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"But increasingly, some educators and other professionals who work with children are asking a question that might surprise their parents: Should a child really have a best friend?"
"That attitude is a blunt manifestation of a mind-set that has led adults to become ever more involved in children’s social lives in recent years. The days when children roamed the neighborhood and played with whomever they wanted to until the streetlights came on disappeared long ago, replaced by the scheduled play date. While in the past a social slight in backyard games rarely came to teachers’ attention the next day, today an upsetting text message from one middle school student to another is often forwarded to school administrators, who frequently feel compelled to intervene in the relationship. (Ms. Laycob was speaking in an interview after spending much of the previous day dealing with a “really awful” text message one girl had sent another.) Indeed, much of the effort to encourage children to be friends with everyone is meant to head off bullying and other extreme consequences of social exclusion."
Anytime we see "Liberals this" or "Conservatives that" in a thread title, were all suspect as more often than not it is a directed hit piece.
Lets face it, 0 tolerance for guns and weapons in schools is a great thing, I would think even conservatives would agree, or at least I would hope so.
However were talking plastic soldiers on a hat for hat day. Banning the hat because of the plastic soldiers having guns is a suspension of logic.
Heaven forbid, when Iw as in high school, we had to watch numerous movies where actors had guns! Such as the movie Glory, where hundreds of people were killed in the combat scenes. I turned out so horribly!
Heaven forbid, when Iw as in high school, we had to watch numerous movies where actors had guns! Such as the movie Glory, where hundreds of people were killed in the combat scenes. I turned out so horribly!
One would think teachers could at least recognize how ridiculous of a notion it is applying a zero weapons tolerance in this instance. Its just absurd.
Heck, I was one of those geeky kids that had Star Trek action figures in school, and under this circumstance, Spock's phaser would probably land me in Gitmo.
One would think teachers could at least recognize how ridiculous of a notion it is applying a zero weapons tolerance in this instance. Its just absurd.
Heck, I was one of those geeky kids that had Star Trek action figures in school, and under this circumstance, Spock's phaser would probably land me in Gitmo.
at least phasers are green and don't release greenhouse gasses like guns do!
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