Pricipal decides all students should be included in 'honors' awards.

[PokerGuy]

This idiot principal decided that having an award exclusively for high achievers and honors student would be devastating to other students... so, he decided all students should be invited to the honors awards.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...inviting-students-exclusive-Honors-Night.html

First year principal David Fabrizio of Ipswich Middle School said that he will open the annual event to all students to avoid 'devastating' those who didn't make the grade.

With idiots like this running the schools and imparting their stupidity on impressionable minds, is it any wonder that the country continues to go downhill?

Sheesh, if I was a parent at that school I'd start working with the school board immediately to get rid of this moron.

 

[shortylickens]

This guy is like 20 years behind the times.
We've already tried that nonsense and discovered it doesnt fucking work. He needs to catch up, so he can cancel this.

 

[Charles Kozierok]

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to discover that this story has been improperly reported and exaggerated for dramatic effect.

 

[zsdersw]

'This isn’t the dumbing down of America,' Mr Fabrizio told the Chronicle. 'This isn’t everyone getting a trophy. The same kids who were honored before are being honored now.'

It appears to be more reasonable and less idiotic than your OP would suggest.

If the achievers in athletics, the arts, etc are going to be rewarded anyway... why not do it all in one awards event? Seems more efficient than separate awards events.

 

[Nintendesert]

Here in Colorado kids get to be on the honor roll with C's and D's. It's a joke, but at least we have standards! No F's damnit, no F's.

 

[waggy]

Here in Colorado kids get to be on the honor roll with C's and D's. It's a joke, but at least we have standards! No F's damnit, no F's.

oh my.

shit like this is stupid. You don't make honors? fuck to bad. you don't make the team? fuck to bad. you can't land the cheerleader? well that is something i wish the school helped me with in high school...:awe:

 

[WelshBloke]

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to discover that this story has been improperly reported and exaggerated for dramatic effect.

Goodness me, the Daily mail misrepresenting a story to generate outrage!

Shocked I am, absolutely shocked!

 

[Mursilis]

Here in Colorado kids get to be on the honor roll with C's and D's. It's a joke, but at least we have standards! No F's damnit, no F's.

Seriously?!?!

 

[Charles Kozierok]

Here in Colorado kids get to be on the honor roll with C's and D's. It's a joke, but at least we have standards! No F's damnit, no F's.

I have a feeling there's more to this story as well.

 

[Nintendesert]

I have a feeling there's more to this story as well.

Sorry, nope. Wife is a teacher and had to put even the stupid kids on the honor roll. Some classes had 100% on it and my wife left off 2 or 3 that straight up just had F's and didn't want to do any of the work. I'm sorry that it doesn't jive with your world view.

 

[PokerGuy]

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to discover that this story has been improperly reported and exaggerated for dramatic effect.

So what exactly is improper and exaggerated about the story I linked to?

From your link:

All he did, he said, was move Honors Night to Honors Day, so all of the pupils could take part.

It was an exclusive event for honors students and their parents to attend, it was moved to a daytime event open to everyone instead of for the honors students. Heaven forbid the other poor students get "devastated" that they weren't included. Guess what, want to be included? Earn it.

The principal is an idiot, he needs to be booted from the school asap.

 

[bshole]

FoxNews gets it wrong again. What a surprise.

We did not cancel honors recognition as erroneously reported on FOX News in Boston. We changed our Honors Night from an exclusive ceremony at night to an all inclusive ceremony during the day with the entire school present. During this ceremony we will honor those who have excelled academically, athletically, in the Arts and in the Related Arts.

High-achieving pupils will still get their awards at a special ceremony, just like always, he said. All he did, he said, was move Honors Night to Honors Day, so all of the pupils could take part.
It turns out that only children receiving awards could attend Honors Night, where they got to hear messages from inspirational speakers. By opening the ceremony up to all pupils, "the kids who need the inspirational speakers" can be there, Fabrizio said.

What is truly shocking about this story is that we never hold the people who bring us the news responsible. There is no consequence to Fox for botching this so horribly. If you are waiting for Fox to publish an apology for their smear job, keep holding your breath.

 

[Nintendesert]

Honors night is weird as it is, I remember always having honor roll in front of the whole school anyways. Stupid kids stayed in their seat and non-stupid kids got honored.

 

[Charles Kozierok]

So what exactly is improper and exaggerated about the story I linked to?

Well, let's see. You started your post saying "This idiot principal decided that having an award exclusively for high achievers and honors student would be devastating to other students... so, he decided all students should be invited to the honors awards."

You suggested that the award itself was going to be given to everyone, as opposed to them just attending the ceremony. So you were either exaggerating on purpose, or didn't even bother to properly read and understand before rushing here to express your "outrage".

As for the story itself, the Fox "News" assholes deliberately misled people by starting their article out saying that the principal "canceled the middle school's Honors Night" and left otut the small detail that he didn't actually cancel it, just changed how it worked.

The principal is an idiot, he needs to be booted from the school asap.

The principal isn't an idiot. You are.

Not that that is any surprise at this point.

 

[exdeath]

Lets hold ands and sing "everybody is special..." :whiste:

 

[PokerGuy]

Well, let's see. You started your post saying "This idiot principal decided that having an award exclusively for high achievers and honors student would be devastating to other students... so, he decided all students should be invited to the honors awards."

