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Deborah:
***That's good to know! I wonder how many kids know it? Maybe it would be worthwhile to make sure school counselors and other people who may have a chance to intervene know all about these programs and will be willing to make sure the kids know of this way out.
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Now this is interesting. First thought- Why don't schools teach teens what their rights are?  

They certainly pass out a handbook or hold an assembly at the beginning of the year to inform them of which behaviors are misdemeanors or felonies- most in the audience don't even know the meaning of those words much less the potential consequences.

My guess is that there are only a handful of school officials/ counselors who would protect teens in this area or educate them with anything useful. The majority operate much like programs-set unreasitic rules and policies and punish, expell, then refer to outside sources. I'm sure there are some who would set up isolation rooms, use restraint, limited calories if they could get away with it.

A high school I'm familiar with had 1500-2000 students and was very much like a program. Did not have adequate lockers for the number of students enrolled- many shared or carried all their books. Gave two minutes to get across a campus larger than some jr colleges. Twenty minutes for lunch- most opted to skip lunch, would rather spend a few minutes socializing. They've got the teens rushed and busy every second they're on campus, have police strolling and biking around the campus, staff with walkie talkies, severe consequences for minor infractions. Felt like a prison without walls. This was not a slum, but a new school in a very middle class neighborhood.

Froderik:
All in all they were all just bricks in the wall. Sorry, I'm in kind of a dark mood right now. I dropped out of the 10th grade not because of drugs, but because I thought that SCHOOL SUCKED! There, I said it... :grin:

FaceKhan:
School does suck. I hated it for 10 years and finally got the fuck out and went to college early and did some unschooling.

The GED is the easiest test in the world. Everyone should take it every year starting in 6th grade and if they pass then they are graduated out of the government school bullshit and can get on with their lives.

Antigen:

--- Quote ---On 2003-11-02 16:30:00, Deborah wrote:

Now this is interesting. First thought- Why don't schools teach teens what their rights are?

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Deborah, you answered your own question. If they actually taught kids about their rights, the kids might not so readily go along with waiving their rights every day by setting foot on campus.
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't.
-- Anonymous

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Anonymous:
The suckosity of government schools is a big reason why we home school.

Why would I want my kid to grow accustomed to knuckling under to that kind of bureaucratic crap?  I want her to learn the three R's, history, science, and the extracurriculars she's interested in and enjoys.  I don't want her to learn not to have a backbone.

 :wave:

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