Lawsuit filed on gay student’s behalf alleges school district abridged his rights. ” ‘I don’t want to be singled out because I’m gay,’ McLaughlin said. ” Call me a simpleton, but here’s one solution for you, Tommy: keep your damn mouth shut about your perverse behavior.
Category: Education
Kindergarten Brats Suspended
33 kindergartners have been suspended from Philadelphia schools this year. The new discipline policy has brought strong reactions from parent groups and advocates for children. Read the story in the Houston Chronicle. Paul Vallas should be given a medal for his efforts to bring order to these schools. There is no group, other than parents,…
End Athletic Scholarships
Frank Deford of Sports Illustrated presented an interesting ound bite on NPR earlier this week: why not disallow athletic scholarships altogether? Read his article. If nothing else, this would end some of the rancor over athletes with sub-standard academic credentials gaining admission to colleges and failing to graduate or even attend classes. Some would argue…
A Perspective on Football
Baylor University announced that football coach Kevin Steele has been sacked, effective at the end of the seaon. Read about it in the Houston Chronicle. The fact of the matter is that Baylor has stunk at the game of football for some time now, long before Steele got there, and will continue to be a…
Radicals Target Girls’ Schools in Afghanistan
Reports are sketchy as to the amount of damage done, but radicals one can only presume to be Islamic in nature are attacking schools in Afghanistan now. Read the Reuters story on Yahoo.com. What can you say about a belief system such as this? Does anything need to be said?
Another School Shooting
A student flunking out of nursing school opened fire in a class at the University of Arizona, killing 4 people. Read the story on Yahoo news. Has this freakish behavior become part of the required curriculum for failing students? What ever happened to the good old days when losers like this went off to the…
Pink-haired Girl Leaves Fort Bend School
A girl who’s pink-dyed hair violated school policy has been moved to another school district by her parents. Read about it in the Houston Chronicle. Although there’s nothing inherently wrong in dressing goofy or having a tragically bad hair day, the fundamental purpose of school is education. To the extent that an individual’s preferences interferes…
Bad Bonfire Bull
Yet another lawsuit has been filed in the fatal case of the Aggie bonfire collapse. Read it in the Houston Chronicle. This looks to be a meaningless, even frivolous case. It is past time for this issue dropped. Here are the facts: people of legal age wanted to build a stack of logs, so they…
UNC Requires Islamic Reading
The University of North Carolina is in hot water over its required summer reading program. Read about in at CNN.com. The real problem, however, is not the required reading of Islamic passages. The real issue is the size of the uproar that would burst into being if students were required to read similar Christian passages….
Bonfire Lawsuit Ruling
In a ruling that will be appealed, a federal judge has issued mixed ruling, indicating that Texas A&M University cannot be sued in federal court while at the same time indicating he may have felt the school was negligent. Read the Associated Press article in the Houston Chronicle As one who has attended several bonfires…