Oh for Heaven's Sake!

Discussion in 'Homeschooling in the News' started by Actressdancer, Nov 7, 2007.

  1. Actressdancer

    Actressdancer New Member

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    Now see, I wouldn't call that "real world" stuff. I'd call it "snobby Christian" stuff.... lol.
     
  2. Jackie

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    Yes. Some of them are snobbier than others, lol! Believe me, it didn't stop me from hugging my "guy friends" (OR my girl friends!)
     
  3. MonkeyMamma

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    I guess I am old because we never had these rules in my schools growing up. So it is really bizzare and frankly stupid to me. I just have to shake my head in disbelief at some moronic things that go on nowadays.

    And Jackie that does sound like snobby christians!! Good gosh!
     
  4. Flowerchild

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    I heard about this on the news.

    Darn, all this drama over a hug makes me want to revert back to my teenage years and hug people all along the hallways until I am dragged into the principal's office, lectured, kicked out of school, evaluated by a shrink, placed into juvenile detention... Shucks.. I wish I was still a teenage rebel!

    If the schools get their way, we will be living in a society that is sterile and free of all beautiful human qualities within 50 years. I guess they will have a hugging museum right next to the tree museum? Golly, I sure hope so!

    :roll:
     
  5. MonkeyMamma

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    Flowerchild you must be my long lost sister!
     
  6. Flowerchild

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    Wooo hoo!! :cool:
     
  7. becky

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    The other day at the Y a man was talking to the girl at the desk, telling her about the company sensitivity training he and others had to attend. They were told they can tell a woman 'Your hair looks nice today.', but they cannot say 'You look nice today.', because it can be misconstrued into harrassment. He was very frustrated by the ridiculous fine differences they were expected to follow.
     
  8. Jackie

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    And if Carl has a female student dressed inappropriately, he CANNOT say anything to her, because it could be sexual harassement. He can't even ask another female teacher to say something, because so many of them (the female teachers) will turn on him and treat him as if he's some pervert for "noticing". So basically, a male teacher cannot inforce any dress code when it comes to femal students. The girls know this, and play it to the hilt.
     
  9. hmsclmommyto2

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    That is ridiculous! He can't even say "That outfit does not fit the school's dress code policy."? And, sorry to say, but with some of the outfits girls wear you'd have to be blind to not notice, so how can the female teachers hold it against him? Isn't it part of a teacher's job to notice when students are break rules, and to say something about it? It's pathetic how they tie the hands of the teachers, and then the teachers get so much of the blame for the condition the schools are in. I have to say, I do not envy ps teachers.
     
  10. MonkeyMamma

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    So Jackie he can't send her to the office??
     
  11. Jackie

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    No, because he shouldn't be "noticing".
     
  12. sevenwhiskers

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    so if a male student came in to class wearing a t-shirt with a vulgar logo or something, could he send them? if he could send them for a dress code issue but not send a female student, that's just all messed up.:?
     
  13. Jackie

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    He could probably send her for an issue like that, but if her skirt was too short, or her top too low, or her tummy showing, he couldn't. I guess there was trouble with girls wearing thong underwear, and their pants came down low so they were sticking out a awhile back and he couldn't say anything about that. (The girls were letting it show on purpose).
     
  14. sevenwhiskers

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    oh i meant it that way -- i just used a t-shirt for a guy example, since they're not likely to be wearing a micro mini in class...or one would hope not. :lol:

    i think it's ridiculous -- it's not sexual harassment to inform a student that their skirt is shorter than the dress code allows...

    and oh yeah i know that style...it's still rather popular around here...blech. underwear are called UNDERwear for a reason.
     
  15. seekingmyLord

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    I have to remind myself that often when stories are publicized about children, the school officials are legally restrained from giving out details, so I inclined to think we are not given the entire story.

    Still, it kind of sends out mixed signals....


    Don't hug, but... here's your free condom. :roll:
     
  16. Jackie

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    There was a reverse thing just today. The news this morning mentioned a teen in Columbus that was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The accident happened around 3AM, and she was walking "with friends". I told Carl at the time that I felt there was more to this story than it appeared. What was a girl doing walking around at 3 AM on a school night? Not that she "deserved" to get hit, but.... Well, later we learned that she was a young lady that had come to town for some Youth Conference, and it really WAS on the up-and-up. They had gone out after being up talking all night to get some fast food, right up from where they were staying. It was in a part of town where it was fairly safe for a group to do that. But I thought it was interesting how I just jumped to unfair conclusions like that.
     
  17. Trish

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    Jackie can I ask a question. If a female student is dressed with a skirt to short or her boobs are hanging out can the principal say anything. I mean if it is a male principal. I was just wondering how they would handle that situation. Curosity killed the cat you know.

    I am a big hugger. I would die if someone said I couldn't hug. Randall is the same way. We don't think anything about hugging friends and family. Vicki is also a big hugger. They would expel her the first day.
     
  18. Jackie

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    I don't know if the principal can say anything or not. The bottom line is that the kids are in control, and they know it.
     
  19. sevenwhiskers

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    aye, it doesn't sound like a very pleasant environment to work in. :|
     
  20. Trish

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    Jackie that is sad. I guess that is one more reason to be thankful for homeschooling.
     

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