Reply to It irks me that both schools my kids attend are bossy about what to pack for lunch

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "It irks me that both schools my kids attend are bossy about what to pack for lunch"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I'd prefer that school teachers and administrators exercise power in a rational manner and limited to the scope of their relationship with their students.  So raise your hand to ask a question -- fine.  That's classroom management and necessary to the enterprise of education.

Rules about what kids can't eat, where parents can't park (when they involve legal public spaces), and prohibitions regarding how books or food are transported seem overreaching.  If school want to persuade parents (or kids) that these are good ways to behave, go to it. (The birthday party rules fall into this category for me -- good point; I'll voluntarily comply.)  But when they impose these restrictions unilaterally and expect everyone to fall in line, that's not an example of community or consideration for others.

As I said, my DC's school doesn't have a junk food rule and if it did, it wouldn't affect us because I don't pack anything that would be considered junk food.  What bugs me in this discussion is the assumption that any dictat from someone in authority at a school somehow binds both parents and kids regardless of whether it's an area over which the school should have any legitimate say.

And I don't think you foster respect for rules by telling people just to submit to stupid ones.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics