Seymour Flops
Diamond Member
In my job as a campus behavior specialist, I often have kids who will rattle off a string of excuses for not doing what they're supposed to do.
I can't do my assignment because,
-I'm too far away from the board
-The kid next to me talks too much
-The teacher doesn't explain it right
-A kid in class is picking on me (and the teachers din't do aaaaaanything about it)
I can't do it at home because,
-my house is too noisy
-my house is too crowded
-we had our lights turned off
So we take away those excuses. We move them from one part of the class to another, we change their schedule, we offer after school tutoring with a bus ride home.
Then the kid either proves he was right by catching up with his assignments or exposes himself as an excuse maker by not catching up on assignments.
The Republicans are asking for very reasonable anti-cheating measures. Stop fighting them, just because it's Republicans proposing them. It makes you look like enablers of cheating.
Those anti-cheating measures are no more draconian than having to show ID to withdraw money from the bank or show proof of residence to enroll your kid in school. Make sure counting is completely transparent; no more covered windows to keep the public from seeing what you're doing.
Let them have those rules, agree not to change any election rule or procedure after Jan 1st of the election year, and viola! You don't have to listen to GOP whining about about stolen elections.
Sounds like a deal too good to pass up. Unless . . .
I can't do my assignment because,
-I'm too far away from the board
-The kid next to me talks too much
-The teacher doesn't explain it right
-A kid in class is picking on me (and the teachers din't do aaaaaanything about it)
I can't do it at home because,
-my house is too noisy
-my house is too crowded
-we had our lights turned off
So we take away those excuses. We move them from one part of the class to another, we change their schedule, we offer after school tutoring with a bus ride home.
Then the kid either proves he was right by catching up with his assignments or exposes himself as an excuse maker by not catching up on assignments.
The Republicans are asking for very reasonable anti-cheating measures. Stop fighting them, just because it's Republicans proposing them. It makes you look like enablers of cheating.
Those anti-cheating measures are no more draconian than having to show ID to withdraw money from the bank or show proof of residence to enroll your kid in school. Make sure counting is completely transparent; no more covered windows to keep the public from seeing what you're doing.
Let them have those rules, agree not to change any election rule or procedure after Jan 1st of the election year, and viola! You don't have to listen to GOP whining about about stolen elections.
Sounds like a deal too good to pass up. Unless . . .
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