Out of the Mouth of Babes: Middle Schoolers slam Bush/Cheney in Yearbook - Admin not happy

[ChoralScholar]

My dad scanned this out of the paper and sent this to me today - it is out of today's Courier Democrat (Russellville, Arkansas)

(sorry about the quality)

[Duct Tape]

1. Really?

Disciplinary action? Give me a break.

[ChoralScholar]

12. I expect to see a Journalism position open at RMS very soon.

[Odin2005]

18. Most principals are nothing but tinpot dicators that piss off both teachers and students.

[raccoon]

22. You got that right. nt

[ChoralScholar]

29. We have, in Arkansas what we call M-2 Administrators

Master's degrees with two losing seasons at football.

[lunasun]

2. I see nothing wrong with their list!!! They ARE murderers too

[MrModerate]

3. Note to administrators:

Sometimes the truth hurts. It's even embarassing. But it's very educational.

[Name removed]

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[NYC_SKP]

5. Ha. Beat out by Hitler, Osama, and Manson.

I would easily put Cheney over Manson.

:patriot:

[The Wizard]

34. Manson didn't kill for profit (NT)

[Ian David]

6. Looks fine to me. Give the kids a medal. n/t

[chollybocker]

7. Russellville Middle School should be commended

for producing such knowledgable students.

[brewens]

8. A lot of schools and teachers are doing just fine. Over 4,000 and

counting of our guys murdered in Iraq. One reason! One reason only! To make Bush and Cheney's people richer than they already were.

Republicans that voted for that crap are personally responsible. They go around waving flags and put the support out troops stickers on their cars. They should have Fuck The Troops tattooed on their foreheads!

Our own troops along with all the thousands of civilians killed, no way they can face the truth.

[awoke_in_2003]

36. "Republicans that voted for that crap are personally responsible"

what about all the democrats that voted for it? What about the fact that we still have 50k people there, with no hope of bringing them home anytime soon?

[brewens]

37. By "that crap" I was referring to Bush and his accomplices. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

41. Oh, I thought you meant

Iraqui War Resolution. Sorry :hi:

[brewens]

42. They were lied to on the Iraq war resolution. That I can forgive

them for. They needed to raise more hell about being lied to though.

[Octafish]

9. Smart middle schoolers.

Unlike the administrators.

[pacalo]

10. I'm REALLY appreciating this. Russellville is where my family stayed for a week or so

to get away from Katrina. My husband & I overheard two store managers at a Costco talking about New Orleans being "punished". :eyes: The people were very nice & helpful, but my impression was they were fundie, back-in-time conservatives.

This article gives me hope & repairs my image of them somewhat. :)

Thanks for sharing!

[ChoralScholar]

Are you sure?

There are no Costco Stores in Arkansas. This is Wal-Mart country. :)

But the rabid conservatism sounds about right. It's a little more centered, since it's a college town (Arkansas Tech University) - but still pretty conservative.

[pacalo]

14. My husband told me it wasn't a Costco but some other large grocery store.

My bad. The hotel we stayed at was across from Arkansas Tech.

[ChoralScholar]

15. Aah... Likely a Kroger or a Harps. Or the largest freaking Wal-Mart on the planet

It's like 225,000 square feet.

[pacalo]

16. We did take a trip further up the state until we could find a generator & a small

air conditioner & that was the day we stopped at whatever store it was. My husband said it was outside of Russellville. He has a much better memory than I do.

[ChoralScholar]

11. .

oopsie - double post.

[femrap]

27. Maybe this generation of

youngsters wants some Truth and are willing to speak it. Gives me hope....especially since it was in AR.

[ClarkUSA]

13. ROFL!

I will be sending this along to me entire address book. Thanks for the guffaw. :D

[Odin2005]

17. The Admins can FUCK OFF!

[malaise]

21. +1,000

:D

[StarsInHerHair]

19. k & r

[Pubs_R_Racist]

20. Kids are asked their OPINION

Kids provide their opinion; the people in charge don't like the kid’s opinion so they remove the opinion.

