Trying to keep the bile from rising.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 21 Gunn Salute
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Cashmere - Jan 31, 2005 12:54:13 pm PST #8372 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
SailAweigh - Jan 31, 2005 12:55:35 pm PST #8373 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Yet, when told of the exact text of the First Amendment, more than one in three high school students said it goes "too far" in the rights it guarantees. Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories.
I can see the going too far part. Not that I think they go too far, or that I have a right to dictate what newspapers print, but a good example of controversial newspaper content are the newspapers that publish lists of people arrested for drunk driving. There's that line of the public's right to know, the press's right to publish and the individual's right to privacy. We quibble in the courts about it endlessly. I can see high school students being very concerned with that last part of the equation, they tend to be very touchy about their "rights," particularly as to what they do, who they do it with, etc. being kept their own business and no one elses. Also, how deep an understanding of the first amendment can a high schooler have if he only just then is told the "exact text of the First Amendment" right before they answered the survey? Sounds like America's schools are falling down on the job if they haven't heard it by then. And I'm more worried about that than what the high schoolers think.
Sparky1 - Jan 31, 2005 12:56:02 pm PST #8374 of 10002
Librarian Warlord
The story.
Glamcookie - Jan 31, 2005 12:57:29 pm PST #8375 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
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Cashmere - Jan 31, 2005 12:57:43 pm PST #8376 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Steph, let me know if you like the pork chop. I'm due for a TJ run by the end of the week.
Jessica - Jan 31, 2005 12:58:24 pm PST #8377 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When asked whether people should be allowed to express unpopular views, 97 percent of teachers and 99 percent of school principals said yes. Only 83 percent of students did.
The results reflected indifference, with almost three in four students saying they took the First Amendment for granted or didn't know how they felt about it. It was also clear that many students do not understand what is protected by the bedrock of the Bill of Rights.
Three in four students said flag burning is illegal. It's not. About half the students said the government can restrict any indecent material on the Internet. It can't.
full. body. shudder.
t goes back to looking at islands for sale
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2005 1:00:27 pm PST #8378 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
About half the students said the government can restrict any indecent material on the Internet
Would this be the half that hasn't sought out porn? Or do they just think the government's crap at it?
Trudy Booth - Jan 31, 2005 1:01:56 pm PST #8379 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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SailAweigh - Jan 31, 2005 1:02:14 pm PST #8380 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
ChiKat - Jan 31, 2005 1:04:43 pm PST #8381 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
97 percent of teachers and 99 percent of school principals said yes. Only 83 percent of students did.
You know, this doesn't surprise me. Students are typically more conservative than faculty.