america is so overrated...

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Aimra said


I believe it means just that. You can see what wrong things may be righted or changed and work to change them - BUT - you do not down and degrade your country to do it.
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Okay, I'll be sure to sugar coat anything I don't agree with from now on and make it sound pretty.
 
Sheesh,
instead of doing extra security, mental screenings and what not, lets get back to the BASICS of rearing kids and teaching them to stay sane and respectful.

The problem is the shift from beat the hell out of your kids until they obeyed to the opposite, never spank your kid because it teaches them to be violent. In my parents generation, kids were expected to act like miniature adults even as 5 and 6 year olds when out in public. If you got out of line, Pa would tear into you on the spot. In that generation children feared their parents, fear turned into respect for all adults and others. If you didnt address your teachers as ma'am or sir, youd be looking at a good tongue lashing from the teacher and possibly a paddling. And on that note, kids NEVER wanted to get a paddling at school - not so much the fact they are getting paddled at school, its the fact that when they got home there would be hell to pay for. Belts were common disciplinary tools. We've either seen it in old movies or we actually lived it. That generation turned out to be a level headed generation for the most part. They knew WHY they were being disciplined - they got out of line and their parents were doing what they knew to do to raise you the best way they knew how.

My generation is the spoiled generation. Instead of being required to help out around the house, we are given TVs, video games, iPods, and whatnot to fill our free time. Instead of knowing the worth of a dollar in sweat, we only know what we can buy off the dollar menu at McDonald's. Our parents were fed the baloney by baby boomer pediatricians and other children specialists that if they didnt stop disciplining us so much we'd end up warped little idiots running around. So our parents backed off and believed that the soft catchee monkey was the best way to approach. Now there seems to be a NO DISCIPLINE policy going around that appearently I didnt get the memo for.

When my daughter acts out - I get onto her, discipline her, and show her the right way. She is 4 and knows better than to throw a fit but sometimes childish stupidity overrides and I have to step in again and again. Youre not going to cure a child of all future wrong doing with just one disciplinary session. It takes many over the course of YEARS. I want to teach her RESPECT, make sure she knows that it starts with respecting herself. I dont want her respecting me just because mom requires it. I want her to have a fearful respect of me, much the same way Christians have a fearful respect for God. But at the same time I tell her I love her, I tell her I care, that I will never leave her no matter what she does or decides to do. I want her to fear disrespecting me, and those around her. In turn people will respect her.

As for America being overrated - yes we are in some ways, but like anything else on this earth - its not a perfect specimen. Everything has its flaws and imperfections just as people do. Our idea of patriotism has changed over the decades. Has patriotism gone from feeling a sense of duty to serve your country in any way you can to just wearing a lapel on your shirtjacket and singing patriotic songs on Independence Day? If you want to see true Patriotism - go visit a nursing home and talk with a vet from WWII, they know patriotism, they lived it.
 
Dixie said:
Sheesh,
instead of doing extra security, mental screenings and what not, lets get back to the BASICS of rearing kids and teaching them to stay sane and respectful.

The problem is the shift from beat the hell out of your kids until they obeyed to the opposite, never spank your kid because it teaches them to be violent. In my parents generation, kids were expected to act like miniature adults even as 5 and 6 year olds when out in public. If you got out of line, Pa would tear into you on the spot. In that generation children feared their parents, fear turned into respect for all adults and others. If you didnt address your teachers as ma'am or sir, youd be looking at a good tongue lashing from the teacher and possibly a paddling. And on that note, kids NEVER wanted to get a paddling at school - not so much the fact they are getting paddled at school, its the fact that when they got home there would be hell to pay for. Belts were common disciplinary tools. We've either seen it in old movies or we actually lived it. That generation turned out to be a level headed generation for the most part. They knew WHY they were being disciplined - they got out of line and their parents were doing what they knew to do to raise you the best way they knew how.

