eppur_se_muova
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Mon Dec-05-11 01:07 PM
Response to Reply #49 |
| 112. Still, a worthy experiment. ;^) |
| -OK, what the hell is up with this stupid idea of kids becoming janitors in their own schools? |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 10:59 AM |
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More importantly why is the media not laughing this loon off the political stage? |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-04-11 11:01 AM |
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in my first school we had older kids moving folded dining tables |
roguevalley |
Dec-04-11 11:14 AM |
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OMG |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-04-11 11:25 AM |
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^^^ Thread win. n/t |
gkhouston |
Dec-04-11 07:30 PM |
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+1 |
pepperbear |
Dec-04-11 07:51 PM |
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And they would all be BAD ideas |
jmowreader |
Dec-04-11 11:35 PM |
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dupe |
pepperbear |
Dec-04-11 07:52 PM |
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dupe |
pepperbear |
Dec-04-11 07:53 PM |
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They wants us dumb and credit hungry. Debt is the last thing manufactured |
KurtNYC |
Dec-05-11 08:40 AM |
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That would be Newtie boy, |
Autumn |
Dec-04-11 11:03 AM |
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Hey, don't insult a box of crushed rocks, they can be usefull to make concrete... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:06 AM |
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Let's not be too hasty ... no one's tried using him for chum bait yet. nt |
eppur_se_muova |
Dec-04-11 12:43 PM |
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I don't think so, he's so rancid he'd even repel sharks. n/t |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 12:56 PM |
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Still, a worthy experiment. ;^) |
eppur_se_muova |
Dec-05-11 01:07 PM |
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He should do the job for a day. |
Barack_America |
Dec-04-11 05:43 PM |
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Meaner than a junkyard dog, too. |
tavalon |
Dec-04-11 07:03 PM |
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It's part of the GOP/Koch Bros./TeaParty/ALEC plan to bring us back to 1880 |
jpak |
Dec-04-11 11:03 AM |
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Amen nt |
XanaDUer |
Dec-04-11 11:47 AM |
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Dec-04-11 11:08 AM |
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Chuckle. Nice try hedgehog. |
geckosfeet |
Dec-04-11 11:28 AM |
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Yep K&R (nt) |
T S Justly |
Dec-04-11 11:09 AM |
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Thanks for your posting that covers the real deal facts |
eleny |
Dec-04-11 11:09 AM |
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It's idiotic. I'm not sending my kids to school to clean up other kids' vomit and |
TwilightGardener |
Dec-04-11 11:11 AM |
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it kind of makes me sick |
barbtries |
Dec-04-11 11:13 AM |
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I remember the same thing happening back in the 90's |
liberalhistorian |
Dec-04-11 03:57 PM |
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Was that Gingrich? I thought it was Buchanan. My memory tends to |
tblue37 |
Dec-04-11 11:38 PM |
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Remember back when a Republican candidate (I think it was Pat Buchanan) was recommending |
tblue37 |
Dec-04-11 11:36 PM |
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i don't recall that |
barbtries |
Dec-05-11 12:09 AM |
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I was wrong about its being Buchanan’s idea—it was Newt who |
tblue37 |
Dec-05-11 01:14 AM |
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oh i'm sure he knows better |
barbtries |
Dec-05-11 05:31 AM |
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Exactly. No-one expects that students who deliberately make mess |
polly7 |
Dec-04-11 11:14 AM |
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Exactly, and since we are talking about elementary school... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:20 AM |
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Thank you. |
Starry Messenger |
Dec-04-11 11:16 AM |
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My kids did at the private Montessori school they went to, so did everyone else K - 12 |
riderinthestorm |
Dec-04-11 11:20 AM |
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And how many of them, particularly younger ones, came down with staph infections and other... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:24 AM |
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I had two children there fora a total of 10 years. AFAIK, nobody came down with anything. |
riderinthestorm |
Dec-04-11 11:33 AM |
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Oh, so no relation to reality, so when its a school of 2,000 kids, would you still think its a... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:35 AM |
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Littlest kids were always supervised. Everyone wore gloves if they were cleaning or prepping food. |
riderinthestorm |
Dec-04-11 11:40 AM |
