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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Can you figure?
The 2 boys that were expelled for fighting in my class are back. I asked them for the real reason of what the fight was all about. One kid blamed it on an instigator. This so-called instigator, and true enough he was, has since moved to a different school. He said "without him here things will be a lot better"! I told him "you shouldn't allow yourself to be influenced by anyone". I'm searching to find a way to get these kids to start thinking for themselves. They are so into this sub-culture of fighting that a seriously volatile atmosphere has been created. I told them that there are soldiers over in Iraq dying so that they can have the freedom to fight and kill each other over here! Can you figure?
Dwayne, I know! The fighting is awful! We have had numerous fights at my school this year too. Lots of gang activity. Makes me so sad about all the violence.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you told your students that there are soldiers dying right now so that people here can have the freedom to act like fools and beat up each other. Maybe they will listen to you! I hope so...