cornerof5thandvermouth:

man i wish i could talk to every high schooler and tell them that its ok if they dont go to college right off the bat

in fact for the poorer kids it would be more beneficial to wait until age 24 so you dont have to take into account parental contributions since there probs will be none

i want to tell everyone who feels they need to go to a big pricey school to go to a community college first and get the general education shit out of the way for cheap instead of shelling out obscene amounts of money for basically the same goddamn thing

community colleges are good most of the time, yes there are some duds but overall its a good way to get a lot of yr education for cheap before transferring to somewhere more prestigious

not to mention a lot of CCs have transfer agreements with various schools that can help you out

and if you decide to change yr major better to do it at a CC so you dont drop tons of money on more credits

god i wish i could go back in time and shake all the college recruiters in my careers classes who had me convinced i had to go to a big fancy school right off the bat

seriously fuck those assholes

and fuck the teacher who reinforced that nonsense

fucking evil devious greedy bastards the lot of em

thedailywhat:

Abstinence-Only Bill of the Day: With the nation’s attention trained on the media’s breathless coverage of Super Tuesday, Utah’s legislature this evening quietly passed a bill requiring schools to teach abstinence-only sex education, or else skip the classes altogether.

Additionally, both teachers and students would be prohibited from discussing contraception and homosexuality in the classroom.

HB363 passed in the state Senate by a vote of 19 to 10. Utah’s House approved the bill last month.

Senator Stuart Reid (R-Ogden) said the legislation takes sex ed out of the hands of teachers “who we have no idea what their morals are” and turns it over to parents.

But Democrats countered that parents already had control over their children’s sex education, as they were given a choice whether to keep their child enrolled in sex ed classes or pull them out.

Under the new legislation, sex ed classes — if they are offered at all — must teach abstinence only, and parents are required to opt in if they want their child to attend.

“It’s concerning when now we’re trying to dictate morality,” said Sen. Ross Romero (D-SLC). “We’ve been discussing this as if every child has the benefit of two loving and caring parents who are ready to have a conversation about appropriate sexual activity, and I’m here to tell you that’s just not the case.”

The Utah PTA expressed vehement opposition to the bill. “I just can’t believe they did this,” said the association’s president-elect, Liz Zentner. “I think they’re going to have to revisit it in a couple years when the teen pregnancy rates and teen [sexually transmitted disease] rates shoot through the roof.”

It remained unclear if Gov. Gary Herbert would sign the bill into law or veto it. Speaking ahead of a House Education Committee hearing on HB363 last month, Herbert said he felt the existing curriculum “works pretty well,” but also said he personally supports abstinence as a form of pre-marital contraception. 

[sltrip / fox13.]

are you fucking kidding me

(Source: thedailywhat)

letterstomycountry:

Ken@Popehat flags a particularly absurd example:

Thirteen years ago, at Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia, senior Mike Cameron’s smart mouth got him in trouble.

What did he do? Did he talk about drugs and God, like that “Bong Hits For Jesus” kid? Oh, no. Mike did something far worse than promoting demon weed or disrespecting Christ: he risked offending Greenbrier High’s corporate sponsor. Mike wore a Pepsi shirt on Coke Day. It earned him a suspension.

“I know it sounds bad — `Child suspended for wearing Pepsi shirt on Coke Day,’” said Gloria Hamilton, principal of Greenbrier High School in Evans, about 130 miles east of Atlanta, the world headquarters of Coca-Cola. `’It really would have been acceptable if it had just been in- house, but we had the regional president here and people flew in from Atlanta to do us the honor of being resource speakers. These students knew we had guests.” Friday’s Coke in Education Day was part of Greenbrier’s effort to win a $500 local contest run by the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Augusta and a national contest with a $10,000 prize.

Adequately funded public schools don’t need to rely on “corporate sponsors” to raise money.  This is the kind of conflict-of-interest that can (and will) occur when you spend all your time complaining about property taxes and over-paid teachers, and less time worrying about whether your school can pay the bills.  

Now obviously a well funded private school would have no need to resort to corporate sponsorship either.  But therein lies the rub: schools desperate for funds are obviously going to seek alternative revenue sources, and selling out to private sponsors makes sense from a fiscal standpoint.  Private schools are particularly vulnerable to this remedy because, in theory, they are competing against one another; and the quality of services they can provide will depend in part on the amount of money they bring in.  And the problem with bringing corporate sponsors in on a business arrangement is that they generally expect to be compensated for their investment, whether by marketing, advertising, or whatever.  In this case, it means the entire institution temporarily became a monument to the Coca-cola corporation as they tried to win funds from the Corporate High Viceroy-Lords of High Fructose Corn Syrup.  Free thinking goes out the window, and dissenters are punished for veering from the “educational” message.

This quote from the principal’s office says it all:

Cameron was sent to the principal’s office, where he said Hamilton “talked about how important that day was to the school and that I might have cost the school 10 grand.”

Oh well.  At least there’s an up-side to the story:

Pepsi spokesman Brad Shaw said, “Without knowing all the details, it sounds like Mike’s obviously a trendsetter with impeccable taste in clothes. We’re going to make sure he’s got plenty of Pepsi shirts to wear in the future once we track him down.” 

malefeminist:

nikolecababa:

The government says they want the youth to pay more attention in class, but readily slash our education budget and support the increased spending on messages that justify the need for prescription drugs, consistent consumerism, military recruitment, and cultural hegemony to distract the masses from the real problems in our communities.

No Profits Left Behind.

WHY THIS WORLD.