How was the meeting with the admin meeting last week at BASIS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly some of them believe Dean trumps Chemistry teacher. She called him. And he threatened their grades, which she is supposed to be in charge of.

Oh. I forgot the many levels numerous times mean they are all STUPID and not worth a minute of their time.

Why can't the principal just go in and tell them is not true? Why can't the principal just have Dean apoligize to the studens he threatened? Not retract the posible mis messaging but just say "I am sorry."
How many minutes would it take?

Do you think it would have been worth either or both of their time to take a minute, do right thing, and avoid these crazy rants? I do. I so do. FWIW, my vote..... is yes they do this now.

Both the Chemistry teacher and the Principal have already said it isn't true and nobody has any reason to believe otherwise. And surely nobody believes the Dean trumps the Principal. I'd ask WHAT kids don't believe them? What kids think the Chemistry teacher and Head of School are lying to them? Surely it can't be the kids of any poster here, nor any kids you know, since you all have known full well for two weeks now that grades will not be affected, and surely you should all know better than to let incorrect information and rumor go unchecked, as opposed to feeding into it.

The Principal didn'st say ti to the kids, that was the big mistake

[Anonymous]

You didn't answer the question, WHAT kids?

[Anonymous]

Again, surely not YOUR kids, you should know better.

[Anonymous]

And surely not kids you know, nor kids that your kids know - because you should now better...

[Anonymous]

^you should know better...

*autocorrect*

[Anonymous]

If they don't believe it, it's because someone is deliberately feeding into the rumor. That wouldn't be you, would it? Based on all of the constant hysterical postings, maybe it IS. Maybe you DON'T know better.

[Anonymous]

And if you are feeding the rumor, rather than acknowledging the truth that everyone else knows, then when are YOU going to apologize? Or are you just going to wait until the trimester grades come out for everyone else to finally acknowledge the truth that they knew all along? That the "fertilized egg" as you put it was indeed just a false pregnancy after all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they don't believe it, it's because someone is deliberately feeding into the rumor. That wouldn't be you, would it? Based on all of the constant hysterical postings, maybe it IS. Maybe you DON'T know better.

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I am not a hysterical poster, but give us all abreak. Parents, who haven't known each other until imthis crisis. can speak with more authority to those who some parents and kids are confused, in place of the HOS showing up with the Dean, making his apology and clearing ti up for thsi kids, whi will cleair it up for the parents?

WHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THEY NOT DO THIS/ NOW

[Anonymous]

Give you a break? At this point, the whole damn school now knows that their grades won't just be affected, not just 8La. And so too does the entirety of DCUM.

Give US all a break. At this point, you are really insulting our intelligence with this crap.

I don't even think you actually know any kids who know otherwise. Frankly, I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU. I think you've just been caught up in carrying on and on and on about this for 2 weeks and it's gone on FAR TOO LONG.

You give US a break. We're all sick of it.

[Anonymous]

When imagination once runs riot where do we stop?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When imagination once runs riot where do we stop?

Imagination stops at reality and facts. And at this point everybody in the school and everybody on DCUM knows the reality and fact to be that students grades won't be affected by what transpired.

But sadly it seems there's at least one poster here who wants to ignore the reality and facts and who wants to encourage riots based on imaginings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When imagination once runs riot where do we stop?

Imagination stops at reality and facts. And at this point everybody in the school and everybody on DCUM knows the reality and fact to be that students grades won't be affected by what transpired.

But sadly it seems there's at least one poster here who wants to ignore the reality and facts and who wants to encourage riots based on imaginings.

Well, let us hope that all the parents in 8La read DCUM (no way. sorry, wakeup call)

if this did indeed ge thru it was better thatn the confuson parenst and kids ahd before this stupid thread stared

[Anonymous]

I may be really missing something, but could not this all have been avoided by the HOS and Dean showing up in 8La bright and early that Monday morning of October 20, and having the Dean say he was sorry for what transpired the preceding Thursday, that he exceeded his authority (academics are beyond his jurisdiction), and did not treat them with the respect that all students are due, and having Cameron Louis explain that the Dean will never have the power to affect their grades or those of any other students?

What was the big deal? Why did he not just step up to the plate, Dean in tow? It does not seem cricket, to put it mildly, to have parents granting that a two week long rant by what appears to be more than one author has now somehow absolved the Dean and the Head of their moral and professional obligations to these students.

Because of all this sound and fury, as one put it, they are now excused? I beg to differ.

At my public (albeit) religious school, admitting mistakes was extremely important, and whilst mostly it involved students, it would have been so much more important had it involved any member in authority.

They need to make things right, regardless of what people in an anonymous forum (who might well be trolls) have to say on the matter. End of subject.

[Anonymous]

After two long and grueling weeks of this pot-stirring nonsense, it should be abundantly obvious that whatever point you've been trying to make here is long lost and everyone but you has moved on.

I seriously, SERIOUSLY doubt there's still a bonafide issue or concern among the kids. Seriously, I DOUBT any of your own kids have a concern about it, nor have any of you recently had a conversation with anyone who has. Because if you had, then why didn't you set them straight, since you the facts and should know better. Or, instead, did you irresponsibly and dishonestly just stir the pot with them? That question was dodged above. So, where's the REAL problem here?

But more to the point - Even if there were at this point a pointless apology by the Head of School and Dean or whatever else, I'm also at this point convinced that the ranter would only move on to continue ranting about the next trivial thing to come along. Because that's DEFINITELY the sense I get here.

I frankly think your credibility is suspect, I think your motives are suspect, and I don't think you can be trusted to not keep stirring the pot with everything and anything, particularly given the way this has been grotesquely blown out of proportion, with every last thing attacked, skewed, distorted and nitpicked to death at every step.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After two long and grueling weeks of this pot-stirring nonsense, it should be abundantly obvious that whatever point you've been trying to make here is long lost and everyone but you has moved on.

I seriously, SERIOUSLY doubt there's still a bonafide issue or concern among the kids. Seriously, I DOUBT any of your own kids have a concern about it, nor have any of you recently had a conversation with anyone who has. Because if you had, then why didn't you set them straight, since you the facts and should know better. Or, instead, did you irresponsibly and dishonestly just stir the pot with them? That question was dodged above. So, where's the REAL problem here?

But more to the point - Even if there were at this point a pointless apology by the Head of School and Dean or whatever else, I'm also at this point convinced that the ranter would only move on to continue ranting about the next trivial thing to come along. Because that's DEFINITELY the sense I get here.

I frankly think your credibility is suspect, I think your motives are suspect, and I don't think you can be trusted to not keep stirring the pot with everything and anything, particularly given the way this has been grotesquely blown out of proportion, with every last thing attacked, skewed, distorted and nitpicked to death at every step.

Sorry but I have no idea to whom you are addressing your rant, but I sincerely beg you to stop/

Don't any of you realise that if we would all just stop posting, this thread would go the way of the exit thread, where parents who are still at BASIS state they intend to leave because in addition to experiences with racist teachers, their kids are just not treated respectfully?

Clearly we have a problem, in addition to a troll, several crazies, and possible pot stirrers. I honestly believe the onus is on the HOS to meet with the section, make the Dean apologize, and use it as a teaching opportunity (because you are correct, it is far too late to reassure anyone) about basic Basis values. Work hard and you will be rewarded, and your grades cannot be affected by other students' malfeasance (although someone DOES need to talk to the PE teacher in that regard.) But if we could all just agree to shut up this thread would soon not be on the first page of DCUM. I do not believe we are doing ourselves any favors by continuing to stir the pot.