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[Best Bets] Wednesday, August 27
Mississippi Department of Archives and History exhibits curator Clay Williams will discuss his new book “Battle for the Southern Frontier and the War of 1812,” as part of the History is Lunch series at the William F. Winters Archives. Free, bring your own lunch; call 601-576-6876 for details. … ¡Los Buddies! and The Pleasure Kills bring power pop to One to One Studios (121 Millsaps Ave.) at 9 p.m.
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[Best Bets] Thursday, August 28
At 5:30 p.m., Jackson Public Schools hosts “Destination Graduation,” a parent conference at Callaway High School (601 Beasley Rd.) to help guide students toward the goal of graduation. Speakers, workshops, exhibitors, door prizes, school supplies and dinner are all provided for parents. Free; call 601-960-8945 for details. … The Mississippi Museum of Art hosts “Jazz, Art and Friends,” a night of cocktails and jazz, surrounded by world class art and friends. Admission is $5 for members, $7 for non-members; call 601-960-1515 for information. … Monique Davis, co-owner of Lumpkin’s Barbecue, speaks at 7 p.m. as part of Koinonia Coffee’s “Tapestry” series, where the famous and not-so-famous share their life experiences. Free; call 601-960-3008 for more information.
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[Kamikaze] The Media Fix Is In
J.T.: Amen to pushing a positive Jackson. And, yes, it is a movement. And, it is moving.
Aug 27, 2008 | 06:17 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: A lot of kids in all our schools are "scary smart." Many just haven't had the chance to prove it, yet. On the not-know-how-to-ask-a-str anger-a-question point -- how many strangers are completely ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 05:33 PM
Ban the Paddle?
Tom Head: The kids I've met from the Jim Hill Civil Liberties Club are SCARY smart (they're not just the future; they're ready and able to get out and do stuff now), and the idea that anyone would consider ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 05:15 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: you mentioned people should try to find out what is really going on with this generation. Damn right I did. And any given day, you will find up to 20 young people in their teens and 20s in my offices, ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 05:12 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: Baquan, it's simple really: You generalized about all young people with statements like these: Discipline does not work any more on kids, whether it is beating them or putting them in time out. Young ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:49 PM
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: To Tom Head - lets just agree to disagree. You put yours in time out for stealing or cussing, while with mine, they will just have to meet their maker when they attempt to try it!? Sorry - I will ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:41 PM
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baquan2000: Donna you did a good article a while back on this generation, where I think you mentioned people should try to find out what is really going on with this generation. Maybe what I said, was to ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:28 PM
Ban the Paddle?
Tom Head: Or for selling bad weed. Or for sleeping with your girlfriend. Or... Right. We teach the same pro-violence message with the Iraq War and the death penalty, too, not to mention when leaders go around ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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ladd: That is a vast generalization about young people, baquan, and extremely offensive. I'm more impressed with young people today in their teens, and even tweens, than I ever have been. And the numbers bear ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 03:39 PM
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: after reading all the posts above; whatever it is we are doing; it is not working? Discipline does not work any more on kids, whether it is beating them or putting them in time out. Young men do ...