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So what is the child doing for 3 months while being suspended that’s better than being at school? It’s not like school punishment having an impact on your life

So what is the child doing for 3 months while being suspended that’s better than being at school? It’s not like school punishment having an impact on your life isn’t well documented. “School to prison pipeline” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline Even the kid and his family in the article says he liked the school “ Malachi said he liked Couch Middle School before his suspension. Science class was his favorite because he liked the teacher, whom he is accused of bombarding with racial slurs, and he liked the quiz games they played in class.” And they also mention the struggles of this event “ His 21-year-old aunt has been home schooling him while juggling a full course load at Kennesaw State University. … “It’s really hard for him to go through this and to be associated with such horrible words,” said Malachi’s grandmother, Gillian Gardener-Valbrun. “That is a stain.” Malachi said he would feel uncomfortable returning to Couch, where his friends and classmates know what he is accused of.“ Why would you assume to know better than the kid and his family on the impact of this? Interested to see your evidence countering this.

exporectomy 5y ago
Of course there are problems but personally, when I was at school, I didn't quite understand suspensions. You mean I don't have to go to school? That's fantastic! I wish I was naughty enough to get suspended! School is hell for a lot of kids.
kaliszad 5y ago
But we don't know, how the situation would unfold, if he was at school after the incident, do we? I hope, this kid will like science after this whole thing is over still. It really seems, he was wrongly accused (as in the movie The Fugitive with Harrison Ford) and it is nice the family is trying to give him support. In general, today's kids might work on their projects while at home. I have a colleague, who was sick at home for a long time and he basically learned to program the computer during that time. He has written a game, learned recursion and other concepts on his own and much more. He almost certainly wouldn't have learned the same at school. He programs professionally now, has a PhD. in math and worked at Google. It really depends on the family, the child and the school of course (in case of absence for whatever reason, this has less influence).
- hellomyguys 5y ago
  Yes we don’t know something that hasn’t happened but I imagine the kid and his family have a better idea on it than you. And if your only data point is a colleague who was sick while working that doesn’t really bolster your argument :)

exporectomy 5y ago

Of course there are problems but personally, when I was at school, I didn't quite understand suspensions. You mean I don't have to go to school? That's fantastic! I wish I was naughty enough to get suspended! School is hell for a lot of kids.

kaliszad 5y ago

But we don't know, how the situation would unfold, if he was at school after the incident, do we? I hope, this kid will like science after this whole thing is over still. It really seems, he was wrongly accused (as in the movie The Fugitive with Harrison Ford) and it is nice the family is trying to give him support. In general, today's kids might work on their projects while at home. I have a colleague, who was sick at home for a long time and he basically learned to program the computer during that time. He has written a game, learned recursion and other concepts on his own and much more. He almost certainly wouldn't have learned the same at school. He programs professionally now, has a PhD. in math and worked at Google. It really depends on the family, the child and the school of course (in case of absence for whatever reason, this has less influence).

hellomyguys 5y ago
Yes we don’t know something that hasn’t happened but I imagine the kid and his family have a better idea on it than you. And if your only data point is a colleague who was sick while working that doesn’t really bolster your argument :)