tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post5919754362052202274..comments2024-03-11T00:26:35.303-07:00Comments on The Many Banes of My Existence by Alexis: Fidget spinners may be dangerous! *AlexisARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-65186343457388792792019-02-04T02:51:21.646-08:002019-02-04T02:51:21.646-08:00The entire blog was very helpful.
Thank you.
Metal...The entire blog was very helpful.<br />Thank you.<br /><a href="https://www.merrchant.com/daily/2/metal-fidget-spinner/" rel="nofollow">Metal Fidget Spinner</a>suyashupadhyayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975691024246327033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-63446576066075354172017-07-26T16:18:01.510-07:002017-07-26T16:18:01.510-07:00Aunt Clauine didn't mince wors with her own ki...Aunt Clauine didn't mince wors with her own kids, either. They may need psychiatric care for all I know, but not one of them has had a truly near-death experience. All of my cousins have survived except those who died at birth, but some of the others have survived only by the most compelling forces of luck.<br /><br />With stupidity being such a major component of the human condition, it is a bit surprising that the race has survived. Maybe natural selection has played a part, and maybe we would be even more appalled if we knew just how dense those who didn't make the cut because of stupidity were. Their progeny, had there been any, might have made the kid who cleaned the spinner by sucking on it appear as a genius.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-79497528353756676232017-07-26T14:13:49.878-07:002017-07-26T14:13:49.878-07:00Every kid should have an Aunt Claudine. As a non-p...Every kid should have an Aunt Claudine. As a non-parent it is still difficult to believe that there isn't a long, involved licensing program for those who would be parents. How do we survive long enough and often enough to breed? Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-62439418634640908832017-07-25T13:52:38.818-07:002017-07-25T13:52:38.818-07:00That's even worse.That's even worse.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-19532732496673199112017-07-25T13:41:59.687-07:002017-07-25T13:41:59.687-07:00It was fourth grade.It was fourth grade.knottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10127277724751832329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-30681749594591925322017-07-25T13:12:53.424-07:002017-07-25T13:12:53.424-07:00It probably is. Common sense ussed to be the guidi...It probably is. Common sense ussed to be the guiding factor, but common sense isn't all that common anymore.<br /><br />I was at a family funtcion recently where the parents of school-aged kids were discussing the spinners. The devices had been banned at the schools attended by children of a couple of the family members. One relative was saying that there was no reason to ban the things. You handle it the way Pokemon cards, marbles, yoyos, and every other toy craze in history has been handled, which is to confiscate any toy that is taken out during class time and take away any toy on the playground if ownership or safe usage is in dispute. Then another relative said that handling issues in earlier days was easy because the parents accepted the authority of school personnel; now if a teacher confiscates something, he or she is risking litigation. <br /><br />I personally think that a school should call the parents' bluffs where litigation is concerned. In most cases the parents don't really want to sue, and the threat of litigation is an idle threat. If the person making the threat is an attorney, think about it more seriously, but even an attorney can be stuck with court costs and the other side's legal fees if he or she files a suit that is later determined to have been frivolous.<br /><br />Regarding parents' willingness to stand up to school personnel, that is both bad and good. What happened to you with the (I think) sixth-grade teacher was wrong in so many ways, and even in the relatively few states where corporal punishment is still allowed, it probably would not happen as it happened to you in today's world. School personnel had too much unquestioned authority back in the day. The empowerment of parents has been a very good thing in that regard. The pendulum has swung, in my opinion, anyway, too far in the ipposite direction, though. The handbooks that nearly all schools send out in most cases state very specifically that toys and personal belongings are not to be brought onto campus except in specific instances with specific permission. Why, then, are spinners, or those sticks with balls on a string attached, or marbles, or Pokemon cards, or any other playthings from home an issue? Why do school personnel not enforce their own rules from the outset so that they don't have to create new rules for each new plaything that is invented?AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-8888338591400383012017-07-25T02:44:15.268-07:002017-07-25T02:44:15.268-07:00I think it must be do hard to be a parent these da...I think it must be do hard to be a parent these days. Jeez!knottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10127277724751832329noreply@blogger.com