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I teach high school Math – mostly Algebra I – and recently had something interesting happen. One of my students – a freshman girl – was reading a magazine in class. I told her “I need you to put the magazine away.” She then tells me, “Well, I need you to shut the hell up.” Well, I was stunned because while this girl was certainly no angel, she had never done anything even close to that serious before. Of course, I sent her out and she got a 3- day out of school suspension. Our Vice-Principal is pretty lax about a lot of stuff but he has zero tolerance for disrespect to teachers and staff.

That night, I got an irate phone call from the girl’s mother. The basic complaint was that a 3-day suspension was an unreasonably severe punishment for reading a magazine in class. Apparently, she didn’t quite tell her mom the full story. It took me a while on the phone but I was finally able to get across to mom the full story of what her daughter had actually done. Mom...See More
Novel Good for that mother!

Shame she was irate on the phone when she first rang, but glad she listened and took action.
Apr 9, 2015
??? One good mother is worth a 100 good administrators.
Apr 9, 2015
this made my day On 4/09/15, Novel wrote: > > > Good for that mother! > > Shame she was irate on the phone when she first rang, but > glad she listened and took action.

Wow, how can I give this mother an award? Finally, a parent with some common sense. Mom took action and made her point. Why, oh why do I have to teach in an era when most ...See More
Apr 9, 2015
hst@yahoo.com On 3/26/15, LeAnn wrote: > I teach high school Math – mostly Algebra I – and > recently had something interesting happen. One of my > students – a freshman girl – was reading a magazine in > class. I told her “I need you to put the magazine away.” > She then tells me, “Well, I need you to shut the hell up.” > Well,...See More
May 9, 2015


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