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Douglas Carpenter

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27. I'm hearing bad things too - especially about the way schools are so geared toward teaching for the

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 09:53 AM

Jun 2013

test - that any creative side of school is lost. However, I have talked to family counselors I know on the subject of home schooling and they definitely feel strongly that the lack of socialization skills by children they have seen who have been home schooled is so disturbing that they don't recommend that at all. From everything I can gather - the best education does come from expensive private schools that have small enough classes to provide individual attention. But needless to say - not all of us can afford that.

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Arresting the kids [View all] MrScorpio Jun 2013 OP

kr. horrifying stuff. what kind of kids are we molding? HiPointDem Jun 2013 #1

Now it's you asking the right kind of question. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #3

i don't know that i'd grow up complacent under those conditions. i think i'd grow up angry & anti- HiPointDem Jun 2013 #4

That's a good point too. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #5

it probably has both, depending on the kid and his situation. but it seems pretty clear that HiPointDem Jun 2013 #7

That would be my idea as a child newfie11 Jun 2013 #14

Absolutely asinine. defacto7 Jun 2013 #2

not to sound too conservative.. but I can't help but wonder if this is at least partly caused by the Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #6

I was thinking the exact same thing. I don't think corporal punishment should be brought back. nessa Jun 2013 #22

I don't think it should be either... but if if was matter of which was the lesser evil Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #23

those private prisons need their full occupancy - train them young. hollysmom Jun 2013 #8

+1 Go Vols Jun 2013 #32

K&R DeSwiss Jun 2013 #9

Scared and stupid adminstrators along with scared and stupid parents.... Pelican Jun 2013 #10

I have zero tolerance for... ReasonableToo Jun 2013 #21

Intolerance will not be tolerated! Pelican Jun 2013 #24

And these are just from schools, what about in their homes... Historic NY Jun 2013 #11

Can we say this is a "Police State," yet? Downwinder Jun 2013 #12

This terrifies me. What have we become? Live and Learn Jun 2013 #13

Private prisons have to be filled malaise Jun 2013 #15

USA = Mental Illness drdtroit Jun 2013 #16

That must be the problem with our government newfie11 Jun 2013 #18

As a kid I was taught to trust police officers. Unknown Beatle Jun 2013 #17

I have not been able to tell my 11 year old daughter that at all LibertyLover Jun 2013 #25

I'm in the same boat as you 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #35

Or for no reason at all. nt tblue37 Jun 2013 #42

Remember, dial 911 if you have a problem. The police will solve it is what we're told Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #19

doubleplus infinity MindPilot Jun 2013 #26

Your blaming the police.......really Historic NY Jun 2013 #28

The officers could easily have looked around and said "Nope." Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #30

Thats so easy to say w/o all the facts..... Historic NY Jun 2013 #33

Again, hog tying a five year old? You're defending this? Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #38

Your complaining because the school couldn't handle the child... Historic NY Jun 2013 #39

read the op. you're defending the indefensible Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #41

"EOM" is supposed to go in the subject line of a post that has ONLY tblue37 Jun 2013 #43

And they wonder why parents homeschool? lbrtbell Jun 2013 #20

I'm hearing bad things too - especially about the way schools are so geared toward teaching for the Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #27

It's a world gone mad. ellie Jun 2013 #29

This is one of the reasons I vehemently oppose "No Tolerance" policies Xyzse Jun 2013 #31

I think this is part of an overall pattern of over-reaction. LongTomH Jun 2013 #34

Completely disgusting. What has this country come to. nt limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #36

Authoritarian culture. woo me with science Jun 2013 #37

Just more collateral damage felix_numinous Jun 2013 #40

It is not stupidity, it is not over reaction... nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #44