lanegan shortly before school started Aug. 28.
"We really haven't added anything, with the exception of adding words to be specific," House said. "Were we targeting Kisteesha? Heck no. Were we targeting any other students? Heck no. We were not looking at any group, religious set, cultural set."
Of course you probably believe House. He's in Authority, and would never lie to the rabble while enforcing the zero-tolerance for individuality policy.
Maybe, or they learn to buy what everyone else is buying, preparing themselves for life as the functional equivalent of livestock.
I fail to see the connection.
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