Comments on: Political Spew 08.22.08

By: Bixby

Bixby — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:27:34 +0000

@acalhoun

Can De even have a basement. Y’all were always using our track because, so we were told, it would be difficult to have one due to the water table.

By: lunch!

lunch! — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:39:37 +0000

Plus if the kids aren't at school, and they can't work in the mills, then where are they? At the pool hall that's where. We got trouble.

But seriously the problem with schools is parents, teachers, administrators and students. The real problem is that not every kid is going to set the world on fire with their intellect, let alone go to college. We should maybe have other alternatives for them rather than shoe horning them into the NCLB box. That box has the developmentally disabled taking algebra tests fer cryin out loud.

I reiterate: the schools are fine, the people suck.

By: DouglasG

DouglasG — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:00:05 +0000

However, the problem with any solution like this is that these problem students go on to be problem adults. If they never learn to get along with other people, then they NEVER get along with other people. That is why we do not just kick the disruptive students out of school. We give them every opportunity we can.

By: richg

richg — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:56:09 +0000

Maybe, but are those kids really bad kids, or do they just have profoundly shitty home lives? And if so, sending them to alternative schools isn’t going to help.

By: acalhoun

acalhoun — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:43:35 +0000

Honestly, I think some people just aren’t meant to go to regular schools. I think those that are not mentally incapable but do have behaviorial issues should be completely removed from public schools and put into alternative schools, not just the really bad ones, but the ones that fuck it up for everyone else.

By: acalhoun

acalhoun — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:41:46 +0000

At De, we’d just throw the cripples in a basement cellar. The unfed, junkyard dog was a good college-prep teacher.

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:32:05 +0000

Not sure. Seems like it would be ripe for a lawsuit, but private schools do have a lot of leeway. It’s also possible they came to some kind of settlement.

By: Bixby

Bixby — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:26:03 +0000

How did that not end up a lawsuit? I just can’t see a school doing that, it’s a legal/PR nightmare.

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:24:03 +0000

Are you sure they actually rescinded his admission? I find that hard to believe. I can see the school strongly advising the student not to come because they were not wheelchair accessible and it would have been difficult for him to get around.

Pretty sure. They did have an elevator, they apparently just didn't want to allow a student to use it.

By: Bixby

Bixby — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:22:07 +0000

But then why would we even need families. Oh yeah, Christmas presents!

Additional people to blame for your shortcomings?