{"id":2884,"date":"2012-09-01T12:58:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2012-09-01T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T18:00:14","slug":"class-rules-for-a-new-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=2884","title":{"rendered":"Class Rules for a New School Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to Uzupis!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I enjoyed a lovely lunch today in the Republic of U\u017eupis<\/a>. In between bites of pizza, I couldn’t help but think of how many teachers are busily assembling the class rule and penalty documents for distribution on the first day of school.With each passing year, these reams of paper begin to resemble the US tax code in size, scope, severity and arbitrariness.<\/p>\n

Welcome back kids! Here’s the list of ways we expect you to screw-up and be punished over the next 180 days. If you do not bring this document back to school tomorrow, signed by a parent, the cycle of punishment will begin with all due haste!<\/address>\n

Don’t strain your back hanging the laminated set of class rules used for decades. Why not consider adopting the Constitution of U\u017eupis<\/a> for class governance?<\/p>\n

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Constitution of The Republic of U\u017eupis<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Everyone has the right to live by the River Vilnel\u0117, and the River Vilnel\u0117 has the right to flow by everyone.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Everyone has the right to hot water, heating in winter and a tiled roof.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Everyone has the right to die, but this is not an obligation.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Everyone has the right to make mistakes.<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Everyone has the right to be unique.<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Everyone has the right to love.<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Everyone has the right not to be loved, but not necessarily.<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Everyone has the right to be undistinguished and unknown.<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. Everyone has the right to be idle.<\/em><\/li>\n
  10. Everyone has the right to love and take care of a cat.<\/em><\/li>\n
  11. Everyone has the right to look after the dog until one of them dies.<\/em><\/li>\n
  12. A dog has the right to be a dog.<\/em><\/li>\n
  13. A cat is not obliged to love its owner, but must help in time of need.<\/em><\/li>\n
  14. Sometimes everyone has the right to be unaware of their duties.<\/em><\/li>\n
  15. Everyone has the right to be in doubt, but this is not an obligation.<\/em><\/li>\n
  16. Everyone has the right to be happy.<\/em><\/li>\n
  17. Everyone has the right to be unhappy.<\/em><\/li>\n
  18. Everyone has the right to be silent.<\/em><\/li>\n
  19. Everyone has the right to have faith.<\/em><\/li>\n
  20. No one has the right to violence.<\/em><\/li>\n
  21. Everyone has the right to appreciate their unimportance.<\/em><\/li>\n
  22. No one has the right to have a design on eternity.<\/em><\/li>\n
  23. Everyone has the right to understand.<\/em><\/li>\n
  24. Everyone has the right to understand nothing.<\/em><\/li>\n
  25. Everyone has the right to be of any nationality.<\/em><\/li>\n
  26. Everyone has the right to celebrate or not celebrate their birthday.<\/em><\/li>\n
  27. Everyone shall remember their name.<\/em><\/li>\n
  28. Everyone may share what they possess.<\/em><\/li>\n
  29. No one can share what they do not possess.<\/em><\/li>\n
  30. Everyone has the right to have brothers, sisters and parents.<\/em><\/li>\n
  31. Everyone may be independent.<\/em><\/li>\n
  32. Everyone is responsible for their freedom.<\/em><\/li>\n
  33. Everyone has the right to cry.<\/em><\/li>\n
  34. Everyone has the right to be misunderstood.<\/em><\/li>\n
  35. No one has the right to make another person guilty.<\/em><\/li>\n
  36. Everyone has the right to be individual.<\/em><\/li>\n
  37. Everyone has the right to have no rights.<\/em><\/li>\n
  38. Everyone has the right to not to be afraid.<\/em><\/li>\n
  39. Do not defeat<\/em><\/li>\n
  40. Do not fight back<\/em><\/li>\n
  41. Do not surrender<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    The motto of U\u017eupis, “Don’t Fight! Don’t Win! Don’t Surrender!<\/em><\/strong>” would be swell for your school as well. This web site has a terrific tour of U\u017eupis I recommend reading it.<\/p>\n

    As you begin another school year, my best advice comes from the great American philosopher Gerald Norman Springer, “Take care of yourselves and each other!”<\/p>\n