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That's odd, I'm a teacher and I bought a box of red pens for this year.


An "F" SHOULD be made to look negative. I want it to stand out so they don't get another one.

Kids these days are wussies, just like their Oprah-watching parents!
 
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thebkb said:
You know, when I was a kid, we didn't have to wear seat belts and if we rode bikes, we didn't wear a helmet. My mom smoked when she was pregnant. I never worried about the color of my teacher's pen.

That could explain a lot.... :biggrin: j/k man. Mine did too. I promise. I'm not crossing any of my 13 fingers either. :wink2:
 
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You know, when I was a kid, we didn't have to wear seat belts and if we rode bikes, we didn't wear a helmet. My mom smoked when she was pregnant. I never worried about the color of my teacher's pen.

No shit. And in 3rd grade (Cranbrook elementary in Columbus) the principal would spank kids with a paddle if what you did was bad enough. I also had a teacher in 6th grade who grabbed me by the shirt collar and "jacked me up" aganist the wall to get my attention.

We didn't bitch about this stuff and neither did our parents. We probably had it coming.

We really are turning this country into a bunch of pussies.
 
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"Boy, I feel much better about failing now that there is a purple pen" :shake:


Jesus fucking crimany, what fucking difference does it make


90% of the failing kids do is due to lack of effort, in my day the only thing that scared me was that paddle full of holes on the wall (and that ass whoopin I would get once my folks found out!). Red ink... what a bunch of pussies...

edit; Damn good points DE, we didn't do anything about it because we knew we deserved it. Nowdays it is just cause for another freakin lawsuit.
 
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You know what else I'm tired of? Winners and losers. I say we still have sports, but instead of winners and losers everyone gets a participant ribbon.

And the news shouldn't endorse this concept of winners and losers either. I dream of a day where my sportscaster reports:

Today, Ohio State played Michigan. It was a very good game. Everyone was a great sportsman. Line Backer Buzz Bisby said, "Wow. We had a really good time out there. Hats of to Michigan for making me run as hard as I've had to run in a while. Nothing better than some guys to throw the ball around with. They all seemed nice. We're going to have a get together next weekend in Toledo."

In NFL news, tomorrow, Cleveland welcomes Baltimore. Here's Ed with his analysis of what to expect.

Thanks Dave. Tomorrow, I'd expect Cleveland to wear their home jeresys and Baltimore to wear their away jerseys. I would expect to see a sporting competition between two teams who love to play. I'm sure whatever happens, everyone will be satisfied with the work out.

Thanks Ed. Other games tonight -
Miami played Florida
Ohio played Akron
Oklahoma played Oklahoma State....



you get the point. Wouldn't that be GREAT!!!!!!!1
 
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"Pussification" of our Children continues

Apparently, using the color red to mark mistakes on test papers is doing too much damage to wee tykes. Poor things.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Teachers using red pen to mark students' work could be harming their psyche as the color is too aggressive, according to education strategies drafted by an Australian state government.
The "Good Mental Health Rocks" kit, which was distributed this month to about 30 schools in Queensland state, offers strategies such as "don't mark in red pen (which can be seen as aggressive) - use a different color."




This kind of thing is so utterly ridiculous and yet completely believable and easy to see happening anywhere. We can't spank our children, we can't yell at them, they aren't allowed to lose in any competitive sports.

I fully expect one day for legislation to be proposed to simply wrap them up in some kind of bubble wrap armor for the first 18 years of their lives.
 
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OCBuckWife;1352132; said:
I fully expect one day for legislation to be proposed to simply wrap them up in some kind of bubble wrap armor for the first 18 years of their lives.

Make it airtight and I'm down with it.
 
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OCBuckWife;1352132; said:
they aren't allowed to lose in any competitive sports.

I coach my daughters Prek and K soccer team and we play some teams with attrocious parents/coaches. Our last game this fall, the other team had girls fuckin quit after halftime because we were beating them. The coach said "it's because they have more players they are winning" It was 5 on 5 until those kids quit. WTF kind of excuse is that for a coach to make?

Though to be fair our earlier game with that team myself and my family had gone to the Minnesota-OSU game and my daughter obviously didn't play so we had our only lost game 8-2, I was told they were poor winners. I wanted to fuck that team up and wasn't pulling her back like normal. It was like 9-0 at the half but you don't quit or let your kids quit. Ever. Or make excuses for that kind of behavior, ever.
 
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BoxCar_Willie;1352155; said:
I coach my daughters Prek and K soccer team and we play some teams with attrocious parents/coaches. Our last game this fall, the other team had girls fuckin quit after halftime because we were beating them. The coach said "it's because they have more players they are winning" It was 5 on 5 until those kids quit. WTF kind of excuse is that for a coach to make?

That's exactly what I am talking about. Whatever happened to improving self esteem by actually DOING THINGS and accomplishing things through hardship? Being proud of yourself for sticking it out? Instead, we give trophies to everyone "just for trying." Screw that noise. Win it by being better at it than the other kid and then point and laugh at that same kid.
 
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