The description of the LA bro is (at least superficially) almost 100% exactly my imaginary TV boyfriend. I hope he doesn't have a coke habit (but he probably does, I've seen one picture of him with the reddest-rimmed eyes I've ever seen on a human being that hadn't just been tear-gassed.)

The Masshole bro comes in a couple of varieties, lets call them the subgenus to the Masshole genus. The bro from Western Mass (Westah Wistah to all the Eastern Mass bros — which the W. Ma. bros don't bother to acknowledge because if you've never hunted and dressed your own deer you're not really a bro) has a lot more…

So along with the prep schools full of unvaccinated children, this sounds like another vector for the partial eradication of the 1%, if they voluntarily starve their kids to death or give them severe enough metabolic disorders and/or insufficient brain development that they spend half again their fortunes on caring…

But if we bother to read the spec and understand what the regulations are actually saying, how will we have anything to get outraged about?

There are two instances of this alone, Teen 1 and Teen 2. Teen 1 was the pregnant teenager with pneumonia and a kidney infection. Teen 2 is the latest case, acuity unknown. The school nurse assessed and did not believe the situation emergent, and that an ambulance was not required. I think its a reasonable…

Oh my god that makes me want to throw up.

If the person at the school who has the training and experience to determine whether it was an emergent condition decided it wasn't emergent, then it probably wasn't. I'm not sure where this life-or-death question came into it. What was the girl brought to the ER for? I've gone to the ER for a broken foot. Nobody…

First of all, that is totally irrelevant. The teacher is NOT authorized to take any matter she pleases into her own hands based on her own opinions of any given situation. Her obligations to the law are her obligations to the law, end of story.

The liability part stands for sure. What about the other student?

The pregnant teen was Teen 1, for which she got a suspension. She was warned not to do it again. She did, she was given the option of suspension or resignation. She chose the latter. Could either Teen 1 or Teen 2 have waited (n) hours until after the school day, where she could have picked them up off school…

Paying the bill absolutely does have to do with "legal medical papers" since you have to register the person as self-pay and identify the guarantor of payment.

Your question still stands even though you know teachers are obligated by law to call the police immediately, and not interfere with the student in any way? What don't you understand about it? For the record, the answer is no, the teacher does not take the kid to the hospital. The teacher follows the protocol for…

There's two options, they distinguish between cornrows and braids, even. This headline (and others that I've read that are similar) is totally false.

Yes, that's exactly what it means. The headline is false.

They do allow braids. The regulations are linked to in the article, and pages 20-22 discuss braids, twists, dredlocks, and cornrows.

Why would they be asked for their input? This is the Army, not an encounter-group. Jesus.

They did not ban braids. Did you even read the regulations? Specs are on pages 20-22. The picture that you cite in this own article states that they did not ban braids. This is clear as day.

If there is suspected abuse or neglect at home, teachers are obligated by law to contact the police. They are forbidden from packing said student into a car and taking them off school grounds in the middle of the day. If the issue is emergent, call 911. If not, figure out how to get care at an urgent-care clinic…

Teachers are mandatory reporters — are you unaware of this fact? This means if they suspect abuse they *have* to call the police. They do not pass Go, they do not take the kid to the hospital, they do not handle ANYTHING on their own. They call the police, the police take over and get social services involved as…

"Flexibility" doesn't mean shit when it comes to professional liability. If the teacher had gotten into a car accident on her way and the student had been injured or killed, he school district would have been bankrupted.