Jim Guinee has presented the standard argument, while not claiming it as
his own, that things are so bad in schools these days because God isn't
allowed in. After all, it is obvious to anyone that once those atheists
got their way, kids started disrespecting their teachers. (If teachers
were only allowed to use corporal punishment, things might have a chance
of getting better!) Then they started disrespecting themselves, takin'
them drugs and all. Then they started disrespecting each other, with
gangs and Satan-worshippers and other lost boys shootin' up the schools.
Stephen has done an excellent job of showing that problems occur in
God's schools, so maybe the lack of God isn't the reason for the
(apparent) increase in school violence. I have another hypothesis. Has
anyone else noticed that these problems seemed to really become common
shortly after the Blue Jays won the World Series? Foreigners screwing
up the American pastime! No wonder that our children have lost their
souls. (And notice that I am spelling "American" with a capital "A", as
in "U.S.A.")
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