Exactly. And the thing is most places have alternative schools for kids who are expelled anyway. My dad was a teacher and he had kids get sent to them. They are very structured with low student to teacher ratios and the kids are on an IEP and worked with until they can go back to a normal school. There's also…

Yes, it does. We should definitely be concerned with why the bully is doing these things, but not at the expense of or before the victim. We have to remember that the bully did something wrong and harmful to another person, which is why the victim's father had to take action and why the child is labeled a bully. The…

Agreed. This smacks very heavily of victim-blaming when you focus on the perpetrator's well-being above the victim's.

"If these allegations are true, counseling may be a much better course of action than expulsion."

I love working for myself. When I was doing tricep extensions with my client yesterday, I got to sing, "I put my hand up on that grip and I dip, you dip, we dip," and had nobody to criticize me.

I do want to point out that its actually hard to get a restraining order. The father MUST have had some solid evidence that this was in fact happening to get that order in the first place.. Also, The kid is 5.. This is learned behavior.. He learned those words and the meaning of them somewhere.. My first guess is at…

This person needs to quit his or her job and come work with me. I am (essentially) a professional ass-wiper and I have a cavalcade of ass-wiping ditties. The greatest hits are "Tangled Up In Poo," "Oh Danny boy, the wipes the wipes are calling" (when the wipee is named Danny), and the holiday classic "Let's Wipe Your…

BEDROOM FRIDGE!

Oh yes I forgot to add Poussey.

This dress, and the look on her face, make me want to talk like a detective in a film noir. "Ring-a-ding-ding, look at the get-away-sticks on that tall drink of water!"

Not to be an asshole or anything, but why not just wear white jeans or slacks?

One of my progress reports, a few jobs back, tactfully noted: "You seem to particularly enjoy the computerized aspects of your job." I was amused.

For a lot of jobs, I am not really sure how my appearance affects the results I produce. I mean, if you're meeting clients or something? Sure, look as polished and professional as possible. But for like, working at your desk or something? Who cares?

My husband has a boss like that once, years ago when he worked in a restaurant. The General Manager had a basic philosophy that anyone who called in sick was a lying slacker, so even if you were on death's doorstep you still had to come in, and he would decide whether or not you were too sick to work (and no, he did…

This is America, where getting sick is your goddamned fault and makes you a shitty person who dumps all their work on others.

But that is where shitty, spineless managers who can't confront people just do away with it for everyone. Easier on them.

I feel like so much of life is, "This rule exists because people refuse to be sensible"

That said... as my advisor puts it, "Academia is so flexible! You can work any 80 hours a week you want!"

The potential for abuse of a "treat everyone like an adult" work center is crazy. Have one person eff it up and you are all 1st graders again. Case in point, Mr. T99's work center had a Friday denim jeans policy. Some moron came in with ripped/torn jeans, a BIG boss saw it, and now no Friday Denim for you.

One of the upsides of being a grad student. My boss doesn't really give a shit where you are most of the time so long as you get results and put out publications.