Schoolyard bullies are "World Wide Wrestling wanna-be's"? How about kids just living a dream of becoming President one day? The fish rots from the head down. Unfortunately, the head has just been given another 4 years to spread its rot.
Bullying is not a personal failing of little boys. Little boys are the vessel through which our culture expresses itself. Chuck Holtman Prospect Park Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 22:55:27 -0600 From: "List Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Jan writes: > > I don't know about the rest of you, but I thought the piece done by Channel 5 > on school yard bullying was appalling in that it appears our schools' > playgrounds are infested by World Wide Wrestling wanna-be's. However, what really > appalled me were the absolutely stupid comments by the Assistant Superintendent > (I think that was her title) for Grades 1-8. Anyone who saw the tape could > not just say, "Boys will be boys." Here's a link to the story: http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S3988.html?cat=1 The MPS employee Jan referenced is K-8 Superintendent Eleanor Coleman. According to tonight's report, Supt. Thandiwe Pebbles and School Board President Sharon Henry-Blythe will speak to station reporters tomorrow. David Brauer List manager REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
