Muscatine

I think I might be willing to take that bet. 

 You truly believe that the schools tell kids "they won't get their asses beat"?  I wonder which teacher/school/administrator said that.  Where and when?  Are you going to share the whole story of this supposed 'beating", or just your side, or the version that the child told? 

 The mere fact that you mentioned lawyers says alot.

what do you want to bet on? I was talking about a kid getting held down and beat in school. No numbers, DHS, or anything else. I say a lawyer will take his case. Are we betting?

For the record you brought up lawsuits.

Quote: "Those who threaten lawsuits"

This is only my opinion, but I have always been of the belief that it is the parents responsibilty to raise thier kids. IF parents would do thier jobs we would have a lot less trouble with the kids than we have now.  Yes there will always be some kids that never learn no matter what thier parents do, but from what I see in the stores and movie theatres and restuarants etc etc, many parents are not even trying to make thier kids be polite and act accordingly in public. Just today I was in wal mart and menards and both places, kids were running thru the stores knocking things off the shelves , bumping into people, etc etc, and the parents stood and watched. My kid would have never gotten by with that stuff and he knew it. He knew what would happen to him if he pulled this stuff when we were out. No I did not beat my kid, but he knew the limits and there was punishment when need be. I even think I actually did spank him twice while growing up. He is now 40 years old and has manners and respect.

And believe it or not, when he was in high school he would come home and tell me tht his teacher told the class that they did not have to listen to thier parents. That kids had rights too and if the parents tried to hit them in anyway to call DHS on them. Believe me this did not set well with us and we went to school and talked to the teacher about it.  He said that is what they are told to tell the kids these days and this was 20 years ago. So I do believe it when some say that this is being taught in school.

I think that teachers have a rough time of it trying to get thru the day with some of the kids that they have to try and teach, and I still think it is the parents job to teach thier kids how to behave.  Teachers have been put in positions that I am sure they do not like .

Yes, I was told the same thing. This is why I have little problem stating facts as I know them. The schools have placed the child in the roles of judge and jury and placed upon the parents a guilt. If I was to have another child today, knowing the failures of the Muscatine school system the way I do, we'd home school. I truely believe the activities of this school board are border line illegal. OMHO