My generation is the spoiled generation. Instead of being required to help out around the house, we are given TVs, video games, iPods, and whatnot to fill our free time. Instead of knowing the worth of a dollar in sweat, we only know what we can buy off the dollar menu at McDonald's. Our parents were fed the baloney by baby boomer pediatricians and other children specialists that if they didnt stop disciplining us so much we'd end up warped little idiots running around. So our parents backed off and believed that the soft catchee monkey was the best way to approach. Now there seems to be a NO DISCIPLINE policy going around that appearently I didnt get the memo for.

When my daughter acts out - I get onto her, discipline her, and show her the right way. She is 4 and knows better than to throw a fit but sometimes childish stupidity overrides and I have to step in again and again. Youre not going to cure a child of all future wrong doing with just one disciplinary session. It takes many over the course of YEARS. I want to teach her RESPECT, make sure she knows that it starts with respecting herself. I dont want her respecting me just because mom requires it. I want her to have a fearful respect of me, much the same way Christians have a fearful respect for God. But at the same time I tell her I love her, I tell her I care, that I will never leave her no matter what she does or decides to do. I want her to fear disrespecting me, and those around her. In turn people will respect her.

As for America being overrated - yes we are in some ways, but like anything else on this earth - its not a perfect specimen. Everything has its flaws and imperfections just as people do. Our idea of patriotism has changed over the decades. Has patriotism gone from feeling a sense of duty to serve your country in any way you can to just wearing a lapel on your shirtjacket and singing patriotic songs on Independence Day? If you want to see true Patriotism - go visit a nursing home and talk with a vet from WWII, they know patriotism, they lived it.
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:gpost: You made a lot of good points. Much of the problems we face as a society could be helped (not cured, but helped) if the home environment was better. I know that some people do suffer from mental illnesses but others were never taught how to act and so they do whatever they want.

Many Americans, and I'm sure people in other countries, feel entitled because everything has been handed to them and they just expect that to continue. If someone doesn't get their way they act out and unfortunately sometimes those people have access to weapons. I'm not saying that was what happened in Cleveland, but I see all the time how people blatantly disrespect each other and sometimes come close to physical violence because of something stupid that they wanted and didn't get or something that didn't go how they expected. They need to know that sometimes they will fail and they need to know how to deal with that.

For example. My husband teaches at the college level. He has had students come up to him not understanding the grade they received. He explains to them that they didn't come to class and didn't turn in all of their assignments and one of them said "the ones I didn't do shouldn't count against me, that is how it was at my high school". :eek3: So, in other words that person only got graded on the work they turned in and if they didn't do the work the teachers just acted like they never assigned it to that student!!

And still other students think they should be graded solely on their effort, because thats what happened at their high school, and not the content of their papers they have written!! They won't finish the assignment and only do half and then expect a good grade because they "tried". :deal: :pissed:Very sad really. These kids are in for a rude awakening in the real world.

Children need to be taught how to survive in the real world and that sometimes things don't go the way you want or how you planned or that money can't buy you happiness. Some children are and that is good but I see so many (I work in customer service) that obviously have not been taught how to act properly. I know kids will be kids and all, but when it becomes all the time and the parents ignore it... ugh..

I'll shut up now and stop my ranting. I think you get the idea of what I'm saying though, I hope.
 
I won't be susprise if shoot out at deaf school someday. We are in that kind nowdays. My kid's middle school got threat from other kids last springtime...thanks to some students to report to the police to arrest them before happen.

Outside of USA are worstest than here. Do we want to live in Iraq ... India ... Brazil? Othewise we gotta to deal with this sitaution here or there.

Be prepare there will come worst ones to us soon or later.
 
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. . . For example. My husband teaches at the college level. He has had students come up to him not understanding the grade they received. He explains to them that they didn't come to class and didn't turn in all of their assignments and one of them said "the ones I didn't do shouldn't count against me, that is how it was at my high school". :eek3: So, in other words that person only got graded on the work they turned in and if they didn't do the work the teachers just acted like they never assigned it to that student!!

