[lit-ideas] Re: School Days

The alcohol law (and it applies to tobacco also) thing has been in effect
for years here ....  it sure didn't stop my step-daughter from accessing
beer and whisky at the age of 14.

Julie Krueger


On 8/28/07, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  People in power are apparently powerless against their own idiocy.  In
> Memphis several students have been suspended for bringing drugs to school --
> dangerous drugs like aspirin or anti-biotics.  A rule is a rule and the rule
> says NO DRUGS.  Just as brilliant is the policy of suspending students for
> unexcused absences.  Oh, yeah, that'll teach 'em.
>
> School administrators aren't the only mindless ones.  Tennessee recently
> passed a law that ANYONE AND EVERYONE buying alcohol must show the cashier a
> photo ID -- doesn't matter if your face is as craggy as oak bark, your hair
> as white as snow and you're being wheeled through the store on a gurney from
> the old folks home with IV's still plugged in -- doesn't matter, by God, you
> still must show the cashier your driver's license if you want to buy a
> bottle of beer.  Don't complain, it's the law.  Makes sense too, no young
> person knows how to fake an ID or would if they could.
>
> As long as there are people with power there will be idiocy.  That's an
> inviolable rule.  Get used to it.
>
> Mike Geary
> Memphis
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:49 AM
> *Subject:* [lit-ideas] School Days
>
> My daughter just started 8th grade.
>
> The primary school supply requirement is a binder w/ various
> compartments.
>
> My daughter has such a thing.  With a small brief-case style handle and a
> long shoulder strap.
>
> The shoulder strap is obviously to make it easier to carry.  Helpful when
> you're running up and down 3 flights of stairs with no a/c.
>
> Many of the Jr. High kids own the same style binder.
>
> In their infinite wisdom, the administration and teachers have decreed
> that students not carry "bags" around with them.
>
> Thus, the shoulder strap use is verboetten, and the binder must be carried
> by the handle.  Having the strap over the shoulder causes the hall
> monitoring teacher to yell at you "strap off, strap off", and if one starts
> walking quickly because one does not want to be tardy to class, the teacher
> will actually chase after.  Literally give chase.  My daughter has been
> scrupulous about this rule, but she has witnessed what happens when it is
> broken.
>
> I ask my daughter why the handle and not the strap.
>
> "Because we're not allowed to carry backpacks or bags and this way it
> isn't a backpack, it's a binder."
> "Ahhh.......!  Why aren't you allowed to carry backpacks or bags?"
> "Because they said they don't want people carrying around things that
> could be harmful."
> "And taking the strap off your shoulder is going to change the contents of
> your binder/bag???"
>
> Julie Krueger
> No Child Left Behind!!
>
>
>

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