Old-fashioned school saves lives, fixes ADHD, draws ACLU's fire

PhilanthropyDaily.com ^ | 10/21/2012 | Scott Walter

[Edmunds mom]

The Heights School has the charitable mission of helping boys grow into good men. Its charity toward Jared changed his life dramatically. Then that change planted a seed in Dr. Sax and changed his life. The doctor’s changed life in turn led him to help others change thousands more lives – unless the heartless ACLU lawyers succeed in snuffing out those seeds.

[djone]

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

[Trailerpark Badass]

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.

[fini]

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.

[Holly_P]

Old-fashioned school saves lives, fixes ADHD, draws ACLU's fire

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

[ArrogantBustard]

The article doesn’t blame it all on corn syrup, peanuts, fluorescent lights, or soybeans ...

[dagogo redux]

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.

[lonster]

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?