Let's start a Facebook group to rally and complain every time something doesn't go our way

[Chad Feldheimer]

In 4th grade I wrote "F Mrs. Skeehan" (who was my 4th grade teacher) on the inside of my book. Some student ratted me out and I had to write her an apology letter. I don't know why that wouldn't be appropriate here. I also have no idea why schools look at suspensions as their first line of disciplinary action. As someone who hated going to school it wasn't even a real punishment when I got suspended (other than the punishment I received at home for getting suspended. I do remember thinking "hey I may be grounded but at least I don't have to be at school for a few days"). Plus it puts a hardship on the parent(s) who have to deal with their kid not being there, and it possibly sets the kid behind in school which doesn't seem to have many positive consequences down the road.

Maybe I'm pretty insensitive to things, but if I were a teacher and some dumb 13 year old wrote that they wished a terrorist would kill me I would just roll my eyes at it. And in this case it was a parent of a friend who ratted the kid out to the school. Sheesh, what ever happened to contacting the kid's parents?

Not saying suspension was the only appropriate punishment for that. Just saying I wouldn't disagree with it if the school felt like it was. Apology letter is definitely a good idea suspended or not suspended. We went to school in a different age. We didn't have Facebook when we were in middle school. Who knows how many kids saw that. If she gets suspended and they make her an example of what happens when you do dumb stuff like that it probably would be more effective in discouraging others from doing it.

 

[Sloanfeld]

Irrelevant. Businesses make decisions all the time to adjust their store policies for public relations reasons. If the store wants to stand by their policy and potentially alienate their customer base, they can do so. Conversely, if the majority of their customer base feels the boycott is overboard the store won't get hurt too much and may even get some sympathy business.

The dress was off the shelf for a while and could have been sold to somebody else. Why should they have to take the hit? Unfortunately it might be in their best interest to do so because some crybabies will boycott the store. An injustice indeed.

Personally, I pretty much have a negative opinion about a business that has a no refund policy in general

Well the girl obviously didn't at first.

(even with your oh so totally super duper awesome private school primary education, like anyone who is an adult gives a flying **** about whether you attended public or private middle school)

Non-public school educated people are simply the best. I'm extremely bitter that my family and I have to pay taxes for all these public school degenerates to learn nothing, use drugs, get free breakfast and lunch, get pregnant, and spread STD's. And then some of these people even FAIL..How can you possibly fail public school? My parents both worked hard and had to shell out money for everything. I can't speak for the whole country, but that's how it is in my area. In my county, the public school in my city always has the lowest scores when they post them in the newspaper. I laugh. I'm extremely proud to have a family that cared so much about my sibling and I and chose not to send me to public school. What a complete ********. Just understand Nate, that I can't speak for the whole country, I've only lived in one area, but it's disgusting where I live.

 

[TroutBum]

Someone call SloanFail and tell him that BeanClown somehow hacked into his computer and is posting under his name!

 

[Nate505]

The dress was off the shelf for a while and could have been sold to somebody else. Why should they have to take the hit? Unfortunately it might be in their best interest to do so because some crybabies will boycott the store. An injustice indeed.

Businesses are filled with plenty of injustices and justices. It's all part of the cost of doing business. For every dress store getting hosed by a bad PR boycott there is an auto dealership selling worthless warrenties to customers and refusing to honor them because of the burried legal crap in them.[/quote]

Non-public school educated people are simply the best. I'm extremely bitter that my family and I have to pay taxes for all these public school degenerates to learn nothing, use drugs, get free breakfast and lunch, get pregnant, and spread STD's. And then some of these people even FAIL..How can you possibly fail public school? My parents both worked hard and had to shell out money for everything. I can't speak for the whole country, but that's how it is in my area. In my county, the public school in my city always has the lowest scores when they post them in the newspaper. I laugh. I'm extremely proud to have a family that cared so much about my sibling and I and chose not to send me to public school. What a complete ********. Just understand Nate, that I can't speak for the whole country, I've only lived in one area, but it's disgusting where I live.

Private education is great when it comes at the secondary level, and I would tout it to the world if I received a degree from a prestigious private university. Private education at the primary level? Who gives a ****. It's great in a sense that it may put you in a better position to go to a better university, but once you are past that stage it is meaningless. A person with a degree from the lowliest public university like Arizona State has much more room to pound their chest over someone who went to a private high school.

 

[moevillini]

Non-public school educated people are simply the best. I'm extremely bitter that my family and I have to pay taxes for all these public school degenerates to learn nothing, use drugs, get free breakfast and lunch, get pregnant, and spread STD's. And then some of these people even FAIL..How can you possibly fail public school? My parents both worked hard and had to shell out money for everything. I can't speak for the whole country, but that's how it is in my area. In my county, the public school in my city always has the lowest scores when they post them in the newspaper. I laugh. I'm extremely proud to have a family that cared so much about my sibling and I and chose not to send me to public school. What a complete ********. Just understand Nate, that I can't speak for the whole country, I've only lived in one area, but it's disgusting where I live.

so which came first - the chicken, or the egg?

 

[LogGrad98]

The chicken-egg-laying feathered lizard came first.

 

[PearlWatson]

You'd be surprised that the egg came first. The chick became a chicken by pecking it's way out of that thing.