Monday & Tuesday: These papers were really boring to me... I don't really like the Monday times... I don't know why. And other than the large print adds in both M and T, nothing caught my attention much.
Wednesday:The picture of Obama with graying hair on the front page made me laugh at first and then realize how much scrutiny he is constantly under. I wonder if it's a doctored photo? Interesting how I go to Obama's picture and not the war conflict on above it...
Thursday: I don't understand how the media can print such horribly personal photos! Just like a newspaper last week where you could see the bloodied face of the dead man.. and now? Someone mourning the loss of their loved one? I know that picture like these sell.. but I wish they wouldn't print them. It's inhumane.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
New policy to be approved making high school delinquents return to school on Saturdays.
The Portsmouth School Board motioned to approve a new policy requiring students who have disciplinary problems during the week to return to school for a special Saturday 8 A.M. until noon session.
Peggy Bacon, parent of local Portsmouth High School student disagreed with the motion. “I work six days a week – including Saturday morning,” said Bacon. “And it’s bad enough to get my son off to school Monday through Friday. Why should I have to worry about Saturday as well?”
“I don’t like this idea,” said Lisa Gallagher, a senior at Portsmouth High School. “I think it’s just being done to make life easier for the faculty, so they don’t have to deal with detentions during the week.”
Portsmouth School Board member, Tom Steele, responded that the new disciplinary measure is being proposed in effort to reduce the number of in-house suspensions. These suspensions are now automatically given to students caught smoking in or outside school grounds.
“I just want to keep students from smoking in the high school bathrooms,” said Steele. “There are other problems, but smoking is by far the worst one.”
“I know my son isn’t perfect,” said Bacon. “And I know he’ll probably wind up on their Saturday list at some point, but I’m not going to force him to go. I just don’t think it’s going to make any difference, and the parents are going to pay for it – in higher taxes as well as in ruined Saturdays.”
“I know this isn’t good news for parents,” said Steele. “But I hope the threat of Saturday morning classes will make the students think twice about breaking the school rules.”
“What if someone skips the session,” said Gallagher. “What are they going to do, make them stay all weekend?”
Steele explained that the student wouldn’t be able to return to school until the detention has been served.
Portsmouth resident Bob Farley of 64 Elm Street likes the new rules. “Parents can whine all they want about this, but maybe it’s time parents in America were made to take a little responsibility for their kids,” said Farley. “Parents aren’t teaching their kids any rules, so the kids have no respect for rules. Maybe if they have to miss a few Saturday morning cartoons they’ll start wising up.”
Peggy Bacon, parent of local Portsmouth High School student disagreed with the motion. “I work six days a week – including Saturday morning,” said Bacon. “And it’s bad enough to get my son off to school Monday through Friday. Why should I have to worry about Saturday as well?”
“I don’t like this idea,” said Lisa Gallagher, a senior at Portsmouth High School. “I think it’s just being done to make life easier for the faculty, so they don’t have to deal with detentions during the week.”
Portsmouth School Board member, Tom Steele, responded that the new disciplinary measure is being proposed in effort to reduce the number of in-house suspensions. These suspensions are now automatically given to students caught smoking in or outside school grounds.
“I just want to keep students from smoking in the high school bathrooms,” said Steele. “There are other problems, but smoking is by far the worst one.”
“I know my son isn’t perfect,” said Bacon. “And I know he’ll probably wind up on their Saturday list at some point, but I’m not going to force him to go. I just don’t think it’s going to make any difference, and the parents are going to pay for it – in higher taxes as well as in ruined Saturdays.”
“I know this isn’t good news for parents,” said Steele. “But I hope the threat of Saturday morning classes will make the students think twice about breaking the school rules.”
“What if someone skips the session,” said Gallagher. “What are they going to do, make them stay all weekend?”
Steele explained that the student wouldn’t be able to return to school until the detention has been served.
Portsmouth resident Bob Farley of 64 Elm Street likes the new rules. “Parents can whine all they want about this, but maybe it’s time parents in America were made to take a little responsibility for their kids,” said Farley. “Parents aren’t teaching their kids any rules, so the kids have no respect for rules. Maybe if they have to miss a few Saturday morning cartoons they’ll start wising up.”
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