50 Rules - Kids Won't Learn in School


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ZERO TOLERANCE NONSENSE
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 (700 reads)

In our era of zero-tolerance, I would surely have spent most of elementary and middle school shuttling between suspensions and expulsions, with an occasional time out for social studies. More

DO KIDS HAVE TOO MUCH HOMEWORK?
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 (1026 reads)

The parental backlash has begun. You can read some of the complaints here and here.

You can listen here to our lively discussion on my radio show.

The conversation sparked an outpouring of emails, which you can read below....

BIRTH CONTROL PILLS FOR 11-YEAR-OLDS?
Sunday, October 21, 2007 (424 reads)

From my column in Sunday's New York Daily News:

In Maine, a school board voted 7-2 last week to make birth control pills and patches available to 11-year-old girls at their student health center.

I have an alternative:

If you know someone is having sex with an 11-year-old, you should 1) call 911, and then 2) call the child's parents.

In most states, sex with minors is a felony. And most people instinctively understand that if an older male is having sex with an 11-year-old girl, you have a problem that cannot be solved by a pill.

THE UPSIDE OF NARCISSM?
Monday, October 01, 2007 (497 reads)

An article in the Boston Globe discusses the "Me Generation," and it's self-absorption.

"The crop of talented recent graduates coming into today's workforce is widely seen as narcissistic and entitled. And those are their best qualities."

I'm not so sure....

A DAILY DOSE OF FEAR?
Monday, October 01, 2007 (583 reads)

A British schoolmaster says kids need a reality check...