I will add that if your parents were emotionally or physically abusive, it helps normalize their behavior. It wasn't until I got out of my DV relationship and got help that I truly realized just how nasty my parents had been to each other and myself emotionally.

I think I didn't say what I meant to say. I wasn't trying to make it about me, I was trying to say I really feel for Nigella. It is incredibly scary and it takes very little time for you to actually pass out. Someone who is stronger than you and becomes enraged can easily kill you if they continue to do it after you…

I've been choked and it's one of the scariest things to ever happen to me.

Cool story, bro.

I am deeply surprised that this author has an opinion on this topic. Frankly, I am always surprised that any Gawker Media writer ever has an opinion on any topic, since I assumed this much sarcasm meant you were too above it all to care. Shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED!

Why should they have to put up with offensive language?

What you were asked to do is different than what she was asked to do.

Humanity will not die out without profit motive. Don't forget- market economics is just the model. The reality is that people are not so blind nor intellectually barren.

We were never discussing just how this assignment was implemented By this teacher. Even if this particular teacher implemented the assignment poorly, that doesn't mean the assignment is unworthy of being taught. I don't know what happened because I only have the NY Post to go by.

I justified my assumptions; you jave ignored my justifications and said nothing about them.

There is nothing to prevent teenagers from leading the class discussion while the teacher merely facilitates a safer space. Further, assuming the teacher is going to read the writing assignments she assigns, I think we can assume it's possible for her to provide feedback to the students.

Well, if a child is so medicated, the teacher would likely be aware. Again, accommodations can be made for special circumstances.

Like I said, provide an opportunity for students to perform another assignment and discretely be absent from any class discussions.

While I would argue that is not entirely true, that was not my point.

Or, you know, this could be their chance to express their emotions and work through things. Teenagers are not delicate little flowers and if you treat them like they are they will necer grow up.

Being a teenager is not hard; it's just that there is a first time for everything.

I, for one, am shocked that this has become a law. How dare the great state of Wisconsin enact any type of consequence for poor parenting? In America, we raise our kids however we want. I mean, just the other day, i read about one proud father putting his hopes and dreams of Nazism into his son- he even named the…

Waaahhh! Rules are for squares, man! People who try to enforce rules are stupid. They shouldn't be allowed to try and enforce their rules cause I don't like the rules. Waaaah. Waaaaah. Waaaaaah.

Hugo Schwyzer:

Perhaps this is the gender identity test we are looking for: