High school calls all 2,550 students to detention

[Ilikemuppets]

Man! I really wish that this had happen on April fools day, heh!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-02-12-fla-students_N.htm?se=yahoorefer

 

[D'Snowth]

What in the world is that idiot Bush thinking making kids attend school on Saturday now? Doesn't he know that kids need a froggin' break from school on the weekends?

 

[frogboy4]

I love that only 40 showed up!

 

[Drtooth]

What in the world is that idiot Bush thinking making kids attend school on Saturday now? Doesn't he know that kids need a froggin' break from school on the weekends?

Where does that come from? especially since his administraition screwed up education funding to an almost unrepairable degree.

Anyway, that's similar to a story that happened here, when the same glitch told parents their kids didn't show up for school.

 

[Fragglemuppet]

Yeah Snowth, I don't like Bush either, but I didn't see his name anywhere in the article.
And I hope those students and their parents got some sort of compinsation or something!

 

[D'Snowth]

Yeah Snowth, I don't like Bush either, but I didn't see his name anywhere in the article.
And I hope those students and their parents got some sort of compinsation or something!

I didn't say Bush was mentioned in the article, but when I read that these kids had to report to school ON A SATURDAY for detention, and after hearing from a friend of mine who also told me about having to attend school on Saturdays... well, who else would think of something so inhumane like that than Bush? I mean, kids already have to spend seven hours a day for five days out of the week having knowledge shoved down their throats (okay, okay, I'm exaggerating a bit, I know), then they get only two days a week to take a break, but even those days are consumed with things like Saturday chores, brief road trips, visiting relatives or something, and if you're religious, there's church services on Sundays, and Sunday School.

I mean, I realize today's children have trouble learning because they're coming from homes with uneducated, under-aged, slacker parents who don't give a $h!+ about their children, so they spend their school days goofing off, not paying attention, earning such grades as Ds and Us (or Fs if you're old school), but there ARE other methods at making the school system a bit more strict; because I honestly don't think extending the school week to six days is going to help, actually, I think it'll make things worse.

 

[Drtooth]

I mean, I realize today's children have trouble learning because they're coming from homes with uneducated, under-aged, slacker parents who don't give a $h!+ about their children, so they spend their school days goofing off, not paying attention, earning such grades as Ds and Us (or Fs if you're old school), but there ARE other methods at making the school system a bit more strict; because I honestly don't think extending the school week to six days is going to help, actually, I think it'll make things worse.

Don't forget that we also have underpaid, underqualified teachers who now spend half the time teaching kids to take tests to be eligible for funding, meaning they lose out on really learning things first hand. Though, I don't want to go there.

 

[travellingpat]

snowthy bush doesnt really have anything to do with it, that was a little exaggerated

 

[D'Snowth]

Don't forget that we also have underpaid, underqualified teachers who now spend half the time teaching kids to take tests to be eligible for funding, meaning they lose out on really learning things first hand. Though, I don't want to go there.

Yes, thank you!

 

[Fragglemuppet]

Well, although I agree that school for 6 days throughout the week is too much, (actually there's a lot about most formal education systems I disagree with), the idea of Saturday detention has been around for quite a while. Ever seen The Breakfast Club? It's a classic!