Posted on 08/28/2018 7:56:14 AM PDT by fredhead
TARBORO, N.C. (KLFY) -- Parents of a fifth grader are concerned after their child was punished for referring to his teacher as "ma'am."
Teretha Wilson said she noticed something was wrong Tuesday when her 10-year old son Tamarion got off the school bus from North East Carolina Preparatory School.
"I asked him what happened. He said he got in trouble for saying 'yes ma'am'," explained Wilson. Confused by his response, Tamarion pulled out a sheet of paper with the word "ma'am" written on it four times per line on both sides. He says his teacher told him to write the word on the sheet because he kept referring to her as "ma'am" despite her instruction not to.
As part of his punishment, Tamarion had to have the paper signed by a parent. "He had a look on his face of disappointment, shame," said his father, McArthur Bryant.
Wilson and Bryant said their children were taught to refer to elders as "ma'am" and "sir," and that Tamarion was not intending to be disrespectful.
"At the end of the day as a father, to feel kind of responsible for that...knowing that I have been raising him and doing the best that I can, it's not acceptable," said Bryant.
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https://www.greatschools.org/north-carolina/tarboro/8006-North-East-Carolina-Preparatory/
This school gets trashed on the site. Poor results. Maybe the teacher should be telling the parents Yes Sir and Yes Ma’am, I suck at teaching . . .
This is designed to beat the people down, and turn them into bleating sheep. The kid did something GOOD, and he’s beaten down, whipped, shamed, turned into a criminal. He’s supposed to bow down in submission and beat his chest in sorrow, begging for mercy.
He hasn’t done anything wrong. His parents need to sue. If I had money I would pay the legal costs. Yes.
Their tactic is to criminalize everything we say or do. It is done without any advance notice that a good action is now being treated as criminal. Repeated application of this tactic turns people into submissive, compliant, mindless automatons, willing to do the bidding of the all-powerful authorities.
They have done this in at least one other area of the language: “pronouns.” They throw people in jail for not uttering the pronouns that certain privileged individuals have ordered everyone to use. They did it with “black” and “african-American.” Every day hundreds of formerly innocent words are criminalized.
I have a few words of the language for them, but I will not post them here so that I can keep posting.
Well this is “prep” school! /s
CWII
This is insane. The boy was polite and if I’m not mistaken, ma’am is traditionally used in the South.
Those responsible for the punishment should have a very difficult time living in that community. They won’t, but they should.
“This is a personnel matter which has been handled appropriately by the K-7 principal.”
IOW, F* off, parents. We know better than you.
No way I sign that paper. If teacher persists, sue the school and the so-called teacher.
Her name is Madam Undersecretary Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge. The kid is lucky she didn’t find her magic pen to write with!
I just want to be on the jury when the parents sue the school for millions.
“Yes Ma’am the jury finds the school guilty of unbelievable stupidity”.
Western Washingtonstan
Get government out of education. However, it won’t happen because people are trapped by wanting subsidized babysitting. The government education system drives up prices and taxes, so both mom and dad have to work to afford a house, etc. It’s a self-perpetuating con.
“So what was the proper address for the teacher?”
Blackie?
When I was little I got in trouble for not saying maam.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3682349/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3682314/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3681920/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3681920/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3681869/posts
We’re lucky, we have a natural spring and pond on our property. Though we should get a good filter.
Ammo is a great idea too. Always be prepared as, I believe, the Boy Scouts used to say. Hope for the best, but expect the worst.
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