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Originally Posted by Livelystone
Big difference beteen dressing in drag and asking for a same sex kiss
But don't take the boys to Scotland......... over there the men get married wearing skirts.  |
My kids have been telling me about a lot of gay/lesbian activity going on at the school. So that is why when my son texted me, I immediately assumed the worst.
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Originally Posted by OnTheFritz
I'd say this kind of goofing off has been done for decades. Seems like everyone is a bit sensitive these days in light some of the other recent incidents (which I do have a big problem with if they are being reported accurately).
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Yes, this is exactly what my husband said, that this kind of thing has been done for years in schools, as a joke. However, I do think that it is a more sensitive issue now because of the recent incidents where this message is actually being pushed in the schools as "normal".
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Originally Posted by shag
Here ya go KBTW, watch this. Here's our annual high school "show ". It's called "big man on campus". One of our church family's sons even competed. ugh. A year later, my pastor finally mentioned "over the pulpit" the ignorance of guys dressing up like girls at our hs. We homeschool so it really doesn't effect us. But makes me ashamed if our pathetic good ol hometown of 13,000 people. These guys in this are sons of many "successful local doctors etc" so proud of their young men.
They all make me vomit.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=relmfu&v=lGE0PmAoSiU |
I tried to watch it (really didn't want to), but my internet is so slow, wouldn't allow me to. It is all just "ugh" to me too.
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Originally Posted by Monterrey
Idaho has great homeschooling laws, take advantage of them.
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Yes, Idaho does offer a public homeschooling program called K-12. We have friends who enrolled their children in it. Their children were borderline genius, and two out of three of them began to fail, simply because it was so hard for them to have to sit in front of a computer all day long, and everything is done on the computer. They didn't have the stimulation that comes from being with other people and children. That family has since switched to a home school program with books and material that requires reading and writing, instead of sitting in front of a computer.
We have debated about what to do here because of the schools. Idaho has such a terrible public school system because parents that really care about education either put their kids in home school or charter schools. The remaining children in the public schools have parents who either don't care, or don't have the capacity to home school them.
I know my kids would not be able to do the K-12 program, having to sit in front of a computer to do their work. We can't afford private charter schools. They enjoy the interaction of other people, and have always done well in school. However, the kind of activity that is going on right now at their high school is making me question what we need to do for the remainder of their education.
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