Topic : 11/24 Great School Debate

Our school's discipline policy considers "disrespecting" another student a level 1 offense.  Disrespecting any adult in the school is a level 2. The adults are the ones who can handle it  so I can't understand why that is a more serious offense. Seems to me like they are sending these kids the message that they aren't as important as adults and don't deserve the same level of respect.

Dr. Phil disagrees. "Theres a lot of research that suggests that what I said is, in fact, a problem after they hit puberty and they get into those middle school years,"

What research? Does anyone know what research he is referring to?

Dr Phil and staff, can you clear this up please?

Well, I sent an email to Dr. Phil's staff formally requesting the research to which Dr. Phil is referring. I never received an answer. I cannot find ANY research which even slightly suggests what he has said. If there really is "a lot of research" I would love to read it.

Perhaps I am wrong, it wouldn't be the first time. BUT, this reminds me a bit of the common "facts" thrown around about homeschooling which are proven time and time again to be false.

LOL!! For someone who puts prostitution above receiving welfare you sure are on a high horse.  I grew up on welfare. My mom felt "entitled" to take care of her kids first and foremost  - even if that meant accepting welfare. I'm sure I would have turned out better if she would have been out having sex for money... sheesh - what a joke!

Sadly, someday something will happen in your perfect bubble and you will see everything isn't black and white. Not the welfare system and not the school system.

I have to wonder about your arrogance - I  haven't been that full of myself since I was a teenager..since then I've been humbled - thankfully.

It is obvious that you think you are the perfect model of how EVERYONE should live, earn and EDUCATE. Putting your puffed up pride above your children's best interest doesn't make you a good parent and certainly not a moral compass.

Uh ... yeah......you have it all figured out.

 When your son gets picked on he's a victim ..anyone else.. its provoked.

You are wondering what my son is doing to provoke it  - I'll tell you that tid bit I left out - what you think I'm "not sharing" - he is overweight and has the nerve to eat his lunch or drink water from the fountain. So kids take the food from his lunch and say " you don't need it -you're fat enough."  Or they think they can skip him at the water fountain or try to push him out of the way saying  "you don't need it fatty".

He does firmly stand up to them but some do not back down.

As far as the teacher who yelled at him... can't you consider for one minute that there are teachers who use poor judgement? 

I'm sorry but you contradict yourself all the time.. I just pointed that out in another post and now with this - You told me he doesn't need to call me-then assume (wrongly) that  I'm not doing all I could or should and that I need to be at the school (which I am often - I have been working with them on this) 

 Which one is it - am i doing too much or not enough?  What does it matter if I told him to call me or the EXACT steps we are taking - the thing is we are very much working with the school and the fact is zero tolerance does make it difficult for kids to learn to deal with conflict in their own way.

You assume if there is a problem it MUST be the parents or the kid.

A private school has a reason to pick the best curriculum possible.  The reason is to stay in business.  A government school doesn't have to worry so much about keeping it's doors open.  And do you even know how curriculum is selected?  One would assume that because it is teachers who teach that they would know which curriculum is best, which one works which one is nothing more than just *fluff*.  Would you be bothered if you knew that in most systems, it is NOT the teachers who choose the curriculum?  Would it bother you to know that a government school might select it's curriculum based on the fact that a friend of one of the board members suggested that it's the best curriculum and that friend just happened to be the one who owns the company who published said curriculum?  Would that bother you or would you still assume that the school has picked what's best?  Why in the world would you think that because it's selected by "county, city or government" that it is the best?  Is it because those folks calling themselves board members know so much about curriculum?  That is hardly the case in most school systems in my state.  And what recourse do you have if something "happens" because of the curriculum choosen in the public school???