And still other students think they should be graded solely on their effort, because thats what happened at their high school, and not the content of their papers they have written!! They won't finish the assignment and only do half and then expect a good grade because they "tried". :deal: :pissed:Very sad really. These kids are in for a rude awakening in the real world . . .
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Aimra,

I'm an older-than-average university student and I concur with what you said, although none of my professors ever said what your husband has. I'm reminded of a couple people on AD and their grammar: Sara1981 and TweetyBird. Granted, we post here because it's fun, but at the same time, many of us have not met each other in person and yes, (first) impressions do and still count. Just because we're deaf doesn't mean we have to write as if we don't have a brain in our head. But at the same time, this isn't scholarly work. However, we should take as much pride in our writing, business or pleasure, to make ourselves look good and respectable, 100 percent of the time.

As for college writing, professors that I've had since 2002 have emphasized what format to use (APA or MLA) and how detailed they want. It's not them, I understand, it is what is universally accepted university/college writing.

Now, as for me and my hearing dog with me at all times . . . I wish I could tell you that we have a lot of friends. Hardly no one eats with me at all, unlike how it was a couple years ago. Students are scared to death, especially of the international students or "those of color." Mind you, we're opposite the border of Fargo, North Dakota and most of the students are from small town USA.

Biggest thing I see around here all the time is any article of clothing advertising their high school. Who really cares that they lettered or what they did; they're in the big league now and the past is in the past (hopefully). That also means handing in assignments on time, showing up for class on time and taking exams on time. Some even show up for class in pajamas! The professor/instructor is not their parent and is not to be visited to cry on their shoulder as to why they got a bad grade. To meet with them to find out how to improve . . . I've had professors literally fall over. They're too happy to tell you what to do to improve, or to just answer questions. If no one comes to them, they will think that all the students understand the material and what's going to be on the exam. That is brought up after exams are handed back without naming names as to what students should come see them asap.

On the on the weekends (especially during big campus events like homecoming), most of the students run home to be breast fed by their mommies. :roll: Sheesh! I thought they were college students? Would you believe that guys in my dorm building don't even know how to do their own laundry and mix colors, have their girlfriends help them or bring it home to precious mommy? Unbelieveable! I did mine since my teens (by personal choice) and I have a different style of folding than my mother.

Sorry for ranting . . .
 
sunlove said:
well, i did not mean to offend amerians here....i didn't say YOU directly. the world got the impression that america's a better place to live. indeed, it is because of the freedom they get. i am very well aware there are much worse places out there in the world but i'm talking about the school shootings here. a FOURTEEN year old kid with a gun??? sure, he's got a troubled background. he didn't get much love from his parents. who should take the blame? parents? media? friends' influences? what? you tell me. if you really look closely, school shootings usually happen OFTEN in AMERICA. it's such a tragedy. kids care what they wear, what they have...if you don't have what they have, you suddenly become one of the uncool kids. the pressure is on. self esteem hits rock bottom. anger takes over. violence begins. *shakes head in disgust* one word: spoiled. they should feel fortunate to have things that many poor children don't normally get. isn't freedom enough for them? apparently not...
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I took the liberty to google to see if there is any school shootings in Canada.

In 1978, a 17-year-old student shoots 16-year-old to death at Sturgeon Creek Regional Secondary School in Winnipeg, Canada.

Marc Lepine killed 14 women and wounded 14 other people at École Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada in 1989. He was fighting feminism. He was abused by his father.

Jilted teenager shoots and wounds estranged girlfriend at General Brock High School in Burlington, Ontario, Canada in 1990.

Two guidance counsellors at Brockton High School in Toronto, Canada, shot and wounded by student unhappy with grades in 1994

In Montreal, Canada, Valery Fabrikant killed 4 and wounded 1 at Concordia University in 1992.

35-year-old man fatally shoots teacher at Montreal language school for immigrants in 1997.

