Inauguration -- Educational or Not?

[NoHall]

I was pretty impressed with our boys yesterday, especially in our noisily (and often obnoxiously) republican corps. The ones who weren't interested just took a nap, which is what they do in all assemblies. (Yes, we discourage this.)

After the oath and his speech, there were outbursts of cheers and applause, which prompted some low booing (yes, we discourage this) but I was pleased that the booing was quickly shushed. There will always be at least one knucklehead in the bunch, but I was encouraged that our fellas by and large treated the ceremony with the solemnity and respect that it deserved.

 

[Beach Runner]

I was pretty impressed with our boys yesterday, especially in our noisily (and often obnoxiously) republican corps. The ones who weren't interested just took a nap, which is what they do in all assemblies. (Yes, we discourage this.)

After the oath and his speech, there were outbursts of cheers and applause, which prompted some low booing (yes, we discourage this) but I was pleased that the booing was quickly shushed. There will always be at least one knucklehead in the bunch, but I was encouraged that our fellas by and large treated the ceremony with the solemnity and respect that it deserved.

That's probably about as good as you can have it in that environment.

Even though kids rebel against their parents, they also reflect their views. Probably many of them think they are Republican because they get somewhat indoctrinated at home. My Daddy just couldn't stand Democrats, especially JFK. He and my uncles would rant against him all of the time. I remember when Kennedy was killed, I was in school and the headmaster came in any announced what had happened. I immediately said, "My Daddy's going to be so happy." He wasn't, but I was just a kid and going by what I'd heard at home.

 

[Here4Good]

It's pretty Republican in this town if you are white. Apparently there were some incidents in a few schools here of whites and blacks taunting each other yesterday. At one school some parents complained that their kids were going to be forced to watch the inauguration. The kids were given alternate activities in the library.

Really sad.

Ah, Atlanta, The City Too Busy To Hate.