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defrogMeanwhile, deep in the heart of darkest America (i.e. Aurora, CO):
For the record, I don’t think the kid should have been suspended. I’ve said before that dress codes are bullshit, to include banning t-shirts, and that applies regardless of where you sit on the political spectrum.
However, there’s two bigger things here that don’t seem to be getting as much attention but probably should:
1. Parents pushing ignorance and prejudice onto their kids.
2. Schools pushing patriotism on students.
This is an argument I’ll never win, I know, but I’ve never liked “Show Yr Patriotism” days (or whatever they’re called now) in schools. I don’t care if yr a fifth-grader or a grown person: dressing up in national colors doesn’t make you any more patriotic than pledging allegiance to a flag by rote memory. But then I’ve been known to quote George Bernard Shaw, so I would say that, wouldn’t I?
As for Dad teaching his son that Obama is teh terrorz ... well, I can’t add to what I’ve already said about the tendency of adults to push their prejudices, politics and religious views onto their kids.
Back to school,
This is dF
For the record, I don’t think the kid should have been suspended. I’ve said before that dress codes are bullshit, to include banning t-shirts, and that applies regardless of where you sit on the political spectrum.
However, there’s two bigger things here that don’t seem to be getting as much attention but probably should:
1. Parents pushing ignorance and prejudice onto their kids.
2. Schools pushing patriotism on students.
This is an argument I’ll never win, I know, but I’ve never liked “Show Yr Patriotism” days (or whatever they’re called now) in schools. I don’t care if yr a fifth-grader or a grown person: dressing up in national colors doesn’t make you any more patriotic than pledging allegiance to a flag by rote memory. But then I’ve been known to quote George Bernard Shaw, so I would say that, wouldn’t I?
As for Dad teaching his son that Obama is teh terrorz ... well, I can’t add to what I’ve already said about the tendency of adults to push their prejudices, politics and religious views onto their kids.
Back to school,
This is dF
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on 2008-09-25 08:28 am (UTC)