Quote:Why do schools suspend students for wearing a T-shirt that has a gun on it?  What is that teaching them?

 

Why do schools suspend a 7 year old kid because he ate a pop tart into the shape of a gun?  What exactly does that teach?

 

Why do schools suspend a kid for wearing a Star Wars T-shirt?  What is that teaching?

 

Why do schools ban kids from wearing shirts with OUR flag on May 5th?

 

Ever watch A Charlie Brown Christmas?  Is it "offensive"?  Doesn't the short movie actually "teach" what the true meaning and origins of Christmas is?  What is so wrong with teaching that?

 

I could go on, but my point is that in each case this was liberal policy put in place that is more damaging to children and is just a small part of what is wrong with our "education" system today.

 

I went to a private school mostly growing up. We had to wear ties and slacks everyday. I think having a serious business kind of environment made us take school more seriously and it taught us how to be professionals. To this day, I could show you 10 different ways to tie a tie. Children need structured environments, you cannot let them make the rules because they have no idea what is best for them, they only know what they want. If the rules are okay with them wearing a t-shirt, i agree sending them home for wearing one with a gun on it seems over the line, but this entire issue would not be on the table if we had any semblance of formality and respect in public schools. 

 

While we waste academic learning time discussing a star wars t-shirt, we are getting passed by every other industrialized nation.Kids go to school 180 days out the year, that is a little less than half the year, and those days are filled with pep rallies and events that have nothing to do with actual learning. Maybe American students do poorly at school because they don't really do real learning as much as other places.

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