Scuffle at Yorktown HS today

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it happened at W-L or Wakefield people would have gone to jail. Yorktown, which I graduated from , has ALWAYS had a superior attitude. The parent should be in jail for one racist slurs, two trespassing, and assault on a minor. Nothing will happen though because these things go untouched at Yorktown.

Had all of these things actually happened, the parent would or will be arrested. I strongly suspect they did not. Nor do I believe that a parent's presence on school property would be considered trespassing unless the parent refused to leave after being instructed to do so.

Why are you so crazy?

The idea that parents can go barging onto campus in the middle of the day and yell at students is a real problem to me.

[Anonymous]

still no video?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it happened at W-L or Wakefield people would have gone to jail. Yorktown, which I graduated from , has ALWAYS had a superior attitude. The parent should be in jail for one racist slurs, two trespassing, and assault on a minor. Nothing will happen though because these things go untouched at Yorktown.

Had all of these things actually happened, the parent would or will be arrested. I strongly suspect they did not. Nor do I believe that a parent's presence on school property would be considered trespassing unless the parent refused to leave after being instructed to do so.

Why are you so crazy?

The idea that parents can go barging onto campus in the middle of the day and yell at students is a real problem to me.

But the facts still haven't emerged. Say Kid A is regularly being bullied by Kid B and has told his parent. One day Parent A is dropping Kid A off at YHS after Kid A has a doctor's appointment and sees Kid B aggressively pushing and shoving Kid A before Parent A has left the parking lot. Do you really think Parent A is going to shrug and drive off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i would guess it has nothing to do with Trump and everything to do with how kids are raised

+1

There is a definitely a superiority complex in that part of Arlington. It's pervasive on the travel sports teams from parents in that area.

Your predjudices run deep, huh?

We live in S Arl (gasp!) and my son plays on travel teams with many kids who are slated to go to Yorktown. The kids and parents could not be nicer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NoAr is my little Haven away from DC, so it saddens me to hear about events like this so close to my home. Worried about this...

I've always been a firm believer that the less diversity a school has the more stuff like this happens. I see it at my nephew's schools out in PW county. They have many instances like the one in this thread.

When you are constantly around kids of all different SES, racial, social backgrounds there is naturally more tolerance and acceptance of those differences. We actively looked for 'good' public schools with at least 20-30% or so diversity. You can find these schools in Arlington---even N. Arlington. My kids have good friends from all kinds of backgrounds. There are many International families. Some FARMS, some rich, some where English isn't a first language. The kids are so much more tolerant. In fact, it's not so much tolerant as they just expect it as normal. They don't even question or think about that so and so's parents don't speak English or they don't live in a house or they don't celebrate Christmas. Yes- you can teach your kids this stuff, but living and being friends with other kids like this is much different. My sticking point when looking at neighborhood schools was I didn't want them surrounded by all rich kids. Mo' $, mo' problems.

Nope I don't agree. I think that's one of those ideas that white parents like to believe and make themselves feel better with. My observation is the kids self-segregate and tend to simply ignore and tolerate the presence of kids who are different from them. This is a much different thing than tolerance and acceptance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NoAr is my little Haven away from DC, so it saddens me to hear about events like this so close to my home. Worried about this...

I've always been a firm believer that the less diversity a school has the more stuff like this happens. I see it at my nephew's schools out in PW county. They have many instances like the one in this thread.

When you are constantly around kids of all different SES, racial, social backgrounds there is naturally more tolerance and acceptance of those differences. We actively looked for 'good' public schools with at least 20-30% or so diversity. You can find these schools in Arlington---even N. Arlington. My kids have good friends from all kinds of backgrounds. There are many International families. Some FARMS, some rich, some where English isn't a first language. The kids are so much more tolerant. In fact, it's not so much tolerant as they just expect it as normal. They don't even question or think about that so and so's parents don't speak English or they don't live in a house or they don't celebrate Christmas. Yes- you can teach your kids this stuff, but living and being friends with other kids like this is much different. My sticking point when looking at neighborhood schools was I didn't want them surrounded by all rich kids. Mo' $, mo' problems.

Nope I don't agree. I think that's one of those ideas that white parents like to believe and make themselves feel better with. My observation is the kids self-segregate and tend to simply ignore and tolerate the presence of kids who are different from them. This is a much different thing than tolerance and acceptance.

The elementary schools feeding Yorktown are not diverse in the least. Kids start forming friendships, and implicit biases, at very young ages. Acceptance is not impossible, but it's probably not going to happen easily at 14 when you've never had the experience before. If you don't care about this, then you don't care. But to say that it is an impossibility is not accurate at all. Will it be puppies and rainbows? Probably not. But like most things in life that require some effort, the reward is immense. If you don't agree it's worth the effort, then you do you. But it's not impossible. Acceptance would be easier to achieve if kids were in diverse environments earlier on.

[Anonymous]

Eventually a mixed race and class school will often lead to friendships between two different people, but tolerance and understanding alone can remove the animosity between people of different race, creed, or class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not proven people. This also doesn't have anything to do with Trump. You people are truly nuts.

You are right. Just a racist, crazed father who likes to attack teens.

Or a volunteer who just got tired of dealing with a bully.

We don't know what happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not proven people. This also doesn't have anything to do with Trump. You people are truly nuts.

