Tag Archives: high school
Lost: Our Incompetent, Arrogant, Unethical Public Schools
Today blogger Glenn Reynolds wrote, “You know, I’m beginning to think that sending your kids to public schools is starting to look like parental malpractice.” He knows. Continue reading
Filed under Education, Professions
Comment of the Day: “The Atheist, the Graduation, and the Prayer”
The Ethics Alarms resident atheist backs graduating high school senior Damon Fowler, voting for “hero” rather than the jerk-in-training assessment of my original posts on the student who got a prayer removed from his school’s graduation ceremony. Continue reading
Filed under Education, Religion and Philosophy, Citizenship
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Damon Fowler, School Adminstrator-In-Training?
Either by design, bias, or because I was not sufficiently clear (always a distinct possibility), a lot of readers seem to have misunderstood the central principle in my post about Damon Fowler, the Louisiana high school senior who singled-handedly bluffed his school out of including a prayer in his graduation ceremonies. Let me clarify. Continue reading
The Atheist, the Graduation, and the Prayer
Is an atheist high school student who single-handedly blocks his school from having a prayer at graduation a hero or a jerk?
Well, neither. He’s a high school student. But he’s growing up to be a jerk. Perhaps even a fick. Continue reading
The Naked Teacher Principle Strikes Again!
And the Naked Teacher Principle claims another victim. Continue reading
The Wrestler, the Girl, and Cultural Confusion
Was the high school wrestler’s decision not to wrestle a girl admirable, or sexist? Was it gentlemanly, or demeaning? Continue reading
Take “The Natalie Munroe Ethics Challenge”! Today’s Challenge: Who’s A More Unethical Educator—School or Mom?
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Decide which of these stories from today’s newswires show more unethical conduct. First, the Mom: Tampa mother Ronda Holder was at her wit’s end trying to get her son, James Mond III, … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Family, Professions, Quizzes, U.S. Society
Comment of the Day: “Facebook Wars II”
A commenter’s theory about why school administrators are engaging in so much ethically dubious conduct Continue reading →
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