Nebraska School District Bans Christian Group After Bobbing for Live Goldfish
A Christian student group's latest attempt to show middle school students how fun the group could be was too much for school administrators to swallow.
Last week the Campus Life group allowed students to bob for live goldfish. Two students and one Campus Life volunteer swallowed fish.
No student was harmed or forced to participate, but some parents complained, and district officials weren't pleased.
"We just felt like that type of action was distracting to the students and interfered with the learning process," Virgil Horne, assistant to the superintendent, told the Lincoln Journal Star.
So Campus Life will be allowed to meet only at Lincoln's Scott Middle School one more time this school year. The group's executive director, Bryan Carlson, said he would tell students the news at Wednesday's meeting.
Carlson said the goldfish bobbing was designed to foster fellowship among the roughly 100 students who regularly attend. At previous meetings, races, relays and competitive eating contests have been used for that purpose.
The opening fun activities were always followed by sermons and small group discussions that Carlson said were the point of the meetings.
I love this story! There is so much going on here. What a target-rich environment.
First, we have whichever pathetic moron at Faux News or the AP wrote the headline for this. So, you dimwit, was it the Christian group or the School Board that was bobbing for goldfish? Guess we have to read the article to figure that one out.
Second, dear, sweet pinheads in the Campus Life organization, what were you thinking? Bobbing for goldfish? Yuck!
And third, this gem from Virgil Horne, who is obviously many bricks shy of a full load:
Who are you trying to kid, Virgil? We're talking public schools here. Eating live goldfish is probably one of the most educational activities that has taken place there in a long while, maybe ever.
Last week the Campus Life group allowed students to bob for live goldfish. Two students and one Campus Life volunteer swallowed fish.
No student was harmed or forced to participate, but some parents complained, and district officials weren't pleased.
"We just felt like that type of action was distracting to the students and interfered with the learning process," Virgil Horne, assistant to the superintendent, told the Lincoln Journal Star.
So Campus Life will be allowed to meet only at Lincoln's Scott Middle School one more time this school year. The group's executive director, Bryan Carlson, said he would tell students the news at Wednesday's meeting.
Carlson said the goldfish bobbing was designed to foster fellowship among the roughly 100 students who regularly attend. At previous meetings, races, relays and competitive eating contests have been used for that purpose.
The opening fun activities were always followed by sermons and small group discussions that Carlson said were the point of the meetings.
I love this story! There is so much going on here. What a target-rich environment.
First, we have whichever pathetic moron at Faux News or the AP wrote the headline for this. So, you dimwit, was it the Christian group or the School Board that was bobbing for goldfish? Guess we have to read the article to figure that one out.
Second, dear, sweet pinheads in the Campus Life organization, what were you thinking? Bobbing for goldfish? Yuck!
And third, this gem from Virgil Horne, who is obviously many bricks shy of a full load:
"We just felt like that type of action was distracting to the students and interfered with the learning process."
Who are you trying to kid, Virgil? We're talking public schools here. Eating live goldfish is probably one of the most educational activities that has taken place there in a long while, maybe ever.
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I see you're using liberal talking points when you say "Faux News." I didn't realize Bush and the neocons would turn you over to the dark side. LOL ;)
At least I'm not cowering behind an anonymous comment.
While that term has its origins in anti-war leftists, it has become quite apropos, regardless of where you are in the political spectrum.
I am sitting here trying to ignore everyone's favorite double-digit news anchor, Sheppard Smith right now. The format is one actual news story surrounded by half a dozen tabloid pieces. Hopefully, the channel will be changed before O'Reilly shows up with his mix of perverts and sleaze.
Watching Faux News is like reading The National Enquirer. The only thing missing are the two-headed bat boys and images of Jesus in the shower mildew. Of course, I rarely ever watch it any more, so I might have missed those.
Fox News does have the prettiest women on cable news. That usually grabs my attention. :-)
And I watch WXII in the morning to catch Jenny, the cute/insane traffic girl. TV news isn't news, it's entertainment. FYI.
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