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Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip>
> > http://www.chicagosuntimes.com/outpu...nws-bus14.html > > Punishment for teen drivers: riding the bus > > August 14, 2006 > > PORTAGE, Ind. -- A judge fed up with teen traffic violators is hitting > them where it hurts -- in the driver's seat -- by sentencing them to > the embarrassment of riding the school bus. > > Porter Superior Judge Julia Jent got the idea after a girl in her > court for a moving traffic violation appeared not to take seriously > either the offense or the possible fine. > > The judge said she knew she had found a way to reach the teen after > she ordered her to park her car and ride the school bus. Without any reference to the length of the punishment this story may as well been unreported. Was it one day, one week or one school year? May the child drive elsewhere, or just not to school? Are there any repurcussions for being kept home "sick" for the duration of the suspension? For whom? It seems nobody is so stupid they can't get a job as a reporter or editor. ----- - gpsman |
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"gpsman" > wrote in message oups.com... Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip> > > http://www.chicagosuntimes.com/outpu...nws-bus14.html > Without any reference to the length of the punishment this story may as well been unreported. Was it one day, one week or one school year? May the child drive elsewhere, or just not to school? (my reply) Hey, you just reminded me of something. When I was 16-18 (the age of the teens in this story), I had to work after school. We had no bus service in my school district at all, BUT, if we did, and a judge had ordered me to ride the bus, I would have been FIRED shortly afterward for being late to work. I wouldn't have minded too much having to ride the bus, but I simply wouldn't have had time to ride the bus. Surely ordering someone to quit their job, or causing them to be fired, for a minor traffic infraction, is not an appropriate punishment. -Dave |
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:46:19 -0400, "Mike T." > wrote:
>Hey, you just reminded me of something. When I was 16-18 (the age of the >teens in this story), I had to work after school. We had no bus service in >my school district at all, BUT, if we did, and a judge had ordered me to >ride the bus, I would have been FIRED shortly afterward for being late to >work. I wouldn't have minded too much having to ride the bus, but I simply >wouldn't have had time to ride the bus. > >Surely ordering someone to quit their job, or causing them to be fired, for >a minor traffic infraction, is not an appropriate punishment. -Dave > Priorities... A high-schooler losing a job isn't neaqr as damaging as a breadwinner for a family losing his/her job. They get put in jail; things to think about. -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" |
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>>Surely ordering someone to quit their job, or causing them to be fired, >>for >>a minor traffic infraction, is not an appropriate punishment. -Dave >> > Priorities... > A high-schooler losing a job isn't neaqr as damaging as a breadwinner > for a family losing his/her job. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? Or put another way, do you think it's appropriate punishment for a person to lose their job over a minor traffic infraction, even if said person isn't the breadwinner? We're talking about minor traffic infractions, remember. -Dave |
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:04:14 -0400, "Mike T." > wrote:
> >>>Surely ordering someone to quit their job, or causing them to be fired, >>>for >>>a minor traffic infraction, is not an appropriate punishment. -Dave >>> >> Priorities... >> A high-schooler losing a job isn't neaqr as damaging as a breadwinner >> for a family losing his/her job. > >What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? Or put another >way, do you think it's appropriate punishment for a person to lose their job >over a minor traffic infraction, even if said person isn't the breadwinner? >We're talking about minor traffic infractions, remember. -Dave > I'm making a comparison between a teenager working for pocket money and a person working to support a family. The teenager doesn't lose anywhere near as much as the breadwinner does by losing a job. -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" |
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> I'm making a comparison between a teenager working for pocket money > and a person working to support a family. > The teenager doesn't lose anywhere near as much as the breadwinner > does by losing a job. > -- > Bill Funk > replace "g" with "a" Again, does that mean that appropriate punishment for a minor traffic infraction is to lose your job? Sheesh, I just don't get this attitude where people seem to think it's appropriate to punish someone MUCH more severely just because they are calendar-challenged. -Dave |
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"Mike T." wrote: > "gpsman" > wrote in message > oups.com... > Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip> > > > > http://www.chicagosuntimes.com/outpu...nws-bus14.html > > > > Without any reference to the length of the punishment this story may as > well been unreported. Was it one day, one week or one school year? > May the child drive elsewhere, or just not to school? > > (my reply) > > Hey, you just reminded me of something. When I was 16-18 (the age of the > teens in this story), I had to work after school. We had no bus service in > my school district at all, BUT, if we did, and a judge had ordered me to > ride the bus, I would have been FIRED shortly afterward for being late to > work. I wouldn't have minded too much having to ride the bus, but I simply > wouldn't have had time to ride the bus. > > Surely ordering someone to quit their job, or causing them to be fired, for > a minor traffic infraction, is not an appropriate punishment. -Dave A license suspension would have the same effect, so what's the big deal ? Graham |
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>> (my reply) >> >> Hey, you just reminded me of something. When I was 16-18 (the age of the >> teens in this story), I had to work after school. We had no bus service >> in >> my school district at all, BUT, if we did, and a judge had ordered me to >> ride the bus, I would have been FIRED shortly afterward for being late to >> work. I wouldn't have minded too much having to ride the bus, but I >> simply >> wouldn't have had time to ride the bus. >> >> Surely ordering someone to quit their job, or causing them to be fired, >> for >> a minor traffic infraction, is not an appropriate punishment. -Dave > > A license suspension would have the same effect, so what's the big deal ? > > Graham A teen with a suspended license can get a ride to work. A teen forced to ride the bus is essentially kidnapped and/or arrested, as they have no freedom of movement until they arrive at their bus stop, sometime after they should have been at work. -Dave |
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In article ews.net>, Mike T. wrote:
> A teen with a suspended license can get a ride to work. A teen forced to > ride the bus is essentially kidnapped and/or arrested, as they have no > freedom of movement until they arrive at their bus stop, sometime after they > should have been at work. -Dave I rode the bus in HS, I had a job in HS. I rode the bus home and got a ride to work. It just continues to amaze me that what was a common everyday experience for me is now 'punishment'. |
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> I rode the bus in HS, I had a job in HS. > I rode the bus home and got a ride to work. > > It just continues to amaze me that what was a common everyday experience > for me is now 'punishment'. You're confused, brent. The punishment is, and always was, the activity that happened in the several hours preceding the bus ride home. Seriously, prior to college (and some would argue even during college years) did anybody learn anything at all that they would EVER use outside of a school environment? -Dave |
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