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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 02:17 AM
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Interview with Ana Kasparian on laws targeting parents not going to conferences/allowing truancy
 
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Raoul Donating Member (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 07:42 AM
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1. Oh pulleezze give me a
fucking break from these assholes will ya? Lock up parents? You can't because they're either working 6 jobs to make ends meet or they're out spending 20 hours a day looking for ONE job.

No, don't solve the real problem here - ensure every kid has a home to live in and has parents who are working in 'good' well paying jobs.

No, just fuck with people as usual for the wrong reasons.
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axollot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 09:09 AM
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2. Completely agree with ya Raoul! Nice seeing you again! n/t
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Raoul Donating Member (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 01:50 PM
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7. Hi ya..
And I'm usually over at the videos section - we put out a video almost every week about current events or other stuff.
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greiner3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 09:22 AM
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3. More people in jail;
More profits for those asshats who run the privatized jails.
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Beavker Donating Member (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 09:51 AM
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4. Isn't that Government getting too big?
We can put those parents in the private prisons with the illegal immigrants I suppose.
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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 10:12 AM
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5. Truancy is a hardcore problem with many underlying factors,
but I thought the Baltimore administration's proactive involvement was an excellent idea, which had positive results.
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SkyDaddy7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 01:26 PM
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6. Ana is so beautiful!
Sorry, what was this story about?

Just kidding...Jailing parents is a tad too much. However, something has to be done to get some parents attention in this country! Too many parents are more concerned with watching Maury Povich or they are actually on the show instead of making their child's education the most important issue in their lives short of the their child's health!

Maybe mandantory community service.
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Raoul Donating Member (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 01:52 PM
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8. A tad too much
Maybe we oughta just execute the lax parents eh? If we did, I'd be the FIRST one to expire... LOL

Libs crack me up - they decry certain excesses on the right but when the liberal side proposes something then the response is limp wristed.
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SkyDaddy7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 02:57 PM
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12. Could you explain what your comment...
Not sure if you were being sarcastic or what? Even if you were I am not sure what your comment was about.
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nitramnaed Donating Member (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 01:55 PM
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9. At my Daughters conference.....
I got a free pass to the zoo for showing up.
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axollot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 02:16 PM
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10. We want the parents INVOLVED in their child's life not removed!
There have been studies on schools 'paying for grades' and it's worked in schools with high drop out rates. Some folks say it's wrong, I say it works and hurts NO ONE. It helps those families that are stuck in a cycle of poverty - often where the highest drop out rates occur.

Taking the parents out by putting them in jail is against everything that would help the child. Why not encourage the parents by paying them for their time? I bet that would help if they have to leave some chitty, hours all over the place - min. wage job to get to the school. Also, why not a law that says you cannot fire a parent for missing work because they were at the school - ya know like how they treat jury duty? (which you are paid to do too).

The options to get the parents in are out there, jail isnt one of them.

Cheers
Sandy
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blackbart99 Donating Member (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 02:19 PM
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11. Yet one more great reason NOT to have kids......
Never had any never will....but if I did I'd move to England for the free medical care and society
based support system. Got to jail for everything....your kids....debt....o yeah and actually breaking the law like killing someone. Just fucking fantastic...get me the hell outa here already.:wtf:
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 12:29 AM
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13. Kick n/t
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