IS IT TRUE? February 23, 2012
IS IT TRUE that one of the biggest problems that is being discussed in statehouses all over America, in principal’s conferences, in superintendent’s retreats and of course by parents in living rooms is the subject of SCHOOL BULLYING?…that rules of conduct for students, schools, and teachers at all levels of education are being written?…bullying, fighting, and intimidation of any sort cannot be tolerated by our society and certainly should not be promoted at schools?…that the dying art of being ladies and gentlemen should be taught to students at all ages, and the earlier the better?
IS IT TRUE that none of this is news to the local school systems on both sides of the Ohio River who promoted a day of “playing hooky†so that 5,000 elementary students could take in a hockey game during time that should be reserved for learning?…that we are certain that body checking, slashing, elbowing, and fist fighting was cheered on at the Ford Center yesterday by our future generation much like the people of Rome cheering for Caesar to give the “thumbs up or thumbs down†symbol so that the lions could eat?…that the lapse of judgment was even allowed to be played out in Ford Center on Ash Wednesday when many local children exercise their religious freedom and follow the tradition of Catholicism that reminds the faithful of their own mortality and encourages repentance?
IS IT TRUE that the CCO is wondering if when these gets make their way to middle school if their respective school corporations will be taking them to a WWF event to glorify even more violence?…that as simple as it seems in a society that is desperately trying to regain gentility that promoting violence of any kind at school desensitizes our children to bullying?…that we hope that there is a fight count from last week and another from this week taken at the participating schools?…that life imitates entertainment and that we suspect that life in these schools will be imitating hockey for the next couple of days?…that Rome fell under the weight of its own self indulgence and that many parallels exist between what is happening now and what happened then?…that wrestling is held at a place in Evansville known as “The Coliseumâ€?…that sort of says it all?
IS IT TRUE that the number of members of the inner circle of the Weinzapfel Administration who have been appointed to inner circle positions in the Winnecke Administration has some of our readers heads spinning?…that one could conclude that there must have been a high level of comfort with what the previous administration was doing and who was doing it for this to be happening?…that on the other side of that coin it is also possible that these are highly qualified people who were really the best choices that Mayor Winnecke could have made?…that the CCO crosses our fingers that the things of the past that are good continue but that some of the closed door activities of the past stay in the past?…that maybe some of these people had a “Dorothy threw a pail of water†moment?
Could it be that Evansville voters have come to appreciate, anticipate, and expect continuity of services at the same level of quality and quantity? And that they expressed this desire and expectation when casting split ballot voting this past November, largely rejecting wholesale dispatch of persons, programs, and policies the voters have come to appreciate and expect in continuum?
could be why nothing ever seems to change in our home town.
When will the EVSC have a roller derby field trip?
Joe, maybe you, the editor, and all your CCO compatriots can underwrite a political science field trip prior to this year’s elections for those EVSC seniors in need of indoctrination.
Public schools place a greater emphasis on having students understand and communicate how they “feel” as opposed to developing critical thinking. This is true in society. A few nights ago Brad Byrd encouraged viewers to go to WEHT Facebook page to let him know how they “feel” about a certain topic. Emotion and logic should not be completly divorced. Only “feeling” about an important issue leads to bad decisions if it does not include thinking and reasoning. I’m afraid this little field trip to the hockey game is only meant to expand feelings in students and learning content is questionable.
I really don’t see a problem with “rewarding” students for hard work by taking them on field trips. I will admit a hockey game is a little strange, but apparently a majority of the students had never attended a hockey game. Who knows there may have been a future Wayne Gretsky in the crowd.
I think a play or maybe a concert by the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra would be more appropriate. I remember back in the day going to see “Romeo & Juliet” on a field trip.
I didn’t have a problem with the kids going to the hockey game until I heard about something else. Seniors at one of the EVSC high schools are required to do a Senior Project that involves community service and/or some kind of community involvement/participation. Two students teamed together to put on a science fair for the students at one of their feeder middle schools. They conducted the fair without issue, but then they requested to be excused for 1 period of a day so they could go to the school and pass out awards to the students who participated. These two students were told by the assistant principal that they were not excused and could not go during school hours. Both of these students take a full load of advanced placement courses, One has a 4.0 GPA and the other is very close to a 4.0. Two students who have proven themselves to be conscientious and responsible can’t miss 1 period of 1 day for the purpose of completing their required Senior Project, but yet bus loads of kids from all over the corporation can go see a hockey game?
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