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Six-year-old schoolboy suspended for having Mini Cheddars in his lunchbox
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI also think that parents have a reasonable expectation that a school will have rules about hours, uniform, and not bringing weapons in. Although I think requesting parents provide healthy packed lunches is also reasonable, micromanaging diet and dishing out suspensions because a particular foodstuff doesn't meet some jumped up little hitler's idea of healthy certainly isn't, especially when they are operating from behind a wall of blissful ignorance.
OP, can we have a poll please?Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI also think that parents have a reasonable expectation that a school will have rules about hours, uniform, and not bringing weapons in. Although I think requesting parents provide healthy packed lunches is also reasonable, micromanaging diet and dishing out suspensions because a particular foodstuff doesn't meet some jumped up little hitler's idea of healthy certainly isn't, especially when they are operating from behind a wall of blissful ignorance.
The exclusion of a pupil is no light-hearted matter, nor is it an immediate sanction (unless there has been a significant problem).
If you don't want to follow the rules, then you find somewhere that you can send your child where you are allowed to break the rules, or doesn't have rules that you feel you cannot comply with.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI hadn't really understood this 'pwned' expression until I read DirtyDog's post.Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostSwitch it to what though? The school banned chocolate, sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks. Mini cheddars are none of those things. Perhaps they already switched from crisps to mini cheddars thinking they would be allowed? If mini cheddars aren't allowed what is?
I assumed that they had been warned several times not to put mini cheddars in as the school did not consider them to be appropriate?Comment
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostWHS. I can't believe how many people think this is fine.
OP, can we have a poll please?Comment
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostWHS. I can't believe how many people think this is fine.
OP, can we have a poll please?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI hadn't really understood this 'pwned' expression until I read DirtyDog's post.Comment
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Originally posted by MyUserName View PostWould you think it was okay to suspend them if they repeatedly and intentionally broke a different school rule?
Suspension should be a final resort for serious misbehaviour. Bringing a savoury snack to school doesn't, IMO, justify suspension.Comment
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Originally posted by DirtyDog View PostParents have no right to expect that their child should be exempt from one particular rule. The parents would have been warned about persistent rule breaking, and continued to break the rules, so they should face sanctions.
The exclusion of a pupil is no light-hearted matter, nor is it an immediate sanction (unless there has been a significant problem).
If you don't want to follow the rules, then you find somewhere that you can send your child where you are allowed to break the rules, or doesn't have rules that you feel you cannot comply with.
Behaviour like that can only come from an unloving family with an unwanted child or have been drummed in by a part of the education system reserved for the most stupid and feckless children.Comment
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostIf the parents break rules, it's not OK to punish the child.
If the parents continually refused to follow the uniform policy then the child would be punished. The parents would have been warned that these measures were on the cards so this would not be a surprise.
Originally posted by mudskipper View PostSuspension should be a final resort for serious misbehaviour. Bringing a savoury snack to school doesn't, IMO, justify suspension.Comment
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Originally posted by MyUserName View PostWhether this disruption punishes the child or parent is not clear cut. There will be a disruption to the parent's day where they would normally not have to worry about that child. The child is likely to love having extra days off school, it is not as if he is studying for exams or anything.
If the parents continually refused to follow the uniform policy then the child would be punished. The parents would have been warned that these measures were on the cards so this would not be a surprise.
And that is not what happened. They did not see the snack and suspend the child on the spot for daring to have a mini cheddar. He was suspended for repeatedly breaking the same rule, if you repeatedly break a rule (even if it is one you do not agree with) then you will be suspended.Comment
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