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From what I remember there are legal requirements here for sanitation... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:47 AM |
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You keep repeating that professionals did the 'heavy lifting' |
Bluenorthwest |
Dec-05-11 06:53 AM |
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That would be extremely unusual, if none of the young kids got sick. |
pnwmom |
Dec-04-11 05:01 PM |
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Was that school for-profit? Did they not hire a janitor and save money |
TwilightGardener |
Dec-04-11 11:28 AM |
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It was a for-profit school. Montessori has always been this way |
riderinthestorm |
Dec-04-11 11:36 AM |
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See, I can and do teach my own kids to prepare their own lunches |
TwilightGardener |
Dec-04-11 11:40 AM |
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That's fine. Not everyone agrees with Maria Montessori's way of educating, |
riderinthestorm |
Dec-04-11 11:47 AM |
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"...private Montessori school...." Now THERE'S an analogous situation! NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. |
WinkyDink |
Dec-04-11 02:35 PM |
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As did my kids .... |
BOHICA12 |
Dec-04-11 03:35 PM |
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I notice you mentioned that they did the light cleaning. |
fasttense |
Dec-05-11 05:41 AM |
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You had professional janitorial services |
Bluenorthwest |
Dec-05-11 06:48 AM |
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Everyone pitching in is NOT what Gingrich recommended |
eridani |
Dec-05-11 08:28 AM |
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This is the policy that Newt wants to ride into the White House. Yes we can... clean the toilets. |
MjolnirTime |
Dec-04-11 11:24 AM |
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Aside from all the objections |
thucythucy |
Dec-04-11 11:26 AM |
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+1. nt |
riderinthestorm |
Dec-04-11 11:43 AM |
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Its just Newt attacking poor people ... just like Jesus would. |
JoePhilly |
Dec-04-11 11:27 AM |
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The President does say that Mr and Mrs Newt are superior to |
Bluenorthwest |
Dec-05-11 07:01 AM |
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it's a dog whistle |
warrior1 |
Dec-04-11 11:29 AM |
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This post makes me wonder |
pintobean |
Dec-04-11 11:30 AM |
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Ideas and the people who hold them that defy logic... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:33 AM |
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Not everyone follows the same logic. |
pintobean |
Dec-04-11 11:56 AM |
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Its not that, its an argument from ignorance... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 12:59 PM |
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I have worked as a school janitor as well. It's a stupid idea, as well as one that brands the kids |
elocs |
Dec-04-11 11:31 AM |
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Amazing that idiocy like kid janitors is posted. Next kid nurses. Teaches them responsibility! |
Safetykitten |
Dec-04-11 11:40 AM |
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Its like age appopriateness goes out the window... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:52 AM |
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When all pitch in it's one thing - when it's just the poor kids, just pull out the scarlet letters. |
flor-de-jasmim |
Dec-04-11 11:42 AM |
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Kids, being kids, sometimes offered to help me all the time... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:49 AM |
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Hello. Newt's idea is to fire janitors and make poor kids do it. HOWEVER... in other places... |
NYC_SKP |
Dec-04-11 11:53 AM |
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All the daily tasks? So they scrub the toliets, kitchens, change the overhead light bulbs... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 12:31 PM |
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Yes, just as teen age children should in their Homes: clean the toilets, kitchens, floors. |
NYC_SKP |
Dec-04-11 02:14 PM |
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I'm guessing that unless you've been a part of such a school |
riderinthestorm |
Dec-04-11 02:38 PM |
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My high school had a graduating class of 800 students when I graduated... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:25 PM |
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So I assume this is a tiny, private school? |
Bluenorthwest |
Dec-05-11 07:06 AM |
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I worked of my tuition at catholic school by setting up and taking down from bingo |
ejpoeta |
Dec-04-11 12:20 PM |
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What type of school lets teenagers clean the bathrooms? |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 12:49 PM |
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it was the 80s. I didn't particularly like to do it, but it was what I was told to do so I did it. |
ejpoeta |
