Path: Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 17:56:20 +0000 User-Agent: NewsTap/5.3.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Students threatened with punishment for failure to show fealty Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: BTR1701 References: <448751180.736982193.230298.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <975067278.737020732.544377.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 17:56:20 +0000 Lines: 53 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-FZiBQm5TFpmX+3sSGWJDHzvXaXYycZo6brEfmfR2vPBw8hVHm6dShlVu8eag8wFlAbUyMDeohslbeNd!coe3Kou4TJL8rdDVb5kdjzcXLE52ArlvW0vILLHEuNmvi8DyxKqQK4st07bJiY5kZvT6anJQXA== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 4029 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.