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Originally Posted by seretogis
As questionable as the value of gym class is in a curriculum, it is wholly different than forcing someone to perform community service.
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Again if you read what I had posted, in it's entirety, you would hopefully be capable of understanding the text.
To start with, you say "As questionable as the value of gym class is in a curriculum, it is wholly different than forcing someone to perform community service." How do you explain that it is ANY different than community service? They BOTH offer the student an oportunity to work with others in a team environment, and teach them real world values.
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If you send your child to my school, and I force him or her to spend 75 hours reloading spent ammunition, or helping to gut deer, or doing something else you may find terribly offensive, I am violating your freedom to bring up your child as you see fit. I have stepped in as a parental figure representing the state and hijacked your parental responsibility.
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And as I had said, if I didn't like the way my child was treated or taught in your school, I would try to change it, or simply move to a better location.
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Now, the obvious argument to the above is that the children have a choice of how they spend those hours. But, they really don't. Whatever they choose will have to be "approved" by the school they attend. What if the school's administration is ultra-evangelical-neocon and doesn't see protesting the war in Iraq as community service because the Iraq war is just? What if the school's administration is anti-gay and doesn't see volunteering at an AIDS hospice as community service, since those filthy fags got what's coming to them?
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For starters on that quote: each COUNTY decides what is acceptable community service, but also state law PREVENTS those counties from NOT accepting community service for students who participate in ANY religious event that they volunteer at. (this information, though I cannot confirm by text, I know is true because this was asked of our school board at the beginning of last years meeting when the question was posed to them.)
And for second on this quote, and to be specific "since those filthy fags got what's coming to them?" as you put it. I expect one of 3 things. A) If you were meaning this in contenxt, then say so. B) If it is a quote by you directly, I expect an apology for violating the rules of this board against insulting people, for I take this as a great insult against my uncle who is gay, and a VERY health person who contributes GREATLY to his community. or 3) I at minimum expect the Mods to suggest you consider your words more carefully.