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Anonymous wrote:I’d be horrified and embarrassed by my kid, not on DCUM looking for sympathy about a lunch detention.

+1

Just about the worst name you can call someone.

This is ridiculous. It's probably not even in the top 10 of worst things you can call someone.

this is why nobody takes SJWs seriously. Everything is always the "worst thing ever"

Anonymous wrote:Are teachers allowed to give lunch detentions in MS? My child was assigned lunch detention for calling a friend what the teacher referred to as "the r word" in the hallway. The friend wasn't upset by it and the teacher isn't even his. From what I hear on here, there are a lot worse things being said in the hallway all the time.

If you want your child to be able to use this word without consequence, take a time machine back to 1985. Otherwise, stop complaining about your jerk kid. Learned a needed lesson, good on the teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:Are teachers allowed to give lunch detentions in MS? My child was assigned lunch detention for calling a friend what the teacher referred to as "the r word" in the hallway. The friend wasn't upset by it and the teacher isn't even his. From what I hear on here, there are a lot worse things being said in the hallway all the time.

I don't believe this! Others keep posting there are NO CONSEQUENCES in MCPS. How can this be true!?!?!

Because nothing in MCPS is consistent. Each school is run as an independent entity. There is no oversight or accountability so each principal can do whatever they want.

I know! I even heard they offer math acceleration at wealthy schools that other schools don't get.

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Anonymous wrote:Are teachers allowed to give lunch detentions in MS? My child was assigned lunch detention for calling a friend what the teacher referred to as "the r word" in the hallway. The friend wasn't upset by it and the teacher isn't even his. From what I hear on here, there are a lot worse things being said in the hallway all the time.

I don't believe this! Others keep posting there are NO CONSEQUENCES in MCPS. How can this be true!?!?!

How dare they create all these consequences!?!?! It's crazy! What happened to freedom of expression? Is this not America!?!?

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Anonymous wrote:Are teachers allowed to give lunch detentions in MS? My child was assigned lunch detention for calling a friend what the teacher referred to as "the r word" in the hallway. The friend wasn't upset by it and the teacher isn't even his. From what I hear on here, there are a lot worse things being said in the hallway all the time.

I don't believe this! Others keep posting there are NO CONSEQUENCES in MCPS. How can this be true!?!?!

Because nothing in MCPS is consistent. Each school is run as an independent entity. There is no oversight or accountability so each principal can do whatever they want.

Anonymous wrote:Are teachers allowed to give lunch detentions in MS? My child was assigned lunch detention for calling a friend what the teacher referred to as "the r word" in the hallway. The friend wasn't upset by it and the teacher isn't even his. From what I hear on here, there are a lot worse things being said in the hallway all the time.

I don't believe this! Others keep posting there are NO CONSEQUENCES in MCPS. How can this be true!?!?!

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Anonymous wrote:Are teachers allowed to give lunch detentions in MS? My child was assigned lunch detention for calling a friend what the teacher referred to as "the r word" in the hallway. The friend wasn't upset by it and the teacher isn't even his. From what I hear on here, there are a lot worse things being said in the hallway all the time.

Sounds like your child learned an important lesson about using inappropriate language. And yes, the "R" word is one of the worst words you can use to describe another person.

Kids used to have thicker skin. We used that word all the time and turned out just fine. Everyone is so damn overly sensitive these days.

Who is “we”? If you are talking about the 30+ people arrested for storming the Capitol, who have the blood of police officers on their hands, they are not “fine.” They are in jail.

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I wasn’t the person who wrote about snowflakes, but I think it’s wrong to single out one child without warning for using a word they all use. I was especially upset, because rather than eating, my kid was asked to watch a video about people with intellectual disabilities and write a reflection. And yes, this is Bethesda.

Good! You aren’t parenting, so the school is doing it for you.

+1! My first grader knows not to say horrible words like that, so does my fourth grader. Pathetic that your child has reached middle school without you raising him right. Good thing school is stepping in to make up for your failures.

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I wasn’t the person who wrote about snowflakes, but I think it’s wrong to single out one child without warning for using a word they all use. I was especially upset, because rather than eating, my kid was asked to watch a video about people with intellectual disabilities and write a reflection. And yes, this is Bethesda.

Good! You aren’t parenting, so the school is doing it for you.

+1

Glad to hear they are making it a learning moment. Kid isn’t learning that at home.

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



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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 silly for detention for this.

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

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.

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

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?

Sigh. Are you really this DIM? Police pull people over for speeding when they CATCH them. The vast majority of speeders are not caught and pulled over by police. Try the “everyone else is speeding too, Officer — no FAAAAAIIIIIR!!” line with the cop and see how far it gets you.

And since get had a ready-made, appropriate consequence of a video and a writing assignment, yes, “the school is giving anybody else detention.” FFS.

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Anonymous wrote:You're first reaction is to rebuke the punishment instead of talking with your child about how horrible that word is? I really feel for teachers with these kinds of parents.

Exactly what I am thinking. I would be disgusted my child said this and he would would have a lot more punishment at home than one single detention.

+1. OP, redirect the attention you are spending on absurdities like “are teachers ALLOWED to give detention in MS?” (of course they are) to attempting to raise an actually decent human being.

Totally agree. And while you’re at it, please tell your child that using “sped” as an insult is equally terrible. My child in a MCPS middle school hears this insult being thrown around daily and as a kid who receives special education it makes her feel terrible.

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I wasn’t the person who wrote about snowflakes, but I think it’s wrong to single out one child without warning for using a word they all use. I was especially upset, because rather than eating, my kid was asked to watch a video about people with intellectual disabilities and write a reflection. And yes, this is Bethesda.

Good! You aren’t parenting, so the school is doing it for you.

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Anonymous wrote:The response seems extreme, especially given the circumstance. A warning should have been given instead, or even an RJ chat. People are just over the top sensitive about words in certain areas, creating such delicate snowflakes.

Would you feel the same if it was the N word? How about the K word? The R word is the most demeaning word you can say around special need children and it shouldn't be said at all.

What’s the K word?

I don’t feel the R word is as bad as N.

I don't feel assault is as bad as murder but I think there should be consequences for both.

Boom.

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Anonymous wrote:You're first reaction is to rebuke the punishment instead of talking with your child about how horrible that word is? I really feel for teachers with these kinds of parents.

Exactly what I am thinking. I would be disgusted my child said this and he would would have a lot more punishment at home than one single detention.

+1. OP, redirect the attention you are spending on absurdities like “are teachers ALLOWED to give detention in MS?” (of course they are) to attempting to raise an actually decent human being.

Anonymous wrote:I’d be horrified and embarrassed by my kid, not on DCUM looking for sympathy about a lunch detention.

+1

Just about the worst name you can call someone.