Student suspended for handstands, cartwheels

[0roo0roo]

u know they woulda sued if she had hurt herself...

 

[mpitts]

"Contact sports, apparently, are fine. But this one is so dangerous it requires the cartwheel cops,"

Nice

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
Well, they did ask her to stop once already. I think suspension is a bit drastic but she should have listened.

Shouldn't have asked her to stop in the first place.

Be that as it may, they did ask her to stop and she didn't. Suspension maybe not, but she will learn to listen now.

 

[Thraxen]

She sounds like a brat to me.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
I remember we just to jump off the tops of the monkey bars onto the bark dust. All this over protective, teach them political correctness crap is way out of hand.

That's true, but if teachers repeatedly asked you to stop and you didn't, then you would deserve a suspension too. Kids have got to be taught respect.

I don't know enough about the exact situation here to say whether or not it was warranted, but I will say that repeastedly disobeying a teacher's request is grounds for suspension.

If the request was unreasonable, then have a meeting with the principal/teacher to work it out, but do not totally disregard the request.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: DeRusto
that's a load of sh|t too.. it doesnt take any more bandwidth to display that than it does to display this : :|

Yes it does. Every single one of those becomes a lengthy HTML string. How do you think that code gets to your computer, osmosis?

View the source, copy out the section & save it to a text file.

I just created a 48KB text file of nothing but his stupid "art." With three appearances in this thread that's 150K of that garbage.

Viper GTS

Incorrect.

Fusetalk uses "PipeBoost? Website Acceleration Software", which of course is simply gzip compression. Any browser that supports HTML 1.1 receives one copy of the HTML code for an emoticon and simply replicates it X times as needed. The extra bandwidth needed is negligible.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
I hear children learn best when they are barred from classes...

-geoff

The week off will give her the opportunity to learn a hell of a lot more than she ever could have in class. It all depends on her parents and how they handle this situation. From reading the article, her father is not doing a good job making this a valuable learning experience.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
Sure, she disobeyed, but SUSPENSION is ridiculous. Sitting in the office for 10 minutes maybe, but suspension is overkill.

Depends on how many times she has been told not to do cartwheels.

 

[eakers]

man, when i was in grade school that was the main thing we did when it was nice out outside. when it was cold out we used to play "king of the castle" on huge snow hills pushing eachother off. sure sometimes you hurt yourself, but that is being a kid.

 

[MisterJackson]

I say the little girl should be expelled.

 

[broon]

Originally posted by: eakers
man, when i was in grade school that was the main thing we did when it was nice out outside. when it was cold out we used to play "king of the castle" on huge snow hills pushing eachother off. sure sometimes you hurt yourself, but that is being a kid.

But in today's sue happy society you probably couldn't do that. Her excuse about training for the olympics is rediculous. You do that with your coach in the gym, not during lunch at school. She was showing off and was asked to stop. Her parents should support the school's decision and help her understand that her behavior has consequences.

 

[allisolm]

Some interesting additional items as reported in different stories:

How much advance warning did the girl have?
"San Jose-Edison Academy Principal Denise Patton said she's warned Deirdre numerous times, talked to her parents and given her lunch detention, but the 90-pound gymnast won't stay on the ground, so she had to suspend her."

Where was she doing this?
"They said gymnastics on the playground creates an unsafe situation."

How long is her suspension?
"Deirdre... will be allowed to return to school Monday."

I think that the punishment is a bit excessive, but, if the principal's statement is accurate, then it looks like it became more about deliberately defying authority than the actual gymnastic stunts.

 

[NissanGurl]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
She sounds like a brat to me.

 

[Nitemare]

government schools.....:thumbsdown:

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox

(C) Ned Funnell 2004

you haven't been around long enough to remember, but everyone thought this kind of thing was really cool like 3 years ago. that is, they thought it was cool until the mods started handing out vacations (sucks up too much bandwidth). so don't be surprised if they give you one, too.

Some guy actually made a program to create these graphics...

Can't remember his name for the life of me, though.



OOOOH IT WAS KILLBAT

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg

"Contact sports, apparently, are fine. But this one is so dangerous it requires the cartwheel cops," Faegre said.

Lol

Best line of the story

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Some interesting additional items as reported in different stories:

How much advance warning did the girl have?
"San Jose-Edison Academy Principal Denise Patton said she's warned Deirdre numerous times, talked to her parents and given her lunch detention, but the 90-pound gymnast won't stay on the ground, so she had to suspend her."

Where was she doing this?
"They said gymnastics on the playground creates an unsafe situation."

How long is her suspension?
"Deirdre... will be allowed to return to school Monday."

I think that the punishment is a bit excessive, but, if the principal's statement is accurate, then it looks like it became more about deliberately defying authority than the actual gymnastic stunts.

:thumbsup:

 

[maziwanka]

hahahaha. the "cartwheel cops"

 

[ZeroEffect]

Remember "Chicken Fights" on the Monkey Bars?

I learned my first cuss words watching the "fights" while waiting
for the bus after school!

Kids would be going to jail for doing that now-days!

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
Well, they did ask her to stop once already. I think suspension is a bit drastic but she should have listened.

Exactly. They told her to stop and she didnt. She was punished. whats the problem?

 

[ironcrotch]

Originally posted by: ZeroEffect
Remember "Chicken Fights" on the Monkey Bars?

I learned my first cuss words watching the "fights" while waiting
for the bus after school!

Kids would be going to jail for doing that now-days!

Ahh the good ol' days.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Toasthead

Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
Well, they did ask her to stop once already. I think suspension is a bit drastic but she should have listened.

Exactly. They told her to stop and she didnt. She was punished. whats the problem?

I'm gonna tell you to stop blinking. I don't like blinking. Stop blinking please. If you don't stop blinking I'm going to punish you.

She was doing cartwheels. On the PLAYGROUND. This is not means for suspension. If they hadn't pestered her to stop, I'm willing to bet she would've gotten tired of it anyway.

If you can't see the problem with taking a student OUT OF CLASS for a harmless playful activity on the PLAYGROUND during a RECESS... :disgust:

 

[eigen]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch

Originally posted by: ZeroEffect
Remember "Chicken Fights" on the Monkey Bars?

I learned my first cuss words watching the "fights" while waiting
for the bus after school!

Kids would be going to jail for doing that now-days!

Ahh the good ol' days.

I was the Champion of the Chicken fights at my school. I am still poud of it.
I would hate to be a kid now.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
[If you can't see the problem with taking a student OUT OF CLASS for a harmless playful activity on the PLAYGROUND during a RECESS... :disgust:

They didn't take her out of class for doing gymnastics in the playground. They suspended her because she ignored the teachers and the principle at her school.

If her parents disagreed with not being able to practice gymnastics in the playground, then they should have spoken to the teachers and principle. Disobeying authority should not be an option as a child.

 

[Kelemvor]

after repeatedly disobeying school officials who told her not to perform gymnastic stunts

Teach your dumbass kids to listen when they are given directions from an authority figure. Can't follow simple directions, can't whine about getting suspended. Must have some dumbass parents that can't teach their stupid kid how to behave...