A 14-years old killed one and wounded another one at his high school in Taber, Alberta in 1999.

Man fires shot at Woodland Elementary School in Verdun, Quebec, Canada. No one injured in 1999.

Four students and one staff member wounded in knife attack at Cairine Wilson High School in Orleans, Ontario, Canada in 2000.

At Dawson College, Kimveer Gill killed one and injured 19 others before killing himself in Westmount near Montreal, Canada in 2006


My point is that violence is everywhere, yes even out in the country although at lesser rate so don't knock on a certain country. I agree that we all need to do something about this problem. I remember I had a class on etiquette. Do they still offer this class nowaday??
I also think that kids should be in clubs or help out the soup kitchens, etc. In another words, keep the kids busy so they don't have time to get bored and get into trouble.
 
Okay, I'll be sure to sugar coat anything I don't agree with from now on and make it sound pretty.
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Sheesh - :roll::roll: do what you need to do I guess :roll:

Many Americans, and I'm sure people in other countries, feel entitled because everything has been handed to them and they just expect that to continue. If someone doesn't get their way they act out and unfortunately sometimes those people have access to weapons.
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This is agreeable and actually makes my point - entitlement has bred slugs and users who down and degrade their country instead of work to improve things.

My husband teaches at the college level. He has had students come up to him not understanding the grade they received. He explains to them that they didn't come to class and didn't turn in all of their assignments and one of them said "the ones I didn't do shouldn't count against me, that is how it was at my high school". So, in other words that person only got graded on the work they turned in and if they didn't do the work the teachers just acted like they never assigned it to that student!!

And still other students think they should be graded solely on their effort, because thats what happened at their high school, and not the content of their papers they have written!! They won't finish the assignment and only do half and then expect a good grade because they "tried". Very sad really. These kids are in for a rude awakening in the real world.
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Kudos! to your hubby if he stands his ground. So many give in and give up because of this mentality.

My point is that violence is everywhere, yes even out in the country although at lesser rate so don't knock on a certain country.
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:ty: Buffalo!!

I won't be susprise if shoot out at deaf school someday.
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Unfortunate, Max, but has occurred at Deaf schools and will again. Lack of personal control knows no boundry or limit
 
:ty: Buffalo

Sensation does sell, and sadly, this gives peeps a distorted idea about things. We must, IMO, take everything with a grain of salt, and do our own homework.. especially when it comes to reading the news. It doesn't mean we must ignore problems either. We just need to be better about the process and how we look at these things.

It is not easy tackling the problems alone (they seem bigger for one person to handle!), but much cooler and easier when tackling them together.
 
Aimra said:
For example. My husband teaches at the college level. He has had students come up to him not understanding the grade they received. He explains to them that they didn't come to class and didn't turn in all of their assignments and one of them said "the ones I didn't do shouldn't count against me, that is how it was at my high school". :eek3: So, in other words that person only got graded on the work they turned in and if they didn't do the work the teachers just acted like they never assigned it to that student!!

And still other students think they should be graded solely on their effort, because thats what happened at their high school, and not the content of their papers they have written!! They won't finish the assignment and only do half and then expect a good grade because they "tried". :deal: :pissed:Very sad really. These kids are in for a rude awakening in the real world.
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My mom is a college English professor and says students are the same. She hates the end of the semester because people call and go to her office to ask for more time, a higher grade, help on exams etc. One essay exam she graded wasn't finished - it just stopped in mid-sentence and the student wrote "I had a bad day - please consider this". She didn't. But she says this is only a few in thousands.

I had a math teacher in 10th grade who said when assingments were due by the minute - due at 10:00 for example. At 10:01 the work was late and lost a grade. It made everyone on time! I had another teacher who would make you do your English paper until all mistakes (spelling, grammar, words) were gone. I really didn't like her then, but I appreciate now the time she spent pounding our heads with information. (Still glad that she isn't returning my papers though :D). I was very luck to attend a school with small classes and lots of very good, serious teachers.

