Feb 21, 2023
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What a wacky turn of events
some sexy nun Erin cuz i did a commission for Meka and got inspired
Voter registration drive violates law
Voter registration drive violates law
Voter registration drive may get ACORN successor in hot water with Feds.
Earlier this year, Maryland removed the restriction on felons voting. This happened when the legislature voted to override Gov. Hogan’s veto of the legislation.
As the State Board of Elections website summarizes: “Effective March 10, 2016, if you have been convicted of a felony, you are eligible to register to vote once you…
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The Harm of Zero-Tolerance Policies
High school student Erin Cox was demoted from her position as volleyball captain and suspended for five games after arriving at a party to drive her friend home, who had been drinking.
ABC, CNN
Zero tolerance policies have unintended consequences. Personally, I'd like to see them done away with entirely, both for alcohol and for bullying, because of this sort of indiscriminate, nonsensical punishment.
They don't exist to protect students. Policies designed to protect students carefully assess situations and protect the innocent. Zero-tolerance policies protect the schools from having to get involved and find reasonable solutions, presumably to limit their liability. To an extent, I understand fear of liability. Litigation is costly even if you win. But do we really want to protect schools over the safety of our students? Do we want to allow schools to punish students arguably (and in my opinion) doing the right thing? Do we want to instill the same fear of liability in our children so that they are too afraid to help each other?
That's not what rules against drugs, alcohol, and violence should be about.
Some of the article's readers criticize that she knowingly broke the school's alcohol policy and should accept the consequences, but they only illustrate my point. This isn't just a misapplication of the rule; the rule itself is irreparably broken. If the rule prevents Erin from keeping her friend safe because it prevents even the slightest association with alcohol, then it's preventing desirable behavior.
Schools need to start making real decisions, not avoiding them whatever the consequences.
The suspension of a star high school volleyball player in Massachusetts for what she says was simply helping a friend by serving as a...
Student Punished For Driving Drunk Friend Home. Awesome.
There are good teachers, and there are good principals.
Then there are dead weighted, tenure protected assholes who show our kids that doing the right thing will get your ass in trouble. Ugh. Does this make you all sick too?? I’d love to see MADD get…
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Top News Story: "School slaps teen for doing the right thing"
Girl Picks Up a Drunk Friend and Gets in Trouble at School
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I am blown away by this. This girl Erin Cox, gets a drunk dial from a friend that doesn’t want to drink and drive so Erin went to get her. The cops show up (she was cleared of any wrong…
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