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11-21-2009
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Subject: One Good Dose of Compulsion Deserves Another
Once you cross over the line by imposing mandatory education on
children, you transform schools into prisons, with all of the
associated problem that entails. Here is a short article that
appeared on the website All
Voices which is interesting for some of the selected follow
up comments by parents and community members.
School Wants Parents To Pay For Childrens Detention
Nutley,N.J. — A New Jersey school district wants parents
to pay for their childrens punishment.
It's a proposal that has some parents up-in-arms!
Two board members are sponsoring the plan that would target
students who are habitually sent to detention.
A police lieutenant,said [sic] the proposal would save
the district $10,000 a year and force parents to be responsible
for their kids.
Some state educators call the plan a violation of New Jersey's
constitution.
Nutley officials said they'll look at community service for
kids if the plan doesn't go through.
Comments:
- What type of nutcake politican [sic] thinks that
parents have money for paying for their kids detention
stay during a recession?
- I think this is an unfair new proposal. It will help
ruin the parents' relationship with their kids.
- I actually like this idea. The parents are responsible
for teaching their children how to act with some type
of discipline in public.
- What is there to pay for? the teacher just sits there
in a room with a bunch of ne'er do wells. No reason
for pay that i can see. [sic]
- I think the community service option is more viable.
In times like these we all need our money. Parents
are responsible for their children, but it will teach
the child more in the long run to give them community
service hours instead of just sitting in a classroom
for 30 minutes.
- School should be free and not cost any more
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Never is it questioned by anyone that schools should not be a detention
camp for troubled youth. Of course, if school attendance was not
forced upon these kids, then only the ones who wished to get an
education would attend and would not have their education disrupted
by troublemakers who demonstrate that they refuse to learn.
I also like how the school is considering "community service"
as a punishment for students who misbehave. I wonder what message
that sends to other students who are forced to perform community
service as a mandatory requirement for their graduation. Will it
be obviously clear that their community service is a "good
thing" and not some form of punishment as well? Oh who cares. After
the education that they are receiving, I'm sure that few of them
will ever think to even ask the question.
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