Just Jack Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 25 Chicago Students Arrested for a Middle-School Food Fight By SUSAN SAULNY Published: November 10, 2009 CHICAGO — The food fight here started the way such bouts do in school lunchrooms most anywhere: an apple was tossed, a cookie turned into a torpedo, and an orange plunked someone in the head. Within minutes, dozens of middle-school students had joined in the ruckus, and spattered adults were ducking for cover. By the end of the day, 25 of the students, ages 11 to 15, had been rounded up, arrested, taken from school and put in jail. A spokesman for the Chicago police said the charges were reckless conduct, a misdemeanor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Jeez dont sneeze in calss either, they might think its a biological attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Children of the '50's, '60's, 70's would be doing time, what with food fights, carrying jack knives, snowball battles and bombarding buses and cars, pogying, bringing an aspirin to school, drawing pictures of guns, locker banging and the like. Parents and adults would be incarcerated in large numbers, for leaving a kid in a car for 5 minutes, leaving a kid in the house while going next door to chat with a neighbor, holding a lost child's hand, and so on. A cultural war raged in the '60's, and the liberals won...decisively. So, now we have this: Cameras everywhere School shootings and massacres Ubiquitous anti-theft packaging Armed police escorting sports coaches Road rage Workplace shootings Drug violence ripping cities asunder Drug use by kids Children committing suicide Children raping and killing other children Explicit sex on cable tv Robbers shooting victims over 5 bucks Kids with who knows how many "parents" due to divorce rates Grandparents all over the nation raising kids The decline in vocabulary Grade inflation Honor roll status by quota States running numbers rackets Ridicule and mocking of religion Vandalized cemeteries Violence at sporting events Remedial courses needed for incoming college freshmen Rampant classroom cheating Doping of kids with ritalin and the like Beatings of school teachers Political exploitation of young people Helicopter parents A billion dollar industry in home security systems and dead bolts Huge appetite for foreign goods - then casting blame for job loss Crude language at every turn Huge credit card debt People buying houses with nothing down – banks forced to lend despite poor credit rating The decline of the newspapers Chubby youngsters with heart disease and diabetes People complaining about privacy while happily posting on YouTube, Facebook, etc RIFD devices implanted in packaging Data mining Gambling casinos outside of Nevada Telemarketing Ads everywhere Parents getting their kids fingerprinted Social agencies with police powers Overpasses requiring curved fencing Painted graffiti everywhere People rioting after a sports team victory Burglaries while people are at funerals Folks needing shredders Police officers patrolling grade and high schools Beatings on school buses. Security cameras on school buses Identity theft. Bon apetit, and feel free to add to the list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Being a kid today must just completely suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Being a kid today must just completely suck. Cant blame the kids entirely. Mom and dad (when there is one) are enablers. No consequences. Here Johnny, if you just get a 'D' in math I'll buy you a new car. So the food fight stems in part from the lack of discipline at home. Can't discipline in school, wouldnt want to hurt their self-esteem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Cant blame the kids entirely. Mom and dad (when there is one) are enablers. No consequences. Here Johnny, if you just get a 'D' in math I'll buy you a new car.So the food fight stems in part from the lack of discipline at home. Can't discipline in school, wouldnt want to hurt their self-esteem. Oh, I'm not blaming the kids at all. I'm blaming the idiots who run schools and create 'zero tolerance' policies. I'm blaming hysterical parents who have never set boundries for their kids because they think their kids can do no wrong. But the consequences fall to the kids. A snowball fight today would probably bring a lawsuit and and charges of gang assault when my precious little Johnnie catches one in the side of the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 . A snowball fight today would probably bring a lawsuit and and charges of gang assault when my precious little Johnnie catches one in the side of the head. This is why schools have banned dodgeball. Dodgeball for God's sake. They dont want kids being "bullied" if they're a target in dodgeball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereComesTheReignAgain Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 The pussification of America continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Cant blame the kids entirely. Mom and dad (when there is one) are enablers. No consequences. Here Johnny, if you just get a 'D' in math I'll buy you a new car.So the food fight stems in part from the lack of discipline at home. Can't discipline in school, wouldnt want to hurt their self-esteem. You should never respond to a post with the word suck in it. And please God, do not ever use that word on one of your own posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Oh, I'm not blaming the kids at all. I'm blaming the idiots who run schools and create 'zero tolerance' policies. I'm blaming hysterical parents who have never set boundries for their kids because they think their kids can do no wrong. But the consequences fall to the kids. A snowball fight today would probably bring a lawsuit and and charges of gang assault when my precious little Johnnie catches one in the side of the head. does anybody lob snowballs at passing cars any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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