Note to Americans
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:11 pm
We have a "moment" happening, a huge one.
HR5628, the Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools act was introduced in late June. This covers public as well as private schools. Facts regarding it copied from TheHittingStopsHere:
• Every 20 seconds during US school hours an American school child is beaten by an educator or other “school authority figure.”
• Every 4 minutes an American school child is beaten severely enough to require medical treatment.
• Primary targets: minorities, children from poor homes, and children with special needs
• A bill for ending American “school corporal punishment” in public, private and charter schools throughout the US and its territories, was introduced to Congress on June 29, 2010 by NY Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.
• All Democrat Congressional Leaders have signed this bill.
• All Republicans have failed to sign this bill.
• There must be a minimum of one Republican vote for a US bill to become a law.
• If the Republicans fail to cast a single vote for having McCarthy’s bill pass, the bill can die; its expiration date is only months away.
• If the bill dies the opportunity to reintroduce it will be a year away.
• More than 1.5 million cases of American school abuse occur each school year (reporting is optional, so it is difficult to know the true “higher” number).
• This statistic will only increase if the bill dies due to the gross display of indifference by US lawmakers toward the April 15, 2010 Congressional hearings that disclosed widespread and numerous cases of American school abuse, some leading to fatalities (view Congressional hearings: http://www.TheHittingStopsHere.com, Home page).
• Having 10,000 signatures on the petition for supporting Rep McCarthy’s bill is a way that US citizens can support having this bill passed, located at: http://www.TheHittingStopsHere.com.
In my opinion the more hopeless it may seem to contact your congressional representative the more important it is to do exactly that. Please do. And please consider as well breaking the social wall by trying to persuade family, friends and colleagues to take a stand.
One other particularly noteworthy link: http://action.secular.org/p/dia/action/ ... n_KEY=4323
"To be a free soul, happy in work, happy in friendship, happy in love or to be a miserable bundle of conflicts, hating one's self and hating humanity—one or the other is the legacy that parents and teachers give to every child."--A.S. Neill
This is important. Thanks,
Steve
HR5628, the Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools act was introduced in late June. This covers public as well as private schools. Facts regarding it copied from TheHittingStopsHere:
• Every 20 seconds during US school hours an American school child is beaten by an educator or other “school authority figure.”
• Every 4 minutes an American school child is beaten severely enough to require medical treatment.
• Primary targets: minorities, children from poor homes, and children with special needs
• A bill for ending American “school corporal punishment” in public, private and charter schools throughout the US and its territories, was introduced to Congress on June 29, 2010 by NY Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.
• All Democrat Congressional Leaders have signed this bill.
• All Republicans have failed to sign this bill.
• There must be a minimum of one Republican vote for a US bill to become a law.
• If the Republicans fail to cast a single vote for having McCarthy’s bill pass, the bill can die; its expiration date is only months away.
• If the bill dies the opportunity to reintroduce it will be a year away.
• More than 1.5 million cases of American school abuse occur each school year (reporting is optional, so it is difficult to know the true “higher” number).
• This statistic will only increase if the bill dies due to the gross display of indifference by US lawmakers toward the April 15, 2010 Congressional hearings that disclosed widespread and numerous cases of American school abuse, some leading to fatalities (view Congressional hearings: http://www.TheHittingStopsHere.com, Home page).
• Having 10,000 signatures on the petition for supporting Rep McCarthy’s bill is a way that US citizens can support having this bill passed, located at: http://www.TheHittingStopsHere.com.
In my opinion the more hopeless it may seem to contact your congressional representative the more important it is to do exactly that. Please do. And please consider as well breaking the social wall by trying to persuade family, friends and colleagues to take a stand.
One other particularly noteworthy link: http://action.secular.org/p/dia/action/ ... n_KEY=4323
"To be a free soul, happy in work, happy in friendship, happy in love or to be a miserable bundle of conflicts, hating one's self and hating humanity—one or the other is the legacy that parents and teachers give to every child."--A.S. Neill
This is important. Thanks,
Steve