"I think the school thinks the students are going to cause trouble at lunch. It's wrong to punish the kids who do nothing. We need to talk to our friends during lunch," Gianna LoPresti said.
She didn't exactly do nothing. She broke a rule. I had assigned seats in Grammer School 25 years ago. I fail to see the big deal.
See post 5 :-)
We all had assigned seating when I was this kid's age (granted that was over forty years ago). No big deal. It's called order and discipline and respect. This Dad sounds like a whiny "Me Me Me" kind of twerp.
Er, no, you don't.
This school, and this family, has failed to teach the difference between "I want" and "I need".
Did you have assigned seats for lunch in the cafeteria? Of course, we had assigned seats in the classroom. that's not unusual. I think assigned seats for lunch is excessive.
One nice thing about assigned seats is that no one gets left out...
I agree with you, and I also had assigned seating in grammar school.