Originally posted by 99SESPORT:
Originally posted by chemguru:
I think year 'round school is a great idea (now that I'm out, heh...). But, I think each state should enforce the switch at once (similar to the quarter -> semester conversion in Georgia colleges in 99.) This way, afterschool care (day-cares, kid camps {summer camps,etc}, and the like) can all be setup to coincide with the cutover. Also, employers would be able to draft changes to assist parents with time off and such.

I dunno... Most of the above conversations seem to stem from "think of the kids/teachers/administrators". I just think that THEY (school board system) need to take into account the parents.

--JamesT



DON'T GET FREAKIN' PREGNANT THEN! That's an easy way to solve this problem...

Dude, this is such an uneducated statement. "Oh, it's all about the parents and how they feel." ME, ME, ME, ME...Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....

The parents were the one "responsible" enough to get knocked up, the parents were the one "responsible" enough to bear the children, and the parents are the ones who should be "responsible" to raise the kids. I guess we as Americans should be SO lucky as to have a system where we take all the responsibility off the responsible parties for the kids and place it on somebody elses shoulders. Man, what a great way to live.

Just imagine...A world of no responsibility for that which you have brought into this world...

Oh, you wanna work 90 hours per week? Oh, both of you? Okay, just give the kids to us. Let us raise your kids. We'll teach them "EVERYTHING" they need to know, you just feed them in the evening and make sure they have clothes on their backs. Oh, and guess what, you don't even have to be there when they get home. No, please, in fact we would rather you not be there so the only direction they get during the day is SOMEBODY ELSES direction, and not yours. In fact, we'll even have afterschool activities that you don't have to even be involved in. Oh, by the way, your kid was doing wonderful in school today...Oh, you put him to bed last night? I'm sure he'll love you for that when he's 25 and the only thing he knows is an institutionalized lifestyle where he goes to work 16 hours a day, comes home, goes to bed and gets up in the morning and does it all over again. This couldn't possibly hurt the child in any form or fashion. Even if it does, YOU AREN'T RESPONSIBLE!!! So, give us yours kids. We'll indoctrinate them, not give them any one on one attention, ignore them most of the day, fill their mind with gobbly gook, and then send them home to you completely confused on what they are supposed to believe and how they are to live their lives.



It's a sad sad world where parents relinquish responsibility to raise their kids and give it to somebody else. What a HORRIBLE way to raise a generation. What happened to the parents being the "Just say no" teachers or the "it's dangerous to drink and drive" teachers or the "sex education" teachers or the "RESPONSIBLE PARTIES"!! Man, it makes me sick...


Feel better? BTW, you completely missed the point of chemguru's post.

-- 1999 SVT #220 -- In retrospect, it was all downhill from here. RIP, CEG.