So, your job is to educate the students.. and you fail at your job, so you resort to hitting the students.. WHAT??!!
The United States is the ONLY Industrialized country in the WORLD to ALLOW Corporal Punishment in School.
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We get a lot of garbage coming out of Texas, but this is perhaps the worst yet. A high school cheerleader was punished after she refused to cheer the name of the guy who raped her.
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| Installation by DetentionSlip.org founder Anthony David Adams entitled "Leave Them Kids Alone" at Reform School in New York City. Vegan belts provided by Truth Belts out of Canada, laser etching by PRPLMNT out of Brooklyn. |
When asked why he didn't send his daughters to a public school in DC he fumbles..
In one breath he says DC schools aren't up to par. Then he says that there are individual good public schools in DC and in every city in the country. Then he says its hard to get into such schools, due to lotteries, etc. Then he says "given his position" he could get his girls into any school. Then he sort of mumbles about how all schools need to be better and that DC schools aren't there yet.
Don't you think that just by virtue of the President putting his kids in public school they would step it up? Put faith in the Public School system.
Should people in positions of power and privileged use the public school system? Should politicians?
What a cool project to do with your kids. We've seen a similar set up before, but I think this is the first we've seen of an HD camera being sent up.
Again, these types of things can be put together for a few hundred bucks -- what an AMAZING science project for a classroom to do.
Have the kids each sign a small contract saying they will explore the world through science, and send the contract to space! Frame them up and give the kids a great souvenir that will be sure to motivate them to keep science in their future.
A student is being banned from escorting his date to Homecoming because he has... wait for it... DREADLOCKS!
The school has no written policy that says students can't have dreadlocks, however the superintendent claims that it has been an unwritten rule.
Watch the interview With Urban Word NYC Executive Director, Michael Cirelli
DetentionSlip.org had a chance to catch up with Michael Cirelli, Executive Director of Urban Word NYC. Urban Word is a non-profit organization that empowers and transforms students through spoken word poetry. Their unique approach has won them numerous awards, and they've been the subject of an HBO feature.
Urban Word is based in New York City, but Executive Director Micheal Cirelli has developed a product for educators who want to bring the power of Poetry to the classroom. If you aren't using poetry in your classroom (or you are and want to take it to the next level), check out http://www.theBookJam.com to learn more about the Poetry Jam and how you (or your child's) school can take advantage of this amazing new curriculum.
Dear Texas,
Can you please join the rest of the developed world and adopt a ban on Corporal Punishment in your schools?
Thanks,
The Rest of the World
P.S. In case you didn't hear - one of your 2nd grade teachers thought it would be a good idea to let the kids beat each other as a form of corporal punishment. Of course, if should be pointed out, the federal government allows this sort of thing, as we are the only country in the developed world to lack a ban on corporal punishment.
