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Old-fashioned school saves lives, fixes ADHD, draws ACLU's fire
PhilanthropyDaily.com ^ | 10/21/2012 | Scott Walter

Posted on 10/22/2012 9:25:45 AM PDT by Edmunds mom

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To: Edmunds mom

Hey Edmunds mom : I read the link but it doesn’t say specifically what turned the boy around. Do you know ? thanks


21 posted on 10/22/2012 11:37:06 AM PDT by djone (He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy,)
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To: Edmunds mom
I went to both coed and single-sex private schools, as well as one with uniforms and one with out.

The all-boys school with uniforms was without question the best environment for me.

Boys just seem to work better when not distracted by girls, and uniforms really did seem to reduce cliquishness and promote judging classmates by their character rather than their fashion sense.

People say their children should be able to express themselves through their dress, but teenagers tend to follow the herd. I think this also tends to inhibit independent thought in teens.

22 posted on 10/22/2012 11:53:55 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (So?)
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To: bgill
Your experiences did not mirror my kids' (1 boy and 1 girl) experiences. Both of my kids went to a middle school where they wore uniforms (white shirts and tan pants/skirts). It was expected that when your child outgrew some clothes they would be passed to another family. In fact, the kids did not want to wear new, so my wife let them play in the clothes for several wearings, prior to being worn for the school.

Interestingly, both of my kids (one very interested in fashion and one not) complained in high school about having to wear the "right clothes." And both said they would have preferred to go back to wearing a uniform. I guess every social setting has different outcomes.

23 posted on 10/22/2012 12:07:03 PM PDT by fini
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To: Edmunds mom
Old-fashioned school saves lives, fixes ADHD, draws ACLU's fire

Surprised no one has picked up on the underlined part yet.

24 posted on 10/22/2012 12:16:45 PM PDT by Holly_P
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The article doesn’t blame it all on corn syrup, peanuts, fluorescent lights, or soybeans ...


25 posted on 10/22/2012 12:30:13 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Bitsy

ACLJ might have the appropriate laws listed on their site. I’ve been a few times to some of the union- and NGO-related sites that shed light on these shenanigans, but I don’t have the links at the tips of my fingers - you’ll have to do your own research. There are LOTS of laws over many decades carving out the protected domains of these groups, and many politicians leading the charge and aiding and abetting. It’ll keep you busy for a heck of a long time sorting all that out, but it’s there if you want to look. I think some summary books have been written as well.

Can they be brought to justice? Well, they write the laws and are experts at political survival —> I doubt it.


26 posted on 10/22/2012 1:00:29 PM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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that's great, i’ve heard of them, but why does it seem that they are never in the mix whenever the aclu jumps on the case of some small school district or municipality? why does it seem they have no stroke at all?
27 posted on 10/22/2012 1:50:55 PM PDT by lonster
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