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Talk:Public school culture (view source)
Revision as of 18:43, December 31, 2009
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There are two problems with the reference used to back up the assertion that public school culture is identified with homosexuality. First, the article that is referenced is about gay rights groups advocating more teaching of awareness and tolerance for homosexuality in private schools (which is a bit much, I agree). That does nothing to back up an assertion that homosexuality itself is a part of the public school culture. Second, the article is from a Canadian source and is about a Canadian-based dispute, while this article starts of by focusing its scope on the public school culture in the United States. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 18:40, 31 July 2008 (EDT)
There are two problems with the reference used to back up the assertion that public school culture is identified with homosexuality. First, the article that is referenced is about gay rights groups advocating more teaching of awareness and tolerance for homosexuality in private schools (which is a bit much, I agree). That does nothing to back up an assertion that homosexuality itself is a part of the public school culture. Second, the article is from a Canadian source and is about a Canadian-based dispute, while this article starts of by focusing its scope on the public school culture in the United States. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 18:40, 31 July 2008 (EDT)
== Classic example of "Public school culture" ==
Anyone who needs an example of "public school culture" should go to our school's cross river rival Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, Florida. The first thing you see besides the obnoxious looking tarpon (which was created by the school's [[cheerleading]] squad in the mid 90's, probably the most indecent cheerleading squad in the state giving the entire sport a terrible name) is a sign that states "Surveillance cameras in use." Over gloification of the school's athletic teams and lack of interest for academics has earned the school an impressive "D" grade from the state DOE whereas no other school in Charlotte County has ever had less than a "C" grade. Don't know about the prayer issue there, but I do know that our school (Port Charlotte in Port Charlotte, FL), which has been deemed an "A" grade school, sometimes has moments of silence, and has even had public prayers at certain events, such as the [[NJROTC]] annual inspection, being witnessed by the principal, superintendent for Charlotte County Public Schools, NJROTC Area 7 manager, many students, and over 100 parents. Charlotte HS is known for behavioral issues; [[Wikipedia]] can no longer be accessed from any CCPS school because girls at CHS could not resist vandalizing the site, and they'd probably do the same here if they were intelligent enough to find this site. I consider CHS more of a typical public school, meaning the type described here, and the type you see on the news and every TV show depicting a public school. I don't, however, believe that all public schools are like this or that all private schools are any better. I realize many people here don't like [[Wikipedia]], but anyone that wants to see how immature this world is, public school or otherwise, should go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges and look at the diffs coming from the IPs. You'll see "public school culture" at its worst, and it will come from [[public schools]], [[private schools]], libraries, churches, people working for corporations, small businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations, mobile providers and WiFi hotspots, and residential accounts. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 13:43, 31 December 2009 (EST)