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LaValle Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 03:06 PM
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16. Even Easier
Schools are supposed to be preparing our children to live in the real world right?

Soo Simple Just like the old Father Flanagan Boystown movie, Ya know with Mikey Rooney?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNqFqinW32Y&
A Student Government. Not just like the student Government schools have now, but Like Father Flanagan had. Where they have police forces trials government just like in the real world.

And laws just like the real world with similar consequences.

What would happen to you if you were to beat the crap out of a co worker at work?

At the minimum youd be fired, and even prosecuted and spend time in jail.

Why can the school not be exactly the same?

They could even make jail and everything It could be a job for a junior or senior that is thinking of getting into law enforcement after they graduate, it's a win win for everyone,
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  -An old idea and technique to help end bulllying in our public schools. MineralMan  Sep-20-11 02:13 PM   #0 
  - Sch Principals shd have been doing this since 10,000 BC  sam11111   Sep-20-11 02:26 PM   #1 
  - Some schools principals have been doing that. Too few, though,  MineralMan   Sep-20-11 02:38 PM   #3 
  - Oh, the Presbyterian ministers weren't as cooperative in 10,000 BCE.  dtexdem   Sep-20-11 02:47 PM   #8 
     - Nice catch. I don't know how I missed it.  MineralMan   Sep-20-11 03:04 PM   #15 
  - I had to follow a different approach.  WingDinger   Sep-20-11 02:30 PM   #2 
  - Well, that was my own approach to being bullied, too.  MineralMan   Sep-20-11 02:39 PM   #6 
  - Yes, if the bullied kids stand together  HockeyMom   Sep-20-11 02:38 PM   #4 
  - "snakepit" means any unpoliced violent area. Most US schools are. Our whole nation is becoming one  sam11111   Sep-20-11 02:39 PM   #5 
  - my eighth grade son agrees with you totally  bedazzled   Sep-23-11 08:52 AM   #31 
  - In my experience, many of the adults participate in bullying, which extends well into adulthood.  Romulox   Sep-20-11 02:44 PM   #7 
  - Yes. There are many adult bullies, too. Lessons learned in  MineralMan   Sep-20-11 02:48 PM   #9 
  - My point being, bullying is a "feature not a bug". nt  Romulox   Sep-20-11 02:51 PM   #11 
  - Personally, I think it's a learned response. Unless the opposite  MineralMan   Sep-20-11 03:01 PM   #13 
  - you're right -- i really doubt that you can grow out of being a bully  bedazzled   Sep-23-11 08:50 AM   #30 
  - They either join in mocking certain kids, or look the other way, in my son's experience.  TwilightGardener   Sep-20-11 02:52 PM   #12 
  - I think the most critical step is involving kids in the effort.  Kber   Sep-20-11 02:50 PM   #10 
  - Yup. I agree. I saw it work in my high school. It didn't take long  MineralMan   Sep-20-11 03:03 PM   #14 
     - It's not perfect, but they are trying.  Kber   Sep-20-11 03:26 PM   #21 
        - You sure could be right. Since I'm not a girl, I couldn't have  MineralMan   Sep-20-11 03:39 PM   #23 
  - Even Easier  LaValle   Sep-20-11 03:06 PM   #16 
  - They've been doing that in British public schools for hundred of years  wickerwoman   Sep-20-11 03:11 PM   #17 
     - And Why Not?  LaValle   Sep-20-11 03:13 PM   #18 
        - Watch Lindsey Anderson's If...  wickerwoman   Sep-20-11 03:23 PM   #19 
           - yeah?  LaValle   Sep-20-11 03:44 PM   #25 
              - Can I live in your "real world"?  wickerwoman   Sep-20-11 04:46 PM   #26 
  - I can't imagine!  get the red out   Sep-20-11 03:24 PM   #20 
  - It seems like some schools are like that. I don't think it's regional,  MineralMan   Sep-20-11 03:41 PM   #24 
  - I have a friend whose son was a victim of bullying  RebelOne   Sep-20-11 03:36 PM   #22 
  - If Only We Had More of That Kind of Church and Fewer of the AFAish Ones  AndyTiedye   Sep-21-11 03:43 AM   #27 
  - K&R. N/T  Mimosa   Sep-21-11 03:45 AM   #28 
  - I believe what you say happened, but it seems ...  bbdad   Sep-23-11 08:43 AM   #29 
  - Huh?  HughBeaumont   Sep-23-11 09:17 AM   #32 
  - "I went to church with many, many victimizing idiots."  bbdad   Sep-23-11 12:22 PM   #33 
  - It is nice your church took this on but I keep hearing about Churches in today's world  Bandit   Sep-23-11 12:49 PM   #34 
 

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