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Originally posted by Shavethewhales
So what is the moral of this story in relation to the students involved? Is it that life is full of harsh rules that one must always follow to the beat or be brutally punished? Some have said that it is, but I'd like to think that those people shouldn't be in charge of someone else's future.
Meh, it's pretty sad when you have to choose between a school where all the children are drilled into the ground with regulations or one where the kids are wild animals. I wish more school administrators would just find a moot point and kick out trouble makers rather than locking down schools with nonsense - I for one would have a hard time learning in a place where I was always watching my back so that I didn't fudge up something stupid like my shirt collar being out of place.
Just my 2 cents for the day.
Is it really so brutal to keep ones shirt tucked in? Is it a death sentence to go in on a Saturday? Puleeeze. "Life full of harsh rules"? I would like to have seen you forget to take out the trash at my house when you were a kid, or miss a spot when you dusted or vacuumed the house. I am not even going to tell you about the time I made a "C!" in math and the hell I had to pay for that lol. All those harsh rules about sitting up straight, combing your hair, brusing your teeth, wearing matching socks, holding your fork right, dont yell, say yes mam no mam, never ask a lady how old she is "boy I got a beating for that one once lol", no hitting? hmmm?, clean your plate, wait your turn, be on time .... how could any human being possibly turn out all right with such an endless litany of harsh rules foisted on them like that? And the punishments... more chores, being grounded, a spanking, a lecture, lose out on an outing or a treat, "or some various combination of the above said lol".
As for following the beat. Thats part of "playing the game" of life. Being clever enough to be unique and win the game...within whatever rules you run into, now thats a life habit worth learning.
As for the trouble makers. If we were either willing to put in the effort or the money to say have a school or special classes just for the "trouble makers" that might help. But if you kick them out, well in many instances they dont even want to be in school and their parents dont really care either. I would rather figure out some way to get them educated so they can get a real job someday. But, we dont seem to want to go to that effort so we are stuck in this middle ground trying to figure out how to deal with all types of students jumbled together.
