[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

But where do you draw the line? Unless it's a case of a student's health, as in Prudence's case, making an exception for this student opens a loophole that's too big to deal with. "My parents are divorced and my dad lives on the opposite coast so I never get to see him and he works odd hours so he can't call often," for instance. That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there are plenty of enterprising students who could come up with other excuses.

Yes, I agree. However "my parent is half way around the world in a war zone" is quite different then your argument.

Exceptions should be made for vital situations. Receiving a "how are you doing" phone call is not a vital situation. Yes, we're all used to being connected to everyone all the time, but believe it or not, people once survived in this world without being able to instantly contact everyone they know at all times.

This may be one of those unless you've been there situations you won't fully understand. Receiving a "how are you doing phone call" from a loved one in a war zone is totally different then receiving the same call from someone in another state. I agree that people survived in this world without being able to instantly connect with everyone they know at all times. This isn't that situation.

At the very least, she should have called the school and asked permission, not simply called the kid directly, assuming they are somehow a special case that can just ignore the rules for their own convenience. It's disruptive.

I agree that she should have called the admin office, or had the child's father or guardian call, but it's not like she had unlimited phone usage. Like I said, shades of gray...

And going on pure conjecture, based on the kid's reaction, I'm guessing this isn't the first time he's learned the lesson that the rules don't apply to him. If he had simply appologized and dealt calmly with the teacher, it wouldn't have been an issue. But that kind of over reaction is symptomatic of someone who has not been taught to respect authority.

Or it may have been. LSPE said it best... Children act out when they aren't receiving the attention of their parent in the room, let alone across the country. His mom isn't on some exotic vacation calling to say hi. She is out there risking her life and her phone times are most likely few and far between. This may have been her only phone call for her entire deployment.

Oh, and you can be sure that I'd be swearing up a storm at the person trying to tell me to get off the phone with my deployed parent or loved one.