Comments by brau0156
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Posted on January 15 at 4:13 p.m.
"If students are dumb enough". When did this turn into a battle between officials and kids. That may be the most ignorant thing I have heard this month. Year if you take into hand that it was said by a school teacher. By using such sites too gain evidence you are simply saying that it is only wrong if you get caught. Wouldn't such sites be more effective if parents were left in charge of disciplining. Since parents have the most insight into their children's life don't you think it could be best used as a tool to see an overall picture of a child instead of the view of a school official who would call kids dumb. I would like too know the name of these officials. They sound pretty dumb.
Posted on January 14 at 2:06 p.m.
Hate to disturb the current direction of this comment stream, but I will be referring to the article at the top of the page just above the dating advice.
Facebook and other such sites are the new way to communicate just as this stream is. They are all meant to be free spaces where we can express our ideas and concerns in order to retain the thoughts of others on the subject. Whether we like or dislike the content of these is something of our own personal concern. Since each individual site is open to the occupant's personal views there is not much room for outside enforcement. Keeping in mind these ways of expressing ourselves hold no real physical space they will naturally allow individuals to express themselves in more shocking and elaborate ways. They allow users to distinguish themselves from group thinking or conformity. Monitoring these sites by any other person than the parents would be the end of their usefulness as a way for like minds to communicate. It is each parents right and responsiblity to decide what their child is exposed too. Schools are there to educate our children in disciplines that will help them succeed in their chosen path in life. Schools should not be expected to raise children as well. Parents must take the roll of moral educators.
Anyways, isn't a school, punishing a child for acts done off it's premises, taking the roll of a parent. If a child is using marijuana or drinking shouldn't the parent be the one to handle the situation. We live in a society that likes to blame things for unhappiness and discontent. Too many laws and too many regulatory bodies. Everything is worth lobbying for, or against. I wonder if we actually spent time with our kids and families if we would have time to worry about so many things.
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Posted on February 19 at 11:41 a.m.
I've checked into harnessing the wind for power and like lenny says they do not have to be obtrusive. I don't understand why people who live in some of the most beautiful rural areas( yes I would consider even fergus falls to be a rural environment) are so slow and hesitant about clean energy. If the city wants to put a restriction on diameter of turbines, I would say that is logical, but putting the breaks on it because officials who are supposed to be up on this kinda of thing are not seems ridiculous. Yes officials should be up on this type of thing, after all they asked for the position promising they can lookout for the communities interest. If at the present time they still are clueless about alternative power what have they been doing. No doubt lost in the consumeristic society we are now trying to fix.
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