I agree that a shooting could happen in a Deaf school or with a HoH/deaf kid. HoH/deaf doesn't give an escape from problems. And if bullying and teasing make for shooting, HoH/deaf might be more possible. I really hope not.

This might cause arguments (and I don't want them), but I wish US had less guns. Did anyone see how many guns (and grenades and others) the boy in Pittsburgh (I think) had? His mom bought him 2 handguns and a rifle when he was 14 - a child! A person can kill with a knife, but there aren't headlines "Boy kills 13 classmates with sharp knife and lots of work".
 
pek1 said:
Aimra,

I'm an older-than-average university student and I concur with what you said, although none of my professors ever said what your husband has. I'm reminded of a couple people on AD and their grammar: Sara1981 and TweetyBird. Granted, we post here because it's fun, but at the same time, many of us have not met each other in person and yes, (first) impressions do and still count. Just because we're deaf doesn't mean we have to write as if we don't have a brain in our head. But at the same time, this isn't scholarly work. However, we should take as much pride in our writing, business or pleasure, to make ourselves look good and respectable, 100 percent of the time.
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When I told my husband what I read on here about how people were looked down upon and even scolded by teachers because their English writing wasn't superb. He was shocked! He, especially as someone with a disability himself (HoH), takes any ADA paperwork he receives on a student very seriously and if they were to explain how English is basically a second language he wouldn't give it a second thought and would probably just try to help! It makes me mad how some teachers have handled this situation with people here on AD.
 
pek1 said:
Granted, we post here because it's fun, but at the same time, many of us have not met each other in person and yes, (first) impressions do and still count. Just because we're deaf doesn't mean we have to write as if we don't have a brain in our head. But at the same time, this isn't scholarly work. However, we should take as much pride in our writing, business or pleasure, to make ourselves look good and respectable, 100 percent of the time.
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I agree: first impressions count and we should take pride in our writing.

But good writing doesn't mean brains. It means education, people who encourage and help, and practice, practice, practice. It also means exposure to English - not just speech, but writing and reading. I am lucky - my mom helped me every night before college, I had great schools and teachers, my parents read ALL the time, books and magazines everywhere on every topic (surgery, Shakespeare, gardening, on and on), and I wanted to read like my brothers and sister. I with bilateral HAs I can hear enough to catch small words that make English so different than ASL. Take any one and I wouldn't read or write as well - same brains, different experience, and different in writing.

Got to party! Go party, Pete! Have a good night, everyone! :D
 
First impressions do count and the tattered book stays on the shelf in today's world.

Not every single person in the US is going to have perfect English grammar and syntax, but it does help to take pride in presenting yourself in the most respectful, straight forward way possible. You have to model yourself to the world.

Kind of like showing up to an interview for an internship at the Prosecuting Attorney's office dressed in street clothes. For one, they wont take you seriously. Two, you're not putting your best foot forward; and three, not only are you wasting your time with the interview - you're also wasting their time.

As for turning in assignments and taking exams on time - the only way I could forsee a professor letting it slide were for two reasons: 1.) You're in the hospital or 2.) a death in the family. Anything else and I would fully expect them to fail you on the assignment and/or the test. But if you KNOW you're not going to be in class on a certain day - ALWAYS hand in the assignment early and ask your professor if you can come in after class one day and take the test early. This way they will be more lenient if something did crop up at the last minute forcing you to miss. You have to absolutely treat college like a job. You have to give 100% or your'e simply not going to make it.
 
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Not every single person in the US is going to have perfect English grammar and syntax,
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Oh wow. That is so true!!!! My husband had me look over some of his kids papers (they were freshmen) and some of them were just terrible. And these are kids who have spoken and written in English their whole lives. They didn't know how to properly use words or make sentences. Not all of them were bad but several of them made me question how they graduated from high school and got into college!

