my 5th grade son was kicked out of class yesturday

[James Bond]

He was probably sneezing ridiculously loud intentionally just to disrupt.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: surfsatwerk

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: surfsatwerk

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: BassBomb

Originally posted by: SandEagle
sad times we live in now.......

yea when you email a teacher instead of talkin to them

I want a written record of it.

Sad times we live in that everyone wants to set themselves up to sue everyone.

did i say i was going to sue? good grief :roll:

Then why is documenting your correspondence with the teacher so important? If your child was the priority rather than some petty plan to get revenge on the teacher, one would think you would go talk to this person face to face or over the phone.

Instead you talk the stereotypical response that is all to common in our overly litigious society.

:roll: dude you are just sad.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: Mean MrMustard

Originally posted by: Pheran

Originally posted by: threeringbinder
Text

Honey is about as useful for allergies as vitamin C is for colds (in other words, it isn't).

I used to take Vitamin C at the onset of a cold and it would last about half as long as just waiting it out. I now take Vitamin C everyday and haven't had so much as the sniffles in 4 years.

placebo effect is the best effect

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: PatrickBateman
was he simultaneously saying "bull#$%!!" while sneezing?

I think that is more of a cough, but this is the correct answer :laugh:

Please update because I would like to know the teachers side. My girlfriend teaches 4th grade and I'd like to present her with this scenario

 

[Pantoot]

Originally posted by: James Bond
He was probably sneezing ridiculously loud intentionally just to disrupt.

Exactly, where is the theory that this is the result of H1N1 hysteria coming from?

 

[imported_inspire]

Originally posted by: surfsatwerk

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: surfsatwerk

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: BassBomb

Originally posted by: SandEagle
sad times we live in now.......

yea when you email a teacher instead of talkin to them

I want a written record of it.

Sad times we live in that everyone wants to set themselves up to sue everyone.

did i say i was going to sue? good grief :roll:

Then why is documenting your correspondence with the teacher so important? If your child was the priority rather than some petty plan to get revenge on the teacher, one would think you would go talk to this person face to face or over the phone.

Instead you talk the stereotypical response that is all to common in our overly litigious society.

Nah - sitting the kid in the hall for an hour for sneezing was a dick move. The teacher is getting a proportional response.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: Pantoot

Originally posted by: James Bond
He was probably sneezing ridiculously loud intentionally just to disrupt.

Exactly, where is the theory that this is the result of H1N1 hysteria coming from?

Speculation, OP is waiting to hear from the teacher.

I'll take bets in the mean time, 2:1 odds.

 

[gwlam12]

Maybe the sneezing was disrupting the class.

Teacher talks.
Kid sneezes.
Classmates make a commotion "He has swine flu!!!!"

 

[tk149]

I sense full story, we have not.

/yoda

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: zoiks
I wouldn't want my kid to get infected with a virus from another kid especially if it could be prevented. IMO, the teacher did the right thing.

Because your kid is so much safer from germs an hour later when she let Citrix's kid back in? That's reasonable.

 

[Brovane]

I would get the teachers side of the story before you go off on them.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: SandEagle
sad times we live in now.......

Clearly from this one instance of stupidity, we can safely declare the downfall of modern society :roll:

 

[KMFJD]

Precious snowflake will never recover from this!

 

[threeringbinder]

Originally posted by: Pheran

Originally posted by: threeringbinder
Text

Honey is about as useful for allergies as vitamin C is for colds (in other words, it isn't).

it is more effective to consume the honey that is produced in the local area...not honey made from other areas...

as for vitamin c...have it in your system before the colds...not during or after...its a vitamin not a drug or medicine. preventative not a cure...

