This also makes me wonder: are college teachers/admin/coaches considered state mandated reporters like Pre-K-12 teachers?
Not in any state where I have lived. I'm a manadatory reporter, but only because I am also a Psychologist.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Rick - Nov 10, 2011 5:29:34 am PST #5787 of 30001
Amy - Nov 10, 2011 5:36:30 am PST #5788 of 30001
Because books.
I want to live in a world where you don't have to be "state mandated" to report an adult raping a child to the police. Where every adult feels the same responsibility to protect kids, or anyone being abused.
Laura - Nov 10, 2011 5:40:53 am PST #5789 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
The whole Penn State mess hits close to home here. My life is filled with coaches and athletes. We discussed the likely scenario if one of our coaches encountered child assault in the locker room. Consensus is that calling the cops would be the 3rd thing to happen. After 1. Grabbing the child and moving him to a safe location and 2. Beating the crap out of the perpetrator. So many of the adults in my life are coaches and I honestly cannot imagine them protecting one of their fellows in this case. I'm personally not a violent person, but I know these guys well enough to know that violence is how they would respond to that kind of abuse of power.
I see every single day the relationship between coaches and the children they guide and I can't even express how sick this matter makes me. My experience has been watching boys learn, grow, and succeed under the caring guidance of coaches. The contrast to what I see happened at Penn (and other places of course) just makes me sick.
Sorry, hard to be coherent.
Gudanov - Nov 10, 2011 5:41:22 am PST #5790 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
How is it that Westboro has the money for going on their snazzy and classy family vacations still? When I don't?
They are all lawyers. And amych is right, they aren't really a church. My hometown is Topeka so those guys get under my skin, and I've gone by many of their protests. It was funny when we drove by one and Em asked "Why do they say God hates flags?"
tommyrot - Nov 10, 2011 5:42:25 am PST #5791 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, if I have a bad cold I should probably reschedule tomorrow's dentist appointment, right? (I'm getting a cavity filled.)
ChiKat - Nov 10, 2011 5:43:11 am PST #5792 of 30001
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?
ION, if I have a bad cold I should probably reschedule tomorrow's dentist appointment, right?
I would say yes. You could be contagious and your breathing is probably already impaired from your cold.
Amy - Nov 10, 2011 5:45:35 am PST #5793 of 30001
Because books.
I think they'd probably send you home even if you went, tommy.
tommyrot - Nov 10, 2011 5:46:23 am PST #5794 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cool. Now I can reschedule without feeling guilty.
Jesse - Nov 10, 2011 5:58:20 am PST #5795 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I want to live in a world where you don't have to be "state mandated" to report an adult raping a child to the police. Where every adult feels the same responsibility to protect kids, or anyone being abused.
Me too.
Hil R. - Nov 10, 2011 5:59:00 am PST #5796 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I want to live in a world where you don't have to be "state mandated" to report an adult raping a child to the police. Where every adult feels the same responsibility to protect kids, or anyone being abused.
This.