If it makes you feel better (probably not), it seems like it's happening with the near-adolescent girls in every school. Something seems to have changed in recent years, IMO. The girls generally seem to be the ones that demonstrate the drastically outward negative behaviors.......whether it be to attract attention from the males, from the adults, whoever. It's the girls. And it's bad.

Bullying, fighting, big disruptions, etc. It's an epidemic the last couple years. And girls tend to hang on to shit longer than guys (not new). But again, I think you'd find teachers saying the same thing about most schools.

Like I said before, what is the downside to learning the skills to stay out of crap like that and diffusing it for yourself? I teach my own kids these skills all the time. Don't engage, walk away, move on to somebody you like spending time with, etc. If the negative person can start being a positive person you want to spend time with, then do it. If they hurt your feelings, they aren't your friend. Don't be friends with them. But if they are around, respect them as much as you can or have to.

Where's the down side?

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Is this about academics? (Not behavior?)
If so, most studies would show that this is a good practice. Students with high ability practicing with a student that is of lower ability?

Where is the downside for either one?

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The one good thing about the new law is getting rid of "zero tolerance" school rules. For example, some schools have an automatic 10 days out of school for fighting. This can range from the bullshit shove and hope my friends break it up to someone getting their head bashed in on the side of a sink in the bathroom.

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I forgot, will try and remember tonight.

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You're my guy but you really have to put your democratic bias into everything.

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I would agree with this.

The self-marginalization of the Republican Party has led to a "left wing" that includes as many social authoritarians as social libertarians and as such is collapsing under its own crappy weight.

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Reviewing some College kid resumes. I have been laughing pretty hard.

I dont use Facebook, but I would imagine its pretty easy to use...lol...as my mom uses it.

Yet, 50% of the resumes list it as a skill!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Next time I update my resume I'm going to list Chicago Sports Fan Message Board - shifted community paradigms by implementing dynamic content indicative of making fun of Score hosts

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This is becoming pretty popular in the higher levels of education. It works pretty well there.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

At least it sounds good.

Waiting for the Resume with

OTHER SKILLS

Texting
Texting While Driving
Selfies
Group Selfies
Certified Selfie Stick Operator
Certified Twitter Specialist
Instagram Tech
Snapchat level V user

....and I was looking for someone to do some easy accounting. LOL....I have like 7 resumes that dont even list the word accounting on them!!!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I had a conversation about this subject the other night. If you list proficiency with MS Word as a "skill", I'm not hiring you.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Nephew is in his first year of homework. My sister and Bro inlaw have made every excuse possible for him at this point. He struggles, he doesnt grasp it, headaches,ADHD, ADD, really makes him feel bad....I took a look at the 7 questions! All very easy and I know he can do them, but that would mean shutting down the Sony Playstation and Minecraft for more than 2 minutes to actually work on these complicated issues.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Proficient in Internet Search

HIRED!!!!!!!!!!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Bachelor's Degree in Microsoft PowerPoint, with a minor in the StarWipe function.

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-- source

My wife teaches a class called "VLOOKUP Will Change Your Life".

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

She's right!

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The problem with this brave new paradigm is that we can't reasonably operate a civil society based upon the feelings of individuals since feelings are personal and specific to said individuals. But I also think it's probably a knee-jerk reaction to paint an entire generation as hothouse flowers. I can remeber my grandfather saying shit to me like, "Two World Wars and a Depression, you wouldn't know how to handle that." Which I think is bullshit. Most people are capable of dealing with what is thrown their way. I say most. There will always be the weak. But I don't think as a society we should be encouraging weakness either.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

this aint your country dude... you're just allowed to live here and work here. the sooner you realize that the better it is for everyone involved.

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I was taught some freshman English lit class by a randy nun who interpreted everything written as having a sexual meaning. I think the old coot thought she'd be shocking but instead, I was like "game on!" King Arthur pulling Excalibur from the stone...clearly a young man's sexual awakening with masturbation.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Bill Maher had on some marginal democratic presidential candidate who was calling for constitutional conventions every decade or so. Douchebag Maher was very supportive with some quote from Jefferson.

A well drawn contract, even a social contract, is timeless in my opinion. A Constitution shouldn't be reviewable based on the whims of a generation.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

But the United Kingdom doesn't even have a Constitution as we think of it, correct? Isn't "the British constitution" just what they call the entirety of their laws over centuries? I don't know about having a constitutional convention every ten years like Lessig was saying, but I do think we've gone too far in the other direction with the veneration of Our Most Sacred Parchment.

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I think it is still representative of our reason for being

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

He's at that age where he only talks to his dad when he needs money or the car.

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Just money, he has a car.

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So after they don't engage, walk away, move on are they told they have to include everybody and can't leave anybody out? That happens by us. Ridiculous.

I don't think this is the lesson they have to learn so often at 8-10. It's not fair to those students. They should not have to take it, take it, and take it til they fall apart themselves. You aren't teaching them anything. My opinion is teach the asshole to not be the asshole.

It'd be like if I told you, "You have to be nice and agree with Boiler Rick all the time. ALL. THE. TIME!

All these new learning techniques and parents are so impressed their kids can manipulate an IPhone...

but these kids are such dumbasses!

Haved looked over 50 resumes today.

Can they even add, or is that politicially incorrect becase it is culturally biased? or is it secually biased?

I watch my nephew try to do his few questions and you think the kid is having an aneurism!!! but he is being taught methods that will enable him to solve these issues one day?

I wonder if this kid will be able to function?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

So, in essence, these kids are being conditioned to not be able to solve any of their own problems/conflicts etc.

When taken that way the end result makes more sense.

Have no idea what they teach them.

last month sat for lunch with a bunch of 13 year olds and they tell me they all sit in calss with laptops, sending messages back and forth.

But watching the nephew play the part as if he was in actual head pain because of these questions, then he is OK when he plays Xbox.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”