Dixie said:
As for turning in assignments and taking exams on time - the only way I could forsee a professor letting it slide were for two reasons: 1.) You're in the hospital or 2.) a death in the family. Anything else and I would fully expect them to fail you on the assignment and/or the test. But if you KNOW you're not going to be in class on a certain day - ALWAYS hand in the assignment early and ask your professor if you can come in after class one day and take the test early. This way they will be more lenient if something did crop up at the last minute forcing you to miss. You have to absolutely treat college like a job. You have to give 100% or your'e simply not going to make it.
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You're right.

I've always found that most professors will give you some leniency if you are up front about an absence or are sincere in need an extension on an assignment. They just want to know you're really trying and not blowing off their class or their assignments to sleep in or go out to parties.
 
Well put Dixie!


Dixie said:
Sheesh,
instead of doing extra security, mental screenings and what not, lets get back to the BASICS of rearing kids and teaching them to stay sane and respectful.

The problem is the shift from beat the hell out of your kids until they obeyed to the opposite, never spank your kid because it teaches them to be violent. In my parents generation, kids were expected to act like miniature adults even as 5 and 6 year olds when out in public. If you got out of line, Pa would tear into you on the spot. In that generation children feared their parents, fear turned into respect for all adults and others. If you didnt address your teachers as ma'am or sir, youd be looking at a good tongue lashing from the teacher and possibly a paddling. And on that note, kids NEVER wanted to get a paddling at school - not so much the fact they are getting paddled at school, its the fact that when they got home there would be hell to pay for. Belts were common disciplinary tools. We've either seen it in old movies or we actually lived it. That generation turned out to be a level headed generation for the most part. They knew WHY they were being disciplined - they got out of line and their parents were doing what they knew to do to raise you the best way they knew how.

My generation is the spoiled generation. Instead of being required to help out around the house, we are given TVs, video games, iPods, and whatnot to fill our free time. Instead of knowing the worth of a dollar in sweat, we only know what we can buy off the dollar menu at McDonald's. Our parents were fed the baloney by baby boomer pediatricians and other children specialists that if they didnt stop disciplining us so much we'd end up warped little idiots running around. So our parents backed off and believed that the soft catchee monkey was the best way to approach. Now there seems to be a NO DISCIPLINE policy going around that appearently I didnt get the memo for.

When my daughter acts out - I get onto her, discipline her, and show her the right way. She is 4 and knows better than to throw a fit but sometimes childish stupidity overrides and I have to step in again and again. Youre not going to cure a child of all future wrong doing with just one disciplinary session. It takes many over the course of YEARS. I want to teach her RESPECT, make sure she knows that it starts with respecting herself. I dont want her respecting me just because mom requires it. I want her to have a fearful respect of me, much the same way Christians have a fearful respect for God. But at the same time I tell her I love her, I tell her I care, that I will never leave her no matter what she does or decides to do. I want her to fear disrespecting me, and those around her. In turn people will respect her.

As for America being overrated - yes we are in some ways, but like anything else on this earth - its not a perfect specimen. Everything has its flaws and imperfections just as people do. Our idea of patriotism has changed over the decades. Has patriotism gone from feeling a sense of duty to serve your country in any way you can to just wearing a lapel on your shirtjacket and singing patriotic songs on Independence Day? If you want to see true Patriotism - go visit a nursing home and talk with a vet from WWII, they know patriotism, they lived it.
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I think all schools should allow trouble kids to participate in sports and other extracurrium activitives, clubs, get tutoring, assist farmers, or go visit young children
who suffered cancer at hospital... and also do drama play and drama club and everything...

Students with good grades shouldn't have all the fun, just because they make
straight A's, teachers let them join clubs and do other fun stuff.

But all students, no matter who, should do clubs too and do camping and all.

