Forum: Student Rights & Education

Kids are not allowed to defend themselves. The first problem is that kids are constantly taught to, "ignore it and just let a teacher know." Then the teacher confronts the bully who puts on an angel act. The kid who ratted him out gets subjected to even more ridicule and bullying for telling on...

So, after a round of jeopardy with my boyfriend, the tv seemed to find it's way to the movie mean girls. I didn't think anything of it until I saw this, Teacher: Where are you going? Lindsey Lohan: To the bathroom... Teacher: You need the lavatory pass. Lindsey Lohan: Can I have the...

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my son is 9 and is constantly getting picked on in school. he tells his teacher and she never does any about turns a blind eye but as soon as he talks or does anything wrong he gets in trouble. well today he was being picked on really bad and made the comment if i ha a m16 i would bring it to...

http://unschoold.com/ New little webcomic made by an unschooling dad about... unschooling! Just started a few weeks ago and there's only three comics so far, but it's kinda cute.

Seen Not Heard: How Obscure Security Makes School Suck Excerpt: I remember the day they installed the cameras in my high school. Everyone was surprised when we walked and saw them hanging ominously from the ceiling. Everyone except me: I moved to rural Virginia from the wealthier and more...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/13/texas-textbook-massacre-u_n_498003.html This is really really really bad. Texas holds a huge sway on how textbooks are published, so much of America should be screwed (I think it's fair to say Student rights includes the right to be taught the truth).

What I'm asking is, is what do student rights do for students that is so great? Why do we, students, need these rights? Do these rights have anything to do with learning? What could be a worse-case scenario if we didn't have those unalienable rights?Also, can someone list all of the student rights...

I was wondering what would happen if students all over the country just said 'no' to this on-pain-of-fine-or-imprisonment order to go to these terrible public schools (and perhaps private ones too as they can suck just as much but are for some reason less likely to) where they are frequently...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263221/Power-pupils-Child-spies-allowed-sabotage-careers-teachers.html Interesting...

The Onion Shame it's just The Onion, but still good. Even if I'm a little astonished that I found this because FOUR NYRAnians posted this article to their Facebook profiles but none of them bothered thinking of posting it here. :nah:

Why I Unschooled My Three Kids A little long but a VERY nice read about a mom with now-grown kids who unschooled them with great success! :b:

I think this writer's hit on something: Original at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabrielle-grow/an-apathetic-generation_b_536574.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8579951.stm I don't know if this is really newsworthy, as there's no real youth rights issue here, but I found it interesting at any rate.

One thing that I do think is a problem with the public school system is its unwillingness to differ from the standard curriculum. While there is certainly some innovation within public school systems (The Harvey Milk School in New York comes to mind--a school for those who feel so harrased about...

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/teacher-writes-loser-on-child-s-assignments-18593231

I thought it was ridiculous when they started to block all music sites(even ones without file sharing) and all game sites, but now they're blocked educational sites too. Why? Some of the reasons are 'sex education' and 'abortion'? Are you kidding me? Abortion? So what if a student needs to do...

Not exactly student's rights related, but worth knowing about.... Original at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/13/obama-proposes-sweeping-e_n_498128.html