a school's got a lot more authority than the government within it's walls. A school can dictate the length of your hair, the style of your clothes....they can curtail your freedom of speech. It's a whole different entity.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:12 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:254849 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
