Re: Pepsi vs. Coke..

[Heather McCausland <heather@mindspring.net>]

Baron,

I read the article about that high school kid in the AJC today.  

He really got in trouble when he ruined a school picture, where students
were arranged to spell out C-O-K-E.  Hello?  A school pep rally for
Coca-Cola.  If I get this right, if the school won the contest, they would
receive a measly $500.  Am I wrong to say that students shouldn't be
marched into a pep rally to  get excited about a PRODUCT for $500.  I
thought school was for learning.

I must be wrong because according to this high school, it's about
consumerism and the power of the weak over children.  

See that's what it's all about.  This kid wore a shirt, which was a silent,
subversive action against the school.  God forbid you let that slippery
slope of free thought start.  Get out the scantron test.  

But this is exactly like my high school that lengthened the school say 15
minutes so we could watch canned 3 day old news and tons of commericals on
Channel 1.  For this the school got 21 inch TVs in each classroom.  


At 08:59 PM 3/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> This is wrong on so many levels that I'm speechless.. 
>> 
>> Robbie
>
>I'm seeing LAW SUIT with a big ol' fat flamin' L. I guess the fact that they
>are legally obligated to provide education to children in this country and/or
>state misses their brains. I'm hardly surprised; with the people they hire
for
>teachers sometimes and a the levels at which admin chooses to compensate our 
>nation's most important resource -- it's amazing they can educate our kids
>at all. And they wonder why kids spray down other people at a fire drill.
>
>What a bunch of losers. Schools are so damn disconnected from the reality of
>society it isn't even funny. They were crap when I was in school, and they've
>had several years to go downhill even further. And they have. 
>
>Many of the types of people that are in the school systems are disgusting.
Only
>once in a while do you meet truly energized and empowered staff, and they're
>usually pushed asunder by the shivering mass of ignorance and the tsunami of
>power-mongers that seem to find homes in the education system. It's amazing
>how much more you can teach people when you educate instead of domninate.
>
>EOH.
>
>Baron.
>