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The Liberal agenda has overrun our schools. Let the kids run-a-muck and they're more likely to end up on the public dole, thus building the Liberal power base. Control through dependency, that's their mantra.
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"alittledifferent" WE NEED MORE TEACHERS LIKE YOU !! Keep it up.
Parents can only control so much, we need help and support.
What happen to the saying "it takes a village...."
We (parents, teacher or admin) can't discipline they way we were. Remember the office "wacks", or classroom "wacks" infront of the entire class? Or having to sit through an entire class with the gum on the end of your nose? etc.
We didn't have to mouth back to get a smack, a simple roll of the eyes or sound of disgust and "bam" you got wacked in the head from behind.
To share another inappropriate situation.....
Recent high school girls basketball game. A visiting spectator teenage boy (who happened to be a starter bball player who we be coming to our school the next night for the boys game) proceeds to prance around our gymnasium with his hands down his pants, and proceeds to sit in the stands around elementary students with his hands down his pants. He was asked by spectators and referees to stop several times.
HIS MOTHER went after one of the people that was requesting he stop. Ended in a short scrap shoving match with our trainer getting blind side punched breaking his nose and police, etc.
Again, teen inappropriate, mother with bad morals encouraging the behavior and starting a fight.
If that was my son he would be locked in his room with a therapist. If he is in love with himself that much he shouldn't be in public.
Parents can only control so much, we need help and support.
What happen to the saying "it takes a village...."
We (parents, teacher or admin) can't discipline they way we were. Remember the office "wacks", or classroom "wacks" infront of the entire class? Or having to sit through an entire class with the gum on the end of your nose? etc.
We didn't have to mouth back to get a smack, a simple roll of the eyes or sound of disgust and "bam" you got wacked in the head from behind.
To share another inappropriate situation.....
Recent high school girls basketball game. A visiting spectator teenage boy (who happened to be a starter bball player who we be coming to our school the next night for the boys game) proceeds to prance around our gymnasium with his hands down his pants, and proceeds to sit in the stands around elementary students with his hands down his pants. He was asked by spectators and referees to stop several times.
HIS MOTHER went after one of the people that was requesting he stop. Ended in a short scrap shoving match with our trainer getting blind side punched breaking his nose and police, etc.
Again, teen inappropriate, mother with bad morals encouraging the behavior and starting a fight.
If that was my son he would be locked in his room with a therapist. If he is in love with himself that much he shouldn't be in public.
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Im still trying to stop laughing from the kickstand n the water joke........ but not to downplay this because I understand where everyone is coming from........ but at what stage did we turn into our parents?
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See all it took for us was what we called the "Uncle Pat"
our 80 year old Uncle would just take enough of the sideburn hair at the ear in his two fingertips and tug a bit, to get your attention....
Still could use that to this day, works better on Boys though...
our 80 year old Uncle would just take enough of the sideburn hair at the ear in his two fingertips and tug a bit, to get your attention....
Still could use that to this day, works better on Boys though...
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Ok we can all agree Lens post was hillarious... Thanks for posting because we ALL were thinking it already, Len just put it out there and let us laugh out loud!!!!
Now seriously, that was way inappropriate.. By saying that I dont mean it is bad to kiss your GF in Highschool, but this setting and scenario is way wrong.. It shows that they are not handlling ( maybe a new experience) in a correct manner.. They are not lost or bad kids, just need proper guidance in how to handle certain situations..
This is where someone ( school, teacher, parent, coach) should explain, lets say.. a more appropriate way to behave at that venue. Maybe I am giving them the benefit of doubt and they really dont care what us older folks think, but maybe it all is knida new to them and they are just doing what they think is mature, because no one ever told them different..
Now seriously, that was way inappropriate.. By saying that I dont mean it is bad to kiss your GF in Highschool, but this setting and scenario is way wrong.. It shows that they are not handlling ( maybe a new experience) in a correct manner.. They are not lost or bad kids, just need proper guidance in how to handle certain situations..
This is where someone ( school, teacher, parent, coach) should explain, lets say.. a more appropriate way to behave at that venue. Maybe I am giving them the benefit of doubt and they really dont care what us older folks think, but maybe it all is knida new to them and they are just doing what they think is mature, because no one ever told them different..
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HOMERUN.... Parents ON DECK timing COULD/SHOULD have said something too. IT DOES TAKE A VILLIAGE~ I had a shot to say something, but I was FRANKLY SHOCKED and caught off guard.
