Moshe's already a little chubby. No recess means chubbier. And the same can easily got for many other kids, especially with the fast food diet many in the city have. But that's just an excuse. How about it'll take someone an hour to get from the Bronx or Brooklyn to Manhattan if that's where they have been drafted to server their mandatory sentence...I mean national service.
Forced mandatory service assumes that the person being forced would not be doing something good anyway. >From what I see of the CCC, it was not mandatory and it looks like a good model for optional public service. On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Summer? One hour a week instead of recess? > > I'm really seeing something more like the CCC, but I suspect if school > kids are involved the service could become part of their education - > painting the schools, mentoring younger children, etc.. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Michael Dinowitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My son Moshe leaves school at 5:30 and gets home at 6:00. He has homework > and helps out some with his siblings. He also has school for half a day on > Sunday. When is he supposed to do his 'service'? And that's just one > example. > > > > A single parent with more than one child may need the older one(s) at > home to help with the younger one(s). So what's more important? National > service or helping a parent. And that's a single parent. What of 2 parents, > both who work to make ends meet with the same children situation as above. > And the examples go on. > > > > Voluntary national service is one thing - mandatory is another. And I'm > really upset with some of the nasty negative comments about children I've > heard here. It shows me who on this list doesn't have children...or > shouldn't. I'm a parent and while my children are not perfect, they are not > "annoying little dumbfucks". > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279568 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
