A school in Texas will force students who don't follow the rules to wear prison-like jumpsuits in a controversial move this coming school year.Sounds like good preparation for the Chattel of Tomorrow. And what a moral lesson for impressionable young minds: If you have the power, you can force those with less to do any damn thing you please.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Just So They Know Who Owns Them
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And the school gets a small, cheap lesson in the Law of Unintended Consequences, as some students (according to the story) intend to get themselves jumpsuited deliberately.
If half the students were wearing them, the stigma would be eliminated. I like it!
Rubber shackles can be bought at any party store for about $3.99 for those wanting to accessorize.
On the other hand, the U.S. House of Representatives apologized yesterday to African-Americans who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow laws that lasted into the mid- to late 1960s.
(A former staf member of Martin Luther King Jr. said the apology was nice, but some money would be nicer.)
So we have a government apologizing to black people who are dead or old while essentially repeating the same behavior on EVERYONE in Century XXI.
oldsmoblogger is right. The suits will quickly become a badge of honor. Unfortunately, I tend to agree that refusing to obey draconian authority is usually the most honorable choice.
i'm pretty sure a jumpsuit is just as good at concealing a knife as these students' own clothing.
at least its total ineffectiveness will force the school board to admit what they really want to do is set up checkpoints and search bags and clothing.
If this were tried in my h.s., I bet some students would go out and buy the jumpsuits, and wear them every day. As someone else mentioned, unintended consequences...
Who needs to hide the weapon when they're all round the environment and used everyday in school (e.g. pens, pencils, books, etc...)
Just more fascism, and acceptance by sheep.
I don't need the news story to tell me that these things will be a badge of honor for the worst students, plus the posers who idolize them. They know there are no real consequences for their actions.
Every day I take more pride in being a school teacher.
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Yep, I think they may have started a new fashion trend.
My niece and nephew go to that school. I'll have to ask my sister about it and see if I can get an "insider's" view.
Update:
The rule was passed by a few school board members while most of the rest were gone for summer vacation.
My nephew already got into trouble last year because a teacher complained about his Confederate flag belt buckle (although the vice principal afterward told him to ignore her). My sister said he'll probably be the first one to put on a jumpsuit.
There's also a dress code for the teachers but it's largely ignored, only the student dress code is enforced. This is because the principal of each campus sets the teacher dress code, while the superintendent and board sets the student dress code for all campuses.
My sister's summation: "It's all crazy."
It looks like it won't take long for just about everyone to wear a jumpsuit. I have a feeling some school board heads will roll before it's over.
I once fired my high school over less. I was the smartest kid in it, with the highest test result on AT's, ACT's, etc. and so on.
They kept telling me I had too much to lose by leaving. I told them "no apology, no return" I wasn't going to lose me.
Fortunately the principal of the school was a decent man and made it right. Today he would be drummed out the Educators Automaton Society.
Oh and credit where credit is due his name was Orbra C. Hulsey. A man of a better time,and a better man than most for his time. He was respected by everyone then, he would be vilified by his own now.
What really should happen is every child should break the dress code, refuse the jumpsuit and in school suspension, get an out of school suspension and watch how fast this shit clears up when the federal attendance money dries up.
That kills the real reason for the jumpsuit. When a student doesn't answer the roll for the first period, the school doesn't get the money for him/her for that day. This is why they have adopted this policy. Let the kid answer the roll, keep him at school, collect the money.
Schools are operated more and more like for profit jails/prisons; the facility is paid per diem for every inmate/student, campuses are closed, the students are locked in each day, parents and other family members are treated like visitors at a prison or jail. So, why not dress the kids like inmates, that's all the students are anyway as far as the administrators and school boards are concerned.
Addendum:
They're dam'n sure not teaching the kids to be adults.
Back in the old days, bullies would put a "Kick me" with tape on your back. Great for laughs, unless it was you.
In the bad days of today, the bullies are the government. Don't go to public school.
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