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Subject: 
Keeping our children safe
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Date: 
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:29:39 GMT
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http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/11/27/scotus.gradingpapers.ap/index.html

Since US citizens are apparently entitled to have their personal views
established as national policy, here are a few changes I'm going to demand:

  Essays on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" must be outlawed
  Teachers are forbidden to ask "How are you today, class?"
  The color green must not be worn on Thursdays, but if it is worn,
    no comment may be made about it
  Classroom attendance must be recorded secretly so that no
    conclusions can be drawn about a student's presence or absence
  Classroom discussions of literature must exclude any comments
    about personal opinion or aesthetic preference
  Any child undertaking the taunting of another will summarily be
    called before the Supreme Court to defend his taunting
  No math problems or verb conjugations may be performed on
    chalkboards or in view of the class-at-large, so that
    incorrect answers do not subject students to taunting
  Answers may not be called out in the classroom, so that
    embarrassment does not result from incorrect answers
  Desks must be concealed so that works-in-progress cannot be viewed,
    which might result in unfair preconceptions about work quality
  No one may look at anyone else, so that conclusions cannot be drawn
    about stylistic tastes, economic standing, or gender
  Children's names must not be revealed, so that names can not be
    used for purposes of harassment

  With these few and reasonable steps I hope to make my children and yours
better able to handle criticism and ready to interact with the world.  If
you agree, contact your representative and demand that your views be enacted
today.

     Dave!



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Keeping our children safe
 
(...) This one was silly Dave! Chris (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Keeping our children safe
 
(...) <snip> Sad thing is, your demands are perfectly logical extensions of this kind of liberal, feel good, I'm okay, you're okay, no judgment insanity.... -(name withheld by request, lest anyone use it to harrass[1] me) [1] pronounced "Ha- rass", (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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