Things that make you go Hmmm? This week

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There have been a couple things this past week or so that have made me wonder what the world is coming to.

1. JPP & Prince Amukamira (sp). JPP threw Prince into a tub of ice water. They are defensive players on the Giants. Well the punter posted a video of it on twitter, and it has created a stir. Oh they should be fined, ect. I am sorry but it is guys horse playing, and HBO had a rookie show where they "initiated" players in similar fashion.

2. A 13 year old girl almost got suspended for having a picture of her brother in his military uniform on her folder for school. It was not of him doing anything violent, just him in his dress uniform...

First off, guys will be guys.
Second off, the teacher needs to get B*(&H slapped!
 
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Ed, you are correct that the teacher needs to be spoken to at the least, I find it particulary amusing though because I have been asked many times to come to some of the local schools and speak, usually around Veterans Day.
 
How about the one girl that said "he!!" in her grad speech, now the school wont give her her diploma.
and i could go on about the stupid stuff i've seen in the news lately
 
Ed I was VERY happy to see that Gunthers school says the pledge, irks me that its not the origonal, but at least they show dedication to country. They also post the photo of every servicemen/women who is related to a child at the school on a "hero board" that can not be missed the minute you step into the school!

As to the football players......fined for what exactly? Why is it we excpet our young boys to act like men but we beat down any sign of masculine behavior? It's horse play for cryin out loud! Bet both of them are laughin like mad about it!

PS Gunthers principle is also a subsistance hunter like myself. I have even been asked to consider doing a slide presentation about our trip!
 
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Holz

My high school tried to suspend me till my hair grew out when I showed up with a Mohawk. Said it disrupted the students "learning enviroment".......my parents made an excellent case that they were really just trying to get rid of what the principle saw as a "bad kid" before the school board and I missed less than a week of class.
 
Rick P said:
Holz

My high school tried to suspend me till my hair grew out when I showed up with a Mohawk. Said it disrupted the students "learning enviroment".......my parents made an excellent case that they were really just trying to get rid of what the principle saw as a "bad kid" before the school board and I missed less than a week of class.
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I had a guy I went to school with that had a multi colored mohawk and nothing was really said. He had all "A"s every year! Hmmm...bad kid? Dont think so..lol
 
I must have led a really sheltered life... the only incident I remember from high school was that the boys used to go around with the first and second button of our shirts (down from the collars) open.... the teachers would go through the class and staple our shirt fronts together.
 
One year for holoween I went as a water skier, had the wet suit shorts, and life vest on, and barefoot. I guess being a 4 year varsity wrestler had its perks.
 
In 1968, I was suspended for having shoulder length hair - which I refused to cut. They had to let me back in because the school violated federal law. The school was receiving federal aid and could not require students to conform to a grooming code that did not present a sanitary hazard. I was labeled a rebel! lol
 
Right on Raymond!!!

I was a rebel, a poor student and NOT well liked by the school administration......they were looking for a reason. This was in a small dairy farming town in Michigan in 1982.
 
Let's last year ( my freshmen year) we had a teacher fired and a student suspended for having a relationship. Kids busted with meth. Someone set a fire in a room. All in one week.
 
Rick P said:
Right on Raymond!!!

I was a rebel, a poor student and NOT well liked by the school administration......they were looking for a reason. This was in a small dairy farming town in Michigan in 1982.
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You tried hunting the class frog? Wait the teacher's gold fish you put a hook and work in the tank? Wait, you tried stuffing the school mascot? Wait, you wouldn't share your dip with the lunch ladies? Wait, you put your bird house together in shop with duct tape?
 
edicehouse said:
There have been a couple things this past week or so that have made me wonder what the world is coming to.
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2. A 13 year old girl almost got suspended for having a picture of her brother in his military uniform on her folder for school. It was not of him doing anything violent, just him in his dress uniform...

Second off, the teacher needs to get B*(&H slapped!
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Actually, the teacher was right. The program that the child was in has a rule forbidding 'added materials'. The child was reprimanded because she had added materials in her folder: the picture of her brother and a picture of her softball team. In response to the mom's complaining, they allowed her to keep the pic of her brother, but she still had to remove the other pic. In my opinion, the school should have upheld their rule in it's entirety and insisted that both pics be removed.

They had a rule. She violated the rule. The rule should be enforced in all instances.
 
Nikitas said:
Rick P said:
Holz

My high school tried to suspend me till my hair grew out when I showed up with a Mohawk. Said it disrupted the students "learning enviroment".......my parents made an excellent case that they were really just trying to get rid of what the principle saw as a "bad kid" before the school board and I missed less than a week of class.
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I had a guy I went to school with that had a multi colored mohawk and nothing was really said. He had all "A"s every year! Hmmm...bad kid? Dont think so..lol
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Similar thing happened to me. I didn't back down, and didn't miss any school (because of the hawk. Other reasons, however...)

My son was in high school when Columbine went down. He wore a trench coat every day (a black leather one, or a green Viet Nam era army one from his grandfather). The school passed a ban on trench coats after Columbine, but oddly never bothered my son about his.
 
Glad I'm Old

I'm glad I went to school when I did - we dressed pretty much how we pleased except girls were asked not to reveal too much skin. We did have a 'uniform' though - for boys it was dungarees, Levi's or Wranglers on the bottom and a shirt on the top. For girls it was skirt and blouse, dress or slacks and a blouse (shorts were verbotin). Now boys could wear slacks if they wanted too, but few did because they could expect no mercy in school yard games because they were "dressed up" and grass stains meant the slacks went to the cleaners - wash & wear slacks had not been invented yet.

We also carried "deadly weapons" to school in the form of our boy scout (or other favorite) pocket knife which could be found in the pockets of at least 8 of the 9 boys in my class from about 5th or 6th grade. They got confiscated only if the teacher caught you carving your initials on your desk and were returned at the end of the year, unless your parents went to the school board and offered to pay for the damage....few ever did.

We didn't do anything much with our hair but a lot of us weren't too concerned about getting it cut until our friends started calling us by girls names.

You handled your own problems with other students..were there bully's? You bet there were, but there were also bigger kids who would side with the underdog. A big kid didn't want to push a smaller one too far or someone would step in. Also, we were taught from childhood, you don't hit girls and you don't let anybody else hit them either. I had a sister who was two years older than me but anyone bothering her needed to tread lightly - I was not at all afraid to tangle with bigger and older boys. Got my tail whipped a lot, but usually got in enough good licks that I also got a lot of respect. By the time I was in 6th grade there were only a couple of the older boys who would mess with me and only one in my class...and he always one a tough rascal.
 
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Where I read it, it stated that it had to be neat. The principal said the "neat" is subjective....
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I don't know how their policy is actually phrased, so I popped over to the website to see if it was posted. It wasn't. I was surprised to see this pearl in yesterday's Daily Bulletin:

Social Skill: This week's social skill is to MYOB, which stands for Mind Your Own Business. If you see someone else involved in a situation, stay out of it. It's less drama, and you'll stay out of trouble. Mind Your Own Business.
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Had they added 'Go find a teacher', I think that I would be good with the MYOB advice. As it stands, however, it's really bad advice, in my opinion.
 
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Having a gun in your car was once convcidered normal.
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In high school, during deer season, it was not unusual for guys to bring their hunting rifles to school so they could hunt on their way home. I sometimes took mine on the school bus so I could hunt with a friend after school. During school it was stood against the wall in the coat room - I kept the shells in my pocket. While school didn't close on the first day of deer season everyone knew that almost every boy over the age of 12 was going to have "accute huntingitis" on that day and would not be in attendance.
 
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