IS THIS BULLSHIT OR APPROPRIATE?

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Kate Carter, superintendent of schools confirmed on March 4, 2015 that David Olio, an English teacher at South Windsor High School, CT was suspended.

The suspension stems from his reading of the Allen Ginsberg poem "Please Master" in class recently. Carter considers the reading "highly inappropriate material being presented by a teacher to students in a senior English class."

The educator Olio has won several teaching awards and was committed to teaching senior high school students about diversity and thinking critically.

Do you think Mr. Olio deserves to be suspended for presenting the poem to 17 and 18 year old students?

Mr. Olio deserves to have his head examined, but....

So, how about this school district decision from last year -- overreaction or appropriate?


^Ashley Williams taught a class called "Adult Roles and Financial Literacy" at Weber High School in Ogden, Utah.
Others supported her and found her style and content engaging; they did not think her teaching career deserved to be ended over the incident.

In both the above stories, it was noted that these were college level classes that the kids were going to receive college credits for.

I did a quick google search, and could not find one instance of a college professor being suspended over an assignment. Even the Professor that made the students stomp on a picture of Jesus was defended by the University he worked for.

Nor can I find any instance where a college students' Mommy or Daddy went into the university and said "I don't want my little darlin to be subjected to that material"

College students who don't agree with, or can't handle the material generally just drop the class-nobody goes running to the news about it.

So, I'm going to be the odd man out and say that I don't think either teacher should have been suspended or fired over the material. If you think little Jonny or susie is mature enough at 17 & 18 to earn college credits, then they should be mature enough to handle any material thrown at them without mommy or daddy crying to the school board about it.

I paid $900.00 per credit to read and and analyze all sorts of uncomfortable shit. If I objected they would have pointed to the door- Fuck this coddle the kid bullshit, if the high school doesn't think that material is appropriate for 17 & 18 year olds then the high school shouldn't allow the class to begin with.

I also think that the University backing the credits should have some say in the matter.

Bullshit or Appropriate?

Sean Hill, 10, was mouthing off to his 5^th grade teacher in Georgia.

His mother Chiquita said she tried to discipline him, but the kid kept on doing it. So, in an attempt to set Sean straight, she called 911 and asked if police could come and put a scare into him.

It was cool of the officers to help the mom out, but I sure hope a bunch of other parents don't get inspired to tie up police officers' time with such requests.

I was way more afraid of pissing off my parents than I was of the police when I was 10.

Although I don't think it should be the police's responsibility to set the kid straight, I can understand why the mother did it.

Say Mom just hauled off and smacked her kid for being mouthy. Kid goes into school and says "mom smacked me" By law, the school is obligated to report that to the authorities. Mom gets in trouble.

From what I have seen these days, most anything a parent does for discipline, can be considered child abuse. Hell, even grounding a kid can be considered false imprisonment.

Georgia Mom Arrested for Son's Absences

Mrs. Giles is a volunteer at Sam's school. He's on the honor roll and getting all As and Bs.

Mrs. Giles had gotten doctor's notes for 3 days of absences, but says the co-pays are too expensive for her to take Sam in for doctor's notes whenever he's sick for a few days.

So, the local police issued a warrant for her arrest on the basis that her son had three absences over the limit on the books. She turned herself in, was shackled, booked, and had her mugshot taken and published in the local paper.

Screven County Schools Superintendent, William Bland, stands by this decision, and said the policy was important to make sure children are attending school.

He also revealed that several parents have already been convicted under this policy, with the punishment ranging from a monetary fine to actual time behind bars.

Is this appropriate policy for the good of the children, or is it bullshit overreach?

One of the high schools in my area enacted a truancy law a couple of years back.
If the student missed 5 or more days of school, excused or otherwise, the parent can be arrested, fined up to 2,000.00, and made to take parenting classes. The school is overcrowded, falling apart (to the point where you can see cracks in the walls, ceiling, and floors, and it's ranked at the lowest in the state. I can see why teens are jumping at the chance to go there.

My reaction was "What the Fuck good is that going to do"- a teen that doesn't want to go to school, isn't going to go, no matter what the parent does to them. Does the school expect the parent to quit their job, drag the kid into school, kicking and screaming, and sit on them the whole day, to keep them there?