Symptoms of Decay, Pt. II
In a comment on an earlier post in which I grouse about a local mom pulling her kids out of school to see "Shrek II," fellow blogger Gator raises a legitimate question:
Which is worse, skipping class, or going to the midnight movie and being sleepy in class?
The difference between Gator's scenario and the one I described earlier is like night and day. Cutting class is a time-honored tradition, dating back to prehistoric times, when Og and his buddies slipped out the back of mastodon-skinning class to ogle the racy new cave drawings. The big difference is that -- in a healthy society -- while skipping the (very) occasional class is a legitimate act of teenaged rebellion, the natural consequences of getting caught are the imposition of extreme sanctions by the parental units.
When parents facilitate the class-skipping, not only are they undermining the importance of education, they are depriving their youngsters of the heady feeling of getting away with something (or the conscience-searing fallout from getting caught).
About the publisher
Random Abbye photos...
Reason #21 to wear shoes in West Texas
From my rooftop, I can see my own mortality
The USPS: We're now 27% more efficient at mangling your mail!
My Favorite Yard Work
Review: The Amazon Kindle
Personal Library Exploration Continues
Tech Support That's Out of This World
Flower and Butterfly
The Season's First Roundup
Recording History
Want a Healthier Mind? Fuggedaboutit!
Redefining a Bust
Thank you...
Farewell to Abbye
The Neighborhood:
West Texas Blogs:
[Midland unless otherwise indicated]
Other Texas Blogs:
The Business:
The Church:
The World:
heh... thanks for not quoting my typo...
Another issue. Here in Plano it is the last week of school. The school day according to reports from my children consist of something like:
wellwewatched monstersink then rewindedit to watch the beginnin again...
Tried to type it the way it sounds. My daughter has passed all the TAKS tests about a month ago, so has qualified for advancement to 4th grade, and one wonders WHY are they in school???
FYI: The Shrek2 expedition for our family will be in the early morning, while the kids do have early release day today and are out of school by noon (legally)... Dad does not have early release, and has a normal workday...
Posted by: Gator at May 21, 2004 11:26 AM