A Lie Told To Children

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When it comes to sensitive issues like drinking, smoking, and other drug use, self-righteous supper-nannies feel free to throw truth and manners out the window.

Shame on all the students who accepted the administration's explanation for their callous action.

Yup. Also done in the name of education.

This is relevant to PG's essay about lies told to children. It's an example.

http://www.paulgraham.com/lies.html

True. And they went further:

"They were traumatized, but we wanted them to be traumatized," said guidance counselor.

Because if people really had died they'd all be, erm, traumatized?

This seems a clear declaration of intent to hurt people for their own good. School is not your friend.

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