On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I find this entertaining...this is pretty much the government telling you > how to raise your children, then. So many ppl here, like G, hate when > government steps in and infringes on personal freedoms, yet when something > like this happens, it's OK? How is this different? It's different because this is the school, not the government. I mean, when you send your kid to school, you are basically saying "Okay, I'm giving them to you so you can educate them, and I agree with the rules that you have set forth in order to achieve that." That's why I think poor communication is somewhat to blame here. If parents were aware of this rule, they would then be in a better position to determine if they want to allow their children to take cell phones to school at all. Or, if they felt the rule was extreme, they could discuss it with the school before it became an issue for them. Let me say before it gets warped out of context - I totally agree with the > teacher snapping up the celly. But if Dana goes in and says "Thank you > for > pointing this out to me, if you'd kindly give me back the phone, I will > deal > with the punishment as her parent", and they say, no we're going to keep > it, > I'm not leaving the office till that phone is in my hands. I agree with you on that one. Even if the rule is that they aren't giving it back to ANYONE, that's a pretty stupid rule and any administrator should instantly recognize that. I mean, if the parent cares enough to come to the school and meet with the educators etc, it's obvious they are engaged and active parents. Dana's original complaint is completely valid...but as usual, we've spun this discussion into something else...which is probably my fault :) -- My word's but a whisper Your deafness, a shout ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254843 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
