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Post by Googsmom aka Jennifer on Sept 5, 2010 15:48:57 GMT -5
Ok friends this has nothing to do w/ Ds but I have to tell you what happened. Day two of school for the Mary girl and I already had a meeting w/ the principle. Mary brings her homework home so I can help her. She had to read these papers and write a paragraph about it. As i'm skimming through something caught my eye......... The "F" word. Yep In further review the word is in the papers 8 times. OMGawd, I jumped off the couch and headed straight to the principles office. He too was appaled!! Mary got new papers and an appolgy from the teacher but as for me, the parent, nothing! This is far from over I tell ya. Tuesday morning the superintendant will be getting a copy of the homework too. I might even put a write up in the town paper as well so all the parents will know what their kid is working on in this class. If a kid at school used that word and an authority figure heard it they have detention for three days and a write up. I'm demanding the teacher has similar punishment. What would you do?
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Post by lespring on Sept 5, 2010 18:08:46 GMT -5
I am speechless!!! Can you give us a sample of what it was?
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Post by Googsmom aka Jennifer on Sept 5, 2010 18:22:01 GMT -5
It went like this...... blah blah...... and when my son grows up I hope he thinks i'm a good man not a F*****' _____. Can't remember what the last word was. I'll get the paper when I go home tomorrow and tell you what exactly what it said.
I just couldn't believe it!
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Post by Chris on Sept 5, 2010 20:46:01 GMT -5
What is wrong with this teacher?! They have no common sense nor do they have a sense of decency. I am glad to hear there are others who still find the F word offensive. Seems to me to be a part of so many people's vocabulary. Keep us up to date. Chris
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Post by Emilysmom on Sept 5, 2010 21:55:55 GMT -5
I would be furious too! And I think the direction you went with it was perfect.........it is absolutely true that IF this was a student using this word, the administration would be ready to suspend the student. Pathetic excuse for an example for the students.
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Post by kg91207 on Sept 6, 2010 15:41:02 GMT -5
why in the world would they have any reason to use that kind of language? I didn't even see anything like that in college!
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Post by Googsmom aka Jennifer on Sept 7, 2010 18:14:04 GMT -5
Hi again. Sorry for my lack of getting back to this but I had a bit of a tiff w/ the teacher. I made my piont and he recalled all the papers from the children and it was a bit of a booger to make him give it back to me. Of corse, I got it back This paper was from the author, Studs Terkel. This is the part that I found first.... I want my kid to look at me and say, "Dad, you're a nice guy, but your a f***in' dummy". OMGawd!! Now that I have the paper back in the spot it belongs, my hand LOL, i'll be reading the entire thing. BTW, the teacher did say sorry to me today after my meeting w/ him. Can you believe i'm the only parent who complained?!!! Crazy stuff here
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Post by Chris on Sept 7, 2010 19:52:45 GMT -5
I think you are the only parent who took the time to look at what your child was doing in school. Chris
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Post by char on Sept 8, 2010 12:54:58 GMT -5
All I can say is, "WOW." That teacher has to be completely out of touch with reality and should not be allowed near students. First of all, if my child would never say something like that to me. Secondly, I do not want my kids taught those things.
Good for you for being so involved in your child's life that you actually know what is going on.
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Post by Jackie on Sept 8, 2010 15:43:51 GMT -5
Not to get involved in this really but Studs Terkel is a Pulitzer Prize winner and is known for his 'oral histories' of things like the great depression which he wrote quoting both the rich and the poor.
I think the teacher used bad judgement in quoting these particular lines. Do not know if he did it for shock value or for another reason. If it offended you then you were right to object. I would ask for an explaination of why these particular lines were quoted.
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Post by sd112170 on Sept 13, 2010 8:55:09 GMT -5
.............................what?!..................................... I cant even respond!!
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