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Offline zeitgeist

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A tale of two bouncies
« on: March 18, 2017, 01:01:15 PM »
A bouncy within a bouncy.  Kplunk and the Rockhead to head.   

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DONT EVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU THAT WHAT YOU SEE WITH YOUR OWN EYES ISNT HAPPENING.

 
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And The Rockhead is on it like a chicken on a junebug.

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2. Shame on that teacher for using a student as an example in that way. That is completely unacceptable behavior on the teacher's part. I can assure you that I'd have stood up for that student had I been in that class. I spent a lot of time in the Principal's office for calling out such behavior from teachers.

It's an important lesson, but that's not the way to teach it.

I remember too many times when teachers singled out a student wrongly. Usually the students were Hispanics in my little home town. Too many teachers treated them with a complete lack of respect or open racism. When that happened, I would call out the teacher who treated them unfairly on the spot. I often ended up in the Principal's office, where I was perfectly capable of explaining the problem to the Principal. I was never punished by the Principal for bringing up such incidents, but I'm sure I got quite a reputation among the few truly bigoted teachers at that school. Over time, such incidents occurred less and less frequently, though, in the classes I was in. 

If I may be so BOLD How did you know they were Hispanic? Did they have a Hispanic surname?  Did they smell like tacos, rice, and beans?  Did they look Hispanic? Just how did you know?? 

So, can we give honorary mention to the Rockhead for this bouncy with only implied cheers and conversion but with  no cops, no bush.  He really gave it a good try. :popcorn: :stoner:

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17. And maybe he was not.

The posting didn't say. I have little confidence that it was pre-arranged. In fact, I would be surprised if it were.

Still, it wouldn't have gone that way if I were a student in that class. I'd have stood up and told the teacher he/she was wrong. I did do that a number of times during my elementary and secondary school education. The lesson would have been, in those cases, that authorities are not always right and that someone will stand up and say so. A different lesson.

I've had excellent teachers and very, very poor teachers. I have had unbiased teachers and bigoted teachers. I do not assume that a teacher is wonderful unless I am shown that, and there was nothing in this story to indicate that any "acting" was done by a student.

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19. In my elementary school, it was always Hispanic kids who got
that treatment. And it was never planned in advance with the student. I always noticed, and always spoke up when it happened, even in the early grades. I always got sent to the Principal's office for my impudence. I got to know the Principal and he got to know me. That kind of thing happened less and less as I progressed through the grades, and generally was not repeated often in a class where I objected and was then sent to the Principal's office.

In 2013, I returned to that town for my 50th high school reunion. In a conversation with one of my old school friends with whom I had been in class since the first grade, he told me that he remembered me sticking up for him and other Hispanic kids in class, and thanked me for that.

I was not one of the quiet kids in class. I was never afraid to speak out when someone was being mistreated or wrongfully accused of something. 

and it is only my great humility which prevents me from saying how truly wonderful I am. Yes How great thou art Rockhead, how great thou art, truly  a legend in your own mind. :rotf:
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Re: A tale of two bouncies
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2017, 01:32:00 PM »
I laughed so hard a little pee came out.
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Re: A tale of two bouncies
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2017, 01:45:30 PM »
Rock head sounds like he was man-splaining or whatever that goofball video meant.  If you are white, don't ever say that one has  Black/Hispanic/Asian friends.

To even attempt to crawl into their thought processes is exhausting.
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Re: A tale of two bouncies
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2017, 03:37:54 PM »
Rock head sounds like he was man-splaining or whatever that goofball video meant.  If you are white, don't ever say that one has  Black/Hispanic/Asian friends.

To even attempt to crawl into their thought processes is exhausting.

MM didn't look at the source, kpete, and realize the meme was a :bouncy: -parable intended to bolster DU-folks' faith in the Russia-Hacked-The-Election narrative.

As for MM's right-back-at-ya- :bouncy: , I'm sure there were prejudiced teachers back in the 1960s. I don't remember any, but he grew up in a different part of CA than I did. Here's my counter- :bouncy: . The schools I attended in and around a medium-sized Central Valley town in the 1960s and early 1970s were "integrated". Those same schools were "integrated" as early as the late 1910s when my parents entered school; frankly, I doubt that county ever had racially segregated schools. Knowing how what Progs call their thinking works, yes, my classmates included children of black, Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Native American, and Korean ancestry. That I can recall off the top of my head. And they were involved in things like student government and leadership in band and cheer leading (things where both ability and popularity mattered).

It's funny how the reality I experienced differs from what MM claims to have experienced. It's almost as if generalizations generally don't work when humans are the subject.
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Re: A tale of two bouncies
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2017, 05:06:07 PM »
MM didn't look at the source, kpete, and realize the meme was a "bouncy: -parable intended to bolster DU-folks' faith in the Russia-Hacked-The-Election narrative.

As for MM's right-back-at-ya- :bouncy: , I'm sure there were prejudiced teachers back in the 1960s. I don't remember any, but he grew up in a different part of CA than I did. Here's my counter- :bouncy: . The schools I attended in and around a medium-sized Central Valley town in the 1960s and early 1970s were "integrated". Those same schools were "integrated" as early as the late 1910s when my parents entered school; frankly, I doubt that county ever had racially segregated schools. Knowing how what Progs call their thinking works, yes, my classmates included children of black, Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Native American, and Korean ancestry. That I can recall off the top of my head. And they were involved in things like student government and leadership in band and cheer leading (things where both ability and popularity mattered).

It's funny how the reality I experienced differs from what MM claims to have experienced. It's almost as if generalizations generally don't work when humans are the subject.

Was it California, or was it Springfield (IL)?  Or, am I confusing him with Hop-a-Long Bob?

Hard to keep track...... :shrug:
              

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Re: A tale of two bouncies
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2017, 06:30:12 PM »
Was it California, or was it Springfield (IL)?  Or, am I confusing him with Hop-a-Long Bob?

Hard to keep track...... :shrug:

I thought MM was raised in CA. Maybe my memory is wrong on that. I attended schools in Yolo County, CA.
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Re: A tale of two bouncies
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2017, 08:37:44 AM »
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and it is only my great humility which prevents me from saying how truly wonderful I am. Yes How great thou art Rockhead
:lmao:  Nailed it.  What a horse's ass!  He repeats himself several times, with the same essay-length bouncy post.  How tiresome can you get? 


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Re: A tale of two bouncies
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2017, 03:45:19 PM »
Rockhead doesn't have the stones to handle any authority.