1. the examples in the second paragraph of the following passage are supporting details for what stated main idea of the first paragraph of the passage?
i doubt that my mother or any of my teachers could protect a kid from the wrath of school bureaucrats today. fearful of violence and drugs, intolerant of dissent or simple nonconformity, public school officials are on the rampage.
they're suspending and expelling even grade school students for making what might be considered. at worst inappropriate remarks, dressing oddily, or simply expressing political opinions. efforts to strip students of rights are
hardly new, but they have been greatly accelerated in recent months by hysteria about school violence and terroristic threats. america's public schools are becoming increasingly kalkaesque.
across the country, the american civil liberties union has received hundreds of complaints about cases like this: in ohio a third-order was suspended after writing a fortune cookie message, "you will die an honorable death,
which he submitted for a school project. (a terroristic threat? or an innocent well-intentioned remark by a child who watches martial arts videos? ) eleven high school students in ohio were suspended for contributing to a gothic
themed web site. in virginia a 10th-grader was suspended for dyeing his hair blue. in missouri high school junior dustin mitchell was suspended and required to perform 42 days of community service with the local police
department for offering a flippant opinion on school violence in an internet chat room (when asked if a tragedy like the uttleton shootings could happen in his school, mitchell responded "yes. in louisiana a 12-year-old boy was
suspended and held in juvenile detention for over two weeks after uttering a threat in a lunch line: "if you take all the potatoes, i'm gonna get you, the accused terrorist said.
work cited:
kaminer, wendy. "the war on high schools." the american prospect. nov. 2001. web.
america's public schools are becoming increasingly kafkaesque.
i doubt that my mother or any of my teachers could protect a kid from the wrath of school bureaucrats today.
fearful of violence and drugs, intolerant of dissent or simple nonconformity, public school officials are on the rampage.
efforts to strip students of rights are hardly new, but they have been greatly accelerated in recent months by hysteria about school violence and terroristic threats."