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Poosharker wrote:
In showalter middle school in tukwila, there was "no tolerance instant suspension for throwing" rule. WTF?
The VP made it crystal clear ANY throwing of anything, paperball into garbage, whatever was instant suspension.
Chewing gum was an instant write up...
This is why I hope I never have kids.
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I mean that.
All irrational fears aside,it seems like the norm tomake another average/good-for-nothing, put them into a horrible system that bases itself off a prison environment and lie to them every 3 seasons of the year telling them they're going to school to learn. For 99% of those out there, it's a place where some semi-intelligent people can babysit for 8 hours from the late morning so that "mommy and daddy can go to work," or whatever. :\\
On a completely unrelated note, last week the County Auditor(bless whatever is left of his soul) decided to ship out some ballots to let everyone determine the future of the current expiring levy for the local schools in the coming years. The ballot questions a few pennies that determine as much as $75000 in funds across two school years.
I started going to school here. When I left for Pahrump, I encountered a school system that expected everything I knew nothing about mathematically. The kids were spoiled brats and the teachers would constantly punish me for skipping out on classes. No one could hold my attention for very long and it wasn't until I was finally brought before the VP that it was discovered that I could actually read. Wow no kidding. :XI do that for a few years and come back to this district to discover that everyone is stupid. Across four years of high school there were maybe four teachers that were able to teach me anything. The most important one was something I forgot about when I needed it for absolutely no reason during the last half of my last year: My rights. My failure to question anything at that time resulted in me being illegally searched, questioned, threatened and forced to forfeit half of my classes and eventually drop out based on an idiot's accusation. Other than that, I'd say everything else was there to simply lower my IQ(assuming that I have one).
So looking at this, $75K is a small chunk of money in their $4.8M pocket that would easily accomplish quite a bit across the next two years. It wouldfund the libraries, the student programs, maybe a few new textbooks(and I mean few), some new computer software(regardless of new computers being needed first). It would open some new windows of opportunity. It's a great first step towards actually teaching the kids instead of beating the same senseless garbage into them every morning.
Now the real: I grew up in one half hazard system that expected nothing, moved to another state and learned a LOT, came back to that horriblesystem andbecame Schrodinger's cat burst into this new reality whereI was "smart" anddoomed to repeat my efforts until everyone else could catch up. Nobody uses half of the senseless garbage being taught in school. I don't know anyone I grew up with that has. You don't use LVL2 Trig to fix your truck, you use your hands. You don't need Honor's English to land a job let alone socialize with dumb New Yorkers(except the Politicians and Barkeeps) and you definitely don't use anything from an A+ class to further your knowledge of how you use your modern computer. I know this arguement is inconceivable but my experience tells me the truth. 90% of everything science related wasn't something I found in a textbook butlearned from my grandfather who is a retired Journeyman Mechanic.Don't believe me? Put your kid through the WASL. Not the dumb one, the
first one. The pure one.I passed all of them but I'll be damned if I know anyone else that could be attentive long enough to do the same. Maybe that just makes me a Sadist but I believe these are the only classes students need, period:
English
Health/Biology
History/Law
Music
Geometry
Tech/Business
There are several topics I would cram into this list, trust me I'm for itbut I'll just let those ambiguous looking titles absorb them. How many of you here in Washington have ever met a high school student that wasn't so socially inept that they could actually land a job? How many of them have you ever met are amazing enough totalk for hours on end and easily put you to sleep? Do you know anyone Innovative? How many do you know are capable and proud marksmen?You're right, I shouldn't ask so much when I haven't seen one either. :uhoh:
If I say yes to this ballot, I'm guilty of suckering taxpayers(and myself) out of a few more nickels for the next few years just so certain people can upholdwhat horrible excuses they have to put their kids through a horrible school system. If I say no, the levy isn't likely to fail but I will be looked down upon by the public eye because I'm "not enabling the kids to learn anything new" or I'm "restricting them of opportunity."
Restricting them of what opportunity? The ability to do something stupid and piss me off at the same time? Thanks for the update. :banghead:
I need a beer.
