Comments on: More Details Released: Rumors Predicted Ernest Ward Fight

By: EWMS Student

EWMS Student — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:51:05 +0000

Vernoica, so not true. I was there and saw the whole thing there was only two people fighting at a time but there was three different fights. Sounds like he is pulling the wool over your eyes, My mama would whip me for that. btw Mrs. Perry begged him not to get involved I saw it.

By: Uv Gotoo B. Kiddingme

Uv Gotoo B. Kiddingme — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:12:42 +0000

Veronica, I feel for you. But a fist fight in modern day schools is simply not allowed. There are no rights of passage anymore. Since there were no weapons and the only injured person was the bus driver, it is easy to see that the “right thing” to do is stay out of it and inform the teachers, Dean, bus drivers, or any adults and let them handle it. That is the best way to help his cousin and himself. You can not compare a mugging of an old lady to an old fashioned teenager fist fight. He knew the rules. He broke the rules. Now he will pay for that. You telling him he did the right thing will only enable more bad behaviour. Get hold of this now before it is too late and get him on the books in the alternative school he likely will have to attend and show him that hard work and discipline are the only ways to stay out of trouble and not ruin the rest of his life over this one incident. If you want success for him, you need to show him the right way to do things. What he did in this situation is just plain NOT the right thing.

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:42:17 +0000

Veronica….. wow… obviously you are just as concerned with keeping your child out of trouble and worrying about his\her education as you were your own???
“MY SON GOT OFF THE BUS BECAUSE THREE BOYS WAS FIGHTING HIS COUSIN.” “WHAT DO HE SUPPOSE TO DO, WALK AWAY OR HELP” what language is this?? I am an EWMS alumni, and this school definitely did not have problems like this when I attented. I am disgusted that these problems exist in this school. Seems like all of these problems started when another school combined with EWMS… sorry, I know I just made a lot of people mad, but someone had to say it. I feel so sorry for you Mrs Gindl, you are definitely in my prayers.

By: blondie

blondie — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:07:48 +0000

angi i disagree about the cell phones if my grand daughter didnot have her phone that day her mother wouldnot have known about tyhe fight on the bus..and as far as my space goes know what your kids are doing on the computer dont let the computer be your babysitter….

By: VERONICA

VERONICA — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:14:13 +0000

I AM ONE OF THE BOY’S MOTHER WHO WAS ARRESTED . MY SON GOT OFF THE BUS BECAUSE THREE BOYS WAS FIGHTING HIS COUSIN. I THINK MY SON DID THE RIGHT THING . BUT NOW , HE HAS TO PAY FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.JUST THINK IF IT WAS AN OLD LADY BEING ROBBED BY THREE THUG’S . WHAT DO HE SUPPOSE TO DO, WALK AWAY OR HELP

By: Uv Gotoo B. Kiddingme

Uv Gotoo B. Kiddingme — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:36:51 +0000

I agree that teachers need to teach and not “make” the kids be good little boys and girls. That is indeed the parents responsibility. However, to act as if the teachers and acedemia in general are not at least mostly to blame for the current parenting (or lack of) culture is insanely ignorant. They (academia) have such an enormous role in shaping culture as they have the kids for so much of every day. They have mainstreamed left wing ideology and removed discipline from the schools and now the parents are results of that. But they (and many of you) want to blame the parents as if they just magically created the modern subcultures. That doens’t make any sense.

By: Concerned All Around

Concerned All Around — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:57:09 +0000

Another amen to CW! … teach those young’uns to work and don’t let them spend their time hanging out on the web. They’ll thank you someday.

I think we have some great teachers out there but unfortunately they aren’t allowed to do their job in this day and age. I graduated from Ernest Ward and in my day not many dared to misbehave in Coach Wayne McKay’s classes (he’s gone now, God bless him), and if they did they learned better. In Mrs. Walker’s chemistry class you could have heard a pin drop… all she needed to do was to give you a pained look and you felt like a juvenile that needed to grow up. Our teachers knew they could back their word with a paddle if they needed to, and so they didn’t need to very often.

By: Concerned All Around

Concerned All Around — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:18:44 +0000

It’s great to read some of these comments and see how many sensible, dedicated and responsible parents and non-parents are living in our neighborhood. I particularly appreciated the comments by Former E.W. Student, Pastor Barrow, Grandmother, Elizabeth and KB. If you missed them, scroll down and read… it will be worth your time and effort.

I agree totally with Elizabeth. A good sound spanking, after a loving expanation of why it is necessary, will do wonders, especially if you don’t wait until the child is too old to correct before you begin. If you start (with appropriate severity) as soon as the child is old enough to be defiant, you’ll be surprised at how few spankings will be necessary.

If it didn’t work, the wisest man that ever lived would not have recommended it. My children, after a properly given spanking , would change from defiant to loving, with a complete attitude change. They’re grown now and they aren’t perfect, no one is, but they are great kids, loving and respectful.

By: Angi

Angi — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:48:48 +0000

CW… Amen! I totally agree about the MYSPACE, It is and can be a very dangerous place fore a child to be; sometimes even for adults as well… I have come to the conclusion that it isn’t your space, it’s everybodies space… Same as these Facebooks. However I do monitor my child when they are on the computer at all, and I have seen some vulgar stuff on there from a child (maybe or who knows) and I made my child delete that person right off their Myspace…

By: CW

CW — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:51:26 +0000

I’m surprised at all of the people here saying that high school students shouldn’t be allowed near middle school students. I went to Ernest Ward back in 1991 when it was BOTH middle and high school combined, we also rode the SAME bus everyday. We didn’t have these problems back then.

There is seriously something wrong with the kids today. I remember when we got paddled if we acted up, and when we were really bad we got paddled by a Coach which was even worse. Parents, you need to take those d*mn cellphones away and get your kids off of MySpace!