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: KMFJD
Precious snowflake will never recover from this!

it's understandable that the story, if accurate and the kid wasn't acting up in class, is one that warrants some investigation. he shouldn't have been sent out for sneezing. it has nothing to do with an over zealous parent that a parent would want an explanation.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk

Originally posted by: thepd7

Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer
ZOMG TEH SWINE FLUZ WERE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

:roll:

OP, I would have been on the phone with the principal, superintendent, etc. all the way up the chain...in a heartbeat. Emails are very easy to ignore or marginalize...you need to get up in their face for stupidity like this.

this

not this. Nothing more than people hate when you try going up the command line. You think the teacher is going to "care" about your son when they know the parent's first reaction is to go to their superior. You think a principal has the time to deal with shit like this? Teachers are still very much people & human and make mistakes.

Give it a rest. You guys always bitch and moan about hearing both sides of the story. In this instance you are hearing a 5th grade point of view.

It happens all the time that a student will act like they've done nothing wrong. Even when they've been explicitly warned, detention, 1-1 conference with teacher and then when it comes to kid calling home or a parent/teacher conference it goes something like this.

teacher: "so student, would you like to explain why we're here"
kid: "I dunno"
teacher: "what do you think you did wrong/what did we discuss"
kid: "I dunno, I didn't do anything"

teacher: "OH, REALLY"

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OP I'm curious - does your son switch classes or does he have the same teacher for everything? I highly doubt that your school is setup so that 5th graders have hour long periods (this is assuming your son was kicked out at the very beginning).

From a teacher's perspective, no offense, but I would say your kid is lying to you.

1st) the 1hr long kicked out? An hour? He would've had to go to a different class/someone else would've noticed him hanging around and questioned.

2nd) If the teacher actually thought it was swine flu then she would've sent him to the nurse so he could have been checked out. She wouldn't have just kicked him out of class. That would be the appropriate level of paranoia that's currently going around.

More than likely your kid didn't just go "achoo" he went "EVERYBODY WATCH OUT ACHOOOOOOOO."

Maybe not, everybody makes mistakes - e-mailing the teacher was the right thing to do. Give the teacher 24-48 hours to respond, if no response then call the teacher and just get his/her side of the story.

If you don't get a call back in 24-48 hrs ask to come in after school for a meeting (set it up with the receptionist).

I know as LITTLE as everyone else here about what really went down. In that light of admitted lack of knowledge about what actually happened, I still like the bolded comments above.

 

[Modelworks]

About the written record part. It won't hold up if challenged unless you have the email from their pc. Found this out when I was involved in something in the past. You have to prove it was received and read, if you can't , they equate it to dropping a letter in the mail to someone. You have to prove they opened the letter and it is in their possession.

Better to write out a letter next time and have your kid hand deliver.

 

[drum]

i'm subscribing to this thread until Citrix gets word from the teacher

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: BassBomb

Originally posted by: SandEagle
sad times we live in now.......

yea when you email a teacher instead of talkin to them

I went to open house with my gf since she has a kid in kindergarten. Basically the teacher told them that the office won't connect parents to her phone unless it's a real emergency and that parents are supposed to e-mail her.

 

[MrMatt]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: dud
Do you have any idea how tough it is being a teacher these days? They have to deal with the heelspawn of children that today's society has produced as well as legalities that they did not have to deal with 30 or more years ago.

:roll:

im very aware on how tough a teachers job is.

I agree with Citrix on this one. My girlfriend is a teacher, and I have to say she would never do something like this. I had HORRIBLE allergies when I was younger, and I never had a teacher act like a douchebag over it. Good for you for writing the teacher. hope something comes of it. My parents had to go in a couple times when i had a teacher act like an ass when i was younger. i appreciate the fact that they did to this day.

Just being a teacher doesn't make you a saint. Some of the biggest pieces of trash i know are teachers. My girlfriend agrees. She's shocked at some of the people they let teach these days.

 

[kalrith]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
About the written record part. It won't hold up if challenged unless you have the email from their pc. Found this out when I was involved in something in the past. You have to prove it was received and read, if you can't , they equate it to dropping a letter in the mail to someone. You have to prove they opened the letter and it is in their possession.

Better to write out a letter next time and have your kid hand deliver.

I don't think he so much wants a written record of the email he sent, but he wants a written record of the teacher's response.