From: Denise Schmidt <dschmidt>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:57:50 -0700

I had always taken the "Whoever dies with the most toys wins" shirt as an ironic statement that having the most toys doesn't MATTER if you are dead. The bluebird of happiness shirt also seems to me to be an ironic statement about the obsession with "happiness" in our culture. The last one, I agree is not so great. All that bullying left me with a rather cynical sense of humor!

denise schmidt San Francisco Public Library

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Message: 3 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:08:46 -0700 From: "Mary Ann Gilpatrick" <MGilpatrick at ci.walla-walla.wa.us> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Bullying To: "Aline Pereira" <aline at papertigers.org>,
        <ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu>

So, what do you do about the Dads who wear "Whoever dies with the most toys wins" shirts?? Not to mention, the "Track down the bluebird of happiness and kill it" shirts?? Or the "My kid beat up your honor student" bumper stickers??

All things are linked. School behavior does not come out of a vacuum.

Mary Ann Gilpatrick Walla Walla Public Library 238 E. Alder Walla Walla WA 99362 509-524-4435 mgilpatrick at ci.walla-walla.wa.us

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