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Avalux

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2. For profit prisons and a need to fill them up to make a profit.

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:00 PM

Nov 2012

Along similar lines, reminds me of my daughter's first grade teacher, telling me she was ADD but had a psychiatrist friend who would see her and prescribe meds to 'calm her down'. I laughed in her face, and wondered how many parents she convinced so her friend could make money, and she wouldn't have to deal with a precocious 6 year old.

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Don’t Let Your Six-Year-Old Fart in the Classroom, or He’ll Be Thrown in Jail [View all] riqster Nov 2012 OP

6 year old? SoapBox Nov 2012 #1

They need to file a lawsuit for false arrest. LiberalFighter Nov 2012 #5

For profit prisons and a need to fill them up to make a profit. Avalux Nov 2012 #2

Charcoal drawers for everyone!!!! MADem Nov 2012 #3

Damn, not to be too crude, but... Hayabusa Nov 2012 #4

I'd be on Death Row, for the same offense. riqster Nov 2012 #6

It was something in the cafeteria food, Hayabusa Nov 2012 #7

Why didn't I think of that back then? riqster Nov 2012 #8