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[quote=Anonymous][quote=A[b]nonymous][quote=[/b]Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People make mistakes.  My husband yelled at his 4 year old son "I'm gonna kill you!"  after said son threw 200 straws all over starbucks. People make mistakes.  Perhaps the school needs to be more understanding/forgiving of student mistakes (sounds like it).  But you need to be more understanding/forgiving of the Dean's mistake.  My husband didn't do the greatest job apologizing to his  son either.  [b]It isn't easy to admit to a mistake - the weird "messaging" email was someone's awkward attempt to admit a mistake.

It is fine to fight hard for a school culture that respects the children there (and it doesn't doesn't like basis has that now)[/b], but harping on this one [b]egregious misstep[/b] is just, well, kinda gross.  Be understanding and forgiving as you demand the same for your child.[/quote]

And if only the BOOSTERS would have been willing to make the same admission, this thread would have been over long ago............. but they wanted to blame the kids, interpret the email, etc etc etc

No, you cannot counsel out parents.  But you can SLAM them here for their lack of understanding, poor English, what have you.  And you have done all that.

Unlike your dh, who had only had a son who could push his buttons for 4 years, [b]the Dean they are claiming has a ton of DCPS experience.  So he does not have that kind of excuse[/b].[/quote]

no, everyone makes mistakes, even people with tons of experience.  Your self righteousness is preventing you from having any empathy or humanness.  It is very ugly.  Model for your child how you fight for the respect and kindness s/he deserves while not becoming a monster over others' mistakes.[/quote]

Why doesn't someone just make him go in and apologize already?  Parents have asked the HOS for both of them to do it - it takes a lot to admit that you were wrong, I get it, but the Dean was.   Apologies go a long way when it is adults saying sorry to kids.  A long way.  That is modeling respect for students, because the way he behaved was disrespectful. Once the Dean apologizes, and Cameron Louis apologizes for not coming in sooner, no one can continue to criticize their conduct or continue to harp on this situation. It would end this nonsense and allow everyone to move along.[/quote]

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