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Boy's Family Upset At Unflattering AwardsParents Demand Apology From Teachers, Reprimand
denverchannel.com ^ | 06/13/07 | denverchannel

Posted on 06/14/2007 8:18:08 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

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To: TornadoAlley3
Did they also have the “Most likely to gag a maggot” teacher award?
61 posted on 06/14/2007 8:44:53 AM PDT by Prokopton
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To: TornadoAlley3

Regardless of whether this kid may have had a history of behavior problems, there is no reason for adults to hold a child up to public ridicule in front of his peers.


62 posted on 06/14/2007 8:44:59 AM PDT by Sloth (The GOP is to DemonRats in politics as Michael Jackson is to Jeffrey Dahmer in babysitting.)
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To: Mrs.Liberty
Gone are the days when, if awards were given out, they were given out to the top students.

I disagree.....I attended such an award ceremony at my daughter's elementary school just yesterday. They hold them twice a year.

63 posted on 06/14/2007 8:45:18 AM PDT by Gabz
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To: TornadoAlley3
If the shoe fits....

I suspect the children in question deserved these awards and nothing works better than a swift kick to the ego...

65 posted on 06/14/2007 8:45:40 AM PDT by Freeport
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To: HEY4QDEMS

Well I think the “Most likely not to have children.” was a bit over the top.

The “Sir Clowns Alot” I have no issue with.


66 posted on 06/14/2007 8:45:46 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: AU72
Doesn’t sound like that school is onboard the “Self-Esteem is Everything” express

That's only for girl students. Don't you know that Caucasian, heterosexual males need to be squashed in order to level the playing field?

67 posted on 06/14/2007 8:46:03 AM PDT by PapaBear3625
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To: TornadoAlley3

In first grade, my daughter had a teacher who nicknamed her Messy Jesse because, you know, it rhymed. The bigger issue is that when the teacher called her names, the kids felt perfectly free to call the same names. And we all know how kids can be. Jesse told her to stop. That didn’t work. She asked again. That didn’t work. And the CHILD went to the principal. When that didn’t work, I called the principal and told him to make is stop. The teacher was stunned that I didn’t go to her first.

The name calling stopped. The kid felt pretty good because she tried to fight it first and felt backed up when good old mom and dad got involved. She went on without any scars, no therapy and is a successful adult.


68 posted on 06/14/2007 8:46:21 AM PDT by trimom
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To: trimom

Well that’s pretty impressive for a First Grader to ask a student to twice stop, and then to go to a Principle on her own and ask for it to end as well. Most, unfortunately, will simply sit quietly and take it, even if it upsets them.

I guess this is what happens when you have public school students becoming teachers themselves..... sigh.


69 posted on 06/14/2007 8:48:50 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: pillut48
They had a bratty kid in their classrooms for an entire school year and had to put up with God knows what kind of crap while getting little or no support from the parents or the school admin...

Jeez....I couldn't find that anywhere in the story. Did you read the same story as I did or do you just need a lesson in reading comprehension?

70 posted on 06/14/2007 8:49:37 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org ? Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: SittinYonder
I'm not sure that what happened to this kid - Most likely not to have kids - wasn't malicious.

When my daughter received her awards, they were always preceded with a brief explanation of what they were for and for allot of the awards, the title very loosely exemplified the reasons for giving it.

Perhaps the Most Likely not to Have Kids award was because the winner didn't like being around younger kids, etc..

The awards are generally attached to personality quirks, not physical or medical conditions and such.

It's becoming a nation wide trend but because of stories like this one I guess the "enjoy it while it lasts" rule is now in effect.
71 posted on 06/14/2007 8:51:22 AM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

When I was eight years old, I got a trophy at the awards banquet for the basketball league I was in.

It was the award for “Tries Hardest”.

I was completely uncoordinated with no skill. I was constantly on the floor grabbing for the ball between people’s feet. Generally, a wrecking ball for the game.

Hey...it was a trophy! Of course, with a few years behind me, I can see it was CLEARLY a pity trophy! But hey...what did I know?


72 posted on 06/14/2007 8:52:22 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

he’s cuties... he looks a lot like my oldest son...


73 posted on 06/14/2007 8:52:29 AM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: SittinYonder
I don't have a problem with "Sir Clownsalot." That sounds fairly good natured. But "Most Likely Not to Have Children"? What does it even mean?

I agree with you. Whatever the second one means, it is definitely not nice. Like no woman could ever love you? Traumatic, coming from an authority figure at that age.

However, the biggest villains in this story are the parents who've chosen to make this a news story and now the whole world knows what a reject their kid is.

74 posted on 06/14/2007 8:52:38 AM PDT by old and tired
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To: cinives

True.


75 posted on 06/14/2007 8:52:42 AM PDT by relictele
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To: HamiltonJay

Hey, she wasn’t trying to stop a student, she was trying to stop the TEACHER!


76 posted on 06/14/2007 8:53:45 AM PDT by trimom
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To: TornadoAlley3
This is exactly what Jim Carrey's teachers said about him in school.

Let's see who's laughing when that kid has enough money to come back and BUY that school.

Er, wait...

77 posted on 06/14/2007 8:55:07 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: SittinYonder

Damn straight. And my kid would have been just as sarcastic as the teacher. My boy has a spine, a sense of humor and the morals and courage it takes to make it in the world. I raised him right and took an active interest in everything he did. He goes to college this Fall on a full ride for ACADEMICS. Hes a geek and proud of it.
The “oh my there are now winners or losers and we can keep score or it will emotionally damage the children” crowd do nothing but make the kids over protected and turn them into sheep. I raised my kid to be a wolf.


78 posted on 06/14/2007 8:55:36 AM PDT by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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To: SittinYonder
I'm probably going to be pilloried for this, but I am distressed when conservatives apologize for bullying, public humiliation, and such things. How many times have we heard that the kids who give other kids "wedgies" become conservatives and their victims become liberals? Even "dodgeball," a sadistic game in which kids try to hurt other kids they don't like as much as they possibly can, is defended in the name of conservatism.

No, I don't advocate "self-esteem" as the be-all and end-all of education. But bullying and public humiliation, conservative? And opposition to them is liberal?

I'm sorry anybody feels that way.

79 posted on 06/14/2007 8:55:36 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Vayehi kekhalloto ledabber 'et kol-hadevarim ha'elleh, vatibbaqa` ha'adamah 'asher tachteyhem.)
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To: SittinYonder
If they were so disruptive that the awards were deemed necessary by the teacher... Yes.

The worst of it wouldn’t happen until they had to explain to me why they got such an ‘award’... Then they’d really learn the meaning of sorry.

- At the conference I’d requested with the teachers, I would request that my child stand in front of the affected classes and apologies, then the regiment at home would get, entertaining, as to the activities they would be involved with... ;-)

Living in a neighborhood with a few retired DI’s when I was growing up has given me an insight into some unique and fitting punishments....

And not a spanking in site....

And yes, my son did do something incredibly stupid in 2nd grade... He’s never thought about doing anything like it since.... When he does seem to be headed for trouble, I just pull out some old photo's and leave them on his bed... No more problem...

80 posted on 06/14/2007 8:55:38 AM PDT by Freeport
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