To quote Kit: Jesus H tap-dancing Buddha on a bicycle. I'm sorry, when did children suddenly become political beings? Kids are kids; they should not be used as socio-political pawns or be taught coloring a fairy in a coloring book purple is wrong or taught economic theory or that they can scream and get their way on a national level (like that stupid girl who goes to American Idol tapings).
I'm sick to death of kids not being able to be kids. I saw classmates have nervous breakdowns right after high school graduation because they barely slept for four years, between sports and schoolwork and theatre and jobs and gods know what else. I'm sick of parents counting on teachers to raise their kids and those teachers starting shit like this. Yes, structured time is important - that's how kids learn to do things like pay attention. But don't structure every single thing they do! Don't drug them into sitting still and claim it's because they have a disease! Quit throwing drugs and band-aids at the problem and actually fucking teach the
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I'm sick to death of kids not being able to be kids. I saw classmates have nervous breakdowns right after high school graduation because they barely slept for four years, between sports and schoolwork and theatre and jobs and gods know what else. I'm sick of parents counting on teachers to raise their kids and those teachers starting shit like this. Yes, structured time is important - that's how kids learn to do things like pay attention. But don't structure every single thing they do! Don't drug them into sitting still and claim it's because they have a disease! Quit throwing drugs and band-aids at the problem and actually fucking teach the ( ... )
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