Six year old sent to reform school for possession of spork

Has anyone ever gotten up around Christmas, looked at the drive way, and wished that you could legally buy a napalm flame thrower just so you wouldn't be outside for 3 hours shoveling?

Thats off topic though..

****, wrong thread, apologies. should have gone in the christmas thead

Zero-tolerance policies pave the way to Totalitarianism.
Just what the USA wants.

It's their problem though.. as long as I live in a far better place, away from that hellhole, then it's perfectly fine.

They pave the way to short term profits for some, long term profits for others, and the ruination of a generation. In the past, they would have just shipped kids off to war to die.

Originally posted by jinXed by JaNx
SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!

F*CK YES!

I say that at work randomly, and no one ever gets it. 😆

speak was great on that show

I agree with forcing the rules of the school, but from what I heard he's suspended. Why harm the child's education with a long suspension? He made a mistake...apologize...shorten the penalty...teach him the values of rules but don't hinder his education.

BLAGH!

Oh, and make sure to get the drug company kickback by stipulating that he has to get on ritalin before he can return.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
Oh, and make sure to get the drug company kickback by stipulating that he has to get on ritalin before he can return.

Stupid American education system.

You can bring big metal rulers to school, but you can't bring small, dull plastic "knives" simply because it looks like a knife, which apparently makes them more dangerous.

You can actually in many cases get rewarded for being bad.

High School level here isn't anywhere near middle school level in China in terms of level of difficulty.

You can't fight back if you are beaten up. Whoever made this rule up is obviously a retard.

I can see the headline one day:

"Elementary School Principle Orders All Boys to be Castrated Under Zero Tolerance After Reading Sylvia Plath and Lydia Lunch Books."

The United States has one of the most illogical school systems in the developed world.

It's really sad.

Yeah, just look at the Southerners.

OH SHI--

Kids been readmitted. They made a decision to exempt kindergartners and first graders from the more idiotic aspects of zero tolerance.

Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
Stupid American education system.

High School level here isn't anywhere near middle school level in China in terms of level of difficulty.

Well, gee...how hard is it to memorize Mao's quotes and always remember the government belongs to the people and not the British Empire?

Originally posted by WickedDynamite
Well, gee...how hard is it to memorize Mao's quotes and always remember the government belongs to the people and not the British Empire?

I mean in math and stuff like that

one of my friends is in college here after moving from China, and he claims that what he's learning now he learned...in middle school.

Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
I mean in math and stuff like that

one of my friends is in college here after moving from China, and he claims that what he's learning now he learned...in middle school.

I think really its the methodology. A lot of education outside the US is dependent on developing psychological faculties in early childhood through repetition and memorization, and not necessarily propaganda. Memorization of math tables and equations, memorization of poems and songs of cultural significance. Essentially, developing a person's ability to organize, keep, and alter information in his or her head.

Originally posted by Hewhoknowsall
I mean in math and stuff like that

one of my friends is in college here after moving from China, and he claims that what he's learning now he learned...in middle school.

No offense to your friend, but, he must be a dumbass to end up at a college that teaches such a low-level curriculum. Amirite? awesome

If US colleges were so bad, why do so many foreigners attend them?