Monday, February 21, 2005

Curses! Foiled again...

More on profanity…no, I’m not preaching again. But, when I told my granddaughter that I didn’t care for the Daly Show because of the profanity, she told me that I hadn’t heard anything; that it started in elementary school and only grew worse as the children grew older.

So I was happy to learn about the method used at the local school (K-8…where Laurae works) to discourage that kind of language. They use detention as the punishment for foul language. So? You say?…well, it’s detention with a twist. First, the student has to call home and tell their mother exactly what it was that they said. Then they have to spend a full day in a small workroom adjacent to the cafeteria. Here their work is brought to them and they are only allowed to use the bathroom and go to lunch. What’s interesting about this room is the fact that it has full length windows all across the front of it and everyone in school passes by this room. No hiding in there! And it’s only used for one purpose, so everyone knows why the unlucky occupant is in there.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:00 PM

    Kudos to the small school system that is able to handle children in a much more unique way; but sad for the administrators that have to accept yet another job that should have been left up to the parents (perhaps the title of "teacher" should be thrown out for the more appropriate "pseudo-parent") . Unfortunately, despite the good intentions of the school, these children will continue to use these words, as they use them not to express the vulgar ideas that they mean, but as a slang of the younger generation (which screams, "look at me, I need attention!"). Though the school has won this battle, they will ultimately lose the war. The profanity leeks to the movie theatres, the mall, the high school basketball games... what do we do? The most profanity I have seen used by a young child was at a Champion Christian high school game, right before she hurled a handful of skittles at the visiting team's crowd screaming "Go home!" and giggling with her friends. Is there any hope for the future? - Shannon

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  2. Hope for the future? You bet! And you're it...I have all the faith in the world in you.

    There is an old saying..."It's always darkest before the dawn"

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