Saturday, March 21, 2009

What They're Teaching in Schools These Days

How to be a good, controlled inmate, naturally. [More]

I guess "right to choose" doesn't apply toward any decisions the state doesn't want you making...

[Via Ed M]
Posted by David Codrea at 3/21/2009 04:26:00 PM

4 comments:

W W Woodward said...

Mein Gott!!!

First time in the history of the human race that high-schoolers have brought alcoholic beverages to school. What is this world coming to???

"To set the correct example for our students, we will comply rather than complain,"

That's exactly what the self righteous pompous superintendent of schools has intimidated you into doing. You must just spread your legs and think of England.

3/21/2009 9:36 PM
Anonymous said...

Well, I can't wait for this twunt to show up at my door and tell me I can only drink water he provides me in a paper cup. After all, I didn't have anything to do with it either.

Ohh, how I wish he would.

3/21/2009 10:23 PM
Anonymous said...

I have got to share this. In high school I had a friend who was even more abused by adults and teachers than was I. We were both from broken homes. Wasn't live and let live then. We both had mothers who couldn't imagine any teacher would punish kids for the perceived sins of their mothers, because they didn't have the guts to face the adult. That is about where the simiilarity ends. My mother worked two low paying jobs, I worked from the time I was seven years old, his mother was a "party girl" and made her living that way. But she took good care of him.

I started smoking at nine, Ray never did start smoking, I started drinking in earnest at 15, Ray drank on occassion at about the same age.

I was often under the influence in high school. Alcohol makes me more tolerant of assholes, I used it to protect the assholes. Ray seldom drank but when he did it was always in celebration of something and in joy of life or some accomplishment.

I remember one assembly we had where, by coincidence, both of us were imbibing. As we filed out to go back to class, Ray's pint bottle of whiskey fell out of his pocket and broke all over the floor right in front of a teacher who taught English, Spanish, and Journalism. We both had her in three classes that particular year. She was also something of Jesus freak, and very judgmental. I can attest to that because she taught my Sunday School class.

We were both stunned when she looked at the broken bottle, the spilled whiskey, and said "You'd probably better clean that up." and walked away.

Due to that action on her part, we never put her in that position again. It just seemed like she had earned that respect. Something neither of us had for very many of the adults we knew in our little town.

All of that to say this, Ray went on to become a teacher, a school principle, a school superintendent, and finally a state representative. Not sure if it means anything, but it means at least as much as the actions of the twunt in this article. That particular teacher did not try to punish or deprive anybody else for what we had done. Like her or not, and I didn't, I respected her. Can't say the same for "paper cup of water guy".

One of these days when I am feeling more carefree perhaps I will tell you of the funniest thing Ray ever did. I still laugh at it and it has been 47 years.

3/21/2009 10:47 PM
Anonymous said...

So if I was an elementary school student, and one day the principal tells me to take off my pants and bend over, should I bring my own Vaseline as well?

After all we should comply with anything the "authorities" tell us right?

3/22/2009 1:14 PM

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