From: Wayne Harris (papercu@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri May 06 2005 - 21:24:54 PDT
<Can some enlightened soul please explain what a 10 day suspension really
teaches>
<home sleeping late and watching TV enjoying day off>
That wasn't the fault of the school system it was their parents. When I was
in school there was a choice, a whipping (with a two handed board made by
the shop teacher) or a suspension, with my Dad the board was the lesser of
the two evils. Wayne
>From: Rick v100 <rickv100@yahoo.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Are we going to let this happen?
>Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 19:15:27 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Can some enlightened soul please explain what a 10 day
>suspension really teaches. I graduated from HS in 1985
>and even then it was ludicrous.
>
>Lets see if I get this right. I am bad go to
>principals office get suspended for a day. Not bad,
>stay home while friends at school and I am sitting at
>home sleeping late and watching TV enjoying day off.
>Parents at work.
>
>Go back to school, get sent to principals office and
>proceed to take arm and swipe off principals desk.
>Instant 5 day vacation.
>
>Yeah, suspension that will teach 'em. Never did it but
>watched kids in neighborhood do it all the time.
>
>Rick
>
>--- Joe Foley <redmenaced@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > --- m35products <m35prod@optonline.net> wrote:
> > > It DID happen.
> > >
> > > One wishes, of course, that the child could have
> > > been better prepared to
> > > deal with the reaction to his prohibited phone
> > use,
> > > and one wishes that the
> > > school authorities might have been a bit more
> > > lenient, but discipline is
> > > expected both on the front lines, and on the home
> > > front.
> > >
> > > This was not an infant, toddler or preteenager; it
> > > was a young adult who
> > > should have handled himself better.
> > >
> > > On its face, the case seems to have been handled
> > > properly.
> > ++++++++++
> > Personally I think they could have hustled the young
> > man off to a quiet room to finish the call, the
> > mother
> > may have had some sorely needed time off and that
> > may
> > have been the only time she could talk to him.
> > Consider the time zones involved.
> >
> > It would be a good lesson to show that rules can be
> > waived when good judgement prevails and for good
> > reasons. This is why we have judges and juries, not
> > "swipe-your-card" justice dispensing machines.
> >
> > I think they acted like a bunch of callous Nazis!
> >
> > A good American wouldn't have done this to a
> > serviceman,... or woman.
> >
> > It was poorly handled.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> >
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