Political Rant Thread

[tmckay2]

the funniest thing is that in just the short 15 years or so since i was in system, it has changed to this "we don't want to hurt poor timmy's feelings" crap where its literally impossible to fail kids and kids don't get A's and B's anymore in many schools, in stead they get BS PC grades such as meets expectations, exceeds expectations, needs work, blah blah blah. this country is so worried about hurting someone's feelings, its ridiculous. when my brother decided to get his P.E. certification as well on top of his teaching degree, they told him in class he can't play sports that are too phsyical, like dodgeball, or ones where kids pick teams because it can hurt their feelings. they also told him not to do physical tests such as sit ups and push ups because it might hurt someone's feelings if they can't do any. are you kidding me? some of these kids need their feelings hurt so they experience the real world and hopefully take some personal responsibility to better themselves both physical and academically. we live in upside down world, i swear.

[cstone]

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution."
--Hannah Arendt,
German-American political theorist

[Ronin13]

the funniest thing is that in just the short 15 years or so since i was in system, it has changed to this "we don't want to hurt poor timmy's feelings" crap where its literally impossible to fail kids and kids don't get A's and B's anymore in many schools, in stead they get BS PC grades such as meets expectations, exceeds expectations, needs work, blah blah blah. this country is so worried about hurting someone's feelings, its ridiculous. when my brother decided to get his P.E. certification as well on top of his teaching degree, they told him in class he can't play sports that are too phsyical, like dodgeball, or ones where kids pick teams because it can hurt their feelings. they also told him not to do physical tests such as sit ups and push ups because it might hurt someone's feelings if they can't do any. are you kidding me? some of these kids need their feelings hurt so they experience the real world and hopefully take some personal responsibility to better themselves both physical and academically. we live in upside down world, i swear.

This. Its primetime for libtard pussification of our children. One day we will go to war with out enemies armed only with pillows and stuffed animals and they all will laugh at how weak we are... Kids need to have their feelings hurt, their knees skinned, their fat bellies made fun of, it builds character. I'm a product of public school- I was harassed in a similar fashion to Dylan Kelbold and Eric Harris, I was made fun of because I was short and skinny, I got hurt playing football, broke bones playing hockey, and learned the importance of teamwork and self-reliance through team and individual sports. I had great teachers, I had mediocre teachers, and I had terrible teachers (namely one that somehow couldn't teach math and thus I struggle at a college level on that subject today- but learned to teach myself when there is an absence). So to say that everyone who went to public school is moronic and we need to stop paying them as much- I find the flaw and call bullshit. I have had people say I'm among the smartest of my age and social demographic (not trying to toot my own horn, just what I've heard), others say I should run for public office one day because I'm mentally capable of figuring out a solution to so many problems... what do I do instead? I work the family business and strive for my BA in History and get a teaching cert so I can substitute teach part time and maybe, just maybe impart some actual usable knowledge on our next few generations so they don't all come out libtard drones. /rant