"Snohos"

WSUCougar · 04-22-2005, 04:54 PM

My brother forwarded this story to me:

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Kudos To Snohomish High Principal

April 21, 2005

By Ken Schram

SNOHOMISH, WA - Schools have different ways to teach kids things.

It's too bad that, too often, they miss some of the chances.

Not so up in Snohomish County.

School officials there could have stayed hunkered down and used the weight of their authority to smother the whole "Snohos" T-shirt flap (see my earlier commentary here).

Instead, they backed off.

They decided to take kids at their word that "Snohos" is nothing more than an abbreviation for where they live, and not a slang term for prostitutes.

They decided the one kid who was confronted for wearing the shirt won't be suspended, but will still have to go to detention for mouthing off and swearing when told to cover it up.

And they decided the shirt can be worn at school.

Snohomish High School Principal Diana Plumis should get a lot of credit.

She didn't just give kids the T-shirt back.

She gave them respect.

Teenagers don't always get a whole lot of that.

They get a healthy dose of being blamed, badgered, accused and disregarded, but it's not all that often they get taken seriously.

Up in Snohomish County, kids have learned their word counts for something.

That's an education all in itself.

Franklinnoble · 04-22-2005, 05:12 PM

What a load of crap.

Kids need authority figures to act like frickin' grown ups, not be "one of them."

sabotai · 04-22-2005, 05:16 PM

Nice. Good to see there are some people in education with the ability to think and reason instead of just automonously following the "zero tolerance" line of nonthinking.

korme · 04-22-2005, 05:18 PM

our homecoming t-shirts against the middletown middies read "Light up the Middies!" with a football in flames, resembling a blunt (middie is a type of weed). needless to say, the faculty had no clue.

Desnudo · 04-22-2005, 05:52 PM

They still have to live in Snohomish County though

AZSpeechCoach · 04-22-2005, 07:16 PM

Our homecoming shirts from a few years ago appeared to have our Bobcat sexually assaulting a falcon. Our DECA teacher swore that the Bobcat was just tackling the bird.

KWhit · 04-22-2005, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

What a load of crap.

Kids need authority figures to act like frickin' grown ups, not be "one of them."

Damn. You've been grumpier than usual lately.

scooter · 04-22-2005, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Desnudo

They still have to live in Snohomish County though

Heh, back off pal!!

04-22-2005, 07:16 PM	#6
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04-22-2005, 05:12 PM	#2
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	What a load of crap. Kids need authority figures to act like frickin' grown ups, not be "one of them."

04-22-2005, 05:16 PM	#3
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Nice. Good to see there are some people in education with the ability to think and reason instead of just automonously following the "zero tolerance" line of nonthinking.

04-22-2005, 05:18 PM	#4
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	our homecoming t-shirts against the middletown middies read "Light up the Middies!" with a football in flames, resembling a blunt (middie is a type of weed). needless to say, the faculty had no clue.

04-22-2005, 05:52 PM	#5
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	They still have to live in Snohomish County though

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