Dec-04-11 07:28 PM |
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I am all for kids helping to tidy up and sweep their classrooms. |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-04-11 12:26 PM |
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There is an MSDS sheet for Water. |
Ikonoklast |
Dec-04-11 02:27 PM |
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I know. And vinegar. And baking soda! (probably newspapers too) |
riderinthestorm |
Dec-04-11 05:37 PM |
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Of course! That's what all janitors use today, isn't it? |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:46 PM |
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By extension, they shouldn't help clean up at home. |
PavePusher |
Dec-04-11 03:25 PM |
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Yes, because cleaning up public restrooms is comparable to cleaning up at home. |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:20 PM |
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Because The Newt said it and now all his RWing sockpuppets |
Rex |
Dec-04-11 12:35 PM |
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It is utterly amazing that the idea of firing workers and replacing them |
NYC Liberal |
Dec-04-11 12:48 PM |
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I think in most cases its ignorance... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 12:55 PM |
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It is amazing...you can actually watch the propaganda machine |
Rex |
Dec-04-11 12:58 PM |
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What's funny is the whole "cleaning up after themselves" thing I mentioned in my last sentence... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 01:02 PM |
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I know...janitors have jobs for a reason, they know what they are doing. |
Rex |
Dec-04-11 01:22 PM |
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Someone has been watching too many |
Downwinder |
Dec-04-11 01:06 PM |
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Why folks think that Newt Gringrich is intelligent is beyond me. nt |
TBF |
Dec-04-11 01:07 PM |
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Gingrich just proposed it poorly because he is an ass |
gulliver |
Dec-04-11 01:13 PM |
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Wow! |
XanaDUer |
Dec-04-11 01:16 PM |
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You bet. |
gulliver |
Dec-04-11 01:38 PM |
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i didnt get the thread with so many advocating this. i would simply say NO, my kids |
seabeyond |
Dec-04-11 01:18 PM |
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I taught in NYC schools. Worked with very professional costodial staff. |
immoderate |
Dec-04-11 01:57 PM |
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Right |
XanaDUer |
Dec-04-11 02:29 PM |
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But....but....JAPAN! RUSSIA! |
WinkyDink |
Dec-04-11 02:32 PM |
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Funny how Congress isn't setting the example. n/t |
BadgerKid |
Dec-04-11 03:27 PM |
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It'll be real fun the first time some kid mixes bleach with ammonia n/t |
MrScorpio |
Dec-04-11 03:50 PM |
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newt and his |
roman7 |
Dec-04-11 04:13 PM |
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Teach children work ethic AND human dignity. |
alp227 |
Dec-04-11 05:05 PM |
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And how is unnecessarily exposing children to infectious diseases and hazardous chemicals... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:31 PM |
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Yes, cleaning school toilets is beneficial. Perhaps you should try it? |
WinkyDink |
Dec-05-11 05:43 AM |
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Thank you! I couldn't agree more and for this to be supported on DU |
in_cog_ni_to |
Dec-04-11 05:06 PM |
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I agree. It's a shame it's supported here. |
Pithlet |
Dec-04-11 05:34 PM |
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fascism and authoritarianism definitely has fans on both sides of the aisle. |
krabigirl |
Dec-04-11 11:40 PM |
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anti child more than anti newt.... nt |
seabeyond |
Dec-05-11 06:55 AM |
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Newt suggested it, and the idea appealed. A toilet brush in every little hand. |
Pithlet |
Dec-04-11 05:29 PM |
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Newty. Same one who brought us The Contract On America |
tavalon |
Dec-04-11 07:01 PM |
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They're trying to repeal the child labor laws, IMO. |
gkhouston |
Dec-04-11 07:26 PM |
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Holy fuckamoley: Am I really reading posts by DUers IN FAVOR of unpaid child labor?! |
RandomKoolzip |
Dec-04-11 07:46 PM |
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Or some kid will mix ammonia and bleach, not realizing that those chemicals are |
tblue37 |
Dec-04-11 11:33 PM |
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But it creates a cool fizzing effect... |
Humanist_Activist |
Dec-04-11 11:47 PM |
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My grade school used it preRitalin. We had a blast. It all depends on who and how. n/t |
kickysnana |
Dec-05-11 02:18 AM |
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