so, I had blood taken on Monday for annual check on stuff tests. My doctor wants me to come in to go over them. She said nothing about this on Monday, in fact mentioned having the results mailed to me. This means something is up, doesn't it?

I read that he did it with the students' permission.

I would think an eighth grader in most states wouldn't be the one to give permission for something like that. Isn't 18 usually the age where folks can get pierced/tattooed without a parent's permission? One would think the same holds true here. Not a lawyer, though, and every state is different on that subject, I'm sure.

I would think an eighth grader in most states wouldn't be the one to give permission for something like that. Isn't 18 usually the age where folks can get pierced/tattooed without a parent's permission? One would think the same holds true here. Not a lawyer, though, and every state is different on that subject, I'm sure.

I remember what I read now. This issue with this teacher was in the news about two years ago. One kid and his parents complained about the cross the teacher burned into his arm. But other parents were arguing they didn't have a problem with it, so it was OK. The one kid ended up getting harassed a lot for (I think) being an atheist. Or at least everybody thought that.

I wondered why nothing was done to the teacher, but it turns out it took two years to fire him or something.

and say that burning images into students' arms is the worse offense here.

::blink:: WTF?? Dude's been fired, right?

In the continuing tales of a recovering Luddite, I was trying to figure out how to get pictures from my phone to my computer. I finally tracked down that Bluetooth means more than just the thingie stuck in the ear for handsfree talking, and I now know that my phone and my Palm will talk to each other. So I can move things from the phone to the Palm to the computer and vice versa. I feel so 20th century.

Not necessarily, msbelle. I know I've had to go in to get totally innocuous test results just because they were potentially confusing.

You know, I'm as against teaching Creationism in public schools as the next person, but I'm going to take a radical stance and say that burning images into students' arms is the worse offense here. One is ideologically inappropriate, the other is assault.

And this was actually my first point in the comments. Something along the lines of, "Let's not skip right over the assault part."

I'd say something has an abnormal reading, msbelle. But isn't this a new doctor? Maybe she's overly cautious? Anyway, I hope it's nothing.

so, I had blood taken on Monday for annual check on stuff tests. My doctor wants me to come in to go over them. She said nothing about this on Monday, in fact mentioned having the results mailed to me. This means something is up, doesn't it?

I've had to do this twice and it's been nothingish. Meaning something was off and they needed more, or I needed a change in habit/diet.

Yeah, it could just be "your cholesterol is a little high, and if you don't want to end up on meds, here's the diet/exercise stuff that will get it under control" or something.

You know, I'm as against teaching Creationism in public schools as the next person, but I'm going to take a radical stance and say that burning images into students' arms is the worse offense here. One is ideologically inappropriate, the other is assault.

I'm with this.