Comments on: Zero tolerance: pocket knife bad, tire iron just fine http://radioviceonline.com/zero-tolerance-pocket-knife-bad-tire-irons-just-fine/ The blog home of The Jim Vicevich Show Fri, 25 May 2012 09:56:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: lolleypop http://radioviceonline.com/zero-tolerance-pocket-knife-bad-tire-irons-just-fine/comment-page-1/#comment-6354 lolleypop Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:49:26 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=16850#comment-6354 Tolerant policies can allow for mismanagement and biased outcomes but only if the people involved in making the decisions are there with that inappropriate intent.   Zero Tolerance Policies are made to protect weak leaders from having to make difficult decisions and if they can’t make those decisions, then they aren't really considered leaders at all. Tolerant policies can allow for mismanagement and biased outcomes but only if the people involved in making the decisions are there with that inappropriate intent.

 

Zero Tolerance Policies are made to protect weak leaders from having to make difficult decisions and if they can’t make those decisions, then they aren't really considered leaders at all.

]]> By: pauldow http://radioviceonline.com/zero-tolerance-pocket-knife-bad-tire-irons-just-fine/comment-page-1/#comment-6309 pauldow Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:51:15 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=16850#comment-6309 Once "zero tolerance" rules are in place, the person making the decisions should be fired. There's no need to pay for the highly trained decision-making skills of a Superintendent of Schools when the job can now be performed by a clerical position. Once "zero tolerance" rules are in place, the person making the decisions should be fired. There's no need to pay for the highly trained decision-making skills of a Superintendent of Schools when the job can now be performed by a clerical position.

]]> By: Dimsdale http://radioviceonline.com/zero-tolerance-pocket-knife-bad-tire-irons-just-fine/comment-page-1/#comment-6251 Dimsdale Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:35:31 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=16850#comment-6251 This is more SOS's expertise, but I have two questions: 1) why were they searching his car, particularly as he seems to be an exemplary student.  What happened to his presumption of innocence?; and 2) does a student's car become the property of the school when a student parks there?  Will I have to worry about the school rifling through my trunk if I park in their lot while voting?  It is one thing to search a student's locker, which is actually the property of the school, but his locked vehicle?  As the article states, a tire iron is quite effective on human skulls.  What about screwdrivers?  Stanley knives?   Maybe he has a black belt in karate!   I bet, as a good Scout, he could McGuyver a rocket launcher out of his muffler.... This is more SOS's expertise, but I have two questions: 1) why were they searching his car, particularly as he seems to be an exemplary student.  What happened to his presumption of innocence?; and 2) does a student's car become the property of the school when a student parks there?  Will I have to worry about the school rifling through my trunk if I park in their lot while voting?  It is one thing to search a student's locker, which is actually the property of the school, but his locked vehicle?  As the article states, a tire iron is quite effective on human skulls.  What about screwdrivers?  Stanley knives?   Maybe he has a black belt in karate!

 

I bet, as a good Scout, he could McGuyver a rocket launcher out of his muffler….

]]> By: phil http://radioviceonline.com/zero-tolerance-pocket-knife-bad-tire-irons-just-fine/comment-page-1/#comment-6248 phil Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:46:50 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=16850#comment-6248 Why do we allow 'zero tolerance', a device whereby our educators are mandated to use 'zero intelligence', to deny our children their basic Constitutional rights? Why do we allow 'zero tolerance', a device whereby our educators are mandated to use 'zero intelligence', to deny our children their basic Constitutional rights?

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