gma3
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Reg: 10-17-06
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05-09-12 09:12 PM - Post#149212
In response to vm7mm
Very disheartening that it is necessary this day and age to have to protect our children in this way.....
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DrivinTooFast
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Posts: 1347
Reg: 02-20-08
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05-10-12 12:25 PM - Post#149253
In response to gma3
I think the only person worried about this is 7. The rest of us pretty much know that AHS is a safe school. Frankly, I'd rather a kid run into gang activity in HS and know and understand how to deal with it rather then living in a micro utopia where they get suckered into REAL gang activity and get rolled, mugged or worse. My kids are prepared to live anywhere when they leave my nest - NYC, LA, Singapore. Our jobs as parents is to prepare our kids for the REAL world not Mr. Rodgers neighborhood.
We ride public transportation to downtown, the subways in NYC and even walk the city streets after dark. Allen suburbia is so worried about putting the foam bumpers on the corners of the table that we foget to educate our kids to look for the corners and avoid them.
These little eagles need to have the tools to fly on their own.
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AA
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Posts: 460
Loc: Allen, TX
Reg: 07-20-09
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05-10-12 12:35 PM - Post#149254
In response to vm7mm
I'm sorry, but mine and the sheltered kids of AISD's portrayal of "gangs" is much different. There ARE NO GANGS in Allen. A group of tough kids bullying others is not a gang!!! Do they have colors? do they have signs? do they have tattoos? Would they kill to defend a fellow gang member? To be in a gang you have to go through some intense initiations including breaking many serious laws to prove yourself, and once you're in, there is no out. I think it would be a little more mainstream if there was a gang problem in one of the countries "safest cities", not just kids that have no idea what a gang really is saying there are problems.
Fights: EVERY high school has fights, it's part of growing up
Supposed "tagging": Just kids playing with spraypaint. Gangs mark their territory with graffiti, show me a recognizable gang sign on the side of an Allen building and 100 person fighting for territory and I will believe there are gangs.
Any person that has spent time in a large gang ran city, like Detroit (myself), will laugh in your face just by looking at the kids and at the area when you tell them there are "gangs". They are just kids being kids, not gangbangers.
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vm7mm
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Posts: 1381
Loc: Allen Tx usa
Reg: 08-12-04
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05-10-12 12:35 PM - Post#149255
In response to DrivinTooFast
I think the only person worried about this is 7. The rest of us pretty much know that AHS is a safe school. Frankly, I'd rather a kid run into gang activity in HS and know and understand how to deal with it rather then living in a micro utopia where they get suckered into REAL gang activity and get rolled, mugged or worse. My kids are prepared to live anywhere when they leave my nest - NYC, LA, Singapore. Our jobs as parents is to prepare our kids for the REAL world not Mr. Rodgers neighborhood.
We ride public transportation to downtown, the subways in NYC and even walk the city streets after dark. Allen suburbia is so worried about putting the foam bumpers on the corners of the table that we foget to educate our kids to look for the corners and avoid them.
These little eagles need to have the tools to fly on their own.
If you are referring to me (7), I and my children are not worried about anything. If you knew our background, you would agree. They have been educated well! You need to be talking about the origional poster rather than me.
Edited by vm7mm on 05-10-12 05:49 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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bshoking
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Loc: east side
Reg: 01-26-11
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05-10-12 09:46 PM - Post#149287
In response to DrivinTooFast
agree!
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bshoking
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Posts: 37
Loc: east side
Reg: 01-26-11
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05-10-12 09:47 PM - Post#149288
In response to AA
TRUE. TRUE. 
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KOKJ
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Reg: 11-27-08
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05-12-12 09:52 AM - Post#149326
In response to vm7mm
If you are referring to me (7), I and my children are not worried about anything. If you knew our background, you would agree. They have been educated well! You need to be talking about the origional poster rather than me.
Um, excuse me vm7mm, I started this thread to ask a question and to gain other people's observations. You responded to this thread on your high horse looking down upon us all. Don't go pointing the finger at me, please. Now go bury your nose back in your private little utopia where Allen ISD is the worst school district in the world!
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vm7mm
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Posts: 1381
Loc: Allen Tx usa
Reg: 08-12-04
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05-12-12 10:32 AM - Post#149330
In response to KOKJ
Bury your nose where the sun dont shine!
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Loc: Allen, Texas
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05-12-12 12:39 PM - Post#149334
In response to vm7mm
Everyone,
Let's please stop the personal attacks.
Thank you,
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