I know a few people who take a few honors classes at my high school, and get pretty high grades altogether. Does that make them smart? No, actually, these people are, well, not the brightest kids on the block to put it nicely. As another example, many people tell me I'm an intelligent person, yet most of my grades around a C level, and I take all Standard classes. How much you succeed in public school doesn't have that much to do with your intelligence. I'm more convinced it has to do with how content you are with the school system, and how conveniently the work load fits into your schedule.
but anonymity is a very easy thing to achieve over the PSTN for a small fee, as it has been for many years. Look for the nearest payphone the next time you want to discuss a terrorist plot.
One thing I find disturbing about the draconian policies being applied to both parents and students alike is that while parents complaining to others will often be recognized as valid complaints by other adults outside of the school system, similar complaints heard out of the mouths of a student will be ignored by most adults, and recognized simply as part of the education process offered by public schools. While understandingly, many of these adults may have a lot on their minds already, I fail to see how it'd be difficult to find room for their own children. Particularly with how, as stated by Alchemar, this is the future generation of our country being dealt with. If they're taught to unquestioningly accept these rules, it will likely get them used to the concept of their rights stripped away one by one.
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I know a few people who take a few honors classes at my high school, and get pretty high grades altogether. Does that make them smart? No, actually, these people are, well, not the brightest kids on the block to put it nicely. As another example, many people tell me I'm an intelligent person, yet most of my grades around a C level, and I take all Standard classes. How much you succeed in public school doesn't have that much to do with your intelligence. I'm more convinced it has to do with how content you are with the school system, and how conveniently the work load fits into your schedule.
but anonymity is a very easy thing to achieve over the PSTN for a small fee, as it has been for many years. Look for the nearest payphone the next time you want to discuss a terrorist plot.
One thing I find disturbing about the draconian policies being applied to both parents and students alike is that while parents complaining to others will often be recognized as valid complaints by other adults outside of the school system, similar complaints heard out of the mouths of a student will be ignored by most adults, and recognized simply as part of the education process offered by public schools. While understandingly, many of these adults may have a lot on their minds already, I fail to see how it'd be difficult to find room for their own children. Particularly with how, as stated by Alchemar, this is the future generation of our country being dealt with. If they're taught to unquestioningly accept these rules, it will likely get them used to the concept of their rights stripped away one by one.