That way, everybody can be happy.
 
sunlove said:
another school shooting...
4 wounded, 1 gunman dead...
in cleveland, ohio

FOXNews.com - 5 Hospitalized After Cleveland High School Shooting - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

the gunman was only 14...
and in case you haven't noticed...
only happen in america...
makes you wonder, huh?

let's come to think of it...there are million of poor children living in poorest countries. they have nothing but food, water, and clothes...yet, there are so much love among each other. in america, children get so much more than they really need. competition comes next--who has the best. then hate is formed. pathetic, huh?
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youre right about this society being messed up, but to say these things only happen in the US is either ignorant or very naive.
 
Angel said:
This wouldn't have happened if the school would pay more attention to these warning signs, ( withdrawal, or feelings of isolation and rejection, bullied or teased, sad , anger and verbal threats ) and if you noticed many of the school shooters have difficult family life and problems with depression and anger and when a child was crying out, and they chose to ignore it instead of helping this child out and if you see a disturbing drawings from a child then you know something is wrong, why ignore it and thinking nothing is wrong?


How many more chidren have to die before the school finally looked into this? I'm tired of hearing every time one of these shootings occurs someone says "OMG something wrong with this child", give me a break, these warning warning were shown the whole time but they choose to ignored them...

The school needs to start focusing on these children and pay more attention to these red flags otherwise they're going to face more children dying in their hands...:(
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I agree with you 100%, angel. Parents and schools need to pay more attention to the warning signs. Schools are so quilty of pushing any student who doesn't fit right into the average of the bell curve into the background and not dealing with them. Just push them aside. There are two situations here that shouldhave been dealt with........first the bullies needed to get punished and also receive some cousneling for their behavior, and the child who was being bullied needed to get counseling to help him deal with the effects of the bullying. Neither one was addressed the way it should have been.
 
Aimra said:
Oh wow. That is so true!!!! My husband had me look over some of his kids papers (they were freshmen) and some of them were just terrible. And these are kids who have spoken and written in English their whole lives. They didn't know how to properly use words or make sentences. Not all of them were bad but several of them made me question how they graduated from high school and got into college!

You're right.

I've always found that most professors will give you some leniency if you are up front about an absence or are sincere in need an extension on an assignment. They just want to know you're really trying and not blowing off their class or their assignments to sleep in or go out to parties.
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However . . . :) Aimra, my university Minnesota State University Moorhead - Write Site has a place called "The Write Site" (look at link) and my first year here (2002), people come into my classes to explain the place. Those were for either English or writing classes that I was taking at the time. One class that is required is called technical writing, which I did very well in and, since then, has improved my writing dramatically. I'm now writing on the side as a hobby, as well as a reporter. Do I like writing is equal to asking me if I like having my hearing dog, Snickers with me all the time. The answer is a resounding "Yes!" But, I'm also my own worst critic and edit EVERYTHING I write. Not only do I use the proofing tools (spell check, grammar check, format check), but I also read everything at the same time.

In an earlier post (above), I shouldn't have said the others run home to be with their mommies and over exaggerated it, but I think you and everyone else gets the idea. For those who were offended, I apologize.
 
pek1 said:
However . . . :) Aimra, my university Minnesota State University Moorhead - Write Site has a place called "The Write Site" (look at link) and my first year here (2002), people come into my classes to explain the place. Those were for either English or writing classes that I was taking at the time. One class that is required is called technical writing, which I did very well in and, since then, has improved my writing dramatically. I'm now writing on the side as a hobby, as well as a reporter. Do I like writing is equal to asking me if I like having my hearing dog, Snickers with me all the time. The answer is a resounding "Yes!" But, I'm also my own worst critic and edit EVERYTHING I write. Not only do I use the proofing tools (spell check, grammar check, format check), but I also read everything at the same time.

In an earlier post (above), I shouldn't have said the others run home to be with their mommies and over exaggerated it, but I think you and everyone else gets the idea. For those who were offended, I apologize.
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Sorry to be so off topic here but wow, my parents went to MSU-Moorhead for college. Moorhead State University, that it was back then.
 
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