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billege · 08-11-2005, 12:58 AM

Schools used to be a place where you could learn somthing from mistakes. They used to be where a mistake was met with reasonable punishment, and some positive end resolution reached. Now we have "zero tolerance." Obviously, we're doing something right. Our schools don't make weekly news appreances for outlandish situations.

If you ever get curious where the fall of a nation starts, you have only to look at our schools, especially the travesty they've become in the last 20-ish years.

I mean, yeah, the kids made mistakes. My god, they were even bad. Let's not see how stupid we can be with the punishment. There's no question punishment is appropriate, but school is supposed to be different than adult life. THat is part of the point. They're NOT adults, school (and our juvenile justice systems, btw) are where kids get the chance to screw up and NOT face the same penalites adults would. The idea is to straighten them out so when they are adults, they know better than to pull the crap they did as kids. If we throw out that 2nd chance sort of idea, then we're losing a valuable learning period.

They're kids, we give them another chance to learn. Not hit them with the book to see how bad we can screw them up.

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billege Watcher Location: Ohio	Schools used to be a place where you could learn somthing from mistakes. They used to be where a mistake was met with reasonable punishment, and some positive end resolution reached. Now we have "zero tolerance." Obviously, we're doing something right. Our schools don't make weekly news appreances for outlandish situations. If you ever get curious where the fall of a nation starts, you have only to look at our schools, especially the travesty they've become in the last 20-ish years. I mean, yeah, the kids made mistakes. My god, they were even bad. Let's not see how stupid we can be with the punishment. There's no question punishment is appropriate, but school is supposed to be different than adult life. THat is part of the point. They're NOT adults, school (and our juvenile justice systems, btw) are where kids get the chance to screw up and NOT face the same penalites adults would. The idea is to straighten them out so when they are adults, they know better than to pull the crap they did as kids. If we throw out that 2nd chance sort of idea, then we're losing a valuable learning period. They're kids, we give them another chance to learn. Not hit them with the book to see how bad we can screw them up. __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend." Last edited by billege; 08-11-2005 at 01:08 AM..