101 replies to this topic

[Folly-Fallen Gryphon]

I think Celestia should have a talk with these people. :/

http://now.msn.com/e...iends-rule.aspx

The kids won't learn how to handle normal relationships, both the closeness and the losses that come with them. Any opinions on this?

[Lady Rarity Pony]

I think it's none of the school's concerns whether a kid finds it "difficult breaking up with a best friend".

That's the kids' personal lives, school system should keep their noses out of it.

Edited by Lady Rarity Pony, 05 May 2012 - 02:37 PM.

[Vortex Wing]

A school without friendship? 0_0 FIRE THE ORBITAL FRIENDSHIP CANNON!

[Skullbuster]

rage...building....


WHAT THE F***??!?!??!1?!/1?!/?

WHY?THAT IS THE MOST STUPID PIECE OF BULL $#!+ I HAVE EVER HEARD!

[Crazy Misty]

Well, as if I needed another reason to hate school, so now I'm not aloud to have a best friend?

[~LowfatEnvelope~]

That seems rather crazy to me. I think if anything that's going to make kids less happy and cheerful, and will probably result in a lot of rule breaking. Making close friends when you're little can give you an advantage and moral support structure to lean on later in life if you make good choices in friends.

[Another Creative Username]

There is some logic in this rule. My mom is a 4th grade teacher, and many of these kids act like idiots in her class. Sure, you need friends, but sometimes, best friends can be bad, considering if you talk then think.

[Suigintou]

WTAF.

[Kirlia]

What...? That school is implementing a rule regarding you're not allowed to have best friends? For the sole reason due to the consequence of break up...? Do they even KNOW what being a friend means?

[Extraho Vinco]

All of my wtf... It's right here now...

[Eenohay]

That's probably the most idiotic rule i've ever heard. I mean, maybe if they say it's to keep some children from having no friends, by making them play in large groups, but to protect them from breaking up with friends? What where they thinking!

And most important, how the hell do they plan to enforce that rule?

[NeverNeverland]

http://now.msn.com/e...iends-rule.aspx

This is another attempt at trying to keep the kids safe from the realities of life. Now I'm waiting for the part where schools close in favor of homeschooling, to add to the convenience of not having to leave the house and staying at home so that resources (the internet) are readily available - while at the same time ruining any chance of social activity among others of the same age and adding to child obesity or something because kids aren't going out after studies and playing like normal children should but instead staying inside the house watching television and rotting their brains with idiotic cartoons and dull, monotonous patterns.

All I can say at this point is... your call.

Edited by StrappingYoungLad, 25 March 2012 - 09:23 AM.

[Matackable]

It is kind of ridiculous how much society tries to protect younger generations of children. It's a bit ironic in a way because what they are doing to protect kids now is not going to help them at all in the future, thus putting our future in a more and more uncertain place.

If our schools aren't going to let kids experience the harsh reality that life can have, then how do we expect them to deal with these situations growing up?

It's a bad idea.

[Heavyshy]

(This picture would be my reaction after seeing this link)

What kind of a school that doesn't allow children to befriend each other?!

[Jormaz]

It feels like humanity has this need to set the bar of stupidity to new heights. This seems like a very good attempt.

[Key Gear]

Oh yeah, this seems like a really great idea. Let's save those poor children from the HORRORS of friendship. </sarcasm>

This is the most ignorant thing that I have ever heard of in a long time. This is yet another attempt by well-meaning schools to turn kids into a bunch of lemmings and social rejects by "saving" them from normal lives.

Let's get serious. If these kids never learn how to deal with close friends as young children, then they will learn as adults. Either way, they are going to learn. It is a simple case of "pay me now or pay me later". The problem is that the schools would not be the ones paying, but it would be the kids paying the price - with interest.

The problem with paying later is that the costs of a failed friendship are far higher when the failure occurs in adulthood. When you are a child, you have the benefit (hopefully) of parents and family to help you find your way through things. But, when you are an adult, you are not so lucky. When things fall apart in adulthood, it can lead to deep depression and actual career problems.

To become an adult and have never had any best friends.... Wow, I can't even imagine that.... Those kids are going to be have interesting problems when they enter into the real world.

This is another attempt at trying to keep the kids safe from the realities of life. Now I'm waiting for the part where schools close in favor of homeschooling

Dude, I was homeschooled. I had plenty of friends throughout the whole thing. I actually had way more friends in homeschool than some of my friends that went to regular schools had.

Some parents use homeschooling to isolate their kids from reality, and I think that is a serious mistake. However, not all homeschools are like this.

[Gingerpotato]

It's stupid rules like this that our dragging us down as a species.

Who has the right to take friendship away from children? If someone were to do that anywhere else they would be classified as cruel, sadistic and unusual so how can an entire school get away with it? Ridiculous.

[pondus30]

No best friend rule, That must be the most messed up stuff ever....

[Tich]

Friendship should be encouraged to all, not cut off from one. The rule won't help as it might even threaten to isolate kids who don't have many friends.

[NeverNeverland]

Dude, I was homeschooled. I had plenty of friends throughout the whole thing. I actually had way more friends in homeschool than some of my friends that went to regular schools had.

Some parents use homeschooling to isolate their kids from reality, and I think that is a serious mistake. However, not all homeschools are like this.

That's not the point. I was taking a jab at what stupid thing the school system/government would do next in order to "protect" the kids from something harmful. I know some people that are homeschooled and I know they aren't weird or unsociable (although some can be a little asinine to a few things). Sorry if I said something that was unintentional.