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Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 9:37amSanction this postReply
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I sanctioned this post because I appreciate Mike bringing it to our attention. This is ridiculous. The supportive comments on the linked page are encouraging.

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Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 11:24amSanction this postReply
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Thanks, Mike, for posting this. Absolutely outrageous!

I knew a guy in college who said that he stayed home from a dangerous high school in Brooklyn for 52 straight days out of fear for his very life. He was the only white kid in the school, and the victim of threats by the other students. Should he have been thrown in jail for failing to put his very life at risk? And his case is not an isolated one in today's public high schools, which in many case amount to nothing more than juvenile detention centers.

Mandatory public schooling is itself a form of incarceration. It imprisons all students in school regardless of their individual needs and circumstances. The fact that a student can be jailed simply for failing to attend class is reason enough to repeal mandatory public education.


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Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 11:45amSanction this postReply
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I worked for 5 years in Children's Protective Service - trying to protect children from physically, or sexually abusive parents or from parents that committed gross neglect.

During that time I was present at many family court hearings and saw a lot of judges - most of them were good. They cut through the crap and were effective in getting to what would remove the abuse from the child's life and would be in the best interest of the child. The judge in this article is a vile moron and shouldn't be permitted to remain on the bench.

This young girl needs a court appointed guardian ad litem to protect her, (and another for the brother if he is still a minor), to help force the parents to cough up enough money to let the girl attend school without working two jobs, and give her the sound guidance and help and the stamp of authority raised on her behalf that a good parent would provide.

I'm with Mike, Luke and Bill - it IS absolutely outrageous! That innocence and goodness get punished without justification or reason other than to perpetuate a bad system. That a mean-spirited, sanctimonious turd like that judge should be able exercise arbitrary, painful, authority over a girl who has earned the compassion and respect of any good person. That we continue to tolerate these schools that continue to exist for the benefit of unions, employees and administrators AT THE EXPENSE AND PAIN of the students. All these make me want to knock heads.

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Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 5:55pmSanction this postReply
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Thanks for your comments guys.

I picked this statement out of the judges statements:

"If you let one them run loose, what are you going to do with the rest of them?"

Run loose? Is he out of his mind? And what does "the rest of them" have to do with her case? Isn't justice supposed to be blind? I just can't fathom how someone like this gets to be a judge in this country. Justice implies wisdom. I hope the citizens of Houston can get him thrown off the bench. Sorry for ranting, but I come back to this and get angry all over again.

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Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 7:37pmSanction this postReply
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Bill,
I knew a guy in college who said that he stayed home from a dangerous high school in Brooklyn for 52 straight days out of fear for his very life. He was the only white kid in the school, and the victim of threats by the other students.
On a semi-related note, here's a quote from Jonah Goldberg's new book:
Sparked by an incident at his own Brooklyn College School of Education, where a student was penalized for not demonstrating a sufficient "disposition for social justice," Professor KC Johnson has done yeoman's work documenting education programs across the country that include "social justice dispositions" in their evaluation of soon-to-be-molders-of-young-minds. Among the most aggressive with its requirements for the social justice disposition is Brooklyn College ...
Apparently, Brooklyn is not a very good place to get an education.

Ed


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Saturday, June 2, 2012 - 6:25pmSanction this postReply
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Update here:

http://www.khou.com/news/Judge-dismisses-contempt-charges-against-truant-honor-student-Diane-Tran-155830795.html

Evidently the judge skipped a few steps in Tran's case: she was never told of her right to representation and he never inquired about her circumstances. At least her "record" will be expunged. CYA for the judge.

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