So now it's fixed. Nothing to see here.

\that makes me suspect that the web person over at MaineToday.com may be a TF'er.

"This is only, like, my ninth day. It's really hard sometimes," said Anna Laprise, a fourth-grader who expected it would take more than one complaint-free stretch to break the habit.

Erm, FAIL?

FTFA: There are plenty of things in an elementary school student's life that can be irksome: a sister playing her flute too loudly; an overcooked burger; an untimely request to walk the dog; or a shoelace that's become untied.

When would anyone ever complain about an untied shoelace? "I hate how bad I am at tying shoes! Why do you have to be so stupid, self?"

WE'RE NOT GOING TO PROTEST! WE'RE NOT GOING TO PROTEST! GUTTER IS A TOOL!

turkey_baster: "This is only, like, my ninth day. It's really hard sometimes," said Anna Laprise, a fourth-grader who expected it would take more than one complaint-free stretch to break the habit.

Erm, FAIL?

Came to say this

Boy, This purple thing on my wrist is a pain.

Bill Geist did a piece on CBS Sunday Morning last week about the church that started these wristbands. I think only 3 or 4 people in their congregation managed to go 21 days so far.

An overcooked burger?

Kids get to specify the doneness of their burgers now? I was lucky if school cafeteria burgers had actual meat in them, let alone the quality of the cooking method.

/spoiled. brats.

Shut up and pay the damn tea tax

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No. No, you don't. It was displaying fine until it redirected me to your stupid error page. It got me to fix scriptblocker so that it doesn't do that anymore, so I guess it helped me a little...

That's right. Teach those kids to bottle up their emotions early.

Yes, lets teach the little ones that its bad to vocalize the problems they see.

Just squeeze that nugget of dissent into a tiny ball and push it deep down into your belly until it builds up and explodes at an appropriate time and place.

"There are plenty of things in an elementary school student's life that can be irksome: a sister playing her flute too loudly; an overcooked burger; an untimely request to walk the dog; or a shoelace that's become untied."

It's pretty sad when your life sucks so badly that you get off by insulting 4th graders. And I'm pretty sure that some of these kids could have abusive or divorcing parents, not know if they're going to have dinner that night because they're so poor, or get in a car accident.

It's easy to demonize complainers, but the heart of democracy is the complaint.

tiamet4: That's right. Teach those kids to bottle up their emotions early.

You beat me because of my vanity!!!!

sounds like a good time to be a bully

Childrens, we don't want to hear your biatchin. Please bottle it up real tight.


/Set the count down to taking out half your school mates in a blind rage, say, in 10 years...9 years, 364 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes...

wo, future hottie in the back row.

/bannination ?

Oh good. Not only to we break their spirit and drive off any hint of individuality and creativity, now we get to make a game out of them being absolutely complacent to inane requests made by their masters.

Lets condition them to never express their discontent. Perhaps we should start at a young age? It'll make them far easier to control when they grow to be nice, obedient, tax-paying members of the workforce.

Z_since_1516: Yes, lets teach the little ones that its bad to vocalize the problems they see.

Just squeeze that nugget of dissent into a tiny ball and push it deep down into your belly until it builds up and explodes at an appropriate time and place.

Yeah didn't they try that in Virginia Tech a while back?



/Yeah, I went there

plywoodjungle: sounds like a good time to be a bully

You griefer!

turkey_baster: "This is only, like, my ninth day. It's really hard sometimes," said Anna Laprise, a fourth-grader who expected it would take more than one complaint-free stretch to break the habit.

Erm, FAIL?

This.

/And, wait until they hear how many snow days they have to make-up. //!%$#@$! indeed.

monsieurstabby: "There are plenty of things in an elementary school student's life that can be irksome: a sister playing her flute too loudly; an overcooked burger; an untimely request to walk the dog; or a shoelace that's become untied."

It's pretty sad when your life sucks so badly that you get off by insulting 4th graders. And I'm pretty sure that some of these kids could have abusive or divorcing parents, not know if they're going to have dinner that night because they're so poor, or get in a car accident.

