tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post44145120003995012..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The "D" WordGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-43146360659749065302012-08-10T13:42:36.044-04:002012-08-10T13:42:36.044-04:00"...'Discipline equity' may well be t..."...'Discipline equity' may well be the final nail in the coffin of American education." <br /><br />No argument with the corrosive effect on education, but the ill-conceived measure would have more far-reaching implications than burying America's public education. Imagine the lifelong expectations ingrained into graduates of such stilted discipline. Next, imagine them as sitting trial jurors.<br /><br />Any pretense of blind Justice will go by the boards. Crimes by affected youth and no doubt their offspring would inevitably increase. <br /><br />An obvious result would be heavy demand and job security for trial lawyers, but stilted verdicts by misguided jurors could corrupt America's system of due process, which would become a rusty nail in our U.S. Constitution!Vigilishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051789616490005367noreply@blogger.com