Deal weighs students in front of one another???
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Anonymous
| A local parent coach posted on Facebook her horror that her middle school-aged daughter was weighed in front of other students, who then, of course, shamed one another about the data. This parent coach is upfront and obvious about her neighborhood and that her kids go to public school, so this was Deal. Any other parents hear about this archaic practice? Have we learned nothing about the roots of eating disorders? WTF? |
Anonymous
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Ugh. In the 70s in flyover country there was a lice outbreak at our junior high. School nurses inspected everyone's hair in front of the whole school.
Why? So stupid. |
Anonymous
| If this is true it's absolutely horrific and the teacher / coach who did this should be fired. |
Anonymous
| What possible reason does a school have to weigh kids at all? They all had physicals to attend school. |
Anonymous
| Wow wtf. |
Anonymous
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Maybe it's a health / nutrition class.
I recall being weighed and having body fat percentages taken at school back in the 80s. It was done privately though. We had to track exercise and food and learn about nutrition. |
Anonymous
Hardly an offense for which a teacher should be fired. It just needs to be addressed with the teacher so that it does not happen again. |
Anonymous
Oh for Pete's sake. No it's not "absolutely horrific." Maybe a little out of line, but frankly it wouldn't bother me at all. I'm sure there are much bigger problems at Deal to gripe about. |
Anonymous
this |
Anonymous
They did it in California, too. So: not limited to "flyover country." |
Anonymous
People who say this is no big deal obviously never had weight problems. I was overweight in middle school and already had self esteem issues. Changing for gym class was the worst part of my day. Being weighed in front of other students would have been horrific. I was teased enough without everyone knowing my weight. And this was at a Montgomery County school people on the Md school board love. |
Anonymous
| Why dont' we get some confirmation from an actual Deal family versus something someone read on facebook and extrapolated from. |
Anonymous
Still not something for which a teacher should be fired. |
Anonymous
| I'd have to think there is more to this story. Why were the kids weighed? Did the teacher ask for volunteers? Could other kids see the weight, on most scales the answer would be no. |
Anonymous
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Agree it isn't a firing offense.
Although, if true, it seems to fly in the face of the new social-emotional learning initiative. |