Nonsense! These are Maine children, not children of some third-world plague pit like New Jersey.

Ah, Maine, where maple syrup grows on trees, McDonalds has lobstah on the menu and the streets, if not paved with gold, at least have a liberal coating if cow manure.

Feel free to insult the privileged little Mainelings.

The complacent are always easier to govern.

STOP COMPLAINING

"Do we have to?!?"

A lot of bitter paranoids in this thread. Dissent for the sake of dissent is no more productive nor democratic than sillence. So stop biatching and do something usefull.

This purple bracelet keeps pulling the hair on my arm.

FTFA:Third-grade teacher Martha Spencer introduced the idea to Raymond Elementary. She was on the treadmill when she saw a segment on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

There's the problem

What the fark is so bad about complaining? Sure, "I have too many awesome video games, I don't have time to play all the ones I like" deserves a paddlin' but "You want us all to play some pointless mindgame you saw on farking OPRAH?" should be encouraged and rewarded.

Happy happy, joy joy.

I think a bunch of people are mistaking 'complaints' with 'statements of fact'.

The girl saying going even 9 days isnt easy was stating a fact.

Anyway, just came to say that I think this should be done in a lot more places. Teach kids to fix their own problems before they air them.

/likes Maine culture
//way life should be

I'd really like to get this started at my school. But I know that I won't even make it 10 minutes without complaining about something or other.

Man: I want to complain.

Complainer: You want to complain! Look at these shoes. I've only had them three weeks and the heels are worn right through.

Man: No, I want to complain about...

Complainer: If you complain nothing happens, you might as well not bother.

Man: Oh!

Complainer: Oh my back hurts, it's not a very fine day and I'm sick and tired of this office.

tiamet4: That's right. Teach those kids to bottle up their emotions early.

^this.

Whining is bad. I can think of a ton of instances when complaining is perfectly acceptable and should be done.

Stop turning the kids into cattle.

Before the "Pro-child" fans chime in I have to ask..

Have you ever seen a child really hit with a text book?

I mean a child being taught with loving force.

Just wondering...

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/Not that I'm complaining.

Had a better solution to whining.

/$5
//obscure?

eKonk: Had a better solution to whining.

/$5
//obscure?

Chris LeDoux FTW!

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/Not that I'm complaining.

Same here, and I'm not blocking the site with noscript. That's some good coding there.

alacy52: eKonk: Had a better solution to whining.

/$5
//obscure?

Chris LeDoux FTW!

I knew nothing was obscure on Fark. I just didn't know I'd get called on it that quickly.

/+1 to you, for what it's worth

TheSwissNavy: wo, future hottie in the back row.

Why don't you have a seat right over there...

monsieurstabby: "There are plenty of things in an elementary school student's life that can be irksome: a sister playing her flute too loudly; an overcooked burger; an untimely request to walk the dog; or a shoelace that's become untied."

It's pretty sad when your life sucks so badly that you get off by insulting 4th graders. And I'm pretty sure that some of these kids could have abusive or divorcing parents, not know if they're going to have dinner that night because they're so poor, or get in a car accident.

"World comes to end. Women and children most affected."

"Mommy, my home-room teacher touched me in my private areas. I didn't like it at all-"

"STOP COMPLAINING OR YOU'LL HAVE TO START COUNTING ALL OVER AGAIN!"

dexaline: I think a bunch of people are mistaking 'complaints' with 'statements of fact'.

The girl saying going even 9 days isnt easy was stating a fact.

Anyway, just came to say that I think this should be done in a lot more places. Teach kids to fix their own problems before they air them.

/likes Maine culture
//way life should be

EVERY ONE of my complaints is a "statement of fact". When I say I'm sick & tired of hearing you whiners, I am simply stating the FACT the I am sick & tired of hearing you whiners.

Oww. This Q-Tip only has one swab.

/seriously
/didn't really stick it in my ear

Our counry is built on complaining.

If we never complained we would all be British

Well... at least in the US. Some of you still are British.