You'd think with a 30+ percent dropout rate, that schools would be so farking glad to see ANY kid cross the stage and get a diploma, they wouldn't care if the kid was naked with their hair on fire..

I'm sick of hearing about "failing schools", and that nothing can be done to fix them.

The building doesn't fail. The kids don't fail, intentionally. The teachers don't fail. (well there are always jerks who continue to teach despite years of complaints...another story in and of itself).

PARENTS FAIL by not taking an active interest in their kid's education and discipline.

My wife's sister sees it constantly.

Parents can't even be bothered to show up for counseling sessions, despite the fact that she's willing to stay well after normal hours to accommodate thier schedules.

Parents can't be bothered to properly provide school supplies, despite the list being published months before school starts. (she spends upwards of $300 a school season out of her OWN POCKET just to cover for the lazy farks who can't be bothered to go to Wal-Mart and pick up the $13 worth of stuff their kid will need)

Parents who dump their kids off at school, expecting the teachers to be the primary discipline figure, and who refuse to follow through when there's a serious issue that requires their involvement.

The list could go on and on.

What grade does she teach?

Kindergarten.

Poor kids. Too bad the schools can't enforce detention for being a crappy parent.

My daughter graduated last week from a school system north of Dallas. The week prior, we received a very stern letter from the principal concerning the appropriate dress and behavior that was to be expected from the students and other guests.

However, there was lots of waving and fist pumping as the students walked across the stage.

Oh, the students were also told no cameras or phones, and were herded through a metal detector prior to entering the seating area...

the comments in the yahoo comments section are worse! They mostly support the school. psycho's.

it wasnt by any chance using that funny little "netsend" feature on win98 to send death threats to all administrators on the county network was it?


No, we changed all our grades to 'A+'.

Hey, the teacher said if we could crack her security, she'd give us all a passing grade for the semester.

Yes. We got a passing grade for the semester.

Gecko Gingrich: "I've been an educator for years, and in that time, I've seen a lot of bad eggs. I say 'eggs' because at the high school level we are not dealing with fully-developed individuals. I see a bad egg when I look at your niece. She is a twiddler, a dreamer, a silly heart
and she is a jabberbox. And, frankly, I don't think she takes a thing in her life or her career as a student seriously."


"I don't think I want to know a six-year-old who isn't a dreamer, or a sillyheart. And I sure don't want to know one who takes their student career seriously. I don't have a college degree. I don't even have a job. But I know a good kid when I see one. Because they're ALL good kids, until dried-out, brain-dead skags like you drag them down and convince them they're no good. You so much as scowl at my niece, or any other kid in this school, and I hear about it, and I'm coming looking for you! Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face! Good day to you, madam."



/Classic

Crap...beat to it like three times. First time in a while I didn't scan TFT.

What the hell is wrong with school administrators? Are these yesterday's hippies turned into today's zero tolerence nazis?


Pretty much, yeah. Kinda makes you think, don't it?

What grade were you in then?


Freshman in highschool.

have i mentioned the merits of homeschooling recently?