That settles it. I swear, if I ever have kids, I'm home-schooling. No way in hell should a *school* be allowed to conduct strip searches on kids. No fucking way. If the kid's crime is sufficiently serious that a strip search needs to be conducted, obviously it needs to be handed over to law enforcement, who have appropriate procedures in place (and can be sued for wrongful arrest if the case is flimsy and they were being stupid).
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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WindSparrow - Apr 22, 2009 4:29:06 am PDT #7460 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Sparky1 - Apr 22, 2009 4:40:18 am PDT #7461 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
I swear that Dahlia's humor is the only thing that gets me through some of the opinions coming out of the Court. I know that I am not alone.
It's parents, I think, who will have to band together and effectively overrule the Court here and push to create policies in the school districts that dictate what happens to their children and when, instead of leaving those decisions in the hands of administrators.
Jessica - Apr 22, 2009 4:40:21 am PDT #7462 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That settles it. I swear, if I ever have kids, I'm home-schooling.
Sure, because the best solution to fixing the problems with our public school system is for all the parents with other options to pull their kids out of it.
t /kneejerk
Barb - Apr 22, 2009 4:47:28 am PDT #7463 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Math people, I have a statistics/averages type question that's too much for my addled brain. Say you have a contest with five finalists and the method of scoring the finalists is assigning a simple 1-5 ranking.
Nine judges give a contestant a #1 ranking, the other three give a #5. How do I go about figuring out the average for that contestant? I'm probably making this more complicated than it needs to be in my head.
§ ita § - Apr 22, 2009 4:47:36 am PDT #7464 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
because the best solution to fixing the problems with our public school system is for all the parents with other options to pull their kids out of it
In other arenas, that would be leverage. Shame that with stakes so damned high it's not.
Barb - Apr 22, 2009 4:48:45 am PDT #7465 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Sure, because the best solution to fixing the problems with our public school system is for all the parents with other options to pull their kids out of it.
Fighting a public school system can be emotionally draining, not just for the parents, but more importantly, for the student who's being directly affected by it.
Sometimes, pulling them out is the best solution.
Signed, former public school teacher and homeschooler.
§ ita § - Apr 22, 2009 4:48:51 am PDT #7466 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nine judges give a contestant a #1 ranking, the other three give a #5. How do I go about figuring out the average for that contestant?
((9 x 1) + (3 x 5))/9.
Barb - Apr 22, 2009 4:49:33 am PDT #7467 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Okay. I was making it more complicated. Thanks, ita.
Sparky1 - Apr 22, 2009 4:51:41 am PDT #7468 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
I have the same kneejerk reaction when I hear this from people, and, also, "teaching is hard - what makes you think you'll be good at it?" It's because I come from a family with a lot of professional teachers, I think, that it gets my back up when people assume anyone can do it.
Andi, you should be outraged at the questions at oral argument, yesterday. Just how the opinion will be written, and where they'll draw the lines remains to be seen. But RBG's dissent should be a thing of beauty.
lisah - Apr 22, 2009 5:01:55 am PDT #7469 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
"teaching is hard - what makes you think you'll be good at it?" It's because I come from a family with a lot of professional teachers, I think, that it gets my back up when people assume anyone can do it.
Oh, yeah, that is maddening! My sister-in-law, who is a 2nd grade teacher, home schooled my older niece for a year when niece was 6ish and she had a rough time of it. Just being together alone day in and day out took a toll.