Capt Ayhab

The American education system is very broken; so are the kids

This country is doomed. 

The parents who take an interest in home schooling are usually religious zealots. The ones who work hard and send kids to public schools end up with 90% dimly educated children with 10% achievers. Very sad. Most children who graduate high school end up in the Pentagon work camps known as the US Army.

Thank you baby-boomers for making a society of consumerism and sex fanaticism. Children in America grow up with autism, attention deficit disorder, texting, iPods, genetically modified food, hormone milk, and lead in everything.

This poor girl. I cannot even imagine. Thanks for this blog captain. Thank you. 

Assault, rape and negligent endangerment

Dear Captain ayhab,

I, too, was very distressed when I heard this horrible news on CNN. For today's youth, bullying and ganging up on innocents seems to be the norm with devastating results. Such behavior, unchecked, continues into adulthood and manifests in everyday aggressive behavior, bludgeoning, rape and even murder.

One of the solutions to this rampid problem is to learn from our early ancestors who taught and initiated their children into adulthood through special schooling and ritual ceremonies. For example, amongst Native Americans, the elders used to pass their experiential knowledge  of adulthood to their sons and daughters by taking them to sweat lodges and out in the wilderness and leaving them alone to meditate on their lives internally until they found their totem animal which would help them through their life's journey and instruct their behavior. Similar traditions currently abound amongst the Massai people in Kenya and Tanzania and others.  

Unfortunately, in our "modern" Western societies, parents and teachers have no clue about "initiation" and humanitarian teaching. Therefore, I believe that both teachers and parents need to be educated before teaching their kids and preventing such atrocious bullying tactics. Then again, the problem is, "who is to educate the educators?" 

Notwithstanding the above, I do believe that the offender teenagers in this case should not only be tried as adults for assault and rape, but also rehabilitated through proper education and mentoring. Otherwise, when they go back into society, they will be even angrier, threateningly psychotic and more destructive.

As for the the teachers who witnessed the emotional abuse and sadly did nothing, they should not only be fired, but the school should be sued for negligent endangerment. They were clearly on notice of the ongoing abuse and chose to stand by until Prince's tragic suicide. We all know that emotional abuse leaves deeper and more longlasting scars than any physical abuse. This innocent teenager was unfortunately victimized by both types of abuse long enough until she couldn't bear living anymore. I really feel for the beautiful innocent Irish immigrant and her mourning parents.

Ramona

Bajenagh Jan

O God yes I hope they try them as adults.

The story has absolutely broken my heart. The same way when I hear about our own youth in Iran.

Thanks refigh

-YT 

capt_ayhab jan

Thank you for bringing this topic to our attention.  The more this terrible issue is spotlighted the better.  I think these sick hooligans should be tried as adults and serve long jail sentences.  The staff who witnessed any of these attacks and did nothing should also lose their jobs.