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Kids With History of Skipping School To Wear Ankle Bracelets Equipped With Satellite Technology
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- %u201C%u2026they more often than not become a burdon on society, then we just end up paying for their welfare in the long run%u2026%u201D
You still cannot force help upon someone who refuses it. The only solution to them becoming a burden is to kill them; not really an option.
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%u201C%u2026kid won''''t attend school to learn to become a productive, contributing member of society%u2026%u201D
Again, it%u2019s a free-will issue. People are not obliged to become productive, contributing members of society just because society wants them to.
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%u201CAccountability has to come in to play somewhere%u2026%u201D
Were you to choose not to be a productive contributor to society, I would not consider that you were accountable to me for that. You might be accountable to your kids if you, as the parent did not instill in them a desire to learn. But you, them and I are not accountable to society for choosing not to %u201Cstrive for success.%u201D - Reply to this comment
- How ridiculous to make statements like "it''s Dem''s who pass the buck" or "its only Rep''s that are religious wackos."
There are plenty of conservative Democrats and lots of liberal Republicans.
And there are lots of folks from both parties who pass the buck and are religous wackjobs.
To lump any particular class together is mostly due to the insecurity of the person doing the labeling and to reinforce veiws for the betterment of their own personal agenda. It''s basically dishonest.
The only accurate statement I agree with is that all politicians of both major parties have been bought and paid for, no longer represtenting the will of the people, and are therefore criminals.
Vote all incumbents out on their ears. - Reply to this comment
- What to do with truant kids? As I said%u2026 leave them to stay at home. You cannot force them to learn if they are disinclined to learn.
Look, if the kids%u2019 parents are irresponsible enough that truancy is a problem, forcing the kids to attend school will accomplish nothing good. It will only maintain existing or introduce new problems. It is an unfortunate situation, but realistically, these kids are beyond helping. You cannot force someone to accept help if he refuses it. - Reply to this comment
- If a kid is not going to learn, he is not going to learn. Send him home. If he won%u2019t come to begin with, problem solved. Making him stay in the building will not make him learn.
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- Posted by VoidMaster at 05:30 PM : Aug 24, 2008
I don''t agree with putting ankle bracelets on the kids, but I do see where they are coming from. In todays world it is becoming impossible for the schools to do their jobs. Kids are into drugs, they are violent, and bringing guns to school. How do you teach kids that are like that? The parents are not doing their jobs, by teaching them right from wrong. It''s like the birth control issue. Right or wrong, they are just trying to gain some control over the kids that are out of control because they have LOSERS for parents. - Reply to this comment
- You send my kid home with an ankle bracelet and I will remove it with bolt cutters. Come around and give me any grief about it and you%u2019ll be removed from my home%u2014at gunpoint if necessary. This issue is not about whether or not the public schools are worth a ***. It%u2019s about whether or not we as a people are stupid enough to allow the state to have that kind of authority.
The Declaration of Independence states that a proper government is one that governs at the consent of the governed. I withdrew any such consent quite some time ago. Unless a concentration camp sounds like your kind of retirement community, I suggest you consider doing the same. - Reply to this comment
- erasmus81 said: "I don''''t know about the U.S. but here, it is a requirement. You can''''t quit school until you are at least 16 years of age."
Where''''s ''''here'''', the former Soviet Union?
Posted by ubrew12 at 01:16 PM : Aug 24, 2008
"Here", is Canada. - Reply to this comment
- ....meant to state: Guess what kids, getting an education ISN''T a handout like an allowance or a government program.
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- Kids want a free pass and the opportunity to goof off any time they feel like it and many of their parents have been lax and totally abdicted their parental responsibility in properly disciplining their kids and especially instilling in them the important of going to school, being respectful, paying attention and doing their course work. It''s no wonder why our society is down the tubes when it comes to the large numbers of stupid imbecilic kids who''d rather hang than study. Guess what kids, getting an education is a handout like an allowance or a government program.
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- You negkected to mention apathetic parents, which is the most likely cause...
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Posted by formrusmcsgt at 02:22 PM : Aug 24, 2008
Curiously they did, as a problem of the runaways. - Reply to this comment
- One giant leap for ''Big Brother'', one small step for Texas
Posted by heuristic1 at 02:16 PM : Aug 24, 2008
I wish it were, Big Brother is destined to be world wide, Texas is ''only'' American. - Reply to this comment
- You negkected to mention apathetic parents, which is the most likely cause...
Posted by formrusmcsgt at 02:22 PM : Aug 24, 2008
Typical liberal response. It''s always someone else''s fault. Although I do agree that the parents should take some of the blame, to completely remove all responsibility from the kids themselves is absurd and irrational. - Reply to this comment
- THIS IS CRAZY..IT IS NOT RIGHT..Why are they not in school..It is the bullys,poor teaching..A failed system.....
Posted by BarbaraM99 at 01:29 PM : Aug 24, 2008
You negkected to mention apathetic parents, which is the most likely cause... - Reply to this comment
- One giant leap for ''''Big Brother'''', one small step for Texas
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- erasmus81 said: "I don''''t know about the U.S. but here, it is a requirement. You can''''t quit school until you are at least 16 years of age."
Where''''s ''''here'''', the former Soviet Union? You''''re teaching your kids the basics of the Orwellian police state, thats all. ''''Onward Christian soldiers of the new American empire.'''' I applaud any child willing to break those bonds and cast a middle-finger at such an abomination in the one-time birthplace of freedom and democracy.
Posted by ubrew12 at 01:16 PM : Aug 24, 2008
ubrew...as an earlier poster noted, minimum ages for attendance are the norm. For example, here in North Carolina, students must attend school until the age of 16. - Reply to this comment
- Now, now it''s all for the "safety of the children"
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- Another outrage from the Texas Forth Reich, our home grown police state dictatorship.
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- Implants are next.
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- THIS IS CRAZY..IT IS NOT RIGHT..Why are they not in school..It is the bullys,poor teaching..A failed system. Are they sp needs kids singled out. This is awful..
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- One giant leap for Texas, one small step for ''Big Brother''
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