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Originally posted by trancechaos quote: TDSB considers ban on homework during holidays Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 07:53 AM By: 680News staff Toronto - The Toronto District School Board is considering a ban on homework during March Break, Christmas and other significant holidays. After weeks of consultation with parents, teachers, principals and community members, a series of recommendations was proposed, including no homework other than reading with parents for kindergarten students. Students in grades 7 and 8 should be limited to an hour of homework daily and that homework should only cover material already covered in class. The policy, which still needs to be tweaked, would be expected to be voted on by mid-April, with a plan to implement it by the fall.

no wonder people are getting dumber and dumber. lets face, the high school system here doesnt prepare people for higher education!

when i moved here from QC and went to college....i ended up with a bunch of high school idiots that made the school dummy down the program in many ways to ensure the students still pass lol

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Originally posted by Jayx1 thats what they said about smoking

they should ban smoking in high school for students. Its not legal for them to buy smokes, why should they be allowed to smoke ...

Well, this would definitely guarantee results with the young voters come next election.

What they really need to do is lower the age to 12 and legislate a 4-pint minimum per day.

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Jez. the local paper called me today asking for my thoughts

meh.. its good and bad... in my opinion people should be able to drink when they understand how alcohol affects them and are mature enough to drink responsibly.. in a way ... this will just make it more of a forbidden fruit and a law that everyone will want to rebel against!

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Originally posted by devnull they should ban smoking in high school for students. Its not legal for them to buy smokes, why should they be allowed to smoke ...

+1 .. i just quit smoking.. and honestly.. the only reason i started .. was to try to fit in with a certain group of people in high school 5 years ago! i regret it now..

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Originally posted by MarkT yeah...but this isn't even a provincial office. It's London, ON. Who cares. *they* can't even agree as it passed 4-3, lol. I'll become concerned when several major units band together and decisively call for something to be done. once again...businesses should be banding together and saying "fuck that" very loudly to their MPPs. with the # of places that would be impacted, collectively that's a pretty damn loud voice. How many licensed establishments are their in this province? And if even a fraction of them said "we will vote for your opposition if you support this recommendation"...it DIES right there.

it all starts somewhere and this is getting headlines... so..... i do worry and have reason to.

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Originally posted by MarkT yeah...but this isn't even a provincial office. It's London, ON. Who cares. *they* can't even agree as it passed 4-3, lol. I'll become concerned when several major units band together and decisively call for something to be done. once again...businesses should be banding together and saying "fuck that" very loudly to their MPPs. with the # of places that would be impacted, collectively that's a pretty damn loud voice. How many licensed establishments are their in this province? And if even a fraction of them said "we will vote for your opposition if you support this recommendation"...it DIES right there.

it all starts somewhere and this is getting headlines... so..... i do worry and have reason to.

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Originally posted by MarkT with the # of places that would be impacted, collectively that's a pretty damn loud voice. How many licensed establishments are their in this province? And if even a fraction of them said "we will vote for your opposition if you support this recommendation"...it DIES right there.

funny but that same collective opposition didnt seem to work with the barrage of smoking laws that were imposed on licenced establishments. I dont know of any that were in favour of smoking laws.

In the nanny state, nanny has the final say. period.

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Originally posted by revival Jez. the local paper called me today asking for my thoughts

there ya go... its already gaining momentum. All you need now are the "think of the children" crowd to get on the bandwagon and its all over

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Originally posted by Jayx1 funny but that same collective opposition didnt seem to work with the barrage of smoking laws that were imposed on licenced establishments. I dont know of any that were in favour of smoking laws. In the nanny state, nanny has the final say. period.

true...but there is far less public sympathy where smoking is involved.

you can also make a much more direct correlation for businesses suffering should they drop the age to 19. smokers can smoke outside and still patronize a bar, club or restaurant...bar 19 and 20 yr olds from drinking and they have zero reason to be at that bar. given that most restaurants and clubs also pay their bills from liquor sales, it would destroy many businesses.

I just don't see public support (or apathy, depending upon how you look at it) for this law in the way that there was for the smoking changes.

I could care less, personally...but I'll happily support any effort to oppose this silly recommendation.

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Originally posted by trancechaos On another note, i think the city of toronto is running out of things to ban.

LOL agreed its getting a bit much ... however ... as long as teh drinking age thing doesnt happen for another 2.5 years im happy