11-03-2009, 07:45 PM
SAD!
Maybe it's my "old age" or the "wisdom of time" - BUT I am VERY tired of reading/hearing about how school is a proving ground not for social HUMAN interaction but for gaining respect by banging someone around.
This is NOT an ISOLATED incident happening just ONCE a year! Even in the article the Police were called THREE times in the span of 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Human - Social - Psychological! Evolution has not progressed very far from the CAVE. "West Side Story" is as relevant today as it was in 1957!
Yes - we can lay the blame at the "feet" of the parents - BUT those parents also had parents and so on and on and on and on! How to BREAK the cycle?
When, what age- is it appropriate to hold someone responsible for their own actions? Young adults want to be recognized as "adults" at earlier ages but society STILL protects them from their actions BECAUSE of their age?
I AM NAIVE - but ignoring the IMPACT of our present day culture (MMA - WWW - Gangsta Rap - Etc.) on our children's psychological development is more so.
As always - I have more questions - than answers.
Maybe it's my "old age" or the "wisdom of time" - BUT I am VERY tired of reading/hearing about how school is a proving ground not for social HUMAN interaction but for gaining respect by banging someone around.
This is NOT an ISOLATED incident happening just ONCE a year! Even in the article the Police were called THREE times in the span of 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Human - Social - Psychological! Evolution has not progressed very far from the CAVE. "West Side Story" is as relevant today as it was in 1957!
Yes - we can lay the blame at the "feet" of the parents - BUT those parents also had parents and so on and on and on and on! How to BREAK the cycle?
When, what age- is it appropriate to hold someone responsible for their own actions? Young adults want to be recognized as "adults" at earlier ages but society STILL protects them from their actions BECAUSE of their age?
I AM NAIVE - but ignoring the IMPACT of our present day culture (MMA - WWW - Gangsta Rap - Etc.) on our children's psychological development is more so.
As always - I have more questions - than answers.