ssallenbach
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DanJoan wrote:Schools are SUPPSOSED to teach young people how think and have proper deducting skills. Obviously public schools are unable to teach creative thinking skills. If I continue I'll get deleted so.......
I'm a little confused.... What does the teaching of creative deducting and creative thinking skills have to do with a student who brought a knife to school and the discussion of whether the consequence was too harsh or not? Then I might argue that the student was using creative thinking when he chose to bring his scout knife to school in order to use the spoon to possibly eat his lunch. Kudos to his teacher for teaching him to utilize his brain. Bloom's Taxonomy at it's finest. 
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blessdx11
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Wasn't bashing administrators and educators as individuals - just the system; the institution is fatally flawed. The current school climate is forcing on society cookie-cutter students. There are many wonderful teachers out there (I had some of them).
IMHO, schools should be privatized with the parents of that school's students being in control of policies, ethics taught, disciplinary measures...the students do belong to the parents, NOT the NEA!
For many reasons, including instances such as this one, we have chosen to homeschool where we can indeed 'make up all the rules'. Common sense rules, as is my job as a parent anyway.
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cochalet
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Another "public schools bad," "public schools good" discussion. So glad to continue seeing these in an RV forum.
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Vakeel
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cochalet wrote:Another "public schools bad," "public schools good" discussion. So glad to continue seeing these in an RV forum.
LOL
But hey as long as we have taken up 4-valuable pages of cyberspace, it is truly amazing to see how many people out there think a kid bringing a knife to school is okay!!  By all means, please please please, continue to home school your kids, and give us a heads up what campgrounds you will be in and when so we can plan accordingly! 
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outdrmike wrote:I understand it was a fork and spoon but it was also a pocket knife. I have kids that same age and in no way would let them play with a pocket knife, let alone take it to school. Do any parents take responsibility for the kids anymore.
This is the problem. You hit the nail on the head. Parents want to complain about the rules until another kid brings a Cub Scout utensil to school and their child accidentally looses an eye at the lunch table. Then they are screaming for some kids head on a platter and the principal and school board to resign because the code of coduct wasn't followed. If this system had half a decent attorney then they had a code of conduct with this rule plainly spelled out along with the punishment. Along with both parents signature saying they had read and understood the code of conduct. If it was there and they signed it its on the parents. Stop letting the schools raise your kids and then you don't have to worry whether they are using commom sense or if that idiot administrator will make the right choice. Parents don't want to be parents anymore. They want everybody else to take care of their kids. Grow up and start acting like parents.
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atreis
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I always find it amusing how some parents want their kids to be permitted to do whatever they want ("Stop trying to take away my kid's right to defend him/her self!"), while other peoples' kids are the ones that need to be restricted ("Why weren't the rules enforced and the kids (and sometimes their parents) punished with the utmost severity!?".) Both statements made by the SAME person. Sometimes in the SAME conversation! I'm not pointing fingers at anyone here, just something I've observed.
Some people also seem to prescribe super-human abilities at enforcement and educational opportunity to state schools that they don't to private schools.
BTW... If you really want to get involved, run for the school board.
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