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We got called into school by our son's English teacher. During the poetry module, my son had gotten a bit frustrated and said, "Who the heck is ever going to us
by rerdavies 4y ago
We got called into school by our son's English teacher. During the poetry module, my son had gotten a bit frustrated and said, "Who the heck is ever going to use fucking poetry in real life?"
"While I felt he had raised an excellent question", his English teacher said, "I didn't agree with the way the point was expressed. I'm sure you see my difficulty."
We did. And we appreciated his good humor.
We had a carefully considered discussion with our son about respect, and appropriate language.
Expulsion is a very blunt tool.
- matwood 4y agoScott Galloway puts it best (and that he often fails at it himself) - do you want to be right or effective?
- mbar84 4y agoThere once was a boy named Danny Day, he always maintained his right of way, he was right, dead right, as he drove along, but he's just as dead, as if he were wrong.
- matwood 4y agoFunny on the downvotes, so I'll add some context. The kid in this case may have been right, but their delivery made them ineffective and got them in trouble. Being right and sticking it in someone's face often feels great at the time, but it rarely leads to a persuasive argument.