Post by huthuthut on Jun 13, 2014 8:39:13 GMT -6
I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think this is how it works at my school. If a kid is known to be in trouble--i.e. he either reports it or it makes the paper--that suspension will follow him. For example, we have a junior who might have to serve a two-game suspension for something he did as a freshmen. He didn't play as a sophomore, doesn't play any other sports, so the suspension hasn't been served. In the 2012 season, we had a senior serving a suspension from his sophomore year for the same reason--he didn't play as a junior, so the suspension still followed him.
In this particular case, though, I don't really know what our AD would do. I'm guessing no suspension but I don't know that for a fact.
Here is my question, all of the time I hear teachers belly aching because mom and dad drop off their kid at school and expect the teacher to raise their kid. They gripe and complain because they think they shouldn't have to do this, the parent should. And yet, you as a teacher/administrator turn around and try to hand out punishment to a kid for something he did while not at school?
How about this thought, if a kid breaks a rule from the time of the first game to the time of the last game, you have the ability to police that kids life, any other time stay the he!! out of these kids life. I HATE THESE POLICIES. I am all about setting examples and trying to get kids to make the right decisions, I think that is just the right thing to do. But I don't think any school district has any right to tell a kid what he can do outside of school. How many coaches/teachers/administrators drink to much, smoke cigs or weed and so on (just go to any coaching clinic)?
Not trying to hijack or start a major argument, but this stuff drives me nuts.
Couldn't have said it better!
We are teachers first. But some don't want to help kids get better. They just want to deal with "Boy Scouts" and get
rid of any kid with problems.
I'm glad I don't have to pay for every transgression I've made. (I'm glad life isn't truly fair!). How many times have we been guilty of speeding but didn't get caught? (Or worse.)
If the kid is doing right now that's what's important