Posts by Benjamin Vaughn2

I honestly don’t get these parents who keep harping on about how religion classes are elective—as if that's the issue—or why having them in school bothers anyone, since nobody is actually forced to attend.
The real grievance isn't that the subject exists at all; it's those unfortunate Concordats that prevent it from being scheduled as a preliminary period, a seventh period, or even during an afternoon session.
Would I care if any other elective were offered? If someone wants to learn crochet or how to play the ukulele, let them play. I highly doubt anyone would start a massive debate or open a thread titled "Ukuleles in Schools: The Mega-Thread."
But if that niche subject suddenly appeared during second or third period twice a week, people would certainly view it differently.
So, after reading through this whole discussion, I still don't understand how some people miss the point. For most of us, the issue isn't the existence of religious education; it's the way it's shoved right into the middle of the school day, accompanied by that classic shrug of the shoulders: "Well, it's elective, so if you don't want to, you don't have to..."

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Honestly... I can't say I'm surprised by those kids starting a petition.
I wouldn't go so far as to call it abuse, per se—it’s more about eight years of being conditioned in one specific direction. In other words, they've been taught to think a certain way since they were toddlers.
This unfortunate situation should serve as a warning to any parent wondering whether to enroll their child in religion class just "to see what they teach there."
In those classes, you aren't just learning about faith; you are being indoctrinated into it.
Anyone who doesn't want their child raised that way—whether it's the debunking of Santa Claus, the views on the LGBTQ+ community, or teaching that masturbation is a mortal sin, among other things—should probably skip choosing religion as an elective.
As for everyone else, respect. I truly value people who hold firm convictions and raise their children accordingly.

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A cell phone video won't hold up as evidence here—but the kids' statements will. That means the man will still have to face the music in court.
The school or the Department of Education is legally required to report this once they have these facts, so the legal proceedings against him will continue even if that footage isn't admissible. Of course, things change if the video captures a felony carrying at least a five-year sentence... or something to that effect.

At our school, the schedule is set up so that religion classes are either the very first or the very last period for classes that include non-religious students. In classes where everyone attends, religion class just falls right in the middle of the day.
I honestly don't see the issue with arranging things this way—even if someone above argued that a single instructor can only have one opening slot and one closing slot. Sure, they can, but there are five days in a school week, after all.
Additionally, those two religion periods are grouped into a block, occurring during either the first two or the last two hours.
At the very least, this works for the classes where not everyone participates, and that data is already available by the time the permanent master schedule is being finalized (if I recall correctly, around the second week of the semester).
Problem solved.

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14 kids, one isn't showing up. Same block period in the morning for now, at least.

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The label on the IV bag tells you everything—whether it’s saline, glucose, Ringer's, mannitol, or whatever else might be in there. Sometimes, if they've added a specific medication, you'll see it scribbled directly on the bag with a marker.
As for living off an IV long-term? That's a different story entirely. Those are specialized high-calorie solutions that aren't administered through a standard arm IV, but rather via a central venous catheter...