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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks here are totally proving the OP right.

If you haven’t worked in a school it’s hard to understand how unbelievably kids can misunderstand some things. Here are some that I’ve heard from middle schoolers: that caffeine is the same as alcohol so teachers who drink coffee in class are constantly drunk, that teachers have a hidden room where they take students and beat them, and that there are cameras in school so they can send you to jail if you’re late to class.[/quote]

I don’t think any of the responses here suggest that parents would believe this type of information if “reported” to us by our kids. I am the first PP who said teachers/adults sometimes lie as well. And I stand by that. It doesn’t mean that I believe everything my kids tell me, but after a few instances of punishing my kids for lies other adults told me, I am much more skeptical, particularly if what I am being told isn’t consistent with what I know about my kids.  But my kid telling me some random thing that a teacher did/said - I don’t automatically believe them and if it is something important I will ask (not accuse, but ask) the teacher. [/quote]

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