Re: Confusion about legality of Linux
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <gmane@auxbuss.com> wrote:
> after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline?
For an American public school? Unfortunately, probably the latter.
Pray forgive my cynicism...
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <gmane@auxbuss.com> wrote:
> Nate Bargmann said...
>> * Sam Kuper <sam.kuper@uclmail.net> [2008 Dec 10 06:54 -0600]:
>> > 2008/12/10 Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us>
>
>> > My feeling is that she should have investigated whether this really
>> > was a "disturbance" before intervening. It is not clear to me that the
>> > action she took was "needed". Hence my comment.
>>
>> Like me you're probably not an authority figure, there fore our
>> reaction would be quite different. Her training and mindset are that
>> of authority figure and her actions as described were consistent with
>> authority figures as I recall from my youth.
>
> But she is, above all, an educator. That trumps authority, at least it
> does in schools; after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to
> discipline? And if educators these days are scared of the new, then
> heaven help us.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Marc
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