Comments on: How to Talk to a Student’s Parent in Crucial Moments

By: Portia

Portia — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:28:09 +0000

If a school staff member, especially a principal, admits to the blame and claims responsibility then the parents have grounds for monetary damages in a law suit. If you apologize like that in public, the personnel and school loses confidence, trust and credibility of competence. Budget and funds cannot be reallocated by a principal without approval of the board. If the amount is reasonable and sustainable, then it can come from certain funds. However, most funds are designated for very specific purposes. There’s office supplies fund, materials, books, etc. you can’t use copier money to spend on “protecting” one student. If you set a precedent like that, the school would be shut down! I worked at a school that had to fire 120 teachers, 20 custodians and 4 librarians. We had to bring our own toilet paper and take out our own trash. Schools are underfunded. There’s funding for anti-bullying campaigns but it’s mainly flyers and ribbons. There are so many systems in place already. If one child out of 1000 gets injured, 200 injuries have been prevented. This advice might work in Japan but in the US, it’s the making of the perfect law suit.

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By: Muhammad Amin

Muhammad Amin — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 09:50:15 +0000

Good piece of advice

By: Sharon Campbell

Sharon Campbell — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 23:09:44 +0000

In reply to Ralph.

You are absolutely right, Ralph. My tormentors were serious about damaging me, and the one time I finally warned the little twerp twice that if she kept it up I would have to hit her and actually had to hit her (very, very weakly and half-heartedly), you would think the heavens had fallen. Defending themselves was particularly frowned upon for girls.

They were going to punish me and not her, but my parents insisted that she also get punished. Funny thing — after that the overt torment ceased. I wish I had done it years before.

By: Dale Walace

Dale Walace — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:06:14 +0000

“•Normal teasing begins to turn mean.” It seems to me that most teasing, with some exceptions from those with close and positive relationships, is mean right out of the box. It seems to me that our society expects and allows people to be mean to each other, often justified by labeling it as normal. People will say “It’s just business.” and then do the mean thing that is seen to be to their advantage. I think our society needs to further promote win-win relationships.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:37:17 +0000

As I read your article it brought back a lot of school challenges I had with my son in public schools. You finally started on the right path toward the end when you advised to identify crucial moments. Teenagers will push the limits and that means they tend not to know when teasing turns mean. They push, and push, and push until they can get someone to react. what they don’t understand is that many introverted children their own age will hold it inside until it lashes out- then the lasher, not the instigator gets punished. The full picture needs to be understood and watched by teachers and administrators, and stopped BEFORE it gets mean.