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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn't seem to be going any better at FCPS.  My child's elementary school really pushed for it for a bullying situation in lieu of actually doing anything.  The RJ mediator met with the students and opted not to go forward with the process.  So, the thing that the school was relying on isn't going to happen.  [/quote]

What a mess. It's almost as if theoretical ideas can meet failure when taken out of the abstract thought exercises and places in real-world dynamic and complex scenarios.[/quote]

It isn’t theoretical. It works well for the Maori, who invented it. Problem is, we aren’t Māori. We are Pakeha.[/quote]

No we are not. Not most of us, anyway. I'm sure some of us are (which is one of the great things about MCPS's highly diverse population).  The idea of apology and forgiveness isn't exactly unique to Māori culture. It's even built in the US legal system in parole and sentencing guidelines. [/quote]

Seriously, and someone else in this thread pointed out that RJ doesn't work all that perfectly in Maori culture.

The RJ proponents are so unhinged it's unreal. They would be more persuasive if they were honest and transparent about the parameters and limits of the RJ approach but instead, because they're desperate to pour millions of dollars in resources into their academic, philosophical fantasy, they insist till they're blue in the face that RJ is a panacea and can cure all, if only we all just believed!

Get a grip and grow up, RJ evangelists. You'll get more people onboard if you're honest and real instead of entertaining fantasies and trying to force them onto others as reality.[/quote]

You do not like RJ so you say, but try it try it and you may! :D[/quote]

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