Has Mona Shores failed with our Kids?
My previous blog shows a little of what is going on at Mona Shores High School in Muskegon Michigan.(Norton Shores to be exact) I am not referring directly to the debate about transgender people and their rights being violated. This type story is most likely happening at most high schools. The age of high schools make them susceptible to questions about their sexuality. They are still growing physically and mentally and most of the time they are thinking with their emotions. In high school everything is a soap opera and many things are blown out of proportion. On top of all these emotion based problems they try to mix in real life problems. Part of high school is preparing young children for the adult life and the "real world". By their senior years most students are so confused and to top this off these kids are in a instant gratification mode. All their answers are a computer away, a key stroke to Wikipidea, or a quick visit to facebook. Kids don't talk, they text or instant message, they don't debate, they argue and will tell anyone that"they just don't understand". With all this confusion, teachers and administrators play with their heads. In an attempt to be political correct, they will create the controversies and stir the pot. Rule are not applied the same across the board. They promote discrimination in many forms in an effort to be politically correct. An old saying, Whats good for the goose is good for the gander" is long gone. Decisions are made by nerd, geek, jock, rich, poor, and popularity polls. Our children are being taught and raised by the Internet and poor interaction between faculty and students. Schools like Mona Shores will not change, as a matter of fact, they are just like our schools when we were young. The schools need to get back to the 3 R's. Teachers should teach, not be policeman, political advisers, or authority on sexual issues. This is where the parents should step in. The young people need to search farther then the Internet to find answers.
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1 comment:
Actually, I would say that M.S.H.S. did a great job of preparing me for the "real world" in America. Exposure to this "real world", you may note, is one of the main reasons that I moved to Japan in the first place.
The American workplace is filled with deliberate unfairness. Popularity and nepotism are the standards by which advancement is awarded. The old American standard "It's not what you know, it's who you know" has grown to such outrageous proportions that knowledge or practical skills of any sort have become painfully irrelevant at least, should you want to actually be and remain gainfully employed.
Perhaps, by conveying little to no functional knowledge, and seeking to treat their students unfairly, even brutally at times, Mona Shores is doing a decent job at preparing its students to emerge into the America of today.
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