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I can think of a lot worse but yes - chalk this up to a learning experience for your child.

I am from a different era where the R word was used all the time so personally, I would not give detention for that, just talking to but it is a lesson learned. There are so many worse things that kids are doing so it seems[b] silly [/b]for detention for this.[/quote]

Silly? You are a total a**hole. No wonder your kid turned out so poorly.

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Do you think I am OP? To be clear, I am not. I also didn’t say I used the r word. The reason I said it’s silly is because unless they are giving detention to every student they hear saying the N-word, Duck, Pitch, then in my opinion, it’s silly to give attention for the R word. Now, is it a big deal? No, and a video and a summary seems fine, but otoh it also seems like they’re singling this one person out.

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"Officer, why did you pull me over for speeding? Everyone else is speeding too, why aren't you pulling them over?"[/quote]

But Police do pull people over for speeding. So the question is, is the School giving anybody else detention for use of the end or our word?

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You really don't know how the system works. In the history of time, we have never caught and punished ALL of the offenders. But it [hopefully] serves as a deterrent to many to catch and punish some or most.[/quote]

I never said that’s how it worked. When I’m asking is are ANY other kids at that school or even in the county getting lunch detention for saying a derogatory word? I have not heard of or right about any. 
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This sounds like a very typical consequence in a middle school. I don't think you would have heard of it if it hadn't happened to your child before so I'm not sure why that seems odd. It is a very appropriate response - use derogatory term, teacher overheard, hey instead of going to the lunch room with lots of other kids where deragotory term could be used again, you need to stay with me to eat lunch and learn a little about why it is not ok to say this. Seems like a logical consequence that fits. Obviously we are not going to convince you that defending your child on this is not in their best interest or in the best interest of raising a full empathic human. Protecting our kids from consequences only hurts them. this was not out of bounds or outlandish as a consequence, I would back down and NOT tell your kid your thoughts because you will just negate any learning that may have actually happened.[/quote]

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