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Those miscreants are going to end up in the local penitentiary system eventually anyway, so you'd likely only be accelerating their arrival. ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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Our high school increased it standardized scores by teaching how to answer questions. Our security guard, a retired MSG, filmed a bunch of shorts. The kids in them behaved as they would in a military classroom. By teaching how to answer the 1 point, 2 point, essay parts, students understood how to respond. Honestly, it was a hoot for everyone. When the results came back, scores had noticeably gone up. Strangely, the principal didn’t run the videos again and that year’s scores dropped. Sadly, students are never taught how to take the test or to understand what the questions ask. As for charter schools, they can screen the students that they accept. As Bigdeal pointed out, getting the parents involved really helps. Misbehavior, absenteeism etc. gets them removed. Sadly as synthplayer points out, too many schools warehouse students. What do you do with them? Truthfully, most of us would list 10-15 students that, if they were gone would solve a majority of the discipline issues. Where would they go? “ The work of destruction is quick, easy and exhilarating; the work of creation is slow, laborious and dull. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Maybe it is time to stop trying to blame parents or teachers or the government and start wondering about the students. After all, there are some students in every school who manage to overcome all these defects, deficiencies, detriments and impediments and learn most of what they are exposed to, and go on to lead responsible productive lives. Maybe instead of memorizing capitals of countries, they should be exposed to responsibility, the rewards of taking care of yourself. We probably ought to recognize that some will be worthless lazy irresponsible bums their entire life, try to give them every chance to avoid this, but it’s not our choice. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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