AmrcnCtzn on 10/2/2007 10:59:54 PM wrote:
It is ironic that just a few weeks ago a 13 year old boy was suspended for DOODLING A LASER GUN on his school work.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294145,00.html
Zero tolerance = STUPID.
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bvnative on 9/26/2007 10:47:52 AM wrote:
Dr. Gates has somehow managed to come out of this as though she had no idea what Mr. Hand was up to and that is simply not true. Shame on her for letting him stand alone and take this hit so personally and for not publicly defending him in any way. She was NOT ignorant to proposals that were being considered and to now play dumb is just plain cowardly. She knows very well that Mr. Hand never intended that the mascot be changed across the board. He was just trying to discuss options when the miscommunication between the school and the printing company caused it all to take on a life of its own that was never his intent. Slow down and think people. A lot more is at stake here than a cartoon character's legacy.
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pmhs85 on 9/25/2007 9:51:52 PM wrote:
So glad to see that the guns stay. The whole idea of stripping Sam of his guns was one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard of. Yes, I know that we are trying not to encourage our children but the mascot is no different than any video game they play or any song they listen to on the radio these days. I'm glad that someone has enough get-up about them to try and preserve a piece of PMHS history.
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jjwalker on 9/24/2007 10:06:16 PM wrote:
I'd like to see the mascot be a grilled cheese sandwich.
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roudyred on 9/23/2007 9:50:10 AM wrote:
The guns are an interesting tradition; on the face of it harmless. Symbology can be a problem for some brainless people not competent enough to address real problems in schools. Take Radfoird University for intance. "President" Penny Kyle and her gang of change for change sake agents are returning to the party school symbol Roudy Red and killing off the Highlander and the school tartan. This without asking the student body or faculty. Oh, I should mention while I'm on that she has moved the RU homecoming to FEBRUARY!! How's that for a brainless change?
roudyred
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roenoke on 9/19/2007 1:17:50 PM wrote:
Your right vacowboyfan!
WWJD? Jesus would be all for the gun toting fighting character.
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scottrc on 9/17/2007 10:52:14 PM wrote:
WHAT
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vacowboyfan on 9/15/2007 10:52:51 AM wrote:
Banning the pistols on the Parry McCluer mascot is rediculous. This country should worry about what has already been taken out of our schools which has greatly affected what has happened with violence in our schools. That is the removal of God and prayer from our school. Since God has been taken out it is obvious that satan has moved in with full force. This country was founded on being able to freely worship the one true God and not this country with all the liberal idiots has thumbed their nose up at God. So what do you expect. Bring God and prayer back into our school systems and you would see satan flee. People are chasing mice when elephants are stampeding all around. The pistols that the mascot tote are not the problem.
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1950bing on 9/12/2007 6:06:39 PM wrote:
Sorry Sam, get in line behind the B.H.S. Indian.A couple of people got rid of him too. This kind of stuff is sooooooo
stupid ! It makes me sick.
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old_curmudgeon on 9/12/2007 1:14:09 PM wrote:
Any of you seriously expecting the government schools to make sensible decisions have not been paying any attention lately. But this is not surprising when you consider that school administrators, with all their fancy titles and advanced degrees, score at the very bottom in the Graduate Record Examinations. These people are not rocket scientists.
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Walker on 9/11/2007 2:34:28 PM wrote:
bikerjohn-
Your right....we should have just allowed the largest scam (public education) to continue as it was. Teachers teaching when they want to, with no accountability.
At least this way, we know which schools have teachers that aren't cutting it.
Charter schools are the answer, public schools are a joke. Ask your representative to push for school vouchers.
(and before anyone freaks about how bad the kids are today, fine the parents if the kid is that bad, that'll end it quick)
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bikerjohn on 9/11/2007 8:06:15 AM wrote:
Get with it TAJ - you know that nowadays there is no wrong answer. Ever hear of outcome based education? No child left behind? Or as we painfully call it, the dumbing down of America.
