Well, I can’t argue with that, altho if teachers are willing to speak so personally of a student in private, it’s no wonder it came out in private.
I for one think that teachers should be far more respectful of differences in their students - not that that means bad behavior is excused at all, but that bad behavior is disciplined and corrected and behavior directed in a positive manner. Even private words that are humiliating to someone have no business being spoken to others. I still believe in the Golden Rule.
That said, I think the parents, after asking the school to discipline the teachers in question, now need to tell Jr to suck it up, life isn’t always fair, and rise above the teachers’ extremely poor example and be a better person than they are. The idea that sueing or counseling is necessary is just another poor adult example for Jr.
I don’t think sueing or counseling is necessary, but I can see why they are taking it up a notch.
Our school district is very unresponsive. It’s very frustrating.
When our district closed our daughters’ school, we told the district that they would be losing more money by closing the school (it would cause kids to leave the district). We even tried to split our district over how bad out district is. We went to news, the state, etc. It didn’t work.
Our district is also horrible with special ed services. Lots of people are starting to sue our district to get services. We’ve thought about it. It just cost a lot of money to hire a lawyer, and you don’t know if you will win.
Schools are bad, and I think some parents are starting to revolt. Now, I think not educating kids is more worth the battle than getting a poor taste award.