Re: Letter Given by Parents Stating for My Family to Avoid Communication
You're completely missing the point, John, but then given your history that's not surprising.
Whether you like it or not, parents have that right.
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You're completely missing the point, John, but then given your history that's not surprising.
Whether you like it or not, parents have that right.
And what happens if the student-parent dispute stems from the fact that the student is not attending church as often as the parents would like? Is a public school going to allow parents to attend class in order to force a student to go to church? What about the separation of church and state?
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First off, that's not the case in this thread.
Second, it doesn't matter a damn what the parent's reasons are. They still have the right to attend class with their child if they so choose to.
Third, the separation of church and state is in no way applicable EVEN IF the parent's reason is that the kid isn't attending church as often as they want to.
Fourth, you're an ass.
Fifth, it doesn't matter how many what-if situations you make up, it doesn't change the parent's rights to involve themselves in their child's education.
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John_28;860791]I didn't realize that there were teachers and school administrators that were stupid enough to allow their schools and classrooms to be used as a battleground in domestic disputes between students and their parents. I would tell both student and parent to keep their dispute out of my classroom.
You just don't get it. Bad kids at home mean bad kids at school. Schools want well mannered obedient students.
You also do not understand school is secondary to the parent child relationship.
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I hereby decline to feed the troll any further.
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You just don't get it. Bad kids at home mean bad kids at school.
Not necessarily. A "bad" kid, as defined by a parent, can mean a kid that doesn't attend church, a kid that dates a person of a different race, a kid that doesn't visit grandma very often. These are issues that have nothing to do with a kid's performance in class.
And the parent's presence in class would definitely disrupt the learning process for the other students. These students will be staring at the parent, instead of paying attention to the teacher.
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I think I'll take cbg's lead on this
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But what if the problem occurs only at home and not in the classroom? What if the student has no problems whatsoever in my class? Why allow my classroom and other students to be used as pawns in some domestic battle that is none of our business?
Because the parents' responsibility doesn't end at school. If the parent cannot trust the child at home, chances are they can't trust them at school. You are free to ignore the adult sitting in the classroom. if the child acts out in the classroom, he or she will be asked to go to the office, I imagine. If both parent and child are silent it shouldn't distract from what you do one little bit.
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And what happens if the student-parent dispute stems from the fact that the student is not attending church as often as the parents would like? Is a public school going to allow parents to attend class in order to force a student to go to church? What about the separation of church and state?
What if the kid doesn't believe in aliens and mom and dad are wearing tinfoil hats and want their child to do so as well?
Hypotheticals can quickly devolve to the absurd. As one who has worked in schools for the better part of 34 years, is a credentialed teacher and even worked as an SRO and juvenile crimes officer, I have to say that I have NEVER heard of any parent attending school with their child (or even ASKING to) in order to compel them to go to church on Sunday. So, let's leave the "what ifs" to a fantasy fiction forum, please.
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Hypotheticals can quickly devolve to the absurd. As one who has worked in schools for the better part of 34 years, is a credentialed teacher and even worked as an SRO and juvenile crimes officer, I have to say that I have NEVER heard of any parent attending school with their child (or even ASKING to) in order to compel them to go to church on Sunday. So, let's leave the "what ifs" to a fantasy fiction forum, please.
Well, here's a hypothetical that's not so absurd. What if the parent is some type of sex pervert and sexually assaults another student?
Once again, if the kid is not acting up in school, keep the parent-kid drama outside of school.
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Well, here's a hypothetical that's not so absurd.
Yes, it is. We are not dealing with a hypothetical here.
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Once again, if the kid is not acting up in school, keep the parent-kid drama outside of school.
And again, as has been pointed out ad nauseum but you just seem to want to argue, the parent has the right to babysit the child in school.