You are right. Just a racist, crazed father who likes to attack teens.

Or a volunteer who just got tired of dealing with a bully.

We don't know what happened.

PP, you don't know what happened. But you are already placing the blame on the kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not proven people. This also doesn't have anything to do with Trump. You people are truly nuts.

You are right. Just a racist, crazed father who likes to attack teens.

Or a volunteer who just got tired of dealing with a bully.

We don't know what happened.

PP, you don't know what happened. But you are already placing the blame on the kid.

No, idiot, PP was offering another scenario to underscore that you don't have a clue what actually happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it happened at W-L or Wakefield people would have gone to jail. Yorktown, which I graduated from , has ALWAYS had a superior attitude. The parent should be in jail for one racist slurs, two trespassing, and assault on a minor. Nothing will happen though because these things go untouched at Yorktown.

One, we don't jail people in this country for using racial slurs. Two, it's been stated the event happened at the food trucks which are off campus, so there's no trespassing. Three, no adult assaulted a minor. If you read the police comments, you'll see no adults were involved in the physical altercation.

Your eagerness to jail others, however, is alarming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NoAr is my little Haven away from DC, so it saddens me to hear about events like this so close to my home. Worried about this...

I've always been a firm believer that the less diversity a school has the more stuff like this happens. I see it at my nephew's schools out in PW county. They have many instances like the one in this thread.

When you are constantly around kids of all different SES, racial, social backgrounds there is naturally more tolerance and acceptance of those differences. We actively looked for 'good' public schools with at least 20-30% or so diversity. You can find these schools in Arlington---even N. Arlington. My kids have good friends from all kinds of backgrounds. There are many International families. Some FARMS, some rich, some where English isn't a first language. The kids are so much more tolerant. In fact, it's not so much tolerant as they just expect it as normal. They don't even question or think about that so and so's parents don't speak English or they don't live in a house or they don't celebrate Christmas. Yes- you can teach your kids this stuff, but living and being friends with other kids like this is much different. My sticking point when looking at neighborhood schools was I didn't want them surrounded by all rich kids. Mo' $, mo' problems.

Nope I don't agree. I think that's one of those ideas that white parents like to believe and make themselves feel better with. My observation is the kids self-segregate and tend to simply ignore and tolerate the presence of kids who are different from them. This is a much different thing than tolerance and acceptance.

New poster who does agree. My 3 DC went to/attend Science Focus, Swanson and WL and have always had very racially and economically diverse groups of friends. It has continued in college as well. That IS normal to them and as their parent, I am thrilled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NoAr is my little Haven away from DC, so it saddens me to hear about events like this so close to my home. Worried about this...

I've always been a firm believer that the less diversity a school has the more stuff like this happens. I see it at my nephew's schools out in PW county. They have many instances like the one in this thread.

When you are constantly around kids of all different SES, racial, social backgrounds there is naturally more tolerance and acceptance of those differences. We actively looked for 'good' public schools with at least 20-30% or so diversity. You can find these schools in Arlington---even N. Arlington. My kids have good friends from all kinds of backgrounds. There are many International families. Some FARMS, some rich, some where English isn't a first language. The kids are so much more tolerant. In fact, it's not so much tolerant as they just expect it as normal. They don't even question or think about that so and so's parents don't speak English or they don't live in a house or they don't celebrate Christmas. Yes- you can teach your kids this stuff, but living and being friends with other kids like this is much different. My sticking point when looking at neighborhood schools was I didn't want them surrounded by all rich kids. Mo' $, mo' problems.

Nope I don't agree. I think that's one of those ideas that white parents like to believe and make themselves feel better with. My observation is the kids self-segregate and tend to simply ignore and tolerate the presence of kids who are different from them. This is a much different thing than tolerance and acceptance.

New poster who does agree. My 3 DC went to/attend Science Focus, Swanson and WL and have always had very racially and economically diverse groups of friends. It has continued in college as well. That IS normal to them and as their parent, I am thrilled.

Swanson has a lower FARMS percentage than Yorktown and ASF isn't exactly teeming with poor kids, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not proven people. This also doesn't have anything to do with Trump. You people are truly nuts.

You are right. Just a racist, crazed father who likes to attack teens.

Or a volunteer who just got tired of dealing with a bully.

We don't know what happened.

PP, you don't know what happened. But you are already placing the blame on the kid.

No, idiot, PP was offering another scenario to underscore that you don't have a clue what actually happened.

No, you, idiot, the PP could have offered any scenario where a normal person would wonder why an adult would interfere in a regular kid fight. But instead, PP's scenario reflects his/her bias. We all know why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not proven people. This also doesn't have anything to do with Trump. You people are truly nuts.

You are right. Just a racist, crazed father who likes to attack teens.

Or a volunteer who just got tired of dealing with a bully.

We don't know what happened.

PP, you don't know what happened. But you are already placing the blame on the kid.

No, idiot, PP was offering another scenario to underscore that you don't have a clue what actually happened.

No, you, idiot, the PP could have offered any scenario where a normal person would wonder why an adult would interfere in a regular kid fight. But instead, PP's scenario reflects his/her bias. We all know why.

That's cute, but your own bias is showing loud and clear here. Good luck defending your kid's bad behavior.