In the end, I'm glad for these restrictions on my freedom. I'm a liberterian, and tended to always lean that way, but until graduating high school one should be denied a certain level of freedom and personhood.
While I was still going to high school, I was to be taken on a class trip for "physical education". The whole deal was very ad-hoc, as there were no permissions gathered or announcements made beforehand: we were simply going out to a nearby park to use some public equipment. At the time I did not feel comfortable with leaving school grounds, so I called my dad on my cell phone. He said to me that if I felt that way, the school had no right to force me to leave. I kept the line open and respectfully, and very politely, said his words to my teacher and offered the phone to him. He did not even consider talking with my dad, as he simply replied that "if you stay here, you are going to detention." Being wiser now, I realise that probably I should have gotten dad to threaten legal action for not seeking consent beforehand. Instead, at the time, I chose to take the matter to the principal myself. I went to detention. Where do you draw the line?
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In the end, I'm glad for these restrictions on my freedom. I'm a liberterian, and tended to always lean that way, but until graduating high school one should be denied a certain level of freedom and personhood.
While I was still going to high school, I was to be taken on a class trip for "physical education". The whole deal was very ad-hoc, as there were no permissions gathered or announcements made beforehand: we were simply going out to a nearby park to use some public equipment. At the time I did not feel comfortable with leaving school grounds, so I called my dad on my cell phone. He said to me that if I felt that way, the school had no right to force me to leave. I kept the line open and respectfully, and very politely, said his words to my teacher and offered the phone to him. He did not even consider talking with my dad, as he simply replied that "if you stay here, you are going to detention." Being wiser now, I realise that probably I should have gotten dad to threaten legal action for not seeking consent beforehand. Instead, at the time, I chose to take the matter to the principal myself. I went to detention.
Where do you draw the line?