Where is balance? -- Re: Academic priorities
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From: Charles Shannon Hendrix on 22 May 2005 17:16 ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.folklore.computers.] On 2005-05-04, Larry Elmore <ljelmore_(a)comcast.net> wrote: > A high court in rapidly self-emasculating England has ruled that a > butter-knife is indeed a dangerous offensive weapon... What about: - pencils - pens - protractors - 3 "bladed" rulers - paper cutters (which really are dangerous) - scissors - paper (you can make a fairly good weapon out of paper) Honestly, where do you stop? I have heard of school districts now where baseball bats, golf clubs, and other items are all numbered, checked out, and transported away from the students, and no one is allowed to bring their own. -- shannon "AT" widomaker.com -- ["I want this Perl software checked for viruses. Use Norton Antivirus." -- Charlie Kirkpatrick] ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
From: Charles Shannon Hendrix on 22 May 2005 17:04 ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.folklore.computers.] On 2005-05-02, Steve Richfie1d <Steve(a)NOSPAM.smart-life.net> wrote: > BTW, the original justification for schools was to have a sufficiently > educated electorate to vote intelligently on the issues. In this they > have failed miserably. Depends on who you ask. A lot of people simply wanted well-indoctrinated factory workers. -- shannon "AT" widomaker.com -- ["I want this Perl software checked for viruses. Use Norton Antivirus." -- Charlie Kirkpatrick] ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
From: Charles Shannon Hendrix on 22 May 2005 17:05 ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.folklore.computers.] On 2005-05-02, David Kanter <dkanter(a)gmail.com> wrote: > LOL. I'm in a toastmasters chapter at my work, and I kind of > understand what you mean. I wanted to talk about how stock options are > evil and should be replaced entirely with restricted shares of stock > that cannot be sold until 2-5 years after leaving employment at the > firm in question. However, after a quick look at the audience (lots of > HR folks), I decided that would be extraordinarily career limiting. I don't know... it seems to me that the PHBs would love you for that. -- shannon "AT" widomaker.com -- ["I want this Perl software checked for viruses. Use Norton Antivirus." -- Charlie Kirkpatrick] ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
From: Charles Shannon Hendrix on 22 May 2005 17:13 ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.folklore.computers.] On 2005-05-03, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >>nope; don't see any reason why a student should carry one on school >>grounds, either. > > You've never been on a farm? Or work? No kidding... Then again, I grew up in an urban area, and I still had plenty of use for a knife. What amazes me is the slobbering morons who think that taking these things away will keep everyone save, or that safety is the end goal of life in the first place. What really ticks me off too is this bullcrap about having to be "certified" to carry certain things, as if certification was some kind of magic process which rendered those with it harmless. -- shannon "AT" widomaker.com -- ["I want this Perl software checked for viruses. Use Norton Antivirus." -- Charlie Kirkpatrick] ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
From: Charles Shannon Hendrix on 22 May 2005 17:48
["Followup-To:" header set to alt.folklore.computers.] On 2005-05-05, Andrew Swallow <am.swallow(a)btopenworld.com> wrote: > Screwdrivers are a different matter. The woodwork room should be > equipped with screwdrivers and the children made to return them at the > end of the lesson. So there is no honest reason for children to be > carrying one during the day. Bad reasons include using sharpened > screwdrivers as weapons and sabotaging school desks. There is also not reason *NOT* to carry them. There are very good reasons for not allowing others to make all your decisions for you. There are a lot of things which we don't really need, but have anyway, and a good number of them outside of knives and screwdrivers can be made into weapons. When I was in 7th grade, one girl stabbed another with a hair pin. You want to outlaw them too? Some are more than long enough to reach the heart. -- shannon "AT" widomaker.com -- ["I want this Perl software checked for viruses. Use Norton Antivirus." -- Charlie Kirkpatrick] ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |