Private schools

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I think we were allowed using the vending machines in the lunchroom, but not at lunchtime.

[John Dibble]

I think we were allowed using the vending machines in the lunchroom, but not at lunchtime.

Ok, now you were oppressed, lol. The most oppressive thing about my school was the dress code - standard fair, except you couldn't have any piercings(except ears for girls) or dye your hair an unnatural color, not that I used these things but I still think the rules were dumb.

[JohnFKennedy]

I think we were allowed using the vending machines in the lunchroom, but not at lunchtime.

Ok, now you were oppressed, lol. The most oppressive thing about my school was the dress code - standard fair, except you couldn't have any piercings(except ears for girls) or dye your hair an unnatural color, not that I used these things but I still think the rules were dumb.

We have those same rules, I wonder what they would actually do if I turned up with pink hair with blue polka-dots *wanders off muttering* now there's a thought. .

[John Dibble]

I think we were allowed using the vending machines in the lunchroom, but not at lunchtime.

Ok, now you were oppressed, lol. The most oppressive thing about my school was the dress code - standard fair, except you couldn't have any piercings(except ears for girls) or dye your hair an unnatural color, not that I used these things but I still think the rules were dumb.

We have those same rules, I wonder what they would actually do if I turned up with pink hair with blue polka-dots *wanders off muttering* now there's a thought. .

At my school they'd just send you home.

[??????????]

Most schools have mandatory student IDs the kids have to carry at all times.  Mine had mandatory IDs that were also lunch cards, and the school had cameras.

I never attended a public school that had any of this. I'm sure they have it now, but 20 years ago we had a lot more freedom. A LOT[/i] more!

After Columbine security got a lot tougher. Kids don't have as many freedoms as they should.

How much freedom should children really have? I mean they are only children. When you have children you will understand that giving children to much freedom is a very bad idea.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I mean they are only children.

"Only children." The usual B.S.

Yeah, they're "only children." They'll never be worth anything, you seem to be saying.

[??????????]

I mean they are only children.

"Only children." The usual B.S.

Yeah, they're "only children." They'll never be worth anything, you seem to be saying.

[??????????]

I mean they are only children.

"Only children." The usual B.S.

Yeah, they're "only children." They'll never be worth anything, you seem to be saying.

Now lets not put words into my mouth please. What I am saying is children under the age of 18 do not have the same legal rights as those past that age. Children should be slightly protected from the outside world yet they still should be shown how rough the world is. My opinion is children are growing up far to soon.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

The Constitution doesn't say the Bill of Rights doesn't apply if you're under 18.

America needs to stop treating children like property.

[??????????]

The Constitution doesn't say the Bill of Rights doesn't apply if you're under 18.

America needs to stop treating children like property.

Children aren't property but they certainly are supposed to respect their parents.

[Posterity]

Private schools absolutely should NOT be banned.  Parents have every right to enroll their children in a school that teaches what the parents think is important.  I shudder at the thought of giving the government an absolute monopoly on education.

And if it's the public school system that is teaching kids to believe that individual choice must be eradicated for the sake of the common good, then it is the public school system that must be banned.  Yes, we live in an inter-dependent society, but individual choice plays an important role in maintaining a civil society and provides the impetus for innovation and the progressive improvement of society.

[John Dibble]

The Constitution doesn't say the Bill of Rights doesn't apply if you're under 18.

America needs to stop treating children like property.

So, you are saying that a five year old has the right to bear arms then? The right to own a gun and form militias?