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TripleActionJones on 9/10/2007 9:36:23 AM wrote:
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To the person who said "Will BV ban Tag and Dodgeball next (or maybe they already have)?"
Yep....already done that in at least one city.
Check out this link from just 10 days ago:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295165,00.html
It's pretty ridiculous.
I hear they are going to ban taking tests next because your feelings get hurt when you get answers wrong.
;)
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angelava on 9/9/2007 9:10:14 PM wrote:
Jay Morrison, don't be a pinhead...cartoon guns never killed anyone. Our country needs to spend time on things that MATTER, and stop wasting resources on this sort of namby-pamby crap.
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pfauber on 9/9/2007 4:46:27 PM wrote:
Ok, Ok I REALLY do get it that guns are banned at school, and I have absolutely no problem at all with that. What I do have a problem with is "changing" history. The Yosemite Sam character was voted on by the students at Parry McCluer High School in 1969. The name "Fighting Blues" was the result of a contest in the 1950's to name the football team. So let me get this straight....fighting is also banned in schools, should we take the "Fighting" out of the name as well? This mascot change looks more fierce than the orginal with his mean scowl and clinched fists. If there was going to be a change at all, why not keep the original mascot and take the guns out of his hands?
PMHS 1975 graduate
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AmrcnCtzn on 9/9/2007 9:55:36 AM wrote:
Rules are rules and there are no exceptions! The school must EXPEL SAM! Perhaps they can get BAMBI instead? Oh wait, Bambi has teeth and hooves that could be used as weapons so that's out. Hmmm, how about one of the 7 DWARVES! No, wait, they carry shovels that could be used as weapons. I know, TINKERBELL! No, she has that crazy pixie dust which may or may not be drugs but we don’t care, can’t take a chance on that one. DUMBO? Nah, the ears…dangerous weapons. CAT IN THE HAT! Uh…claws…sharp….weapons…………….
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FormerStudent on 9/8/2007 7:34:53 PM wrote:
To whomever was responsible for this change, I give a hearty "WAY TO GO!"...after all, political correctness SHOULD ALWAYS take precedence over common sense. I am assuming further steps will include editing photographs of historical figures that carry sharp instruments and (heavens forbid!)firearms, as well as convincing future generations that former graduates of Parry McCluer High School were blood-thirsty savages interested only in creating mayhem and promoting violence. Once again, my congratulations to the personage(s) who perpetrated this violation of common sense.
Class of '77 Graduate
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davekub on 9/8/2007 4:03:27 PM wrote:
They "always" will, jaymorrisonrke1? Gee, mine (and the all the guns that my friends own) must all be defective!
This is just more politically-correct, feel-good, do-nothing garbage.
Dave
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becca113 on 9/8/2007 3:57:09 PM wrote:
I went to Parry McCluer and to take away Sam's guns is rediculus. Its just telling the everyone that simple but traditional things are going to be changed. I have talked to a few students that are still at the high school and they are very upset about it. it will also take tons of money to rip up the gym floor and replace it, and every where else Sam is at. Just to state my opinion taking away the guns wasn't right but i can also see why they did. but! they never thought about all of the people that liked the old sam. But i can still see why they changed it and it was for good reason. also punching is promoting fighting in hallways.
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jaymorrisonrke1 on 9/8/2007 12:10:24 PM wrote:
AndrewY,
Tag and dodgeball are games that sometimes result in injuries. Guns will ALWAYS injure or kill people/animals. There's a difference.
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AndrewY on 9/8/2007 8:30:18 AM wrote:
This is just one more example of the Wussification of American children. How about instilling common sense and personal responsibility for once! The child of a friend of mine was disciplined once for bringing to school a small plastic GI-joe type figure that had 1" long plastic gun... Zero tolerance is zero common sense.
Will BV ban Tag and Dodgeball next (or maybe they already have)?
Disgusted with our direction,
AndrewY
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