You suggested that the award itself was going to be given to everyone, as opposed to them just attending the ceremony.

Baloney, I made no such suggestion. I specifically stated that all the students would be invited to the event, not that they would be receiving the award. Further, I linked to a story that in fact includes updates that have the statements from the idiot principal where he provides his version of the debacle. Reading and comprehension fail on your part.

and left otut the small detail that he didn't actually cancel it, just changed how it worked.

I didn't see the fox story itself, nor did I link to it. The event was an exclusive event for the deserving, the idiot opened it up to everyone so it's no longer exclusive. In his own words he said not being included was "devastating" to those who didn't make the grade.

The principal isn't an idiot. You are.

You fail to read and comprehend and then have the gall to call me an idiot because of your failure. Idiot.

 

[PokerGuy]

Lets hold ands and sing "everybody is special..." :whiste:

Yep, that's the kind of stupidity we're having "lead" the kids.

 

[Hugo Drax]

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to discover that this story has been improperly reported and exaggerated for dramatic effect.

No it stands as correct.

Sorry but its cut and dry.

High-achieving pupils will still get their awards at a special ceremony, just like always, he said. All he did, he said, was move Honors Night to Honors Day, so all of the pupils could take part.
It turns out that only children receiving awards could attend Honors Night, where they got to hear messages from inspirational speakers. By opening the ceremony up to all pupils, "the kids who need the inspirational speakers" can be there, Fabrizio said.

What he basically did was say that every student now gets a trophy instead of just those who worked hard to exceed in school.


"It turns out that only children receiving awards could attend Honors Night, where they got to hear messages from inspirational speakers. By opening the ceremony up to all pupils, "the kids who need the inspirational speakers" can be there, Fabrizio said."



Bullshit translator
"the kids who need the inspirational speakers" can be there, Fabrizio said."

= Everyone gets a trophy, so a special night for the hard workers and achievers turns into an open day for everyone in the school, including the halfwits,fuckups and slackers can attend in the day in some crowded auditorium and maybe get inspired.


Sorry but if you lose, you do not deserve a trophy or rewards.

 

[zsdersw]

"can attend" != "receive an award"

 

[Charles Kozierok]

I specifically stated that all the students would be invited to the event, not that they would be receiving the award.

You said: "This idiot principal decided that having an award exclusively for high achievers and honors student would be devastating to other students..."

That's false. He did not say that.

I didn't see the fox story itself, nor did I link to it.

The hysterical Daily Mail article was based on the Fox story, which it linked to directly. It was improperly reported on there, and then hyped up and exaggerated by the Daily Mail and morons like you who spread it around the Internet.

Lost in all of this nonsense is any actual reasoning as to why it is a problem for non-winners to attend a ceremony honoring the winners. I would think it would be better for everyone, them especially, for more people to participate in their being honored.

 

[Charles Kozierok]

What he basically did was say that every student now gets a trophy instead of just those who worked hard to exceed in school.

No, he said the exact opposite of that.

 

[Bricked]

Lost in all of this nonsense is any actual reasoning as to why it is a problem for non-winners to attend a ceremony honoring the winners. I would think it would be better for everyone, them especially, for more people to participate in their being honored.

The exclusivity of the event is seen as part of the reward - the status of being invited to something that a lot of other people are barred from.

Whether or not it should be seen that way... well, the internet will take its course on that.

 

[Hugo Drax]

"can attend" != "receive an award"

It was supposed to be an exclusive night for the hard working students to enjoy getting their reward, interact with motivational speakers. Something more private, exclusive and more intimate.

Now it becomes some big crowded noisy auditorium event and every tom dick and harry will be there, most likely the fuckups and halfwits will be disturbing the event as well, and the Honor students will probably get much less time with the Motivational speakers.

Not the same thing. The Honors night was cancelled to insure all Millennials all get a reward. America is becoming a soft nation.

 

[cubby1223]

Well, let's see. You started your post saying "This idiot principal decided that having an award exclusively for high achievers and honors student would be devastating to other students... so, he decided all students should be invited to the honors awards."

You suggested that the award itself was going to be given to everyone, as opposed to them just attending the ceremony. So you were either exaggerating on purpose, or didn't even bother to properly read and understand before rushing here to express your "outrage".

As for the story itself, the Fox "News" assholes deliberately misled people by starting their article out saying that the principal "canceled the middle school's Honors Night" and left otut the small detail that he didn't actually cancel it, just changed how it worked.



The principal isn't an idiot. You are.

Not that that is any surprise at this point.

What fucking bug crawled up your ass this morning? I thought it was pretty obvious to just fill in the missing word:

"This idiot principal decided that having an award ceremony exclusively for high achievers and honors student would be devastating to other students... so, he decided all students should be invited to the honors awards."

But then you fly off in your own outrage - seriously?

 

[bshole]

I can remember listening to speakers in elementary school. I NEVER considered it an award..... far from it... more like a punishment. An award is when they call you out and give you something. Doing it in front of your classmates who didn't win is just the extra icing. How is watching your classmates being singled for praise and awards and not getting anything yourself an award? Weird logic.