Hummm not really sure where you are getting your info on American Schools but your way off..
Kids are not Registered for school till they are of age to go to school..
Yes if a child acts up or gets in trouble for their actions then the school is liable to call the kids parents to explain what happen and the actions they took..
As far as getting expelled they have to have a reason to do so and it has to be a pretty good reason.. The child may be expelled for 3 days if it is for fighting the first time.. Which all parties involved is expelled and may have to pay a fine..
If a child is in constant trouble the schools can remove them from the main school and then they are registered within what some call "Out Reach School" which is a school for troubled kids that seem to stay in trouble..They earn all the degree's needed within any school they just do not participate in sports like the main schools do..
Bullying is a big factor that is being looked at within the schools.. If your child bullies another child, they should take action against the child doing the bullying.. Kids that sit back and laugh at those being bullied are part of the problem not the solution..
As far as the boy getting in trouble for laughing why did he not tell the Principal what really happen so they could look into the situation first to make sure what happened.. Seems to me he must have sat back and not told them the truth what happened..
I know when my son was in school and got in trouble for fighting.. What the other kid told his parents which called the Principal to get my son expelled was not the truth.. But then when I asked my son what happened he told a different story.. I talked to the Principal on the phone he called the boys in to straighten it out. By the time I arrived at the school I found out my son had told the truth and the other two boys had lied to their mom that called the school trying to get my son expelled..
Yes they all was expelled for 3 days no fines...but I stood behind my son and told the Principal that anytime someone swings at one of my kids they were told to defend themselves.. And to never throw the first punch..
My kids were also taught never to pick on others and to help out those that were being bullied by reporting it.. Not to stand with the group and laugh at the kid being picked on..
So yes if it was my child that was within the group and egging it on when another child is being picked on, they would be in as much trouble as the one doing the bullying..I'm all for the parent teaching their kids that picking on other's is not right for they would not want it done to them..
It is not lying to apologize to someone that you watched getting bullied and all you did was stand there and laugh at them..
Put the shoe on the other foot what if it was your child being picked on and several sat back and laughed at them instead of reporting it and helping the one being bullied..
Thanks for the info.
But a fine??? Geezzzz... That could become quite costly and ruin you if you happen to have a kid that is impossible.
Crap system, sorry to say.
My own daughter got in trouble around 15 for skipping school consistently. She didn't get sent off school, not even expelled, and no fine either.
After a while it officially escalated (legally I mean), and then I had to prove I did what I could to get my child to school, for instance buy bus cards etc. If I had failed that way or had obstructed it, THEN I could get fined. But that's different. It had gone on for months with ample warnings, conversations and so on, and not going to school when you legally still have to is breaking the law.
Of course I didn't get fined cos I had done all I could.
Anyhow, as for the bullying... If you happen to chuckle, laugh, giggle, when someone makes a joke at the expensive of another... I do NOT consider that bullying. It is also not the same as standing by and laughing at someone. If someone cracks a joke about someone in their presence I am bound to snort, giggle, laugh, chuckle, too and I think this goes for most people.
It doesn't even have much to do with the person it is aimed at but more with the fact that someone just blurts out a joke like that.
F*(ked if I'd apologise for that.
As for reporting it... if I was a kid I wouldn't. I was extremely shy, low self-esteem, I got bullied for years on end. No way would I dare tell on someone.
Since I've been bullied I know it's a big deal, I still suffer some consequences to this date. But this example is pushing it too far for me.
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SparklingCrystal 💖💎
on Wed 01/29/20 12:33 PM