Gentleman Shmupper

Member 848

Level 30.62

Mar 2006

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Jun 20, 2007, 04:42 PM
Local time: Jun 20, 2007, 03:42 PM
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Principals and school officials want to avoid more Columbine scenarios. Nothing wrong with this attitude. However, they do so in a lazy, stopgap way that requires no real thought or effort. Rather than actually have competent school counselors, or look into whether a child is just expressing the typical teenaged angst, or anything that requires judgement on a case-by-case basis so that everyone gets the sort of attention they need, they throw down a blind catch-all policy that punishes innocent expressions while without really being vigilant for the warning signs of a troubled child.
It's so the school system looks like they're doing all they can to "keep your children safe", without being assed to actually do so. It's the same with any governmental institution. Airline security, for example. The problem is that schools just are not being held accountable for their laziness, I think partly because moms are just as lazy. They don't want to think, they just want a security blanket to wrap themselves in and feel like they're safe from all the scary boogeymen out there.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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