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Earlier this month I was packing up to go home from school when I decided to strike up a conversation with a teacher, it went a bit like this:

Me: I need to ask, why do many schools think they can control the students?
Teacher: Because they don't. They make the students learn.
M: I know, but they also take away the student's rights.
T: Your rights in school are limited.
M: Why are kids forced to go to school any way?
T: Do you want to stay after school young man?

what a shame.
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thats fucking outrageous...
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02-22-2008 07:18 AM
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Quote:Me: I need to ask, why do many schools think they can control the students?
Teacher: Because they don't. They make the students learn.

lol.

Quote:M: I know, but they also take away the student's rights.
T: Your rights in school are limited.

That kinda just confirmed the obvious.

Quote:M: Why are kids forced to go to school any way?
T: Do you want to stay after school young man?

... no comment.

Next time, pick a teacher that is actually capable of conversation, not a threatening parrot Laugh
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I'm fairly certain the teacher keeping you after school would have claimed she was making you learn when asked. Fucking idiot. (Teacher)
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Those kind of teachers should not be teachers. How can you teach if you are not open to any question?

It's sad that she couldn't answer your questions.
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I actually have a teacher who thinks the fact that school is mandatory is bullshit. He's actually an ok teacher, too.
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He ignored your question. o-o
What a basterd.

Perhaps fear of the truth?
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Yes, I too have been in situations like this. It is really pathetic how they act towards us. As if we are a lower life form because we are younger and do not have a worthless peice of paper saying that we suffered through more bullshit in a university.
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02-23-2008 04:17 AM
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