The interesting thing is that this occurs on a daily basis in schools, businesses and on the internet all over America.

The removal of options and open discussion in America is the REAL Problem unless of course the goal is to only allow the opinion of those who are running things to be heard.

This story is actually a very good reflection of what is really happening to free speech in America today.

[The Backlash Cometh]

25. REMOVED THE OPINION?

Worse than that. They have STOLEN the kid's quote in order to promote their own department. You all don't have a clue what it's like to raise kids in a red county.

[ChoralScholar]

33. I do. I grew up there. EOM

[Taitertots]

23. That list isn't fair to Charles Manson

He is the only one that isn't a war criminal.

[lob1]

38. Give Charlie his due. He TRIED to be a war criminal.

He killed (had killed) Sharon Tate and the others to start a race war, which he thought the AA's would win, then he would rule the AA's. But Bush and Cheney were much better at creating senseless wars that poor little Charlie. Manson should be last on that list.

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. Those yearbooks have fallen in quality since my time.

My daughter's yearbook was so full of mistakes, and some which I don't think were put there by mistake at all. It's a white wash attempt, sometimes.

And when I saw the class video at graduation, what a yawner. Nobody stood out. It was like the admins went out of their way to remove anyone who didn't fit pablum.

[Martin Eden]

26. Why is the result of that poll a "MAJOR PROBLEM"???

If that's the actual result of the poll, then it should stand on that basis -- but it also shows those kids are pretty darn smart!

[Liberal_in_LA]

28. exactly! +100

[petronius]

30. Isn't that kind of a strange list to have in a yearbook at all?

All I remember is pictures of the kids, pictures of groups/teams, and a bunch of on-campus 'popularity' contests... :shrug:

[ChoralScholar]

31. Some of them try to be 'current event' oriented

When I used to advise yearbook, I did a set of surveys to sprinkle throughout the book.

[Hannah Bell]

32. kr 4 hs

[sce56]

35. How about a link to the story online> go here

http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=28155
RMS Yearbook ‘5 worst people’ list rouses ire

Story date: May 29, 2011

Controversial item lumps George W. Bush, Dick Cheney with murderers

Courier staff
www.couriernews.com
A list included in the Russellville Middle School yearbook detailing the “Top 5 worst people of all time” that identifies former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney as Nos. 4 and 5 – after Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden and Charles Manson – is raising eyebrows and ire.
The yearbook, produced by students under the supervision of a faculty advisor, were distributed to the student body Friday, with the text in question covered by a sticker.
School board member Chris Cloud said the stickers, however, come off easily, and is less than pleased with the solution arrived at after he and school administrators spoke about the problem last week, he said. He learned of the list in the yearbook Wednesday. “I was assured that we would speak to this problem with some tape that would not be able to be moved off,” he said Saturday, referring to the sticker solution as “a Band-Aid fix to a major problem.” Superintendent Randall Williams said when reached by cell phone later in the day that the issue had been addressed by the placement of the stickers in the yearbooks distributed to sixth- and seventh-grade students, and added the district had caught the issue in time. He declined comment on the matter of who was responsible for the content, and whether disciplinary action might be taken against that person or persons.
“We’re going to review our process for editing the yearbook before it goes out and that’ll be about it,” he said.
Cloud took a firmer stance, saying he agreed to the sticker fix only with the understanding it could not be removed and the content viewed.
“I can assure you, as a board member, that this will never, ever happen again,” he said, adding he was “embarrassed” by the content, and reiterating the need for additional precautionary measures that would prevent the inclusion of such material.

They should show the article that Bush can not travel to Europe due to security issues! Warrant for his arrest on charges of crimes against humanity!

[ChoralScholar]

39. Thanks.

I did a quick search for it, and couldn't find it.

[Swagman]

40. what ..do these kids think they have freedom of speech ?

:shrug:

but yes..so good when you hear about some smart kids..gives you some hope

[Obamanaut]

43. . nt