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In reply to the discussion: Oregon first-grader humiliated by school’s punishment after being 1 minute late to class [View all]ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)107. his mother has control over it though. what lesson is she teaching him?
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Liberal_in_LA
Feb 2015
OP
Put the principal in the corner to eat lunch, alone for a month. The child shouldn't be punished
appalachiablue
Feb 2015
#202
Indeed. And write on the blackboard, 'I am a bad principal' 50 times every day.
appalachiablue
Feb 2015
#214
Yes, for 60 seconds late. Dear child, just look at that photo- with the 'screen' put up to
appalachiablue
Mar 2015
#252
Ends justify the means. Even if the means are child abuse. What a progressive stance
Scootaloo
Feb 2015
#168
Ah yes, suggesting a child write sentences, if they're intentionally tardy. What high drama.
Scootaloo
Feb 2015
#191
Must be tough to live in a world to which there only two solutions to any given problem.
LanternWaste
Mar 2015
#253
that particular poster has long been devoid of empathy, insight, and basic humanity....
villager
Feb 2015
#6
First graders tend to be cuter. Hence I'm not down w/ the same kinds of institutional abuse you are.
villager
Feb 2015
#23
zappaman, why would you consider that an acceptable form of behavior modification
Skittles
Feb 2015
#62
I'm not a big fan of her habitually bringing the kid late for years (same as the year before)
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#88
I've repeatedly agreed that the policy sucks. And if you search the net for more on the story you
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#183
Pictures of the back of his head being online wouldn't be nearly as painful for a 6 year old
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#71
6 times. according to grandma. not "day after day". day after day, for at least two years,
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#89
That's one of the stupidest and most heartless things I've read on DU for a while
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#22
You think the kid doesn't notice that mom always brings him to school late, causing him
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#95
Not to mention the teasing he most likely recieved from the other classmates after lunch.
jwirr
Feb 2015
#158
Do you think anything would have been done about this if the pictures hadn't got attention?
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#27
yeah, maybe mom will start getting up 10 minutes earlier and getting the kid to school on time.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#98
Think about it. The kids ALREADY WITNESSED the little boy being punished, over and over,
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#52
The pictures just showed the back of his head. What the school did was far more harmful,
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#70
The car doesn't break down. It just doesn't start 'right away'. Hence, the "one or two minutes"
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#101
The mother has a bone disease that causes pain and a three year old to also take care of.
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#105
Osteoporosis is a disease that makes people habitually "one or two" minutes late?
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#108
And what kind of disease makes a person habitually unfeeling toward 6 year olds?
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#210
I didn't say the child should be punished. I said the parent should get going 15 minutes earlier.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#212
but it won't stop the mom from continuing her stupid, harmful, habitual lateness. yay team!
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#103
Do you understand that this has been going on for months, and they didn't even tell the parents,
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#51
They didn't choose the mother's bone disease and not having enough money for a reliable car.
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#102
The school hadn't told the parents what a problem this was -- they just started punishing the boy.
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#135
the only thing that's been going on for months (over a year, actually) is the mom's
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#106
If mom can get him there 2 minutes late on a regular basis, she can get him there 2 minutes
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#126
Pictures of the family are out there; you may be the judge of the severity of disability &
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#180
If you want more information a simple search will give it. It will also link you to information
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#199
Your sarcasm and lack of empathy is odd for a Democrat. Do you really think the punishment fit the
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#73
Democrat has a definition, and I didn't make it up and they have empathy. The New Democrats
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#84
I believe empathy is the mark of a Democrat. Separates us from the Conservatives.
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#159
I don't know why they're doing it and I've already said it's a cruel punishment. But mom
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#115
I don't think we have the whole story either. I think we both agree that the mom is at fault for
hughee99
Feb 2015
#119
your position is reasonable. i personally find it hard to believe this *is* school policy, since
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#121
I admit I'm accepting that this is the actual punishment as accurate and it may not be.
hughee99
Feb 2015
#127
All this demand for "punishment" is a sickening display of the depth DU has fallen to
Scootaloo
Feb 2015
#152
obscene. how much "work" could the child possibly have to make up being one minute late?
niyad
Feb 2015
#8
Exactly. Though the coldest-hearted among us could seem to scarcely give a shit.
villager
Feb 2015
#25
Fifth grade through eighth, I'd simply run out the classroom door and jump the chain link fence.
hunter
Feb 2015
#77
This is evil, plain and simple. A small evil, preparing children for bigger evils, perhaps. n/t
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#40
The school has been doing this to him for months, for being a minute or two late.
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#46
No, it hasn't been doing it "for months" it's done it 6 times, according to grandma.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#123
There's no school bus because the family lives less than a mile from the school, in a house, in this
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#229
She claims her disability as osteoporosis, something I and many other women have. She's about 30.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#234
Maybe I have it too, because I went through menopause at 40. Yet I can get places on time.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#236
sorry, we just disagree. i think most people can do it. i think she can do it. if she's
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#240
Good. I'd appreciate you leaving me alone, as no conversation with you has been
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#243
There are some really sick sadistic fucks running and working in schools these days.
kath
Feb 2015
#53
oh, i bet you're proud of yourself. the woman also got death threats. and she's not the right-
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#219
yes, on the basis of a newspaper article carrying only information from the parents, you ask for
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#222
Many days in my public school life, as a young kid named Hunter, were very much like this.
hunter
Feb 2015
#74
It's a lousy policy, but if you read the article, the fault belongs to the parents. The kid
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#87
I said, it's a lousy policy, but in the end it's the parent's fault. There's no reason she's
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#93
Yes, I saw you said that, but among other things, you're defending picking on the weak.
Trillo
Feb 2015
#117
I defended no such thing. The school shouldn't punish the kid for something not under his
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#122
Everyone assumes the school is not only in the wrong, but staffed with actively malicious
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#128
please, link me to the posts where i express support. since i've repeatedly said it's a
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#178
None of those posts express support for the school's policy; they express criticism of the mother
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#196
If the fault is with the mom, then they should talk to the mom, not punish the child.
hughee99
Feb 2015
#92
I agree. I also think the parent should have talked to the school before grandma went on
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#94
i agree the school should have talked to the mother and i'd be surprised if it hadn't happened.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#100
Her arthritis and her car aren't "others". I didn't see anywhere that she blamed the school for her
hughee99
Feb 2015
#110
of course the punishment's unfair; there's no disagreement there. my issue is that the
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#113
While she's certainly no hero in this situation, I don't have any problem with her taking issue
hughee99
Feb 2015
#118
yes; she's the author of the problem. and we have no information about the school, since
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#120
Funny kind of disability, unreliable car, and 3 year old that make you 'one or two minutes'
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#116
If you read about the story in other accounts, the school did indeed "reach out" to the
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#188
I don't know if social services was contacted. I suspect not, since the school has shown itself
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#218
my kids mother has not been able to get anywhere on time for as long as i have know her
dembotoz
Feb 2015
#136
You might try reading some other accounts besides this one which leans so heavily on the
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#190
Enrique didn't "slime all teachers" in any way shape or form. Rather the opposite; he noted
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#201