Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FPP Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Students threatened with punishment for failure to show fealty Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 07:30:19 -0400 Organization: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn. Lines: 71 Message-ID: References: <448751180.736982193.230298.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <975067278.737020732.544377.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Reply-To: fredp1571@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 13:30:19 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="69cc33d5232da1f74aef693f13b8593d"; logging-data="2120612"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/7eFcpSpj00Keu+hgLo9mh" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:YhnSF5R97OLlvhdxkz0js0pYGyQ= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4909 On 5/10/24 3:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > moviePig wrote: >> On 5/10/2024 1:56 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> anim8rfsk wrote: >>>> moviePig wrote: >>>>> On 5/9/2024 5:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: >>>>>> Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>>>>>> In San Diego, the school district superintendant was upset because >>>>>>> certain students didn't clap loudly enough to satisfy her when her >>>>>>> daughter received an award. I believe this was May 2023. She identified >>>>>>> certain students who hadn't clapped loudly enough then threatened them >>>>>>> with punishment like being unable to attend their own graduation >>>>>>> ceremonies. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The kids aren't morons. It's possible they thought the award was >>>>>>> specious or that the award was given with undue influence. You kind of >>>>>>> have to feel sorry for the daughter and the kind of unwanted attention >>>>>>> she received from her fellow classmates and even teachers, just for >>>>>>> being the daughter of the superintendant and that her mother was >>>>>>> interfering inappropriately in her life. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm sure I learned at some point -- possibly in school -- that America >>>>>>> had fought the Revolutionary War for the express purpose of not being >>>>>>> required to show fealty as we no longer recognized the King of England >>>>>>> as our ruler and wanted to have a republic. No school superintendant is >>>>>>> allowed to fill in the fealty gap and require that it be shown to her. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The board of education finally addressed the issue in November 2023, had >>>>>>> a report prepared (likely at great expense), then fired the >>>>>>> superintendant in April 2024. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Steve Lehto video >>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0_jLbfdOak >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Why the hell are they protecting her and keeping her name quiet? >>>>>> >>>>>> https://nypost.com/2024/05/04/us-news/california-school-boss-fired-over-clapping-scandal/amp/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Marian Kim Phelps. A San Diego-area school district superintendent was >>>>>> fired this week, nearly a year after students alleged she threatened to ban >>>>>> them from graduation ceremonies after they inadequately applauded her >>>>>> daughter at a banquet. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRCy7-Wm08P5eo8FMiXG5F7ie1f9bKLC4NvOauUts0D5w&s >>>>>> >>>>>> https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1o0mvT.img?w=768&h=592&m=6&x=444&y=507&s=447&d=447 >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/pomerado-news/opinion/editorial/back-to-school/story/2021-01-14/back-to-school-celebrating-the-new-year-with-old-traditions >>>>>> >>>>> She threatened to ban them from graduation unless they what? >>>>> >>>> I wondered that myself. It’s not like they were likely to get a redo. >>> >>> She wanted them to sign a form acknowledging that they'd behaved like >>> bullies. No form, no graduation. >> >> I can't tell if this is real, or sarcasm... > > It's what was in the news report I read. > Judging by your reading skills here, I'm sure you got it wrong. -- "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind." - OC Bible 25B.G. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek8kap93bmk0q5w/D%20U%20N%20E%20Part%20II.jpg?dl=0 Gracie, age 6. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0es3xolxka455iw/BetterThingsToDo.jpg?dl=0