Lunch date has teens squirming (Can't we all just get along Alert)

St Paul Pioneer (de)Press ^ | 11/22/02 | TAMMY J. OSEID

[Valin]

Cliques in themselves are neither good nor bad

But we DON'T like them...and they will NOT be allowed.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Southern Poverty Law Center, an anti-racism group that got its start during the Civil Rights movement.

The liberal trivialization of civil right continues apace.

[ECM]

I'm fairly certain the libs wouldn't be too happy about being forced to have lunch with us--I know I wouldn't be too happy about it.

[stainlessbanner]

The SPLC probably hoped for a brawl so they could write a "hate report" about it.

[CougarGA7]

This never would have worked at my High School.

[Cincinatus]

Southern Poverty Law Center, an anti-racism group that got its start during the Civil Rights movement.

Morris Dee's group, the same collection of nitwits who sued that Alabama judge to remove his Ten Commandments monument.

[Tijeras_Slim]

It won't even work in your office.

[agrace]

To Harris and Gentry's surprise, however, the pair found themselves in a lively political discussion covering China, the pending war in Iraq and Bill Clinton's foibles.

Ah, an ice breaker at any age. :)

[riley1992]

What a bunch of touchy-feely nonsense.

[CougarGA7]

No but they are trying. Look at my situation. They're making me share an office with the "Backgammon Champion of Las Vegas".

Wonder how many chicks he will score with that trophy?

[crazykatz]

AGREE COMPLETELY...utter nonsense!!

[Mr. Bird]

If students only spend time with others who are like them — racially, socially or otherwise — they may never learn how to live and work with people who are different, said Kay Herting Wahl, a University of Minnesota assistant professor of educational psychology.

What a crock. By FORCING kids to mingle with others not of their choosing, they are stifling the very learning opportunity they are professing to encourage. Part of learning to "live and work with people who are different" is recognizing that people ARE different; that they may not share your ideas and motivations, that they may not wish to socialize with you.

There is nothing inherently wrong with adults who choose to avoid those different from them. There is nothing inherently wrong with keeping to the business at hand in the workplace and eschewing social relationships.

[Wurlitzer]

Hmmmm! Seems like the right to freely associate will be the next to fall to the PC crowd.

[EggsAckley]

Bill Clinton's foibles.

How funny that one of the things kids CAN talk about is Clinton's foibles. Hah.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

What a bunch of touchy-feely nonsense.

G-damn straight. I was a punk. There was no way in hell I'd eat with the faggoty rich-kid clique at my HS, especially if some light-in-the-loafers feelgood chick made me do it.

[PatrioticAmerican]

Communism at it worst.

[general_re]

What a bunch of touchy-feely nonsense.

Yes, but you're overlooking the up-side of that. Unlike boring old subjects like math or history, touchy-feely nonsense can't possibly be objectively measured. Therefore, there's absolutely no danger that anyone will get upset that the children have failed to fully learn their touchy-feely nonsense, unlike math or history. In a few more years, you won't know if these kids are learning anything or not, once the shift to an all touchy-feely curriculum is complete. The trend towards student testing (and thus more stringent requirements for teachers) will be strangled in infancy by the move to an all-self-esteem-all-the-time program...

[weikel]

My Highschool had one goth that was called clownface when she wasn't around. I was a nerd I could definitely mix with most groups but there would be certain people I would not want to sit with because they were troublemakers.

[weikel]

You were a punk... im kinda disappointed punks and skateboarders tended to be troublemakers.

[Eagle Eye]

Southern Poverty Law Center, an anti-racism group that got its start during the Civil Rights movement.

Maybe the SPLC should set the example by hiring a few skinheads and Black Panthers for their staff. Heck, they've already got Democrats.