Difference between revisions of "Public school tyranny"
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| − | '''Public school tyranny''' consists of [[liberal]] administrators engaging in exaggerated control and punishment of children, perhaps to make the administrators feel powerful. It is frequently employed to prevent free-thinking students from expressing views at variance with liberal orthodoxies.{{fact}} | + | '''Public school tyranny''' consists of [[liberal]] administrators engaging in exaggerated control and punishment of children, perhaps to make the administrators feel powerful. For example, a 12-year-old Hispanic girl in [[Queens, NY]] was removed from school in handcuffs after doodling on her desk. [http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2010/02/05/2010-02-05_cuffed_for_doodling_on_a_desk.html] The principal reportedly told the schoolgirl's mother that policy required the arrest. The principal's boss said the principal was "mistaken".{{fact}} |
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Revision as of 18:02, February 6, 2010
Public school tyranny consists of liberal administrators engaging in exaggerated control and punishment of children, perhaps to make the administrators feel powerful. For example, a 12-year-old Hispanic girl in Queens, NY was removed from school in handcuffs after doodling on her desk. [1] The principal reportedly told the schoolgirl's mother that policy required the arrest. The principal's boss said the principal was "mistaken".[Citation Needed]
It is frequently employed to prevent free-thinking students from expressing views at variance with liberal orthodoxies.[Citation Needed]