Comments on: Conservative youth: a psychiatric disease http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/31/conservative-youth-a-psychiatric-disease/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:16:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tiresias http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/31/conservative-youth-a-psychiatric-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-32686 Tiresias Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:34:46 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=4487#comment-32686 I would suggest that if the kid had such a history, the school board would have referenced that right out front precisely to avoid the issue in which they now find themselves. "This kid's had many a run-in with authority in the past, and this was the final straw" would have covered it. (And, if t'were the case, I bet it would have been there.) I'd be angry, too. And, in the distant past, have indeed BEEN angry, and have (I was a delightful kid) mentioned to a long-ago English teacher that her grasp of English wasn't in point of fact solid enough to allow her the freedom to venture into side issues, such as her personal politics; and maybe she'd do better sticking to what she was being paid to do. (Though that was a private school, and the upshot was that we both wound up in some hot water: me for excessive excess; her for wasting class time too far off the flight deck.) I would suggest that if the kid had such a history, the school board would have referenced that right out front precisely to avoid the issue in which they now find themselves. “This kid’s had many a run-in with authority in the past, and this was the final straw” would have covered it. (And, if t’were the case, I bet it would have been there.)

I’d be angry, too. And, in the distant past, have indeed BEEN angry, and have (I was a delightful kid) mentioned to a long-ago English teacher that her grasp of English wasn’t in point of fact solid enough to allow her the freedom to venture into side issues, such as her personal politics; and maybe she’d do better sticking to what she was being paid to do.

(Though that was a private school, and the upshot was that we both wound up in some hot water: me for excessive excess; her for wasting class time too far off the flight deck.)

]]> By: Bookworm http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/31/conservative-youth-a-psychiatric-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-32681 Bookworm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:03:33 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=4487#comment-32681 I think there might be more than meets the eye because the kid is so angry. Anger usual takes more than one outlet. If there's nothing going on other than the crude blog posting, than the school overreacted. If, however, this kid has a pattern of disruptive or abusive behavior, this might have been the straw that broke the camel's back. I think there might be more than meets the eye because the kid is so angry. Anger usual takes more than one outlet. If there’s nothing going on other than the crude blog posting, than the school overreacted. If, however, this kid has a pattern of disruptive or abusive behavior, this might have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.

]]> By: Tiresias http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/31/conservative-youth-a-psychiatric-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-32679 Tiresias Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:44:49 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=4487#comment-32679 Why would you suppose there's more to it than meets the eye? This is California you're talking about. Further, this is Marin you're talking about. There doesn't need to be more going on to eleicit this reaction, (as you know better than do I). Seems to me to be completely within the parameters of routine insane behavior for a California/Marin school. Why would you suppose there’s more to it than meets the eye? This is California you’re talking about. Further, this is Marin you’re talking about. There doesn’t need to be more going on to eleicit this reaction, (as you know better than do I). Seems to me to be completely within the parameters of routine insane behavior for a California/Marin school.

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