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Would you email the teacher.....UPDATED
if your kid came home and told you that one of her classmates brought a pocket knife to school and showed her and told her not to tell anyone cause then he would not be her friend anymore?
I'll tell you what I did after I get your feedback.
Re: Would you email the teacher.....UPDATED
Thank you.
Would you be worried that you were being a NARC?
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Definitely not. A knife is a weapon and young children shouldn't have weapons, in school or anywhere else.
Someone's getting a little brother!
I emailed the teacher and the principal last night, still no response. I'm a tad ticked at this point.
I have to bring her cupcakes to school in a few minutes. FOr the principals sake he better respond to me before i get to school or he is going to get a visit from me in his office.
That is why I sent the message. I can barely keep track of my one child sometimes, not sure how teachers can handle 20+ students at a time.
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I probably would've walked into the classroom this morning and discussed it immediately, but if emailing was your best course of action, time-wise, then absolutely.
I'm a parent. Not a friend. I don't give a shiz about being a NARC. I would praise my kid to the heavens for telling me, congratulating her for being a good kid and knowing when something is dangerous and important enough to tell me about.
ITA - I think for Kira's sake, you need to make a big deal about this and make sure she knows that you and other adults take her seriously and will ALWAYS have her back when anything dangerous like this goes down and that the smart, safe thing is tell a responsible grown up, etc.
It wouldn't even cross my mind to think I'm being a NARC on some CHILD bringing a WEAPON to school - that's not even possible. Its unsafe, period, end of story.
I would have also emailed if I didn't have time to go in. I would also keep in mind though that if you just sent it last night the principal may not have even seen it yet. Maybe the principal has been in meetings all morning or off site, as principals are often times. Yes, I was the principals aid in highschool so I could skip a normal class lol so I know sometimes they have chaotic mornings.
I would go in person when you drop off the cupcakes to see if he/she is there and also mention something to the teacher, remind them both that you already sent an email on this urgent matter.
Even if the principal emailed back, I would still be dropping by his/her office to discuss the matter.
I'm glad Kira told you and you did the right thing, IMO.
the principal has his blackberry permanently fused to him.
My first year teaching I had a really good (but slightly flighty) student bring in a pocket knife. She was planning to do crafts at afterschool daycare and wanted to have the scissors with her. She was suspended because at that point, there was a no tolerance rule for weapons which I can understand to a point, but I hated to see her suspended. She really was a good kid. The AP did figure a way around the mandatory longer suspension and I think she got 1 or 2 days instead of something like 10 (I don't remember all the details since it was 10 years ago).
I think whether or not I would find that acceptable would depend on the child. He told Kira not to tell anyone which raises a flag immediately, he KNEW he was doing something wrong. Whether he planned to use it as a weapon at that age is doubtful, but he knew he was breaking the rules. To me that says there should be some consequence more than a warning. As I stated, the child in my class was 8 and really hadn't thought it through. Another child had seen it and told me and when I asked her about it she was all excited about telling me about her plans for the afternoon. She clearly had no idea she had done something wrong.
I would have emailed solely to leave an electronic trail but i also would have talked to the prinicipal about it immediately. I think even if the kid knew he was doing something wrong it probably wasn't malicious, I could see my brothers bringing in their pocket knife to school even if they weren't supposed to just to show it off to a friend or the like - but still, it'd be wrong and rules are rules for a reason and I think you did the right thing.
My parents pulled my brother out of his middle school because a kid brought a gun to school and he wasn't expelled or even suspended. These things are serious. (and as an aside, that was Cardinal Gibbons, they felt much safer sending him to Arbutus after that.)
She never thought children bringing knives to school was a problem?!?! I don't even know what to say to that. If it were me I would probably contact the principal again and let him know you found out he was bringing it to school every day.
I seriously just did a Scooby Doo head shake over that - WTF indeed! Aren't these Kindergarteners or 1st graders? Who TF thinks its OK for them to go to school w/ knives every day? I'd be on the phone w/ the school TODAY - this is ridiculous.
I sent a follow up to the teacher. I've been in meetings all day.
The parent in question who did not think it was a big deal is not the brightest bulb in the bunch.
I'm also questioning the intelligence of the parents who somehow missed their child taking a knife to school EVERY day! I mean, I can totally see a child sneaking one in once, but every day. Where the he!! were they?
Seriously.