Klarinet Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 2002/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music vs. drug testing
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 18:25:04 -0400

At 09:39 AM 7/1/2002 -0500, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>The schools need to maintain discipline so that
> > those who WANT to learn can do so free of distractions.
>
>I often wanted exactly that, but I also understood that the school couldn't
>and shouldn't do everything in its power to make that so. There are a lot of
>things FHS could have done to its students to make it safer, but I'd argue
>that the learning ENVIROMENT would be altered for the worse.

I disagree. If the school environment is not safe, that is a MONUMENTAL
problem. If the environment is otherwise distracting students from
learning and teachers from teaching, that is still very bad. Schools MUST
provide safe and appropriate learning environments, or else the are just
wasting their time and the taxpayers' money.

> > "Team" punishment
> > has always annoyed me, too, but if nobody is willing to finger they guilty
> > party...
>
>Most of the time, I didn't know, and there were times when I was the guilty
>party, took the responsibility, and others still suffered for my acts. That
>really angered me.

That would get MY goat, too.

> > The only "right" I want to see taken away is the "right" of criminals to
> > break the law and get away with it.
>
>Eloquently put, but impossible to achieve. There will always be crime, and
>there will always be those who can get away with it.

You still have to try. Our reach should exceed our grasp.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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