They're bemoaning the good old days when teachers were allowed to control their classrooms.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Apr 11, 2016 10:29:16 am PDT #19418 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
msbelle - Apr 11, 2016 10:44:15 am PDT #19419 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Even whe corporal punishment was the norm at my schools, it was spanks on the rear, NOT slaps to the head like in that video. People are horrible.
ION, ate lunch, now sleepy.
Toddson - Apr 11, 2016 10:44:32 am PDT #19420 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A lot of people quote the "spare the rod and spoil the child" ... which is still strongly supported by some.
I'm always reminded of when, in my teens, they started introducing laws against child abuse and people were screaming that if they weren't free to beat their children said children would run wild and be criminals. Never, of course, acknowledging a difference between discipline and abuse.
shrift - Apr 11, 2016 10:58:01 am PDT #19421 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I am trying to give myself a pep talk à la Stephen Colbert's, "Get it together, Colbert!" I'm not sure it's working.
Connie Neil - Apr 11, 2016 12:07:23 pm PDT #19422 of 30003
brillig
70 degrees for the next two days. Snow Thursday. Whee.
Atropa - Apr 11, 2016 12:29:31 pm PDT #19423 of 30003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I took today off (convention recuperation day), but I have still adulted, because I wrote the first draft of an incredibly difficult email to someone. And I may drag myself off the couch and go unearth the floor in front of my wardrobe in the bedroom. (It's currently hidden under skirts and petticoats.)
-t - Apr 11, 2016 12:30:00 pm PDT #19424 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
One more hour. Everything I need to do waits on other people. It's stupid hard to keep my eyes open - I slept really badly last night and have been resisting ingesting caffeine in the hope that I will sleep soundly tonight.
Sheryl - Apr 11, 2016 12:34:12 pm PDT #19425 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Back home. Tired.
Jessica - Apr 11, 2016 12:39:34 pm PDT #19426 of 30003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can't watch that clip of the student being beaten. It keeps showing up in my feed, and I can't scroll fast enough to not see it.
-t - Apr 11, 2016 1:16:37 pm PDT #19427 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was waiting for 4 responses on 4 different things. One of them came through. Ah well.