Kid suspended for drawing a gun

Gemini Cricket · 08-24-2007, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

See, that's just it. Suspension without reason isn't addressing anything, it's copping out and deferring to "the future". If it IS something more than just doodling, NOW is the time to figure that out, not the time to smack him and hope that fixes it.

But isn't that what suspension is? It's the school saying, 'Parents, fix this'? They are putting it in his parents' court.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-24-2007, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

But isn't that what suspension is? It's the school saying, 'Parents, fix this'? They are putting it in his parents' court.

I don't absolve a parent's role, but it should start with informing the parents and letting them know that if there continues to be a problem, punishment will follow. But handing out punishment in the absence of communication is turning the school into an adversarial authority and an uncaring institution, the exact thing that fuels angry kids to act out.