CompleteLunacy

January 22nd, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^

If he/she is eating at desk during class, while being given a lesson, the teacher has every right to enforce rules like "don't eat while in class". It's a very simple thing. The teacher is the authority in their room. They have every right to set and enforce rules like that for their classroom. Whenever a parent confronts on something as simple as this, it undermines the teacher's authority. Now, certainly some rules are clearly crossing the line, and parents should have the right to question the teacher's classroom rules. But in this case? Sigh.

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mgoblue0970

January 22nd, 2015 at 6:37 PM ^

That's when you respond to them with you have rules in your house and you expect your child to follow them, likewise, I have rules in my classroom and when your child is in my classroom, they will be followed.

No, I'm not a teacher. I coach youth sports instead and have dealt with the same thing. I have found over the years setting boundaries is a very powerful concept. 

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Sam1863

January 22nd, 2015 at 6:06 AM ^

As a former teacher I agree. Too many parents have what I call the "Not My Baby" Syndrome. Any negative comment about the kid's behavior (which is perceived by Mommy and Daddy as criticism of their parenting skills) is met with the response "Not my baby/My baby wouldn't do that/You're picking on my baby!" They may know their kid's a slug, but they'll be damned if some teacher is going to say so.

Many years ago, while subbing in a second-grade class, I had to pull one kid off another on the playground. For whatever reason, the kid had just snapped, and was sitting on top of the other, beating the shit out of him with roundhouse punches like Ralphie in that scene in "A Christmas Story." I grabbed the kid by the back of his parka and carried him at arms length inside to the office, with the kid punching, kicking, and screaming all the way. The next day, I was called into a meeting with the principal and the kid's mother, who was absolutely furious that I had laid a hand on her son. Didn't seem to matter that Her Baby decided to use the other kid as a pinata - her problem was that I touched him.

All I could think was, "Lady, if you're covering for your kid when he does this in second grade, I can only imagine what he's gonna be like in high school."

And I can't help but wonder what these dickhead frat boys were getting away with in second grade.

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HelloHeisman91

January 21st, 2015 at 11:09 PM ^

Expect to see this in the Freep tomorrow.

 

 

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imablue

January 21st, 2015 at 11:09 PM ^

This is on the local news up here in Petoskey right now, apparently it happened at Treetops and Boyne Highlands, the worst of the damage at Boyne. It earned a 3 minute piece on 7 and 4 news.

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Maized and Confused

January 21st, 2015 at 11:12 PM ^

Wtf... I wouldn't mind seeing the video if there was one just out of curiosity. Don't get me wrong, I've done some stupid shit in my lifetime under the influence, but normally there's something that clicks in your head where you start thinking this is probably not a good idea. I don't see that click



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pbmd

January 21st, 2015 at 11:16 PM ^

apparently vandalism is now a fun, college activity. 

these are not isolated instances.

are they trying to mimic wild party scenes in recent movies?

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