http://www.fivetowns.net/crms/crms/ttimes.pdf

@anonynous: kudos.

STUDENTS WHO FART ARE SMARTER

All study and no video games does a healthy mind make, right?

And if I may, let me point out that these eight graders stand a very good chance of making it big in this Norwegian show.

I'm not so sure. When I was in seventh grade, several of us could burp and fart on command, with the obvious effect on classroom discipline. Had we been punished for being disruptive and rude, we'd pull that innocent "...but I can't help it, I've got gas, Principal" routine. The rule allows teachers to specifically name a punishable offense.

Will this rule punish kids who are innocently flatulent? It's possible, but if my experience is any indication, rules were enforced selectively, and the wrath of the teachers generally fell on those who were pretty much causing trouble.

It sure wouldn't have worked when I was in school; they served us beans as a main dish at least twice a week!

smoke marijuana

So this is how I can finally be cool!!

“My Lady and her Maid
upon a merry pin,
they made a match at farting,
who should the wager win.
Joan lights three candles then,
and sets them bolt upright.
With the first fart she blew them out;
with the next she gave them light.
In comes my Lady then,
with all her might and main,
and blew them out, and in and out,
and in and out again.”

But seriously, if they're doing it deliberately, then it's not beyond their control, despite whatever rationalizations they make. They're being disruptive, just as if they were belching at will. The problem is that the burden of PROVING that their flatulence is deliberate falls on the teachers & administrators. The fact that anyone can tell they're faking it is beside the point --- the law protects these kids and promotes this behavior, and they know it. They'll abuse the system as long as it lets them... or until it dawns on them that maybe this is why no girls seem to show an interest in them. (Except for My Lady and her Maid...)