The Blame Game (cont.)
Following up on this previous post, we now travel to Canton, Ohio for the next round of the Blame Game. Read this article and tell me we're not in serious danger of raising a generation of kids with no concept whatsoever of personal responsibility.
65 Girls At Area School Pregnant
Jesus, I'm surprised Halliburton didn't make that list.
Funny, there's no mention of the juvenile delinquent sperm donors involved, or any indication that folks out there are ready to assign some portion of the blame on these girls who seem all too willing to spread their legs for any punk/gangsta wanna-be who knocks on their bedroom door.
But don't worry, it gets worse. It always does.
And these people are in charge of educating our kids?
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
UPDATE: As reader Joe points out in the comments, the mascot at Timken High is, ironically, the Trojans.
I don't care who you are - that's funny.
UPDATE #2: A faint flicker of hope.
Yeah, I know I said "no blogging" today, but this is technically just an update, so it doesn't count. My blog, my rules - so there.
It seems a certain judge in the Boston Juvenile Court shares the frustration of many in the community regarding the number of kids walking around with illegal firearms and the overwhelming lack of personal responsibility being flaunted by both the youthful offenders and the parents that make their way through his courtroom on a daily basis.
Judge sets $250,000 bail for boy, 12
Well, that's a start, anyway.
Not everyone shares that sentiment.
On the other hand, if he was a 12-year-old girl looking to get an abortion, why he'd be a veritable judicious pillar of morality, with wisdom and insight beyond his years.
While I'm glad to see the attention being focused on the perpetrator of the crime, instead of the law-abiding would-be victims (a more than welcome change of scenery around here), I worry that until this becomes the rule instead of the radical exception to the rule, things aren't going to get better any time soon.
What Judge Lewis did here just represents the tip of the iceberg. There's a lot of work still to do, like starting to put some of the blame on the apathetic, if not criminally negligent, parents of the juvenile delinquents roaming the streets of the city. Not to mention going after the dirtbag who gave a loaded gun to a 12-year-old.
Just don't hold your breath waiting for Mayor Menino to do too much about it other than issue a boilerplate press release expressing his outrage, sharing the concerns of the community, and vowing to (someday) get tough on crime in these neighborhoods. Look for him to get this story swept under the rug in as expeditious a manner as possible.
I mean, get real - he's got more important things to worry about, like getting re-elected. And we wouldn't want the people of Boston to get the impression that after more than 4,400 days serving in the capacity as mayor of this city, a 12-year-old kid can still walk down the street and acquire a loaded handgun as easily as he could a pack of gum.
And, lest we forget, Massachusetts has the "most effective gun laws in the country".
65 Girls At Area School Pregnant
CANTON, Ohio -- There are 490 female students at Timken High School, and 65 are pregnant, according to a recent report in the Canton Repository.
The article reported that some would say that movies, TV, videogames, lazy parents and lax discipline may all be to blame.
Jesus, I'm surprised Halliburton didn't make that list.
Funny, there's no mention of the juvenile delinquent sperm donors involved, or any indication that folks out there are ready to assign some portion of the blame on these girls who seem all too willing to spread their legs for any punk/gangsta wanna-be who knocks on their bedroom door.
But don't worry, it gets worse. It always does.
School officials are not sure what has caused so many pregnancies...
And these people are in charge of educating our kids?
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
UPDATE: As reader Joe points out in the comments, the mascot at Timken High is, ironically, the Trojans.
I don't care who you are - that's funny.
UPDATE #2: A faint flicker of hope.
Yeah, I know I said "no blogging" today, but this is technically just an update, so it doesn't count. My blog, my rules - so there.
It seems a certain judge in the Boston Juvenile Court shares the frustration of many in the community regarding the number of kids walking around with illegal firearms and the overwhelming lack of personal responsibility being flaunted by both the youthful offenders and the parents that make their way through his courtroom on a daily basis.
Judge sets $250,000 bail for boy, 12
A loud pop on a city street corner. A gun confiscated. A 12-year-old boy arrested. Amid the daily grind at Boston Juvenile Court, it was pedestrian fare, and prosecutors requested $5,000 bail.
But to Judge Paul D. Lewis, the case was fresh evidence of a world gone mad. He set 50 times the bail, $250,000 cash, for the South End boy yesterday morning.
Well, that's a start, anyway.
"These kids don't take responsibility for anything," Lewis, 64, said in an interview after the court hearing. "They're fearless. It's out of control. It's beyond out of control."
Not everyone shares that sentiment.
"I was shocked," said the lawyer, Mariann Samaha, who plans to appeal the bail. "God, he's 12 years old. He has no judgment."
On the other hand, if he was a 12-year-old girl looking to get an abortion, why he'd be a veritable judicious pillar of morality, with wisdom and insight beyond his years.
While I'm glad to see the attention being focused on the perpetrator of the crime, instead of the law-abiding would-be victims (a more than welcome change of scenery around here), I worry that until this becomes the rule instead of the radical exception to the rule, things aren't going to get better any time soon.
What Judge Lewis did here just represents the tip of the iceberg. There's a lot of work still to do, like starting to put some of the blame on the apathetic, if not criminally negligent, parents of the juvenile delinquents roaming the streets of the city. Not to mention going after the dirtbag who gave a loaded gun to a 12-year-old.
Just don't hold your breath waiting for Mayor Menino to do too much about it other than issue a boilerplate press release expressing his outrage, sharing the concerns of the community, and vowing to (someday) get tough on crime in these neighborhoods. Look for him to get this story swept under the rug in as expeditious a manner as possible.
I mean, get real - he's got more important things to worry about, like getting re-elected. And we wouldn't want the people of Boston to get the impression that after more than 4,400 days serving in the capacity as mayor of this city, a 12-year-old kid can still walk down the street and acquire a loaded handgun as easily as he could a pack of gum.
And, lest we forget, Massachusetts has the "most effective gun laws in the country".
