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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (65951)	11/5/2002 4:11:14 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I need a little more information. On first review it looked like it was having an impact on the students who were there to receive an education. It is not clear whether the two were happening simultaneously or whether the walk out was simply a political statement on its own. I have no problem with groups using the facilities. There should be guidelines for renting space and scheduling time in a way that there is no influence on the educational agenda. "Tolerance" is becoming a lame excuse for infusing every kind of popular agenda into the educational stream. Of course there could be some problems if you are having Bible study, Quran recitation, gay social movement, boy scouts, La Raza Unita, and KKK meetings in the same wing of the building at the same time. The chess club would probably complain about the noise level.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (65951)	11/5/2002 5:23:32 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

There was a school walk out at East High School in Denver last week. The complaint was that the Principle was discontinuing the academic support program. I forget the name of it but it is the program where you can get help with homework and extra assistance. The walk out was massive. The students interviewed on channel nine news were very impressive. A little more digging.... oops. The program was foolishly scheduled during the first 1 1/2 hours of the morning. Only a fraction of the students were participating. The rest enjoyed some extra sack time. I take most walk out protests by High School Students with a grain of salt.