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Hate to say.... this is not new and not liberal agenda.
Been going on for the last decade, at least. In some schools you can now watch a boyfriend and girlfriend kiss each other before class in one doorway and two doors down see a girlfriend kiss her girlfriend before class.
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Glad I had my daughter sign that agreement she wouldn't date until she was 30 when she was six months old!!
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Okay, now for a serious post.
Even if the schools have a zero tolerance policy for PDA, many kids today just don't care. The schools today cannot put the fear of God in kids like they could 30+ years ago. The schools hands are tied and can only offer detentions, expulsions, or calling the parents as punishments.
It's all about family values and the kid's circle of friends and their family values (or lack of).
G.H.W. Bush ran for re-election against Clinton on the platform of Family Values. He was basically laughed off stage for such a stupid platform, but he noticed the deteriorating family unit, probably because it hit close to home. Now, I'm not saying Bush was a good president or even the better option than Clinton, or even practiced what he was preaching. I am truly not trying to bring politics into this. However, maybe people should have listened to his stump and try to make a real attempt to fix their crumbling family unit.
Take care of business at home. Do not expect the teachers to do it for you.
Len
Even if the schools have a zero tolerance policy for PDA, many kids today just don't care. The schools today cannot put the fear of God in kids like they could 30+ years ago. The schools hands are tied and can only offer detentions, expulsions, or calling the parents as punishments.
It's all about family values and the kid's circle of friends and their family values (or lack of).
G.H.W. Bush ran for re-election against Clinton on the platform of Family Values. He was basically laughed off stage for such a stupid platform, but he noticed the deteriorating family unit, probably because it hit close to home. Now, I'm not saying Bush was a good president or even the better option than Clinton, or even practiced what he was preaching. I am truly not trying to bring politics into this. However, maybe people should have listened to his stump and try to make a real attempt to fix their crumbling family unit.
Take care of business at home. Do not expect the teachers to do it for you.
Len
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Most schools and coaches have a PDA or conduct policy unfortunately, with as many issues in most public school systems today the scenarios like the one discussed are usually placed on the back burner. .
Respect is a major issue in most schools (mainly with self respect). If you were to go down the halls in many public High Schools and listen to what is said and how the students conduct themselves you would quickly understand what and how these kids think and it is nothing like it was 20/30 years ago when I was in High school.
When I was in High School there were a limited number of students with tattoos and very few boys with piercing. Now, most students look like a pin cushion and a large amount have some serious money in tattoos.
Makes you wonder how a student under 18 can afford the ink work and get it done without mom or dad knowing.
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So if this is now acceptable behavior, or becoming acceptable, Is it our generation or the generation ahead of us who allowed this?
I'm not gonna blame any of you, but maybe I should blame me. I see this going on without thinking anything about it, and have became numb to my own surroundings.
What will our children think is acceptable when they have children?
Be afraid, be very afraid.
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I play in a women's summer league and we had a teenage boy streak our game. Right in the middle of the game he ran naked through the field screaming and shaking. We all felt pretty bad for him, he thought he was hilarious, but we weren't laughing with him. My tip: make sure you are fully developed or are not freezing before you streak naked through public.
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blame a lot on the TV shows nothing on that a family can really sit down and watch. how to get rich fast and how high school kids should act who's hanging with who and how to get even with somebody. See a lot of parents trying to be friends with their kids instead of the parents. My kids may not of liked me when they were growing up but they learned respect for me themselves and especially other people. How to act in public on what is right and what is wrong. Now that my kids are all grown up we still hang out.
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Most likely your kid is one of the 75% of the students that conduct themselves in a respectful manner at school and you would not find them involved in this activity .
The other 25% of students do not care about the difference between being "outstanding" and "standing out".
Sounds like in this case it was two students that wanted to stand out so, you would not have much luck in embarrassing them.
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Got three girls from 8-19 YO all generally well behaved and modest in public. Also have a 15 YO son who needs reined in from time to time. I haven't ever caught him behaving this way, but I am sure he's not above it when I'm not around. He's definitely embarass-able however.
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Beer actually came out my nose on this one...that was great! :lmao::lmao:
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No problem Len. Anytime. Still getting a chuckle out of that. All I can add is that it could be considered an illegal rudder...
Klump I see your point as well... *pun not intended
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I didn't think anyone saw me.......lol
