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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there is a world of difference between a "bad kid" and a "mentally ill" kid. One can mature and grow out of bad behaviors. The other needs a lifetime of support.

I am thinking of some bad kids from my high school and where they are now. Some went to jail as expected. Others got themselves killed. But the majority of them have gone on to completely normal lives[/quote]
Why should minor kids have to deal with violence in schools?  Why do we accept such a horrible work environment for our kids? Would you like to be in a workplace that expects you to be around violence all day?  You, an adult, don't think it's right, but you think it's fine for kids to be around that all day?

WTF.[/quote]

Let's speak plainly then. I want the actually, truly, deeply mentally ill kids to get the treatment they need. And I want the bad kids to mature and grow up to be normal adults.

[b]And I don't want my kid to enter adulthood having never learned how to deal with mean and/or volatile people. Because in the workplace, or just walking down the street, when they come across someone in a pique of rage they won't be able to go tell the hall monitor[/b].[/quote]

So you think that unless your kid attends a school where there are distracting, full-on fights everyday, then they won't know how to deal with mean or volatile people? And what kind of lesson are you actually teaching your kids by allowing them to be in this environment every day? Are you suggesting that when they walk down the street and encounter someone in a "pique of rage" that they hug them? ignore them? Not call the cops? And finally, are you working in an office where  people are regularly beating each other up? Is this what you are prepping your kid for?[/quote]

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