{"id":13437,"date":"2023-03-26T08:42:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T12:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=13437"},"modified":"2023-03-26T08:42:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T12:42:45","slug":"a-code-that-you-can-live-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=13437","title":{"rendered":"a code that you can live by"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cYou, who are on the road<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Must have a code that you can live by<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, become yourself<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the past is just a goodbye<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teach your children well\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we address the iconic exhortation of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, let\u2019s add a bit of recent context. First, from CBS News<\/em> this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Memphis basketball player has been charged by Bowling Green campus police with assault after punching a Falcons player in the handshake line following a Women’s NIT game, according to the Bowling Green athletic department. The confrontation followed Bowling Green’s win over Memphis on Thursday night.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the teams walked toward center court following Bowling Green’s 73-60 win in the Round of 16 game, Memphis’ Jamirah Shutes stopped to talk with Falcons’ player Elissa Brett. After a short conversation, Shutes appears to throw a punch at Brett’s face. Brett fell toward the scorer’s table and onto the sideline.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, from News4<\/em> out of Jacksonville earlier in the month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Johns County parents are raising concerns after a video clip circulated online showing a student attacking another at Switzerland Point Middle School. The violent exchange happened Wednesday in an SPMS classroom and then in a hallway, according to witness accounts and the attacked student\u2019s parents, who asked to remain anonymous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was just blindsided by the whole thing and didn\u2019t even know it was coming,\u201d said the mother of the student who appeared to be targeted in the video clip. \u201cHe couldn\u2019t even defend himself if you wanted to.\u201d The student who was attacked suffered a broken nose and multiple bruises, according to his parents.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is happening to our young people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many across the country have reported a rise in school fights, threats and overall misconduct. Some are quick to point to the pandemic. Let me semi-humbly suggest we point somewhere else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are we teaching our young people? Better yet: what are we modeling for them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is no secret that our leaders, legislators and us <\/em>continue to justify the use of fighting words and hateful rhetoric. We don\u2019t see it that way, of course; we only seem to always see the others <\/em>as the enemy, ignorant of how our own words pave the way for incessant deterioration. And yet\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We promise to<\/em> fight <\/em><\/strong>for what we believe to be noble\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We <\/em>declare war on<\/em><\/strong> our political opposition\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We announce our undeterred efforts to <\/em>combat<\/em><\/strong> any who oppose us\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And just like that we\u2019ve upped the ante in utilizing a rhetoric that was never designed for use outside the armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We shouldn\u2019t be surprised there\u2019s a rise in fights in our school systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We shouldn\u2019t be surprised there\u2019s a sucker punch between female basketball players in a routine handshake line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there is no proven, direct line between violent rhetoric and actual violence, we shouldn\u2019t be surprised at the deterioration of respectful behavior if what we accept in our leaders \u2014 and what we ourselves model \u2014 is too easily laced with rampant rhetorical violence and disrespect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wiser goal, no doubt, is to teach our children well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respectfully\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cYou, who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so, become yourself Because the past is just a goodbye Teach your children well\u2026\u201d Before we address the iconic exhortation of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, let\u2019s add a bit of recent context. First, from CBS News this week: … <\/p>\n

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