Although no one has the right to do something like this, I wonder what prompted such anger in the mother?
What discipline was the teacher involved in with this woman’s child?
Did the teacher force him to wet his pants in front of the whole class?
Did she punish him for saluting the flag?
There may be a good reason the mother was so angry. I didn’t find it in the article. Therefore, I wouldn’t be too quick to judge the mother.
I wonder if she was mad because the school forced her child to read the pornographic material recommended by the new school czar.....
I would like to read more about this. I am wondering why there was an unlocked door. When Sassy went to school there was never an unlocked door. If a parent wanted to bring cupcakes for birthdays they had to leave them at the office. Parents were not allowed in the classrooms unless it was the day the school allowed you to visit. To be a class mother a background check was needed.
“There may be a good reason the mother was so angry. I didn’t find it in the article. Therefore, I wouldn’t be too quick to judge the mother.”
I will be that quick. I’ve seen far too many self indulgent, lazy, irresponsible parents who seem to think that school is nothing more than a babysitting service and that their little darlings should be allowed to do whatever they please in the classroom.
There may be a good reason the mother was so angry. I didn’t find it in the article. Therefore, I wouldn’t be too quick to judge the mother.
Whatever the (real or imagined) provocation, it's apparent that the mother didn't do herself much of a favor by canceling her meeting with the principal and "going postal." Sometimes, tho, people stew long enough about something that they lose the ability to control their emotions. And then stuff sometimes happens.It seems to me that the parent felt helpless to work within the system, and that therefore the system needs the flexibility to accommodate the parents and the children. That flexibility must include acceptance of school choice - yea, unto the choice of homeschooling.
The parent who really loses confidence in the school must be presented with options, not a diktat. An acquaintance of mine told me that her daughter - who in grade school was a star athlete and a good student - talked about dropping out of high school. But our school district doesn't have its own high school, and allows its students to select one of three different public high schools. So her mother pointed that out, and she simply switched her selection to a different school. Presto! Her grades were back up and she was starring in athletics again. Most Americans would have had to move to achieve that result. Isn't it pretty stupid to want your child to be captive to a particular school district?