re: My CHILD is being PUNISHED at school for not wearing his mask properly. UPDATE pg 10

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That's rich coming from a group of people that think that taxpayers owe them a trip to the beach during COVID lockdowns, while failing to teach kids how to do basic math.

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Dude learn to separate unions in large liberal areas from most teachers. They dont represent the vast majority of us. During lockdown I drove a bus for free delivering food to low income students so they would have breakfast and lunch. That was my summer break.

And as far as math, I get it. I spend more of my day teaching basic math skills that they should have already mastered than I like to think about. That said a major focus in my classes is practical application of math and technical reading. We learn science through that. No text book that we go through chapter by chapter, just primary sources and real world scenarios.

There is a ton that needs fixed in public schools, I get it. But realize that most of the problems are not with the local teacher but rather state and national level policies that are largely designed by non educators.

Look at your average politician talking about guns while clearly having no idea what it is they are saying. Realize they know just as much about educating students.

You want schools to quit graduating idiots, quit tying funding to graduation rates. We lose money if we allow the kids to fail. Guess what, administrators then push if kids are failing. That's right, unlimited free chances to fix their mess ups. I have kids that are being pulled out of my classes and placed in ALE so that they can eat, play on their phone and still somehow recover 3 years of failing in 6 short months. And yes the teachers are pissed about it.

A good solution would be to kick out trouble makers right. But give them an IEP and suddenly we can't suspend them more than X number of days and they can stay until they are 21. So now I've got little Johnny crackhead sitting in class knowing we have no power.

And as far as useless degree I'm paying for. I got paid to go to college by scholarship refunds and stipends. Walked out of college in the black. I was accepted to medical school but decided I wanted to do something else with my life. And my dumb arse decided to pick a job where I got to deal with thankless assholes and their kids.

You know what, it is still worth it. Because I have the stories of kids who came from abject poverty and now have successful lives due partly to me. Not my words, theirs. We aren't all in it for summers off and an early retirement.

And for the grammar nazis, I'm sure you'll find something in this post. I did it on my phone and I dont care enough to find all the fun autocorrects. I'm meeting students at 6:45 to help prep for a test.

Yeah man, you are kind of looking like the pansy in all this. Get your kids back.

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Kid was justifiably punished because he failed to listen to the teacher after being given one chance to comply. Sounds VERY reasonable to me.

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I hope you're being sarcastic There is no way you aren't

Another poster with mental problems.

They gave the kid punish work and wouldn't let him participate in other activities....sounds like dad needs man up.

Telling kids they can disregard authority because they don’t agree with what they are being told is dangerous.

The whole pulled it down to talk sounds like bull shite. You can hear through a mask just fine especially in close proximity. The other kids in the class didn't have an issue.

People raise their children the way they want, but I wouldn't want my kids around kids that were raised that way.

The kid pulled down a mask dude. He didn't disrespect anyone. The teacher was being an arse. It's overhanded punishment and control by the teacher so she could get her rocks off. Dad should serve up some disrespect to the teacher and take his son fishing. Feel sorry for your kids

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People raise their children the way they want, but I wouldn't want my kids around kids that were raised that way

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frick off you judgmental prick. You know nothing about me. Or the situation. I've raised my boys to be very respectful. Very disciplined. But also not mindless sheep. I've raised them to be rational and logical. I assure you, there was no disrespect on his part. Plenty of other kids in class had issues, several were written up apparently. I found this teacher on FB, tons of "mask up Louisiana" pics and "stay home! Save lives!" Everything about her profile screams SJW. I never told my kids they can disregard authority and never would. That being said, I will absolutely teach them to question authority enforcing arbitrary, fear mongered, political rules that have no real basis in science. Especially with thier freedom and human rights are infringed upon.

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I mean you can hear through the mask. If the purpose of mask is to stop the spread then teachers are going to be more anal about it working in groups. Sounds like kids were being kids and were tired of wearing it and pulled it down. The not being able to hear isn’t a legit argument. Teacher shouldn’t have wrote them up. That seems like a last resort. Should have made them work alone before writing them up.

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Clearly the right move is to demand virtual classes while the teachers vacation in Tahiti on the taxpayer dime.