tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post8142605377704339411..comments2024-03-13T16:06:11.396-05:00Comments on the anti-soma: Why we're home schooling, part IIHeroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-82659113658119720162012-02-17T10:35:27.896-06:002012-02-17T10:35:27.896-06:00I agree--my two will be taught to. To do otherwis...I agree--my two will be taught to. To do otherwise is to encourage dependance upon "authorities" that won't do anything to protect them, but don't want them to protect themselves.<br /><br />Zero tolerance policies are designed to support the "work" of those who have zero intelligence, and disguise the fact that they <i>can not</i> not will not think.Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-12932502030014632352012-02-17T09:44:46.051-06:002012-02-17T09:44:46.051-06:00Zero tolerance = the administration has to exercis...Zero tolerance = the administration has to exercise zero thought, zero discretion, and can take zero responsibility when they screw up.<br /><br />And usually the people who wind up getting hurt are people who are not intending to harm anyone.<br /><br />(Honestly, I think kids should be ENCOURAGED to fight back against (physical) bullies. Peace through strength and all that.)rickihttp://ranting-ricki.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-89041505822015170202012-02-17T08:29:05.210-06:002012-02-17T08:29:05.210-06:00Zero tolerance policies are another thing that set...Zero tolerance policies are another thing that set me steaming. Did you know that a kid that does anything other than curl into a ball on the ground and scream for help gets suspended with the bully that beats the crap out of them?Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-82002832596176619662012-02-17T08:10:02.276-06:002012-02-17T08:10:02.276-06:00As an aside.......Colorado is cracking down on sch...As an aside.......Colorado is cracking down on schools who bust kids for "bringing things to school''.<br /><br />With the exception of bringing a gun to school, other incidents will be resolved by the school.<br /><br />MY point, an "innocent' young man was busted for bringing a butter knife to school--his Mom put it there to help spread his peanut butter sandwich!Oldcatmanhttp://oldcatman-xxx.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-11417027320656535132012-02-16T16:11:26.767-06:002012-02-16T16:11:26.767-06:00Ricki: Believe me--I speak from long experience--a...Ricki: Believe me--I speak from long experience--according to public education and the federal government, bullying is <i>always</i> okay when <i>they</i> do it.Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529212130092758272.post-49187292267133468172012-02-16T15:33:45.400-06:002012-02-16T15:33:45.400-06:00That story about the little girl's lunch makes...That story about the little girl's lunch makes me rage-y every time I think of it.<br /><br />I was a picky eater as a child; my brother was even worse than I was. Trying to get me to eat was a trick, let along forcing me to eat the Government-Approved Foods. (Luckily, in those days, the government didn't intrude).<br /><br />Had I wound up in that little girl's place? I would have cried inconsolably for the rest of the day - because I broke what was apparently a rule, a rule I wasn't told about, and I didn't know how to make things better. And I probably would have begged my parents never to send me back to school.<br /><br />I really feel for that poor kid. I guess bullying is OK when it's someone from the government doing it.rickihttp://ranting-ricki.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com