Re: Kids -another POV-

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Have kids ever behaved differently? I wonder? djf


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From: Richard Bennett <richard () bennett com>
Date: November 17, 2008 6:57:52 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   Kids -another POV-

A recent survey in the UK finds that most people over there aren't too  
infatuated with the way kids behave either:

UK society 'condemning' children

More than half the population believe UK children are "feral" and  
behave like animals, a survey has suggested.

Half of the 2,021 adults interviewed by YouGov for the poll also felt  
children should be regarded as "dangerous".

Children's charity Barnardo's, which commissioned the study, said  
society "casually condemned" children.

It is behind an awareness campaign, with an stark internet  
advertisement showing adults hunting "vermin", which turn out to be  
children.
The advert, intended to show how society demonises young people, was  
launched on 17 November. A second - different - advert will be  
launched for TV on 24 November.

Some 54% of the adults questioned thought that British children  
behaved like "animals".
Read more at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7732290.stm

David Farber wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: bmanning () vacation karoshi com
> Date: November 16, 2008 8:39:45 PM EST
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] -another POV-
>
>
> for your consideration...
>
> ---
>     My sister, collage librarian and grandmother to two  
> grandchildren w/ Downs, reads
> over my sholder and writes:
>
> "Who is this Tom guy and why are you reading him? I didn't see any  
> concrete data to support any of
> +his breezy over-generalized claims.
>
> You want to talk personal stories? Let's see - when I went to  
> Kindergarten we played house,
> +blocks, sang songs and ate cookies.
> Both of my grandchildren were taught the alphabet and started  
> reading primers in K- stuff I was
> +never introduced to until first grade.  I distinctly remember  
> taking home-ec, choir, & art in
> +junior high. No seventh grader now gets three electives- in fact,  
> home-ec doesn't even exist in
> +schools.
> When I took the gre ten yrs ago- new sections were ADDED including  
> an essay-
> The students who got in grad school prior to the tougher test were  
> breathing audible sighs of
> +relief.
>
> Today's kids are smart & much more socially conscious than their  
> parents. Have you read Storming
> +the Court? The story of the kids who challenged the detainees on  
> guantonamo  bay- took it all the
> +way to the supreme court on their own time & expense?
> I guess my response to Tom is- show me the data to support your  
> claims and if you don't like
> +something -instead of shooting off negative, non-productive emails  
> & blog posts I would ask what
> +have YOU done today to help make the future better for kids & all  
> of us?"
>
>
> --bill
>
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