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No. of Recommendations: 8
As more information is released about the shooting in Iowa, the identify of the child actually killed was released. The child was an eleven year-old sixth grader. An eleven year-old SIXTH GRADER shot in a HIGH SCHOOL.
What's wrong with this picture?
Perry has a population of about 7800 and the district serves about 1785 students across all grades. The elementary school is a distinct campus but the middle school and high school are co-located at the same address but with separate buildings. The shooting took place around the cafeteria as a special program concluded before regular class that overlapped breakfast served in the cafeteria for all grades. I presume that many smaller, rural districts cannot afford separate school facilities if the district only has a few hundred students total. However there is NO WAY that sixth graders should be mixing with eighteen year olds on a daily basis in a modern American school environment.
I was always under the impression growing up that junior and senior high schools were kept separate to delay the age at which kids were around other kids who could drive. Proximity to other kids who have access to a vehicle vastly expands the variety, quantity and depth of dangers to which kids are exposed. And that was a 1970s / 1980s assumption on my part. I wasn't under the impression I had active meth dealers or people with access to automatic weapons at my school.
Other aspects of the recent updates imply that the shooter was bullied since elementary school, though other students had made efforts to befriend him. What a toxic, "Lord of the Flies" environment to dunk kids in while trying to educate them. It's no wonder generation after generation of defective citizenry are emerging each May. We probably are seeing graduating classes with at least 20% PTSD symptoms.
WTH
No. of Recommendations: 3
We probably are seeing graduating classes with at least 20% PTSD symptoms. - WTH,?I>
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But not from Charter or Private schools. Dem platform.... we need to get rid of charter schools and parent should be denied school choice.
No. of Recommendations: 4
bighairymike: But not from Charter or Private schools. Dem platform.... we need to get rid of charter schools and parent should be denied school choice.
You're a well of misinformation.
In research conducted by the University of Northern Iowa ScholarWorks, they found that 59.9% of students polled say they haven’t been bullied in the past couple of months. 5.8% of the students say it happened 2 or 3 times a month. 6.3% claim that they get bullied once a week. Finally, 23.7% stated they have only been bullied only one or two times.
By comparison, 59.3% of private school children say they haven’t been bullied in the past few months while 28.9% say they’ve been bullied a couple of times over the past few months. 4.9% of private school children state that they’ve been bullied once a week.
No. of Recommendations: 2
By comparison, 59.3% of private school children say they haven’t been bullied in the past few months while 28.9% say they’ve been bullied a couple of times over the past few months. 4.9% of private school children state that they’ve been bullied once a week. - co
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Well, all I can say is thank goodness we have the progressives with the help of the teachers unions and their massive member funded contributions to understanding politicians who keep kids captive in under performing public schools and not be exposed to the dangers resulting from naive parents sending their kids to the private schools.
No. of Recommendations: 3
<You're (BHM) a well of misinformation.>
100%. It's kinda become the GOPs thing.
Maybe we could rename this board?...
How about: Misinformed righties get schooled on a daily.
