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KakistocracyHater

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12. but to listen to them it's ALL ABOUT THE TEST!!!111!!!!!

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #11)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 05:42 AM

Feb 2013

but yeah, practice prison includes that, too

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Yet another asinine school administrator: suspends 7 yr old for throwing an imaginary grenade. [View all] backscatter712 Feb 2013 OP

That is An Asinine Policy at That School dballance Feb 2013 #1

By the time I was in high school... backscatter712 Feb 2013 #2

Remember how D&D Was Going to Ruin The Youth of the Nation? dballance Feb 2013 #5

Oh, I played D&D too! backscatter712 Feb 2013 #8

In one of the articles on my "Teacher, Teacher" website, I tblue37 Feb 2013 #14

must stamp out imagination. Downwinder Feb 2013 #20

Imagination interferes with obedience! backscatter712 Feb 2013 #33

Those D&D suicides.... Ron Obvious Feb 2013 #18

Between the panic about these imagined suicides... backscatter712 Feb 2013 #23

I actually knew one such fundie. malthaussen Feb 2013 #34

For a while wrote material for them evil companies. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #36

Good one! n/t malthaussen Feb 2013 #37

Priceless! I would have paid to see that! 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #39

Is this a charter school? Downwinder Feb 2013 #3

No, a public school from the town I grew up in. n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #7

"The 7-year-old says he was trying to save the world" Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 #4

Who comes up with this garbage? SpartanDem Feb 2013 #6

I think I hear a song coming on... backscatter712 Feb 2013 #9

American schools are practice prisons for kids now KakistocracyHater Feb 2013 #10

Mostly, what they teach is obedience. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #11

but to listen to them it's ALL ABOUT THE TEST!!!111!!!!! KakistocracyHater Feb 2013 #12

The testing thing is part of that. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #25

And 60 years ago, we played cops and robbers or Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #13

You mean... Ron Obvious Feb 2013 #19

I stand corrected. I've slapped my hands for good measure. Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #22

this is exactly our problem, we worship violence and killing. bowens43 Feb 2013 #27

communities need to guardian Feb 2013 #15

Hey. THIS KID is a great AMERICAN!! He thinks he can save the world by blowing it up. CBGLuthier Feb 2013 #16

you know what's darkly amusing by all of this? Javaman Feb 2013 #17

I didn't even think of that; good point JanMichael Feb 2013 #21

Apple core! Downwinder Feb 2013 #30

You are! SPLAT! 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #40

Touche! n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #24

so maybe the kids should be able to ignore ALL the rules bowens43 Feb 2013 #26

Why don't the administrators try coming up with rules that actually make sense... backscatter712 Feb 2013 #28

Small-town CO is chock full of RW authoritarians, who punish rule-breakers kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #29

Ain't that the fucking truth? backscatter712 Feb 2013 #32

His punishment should also have been something imaginary slackmaster Feb 2013 #31

Who are these people that come up with these ridiculous ideas? liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #35

Well...lemme see how many reasons would I face expulsion nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #38