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NousDefionsDoc
09-28-2004, 11:00
Hard at work
Click (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116201/)
Nice, punishing the kid for not rating out his friends will show him. :rolleyes:
Next time, and there will be a next time eventually, he will probably just drink.
At least he stood firm and did not rat out his friends. That probably would have lead to a lot harsher punishment from his peers than the school or his parents could ever dish out. :lifter
This is BS. Fine guys, teach the kid what happens to him whenever he refuses to go along with the pressures from either side. Next time, he won't sit on the fence, he'll be the one leading the folks breaking the rules. Damned if you do, Damned if you don't, hell He might as well.
myclearcreek
09-29-2004, 17:45
Lovely. Nothing like across the board punishment for dissimilar behavior. Just as bad as dissimilar punishment for same behavior.
I recently moved and in the new school district, the first open school assembly is about bullying. We still homeschool and when punishment is needed, it is given swiftly and decisively, no meetings, approvals, policies, or agenda necessasry.
:munchin
brewmonkey
09-30-2004, 06:53
Of course there is the other side of the coin where the school actually SERVES the kids alcohol.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 29, 2004; Page B01
It was not the sort of letter a school delights in sending home to its families.
"Dear Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Parents:
"It is with great regret that I tell you that your child may have been exposed to alcohol today at lunch," said the missive signed by Alexander Harvey IV, head of the private Alexandria Country Day School.
It was tequila and margarita mix, to be precise, left in the refrigerator in a pitcher and mistaken for limeade by kitchen staff, who poured it into small cups and served it to children as a lunch treat, he wrote.
Some youngsters didn't like the smell and declined; others took a sip and declared it "gross," according to parents and Harvey.
An administrator who realized something was wrong started investigating, Harvey said, and quickly discovered that the limeade was really liquor -- although it is unclear why the kitchen staff didn't notice. It had been left over, he said, from a party two days earlier at the school for the staff, faculty and Board of Trustees.
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Harvey told parents in the letter that everybody in the school, with 240 students from kindergarten through eighth grade who pay tuition from $14,200 to $15,600, was informed the same day, Sept. 10.
And so, in the spirit of zero tolerance, the entire kitchen staff and the administration of the school have been put on an unpaid leave of absence for at least one month until a full investigation can be conducted, right?
Ooh-ooh, how 'bout this one? Because of the great danger firearms present, none are allowed on school grounds, right? Well, obviously alcohol presents an even more prevalent danger (how many kids die in alcohol related accidents each year vs firearms related incidents?), so all the teachers and staff that brought alcohol onto school grounds should be immediately fired, right? Oh, now that would be parity, and we can't have that.
NousDefionsDoc
09-30-2004, 12:19
Maybe we should all go to that school and say a prayer for and with the little kids...then we could say the Pledge of Allegiance to help them get over their hangovers...oh wait, we can't do that can we?
INCREDIBLE! Common sense is not "common" any more. :(
Roguish Lawyer
09-30-2004, 12:55
Attica! Attica!