School Rules

[Scott]

I have occasionally seen comparisons of 1950s era school rules and modern era school rules. Shows the degradation in public morality. For example, the 1950s rule prohibit things like chewing gum. The modern rules prohibit things like bringing guns, drugs, and the like to school. Are any of the lists on the net? I would like to use them for an illustration.

Thanks

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Table 2-1: Public School Teachers Rate The Top Disciplinary Problems

1940
Talking out of turn
Chewing gum
Making noise
Running in the hall
Cutting in line
Dress code violations
Littering

1990
Drug abuse
Alcohol abuse
Pregnancy
Suicide
Rape
Robbery
Assault

See source for additional details.

 

[Scott]

Do you know of comparisons of any sets of rules, say of the sort that a school would post?

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Not really. However, I think it would be interesting to explore/research the zero tolerance policies that you find at many public schools today.

Zero tolerance for weapons extending to plastic water guns; zero tolerance for drugs extending to ibruprofen from home for a headache; zero tolerance for hate speech extending to giving someone a Bible or drawing a picture of cowboys shooting Indians, even on a school bus; and, well you get the idea...

Legal challenges have been mounted to some such policies but school administrators would sometimes rather sort it out in court than try to craft wise rules that address abuse of innocent things as opposed to demonizing certain things and making innocent school children pay the price.