Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Students threatened with punishment for failure to show fealty Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 18:38:39 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 03:38:40 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e84c1e6e0aa90d4a4845ea123e97cfc6"; logging-data="1041299"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/59A7Z3d6cEUiZSBZ7D0IB" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:duklUoqujbpc8WCsTpomW2mHpak= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2717 On 5/9/2024 12:35 PM, 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 And I just read a report about Russian students being punished for not "volunteering" to work in defense industry factories.... -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.