Speak English Or End Up On The List In Jail (Trees And Things)

pO157: Hazleton & Homicide: LoTS (-2, offtopic)

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:56:02 EST

I am working my way through one of the best Cop Shows to ever hit the airwaves, "Homicide: Life On The Street." I am on Season Four, and just watched the classic episode

JimmyHavok: a lot depends on the test

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:20:30 EST

Giving these men training in English can only help them, however, the question is how much progress they will be expected to make in a year.

If they are illiterate in Spanish, then it might be more worthwhile to work on teaching them to read.

postillion: Re: Speak English Or End Up

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:53:06 EST

If you or your children went to one of the Luzerne County or Hazelton, PA high schools would you want them used as a criminal diversion program?

I went to high school before people under 18 were being charged as adults for their crimes. The

pO157: Re: Speak English Or End Up

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:07:14 EST

It sounds like the high school you attended had an uneven way of dealing with students who had criminal records. That doesn't necessarily mean that the judge's sentence is a bad way of dealing with young people who commits crimes; it means that y

postillion: Re: Speak English Or End Up

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:11:57 EST
What was our school district's answer to this? Well, let's put them in a special "Project Graduation" feel-goodery unit where they get all the benefits and privileges that people with futures didn't.
It sounds like the high school you attended ha

pO157: Re: Speak English Or End Up

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:42:33 EST
Actually, I disagree with that particular "unique sentence." The military stopped accepting people who were told enlist or go to prison. Why? Because the new "recruits" had criminal backgrounds and a worse attitude than draftees. Would you want to join a m

postillion: Re: Speak English Or End Up

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:14:26 EST
Actually, the judge sounds pretty cool. One of the linked articles said:
It's not the first creative sentence Olszewski has imposed. He regularly orders defendants to get and maintain a full-time job, but also helps them find work. He has his t

skeptic: creative sentencing

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:25:21 EST
If the judge were simply to sentence these men to learn English, that would seem to exceed the scope of legal penalties. But he has sentenced then to jail time, and has merely added a benefit in terms of reduced jail time that they can receive if the

port1080: Some context

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:21:27 EST
Pennsylvania elects judges - it wouldn't shock me if Olszewski is getting ready for a reelection campaign. Hazelton frustrates me quite a bit. I grew up in the area and really, the town was a post-industrial shit-hole for most of my childhood. In the la