First grader suspended for

[Bluestars]

At least the school is responding to harassment. The little girl has a right to go to school without being harassed. I would not be happy if a little boy continuously sang this song to my daughter, while shaking his booty at her. He was warned not to do it again. He did it again and was punished. Good for the school. His mother obviously was unable to stop the behavior.

Maybe if more schools disciplined kids who misbehave and harass other kids, our schools would be a pleasant place for all students.

 

[burnurcomputer]

If it was my kids (my littles are 4 and 2) they would have gotten in trouble for "Tickle, tickle tickle" from "I'm Elmo and I know it". You know, actually touching someone else and tickleing them!!! Now thats real sexual harasment.


Dear world, you are nuts. Kids do dumb things, its part of the learning about life. Some kids listen the very first time and some only get it the 50th. Its about an individual, their personality and processing speed. It doesn't make you a horrible parent for your kid to wiggle his bum and have knowledge of popular culture. Some kids just can't be beat into submission, no matter how much you disipline them.

 

[pilesoflaundry]

I have 3 kids, and apparently I hold mine to a higher standard then you hold yours. They didn't get a pass on bad behavior because they are 6. I expect my kids to behave, and if they visit the Principal for any reason, they better not be visiting again for the same thing. If they do, then suspension will probably be the easy punishment they get.

Same here. I'm trying to understand how a 6 year old ends up in the principal's office on more than one occasion, frankly I'm not sure how they end up there for the first occasion. (I know why he was sent and why more than once, I just don't understand kids that little acting up in school that often!) And no one yell at me for not understanding their special needs kid or whatever because I have 2 of them and sometimes they did get in trouble at school but not enough to end up in the principal's office in kindergarten.

Kids need to behave at school, period. My kids are not perfect by any means but they know better than to act up at school or they will get double punishment. It's all in what you allow or how often you give them a pass for being "too young" for this or that and the more you excuse the behavior, the more they will act up.

 

[Scurvy]

I don't think it matters whether the child understands why his actions were inappropriate, or where he heard the song, or if he understands what the song means. He was told not to do it again, he did it again and he was punished. I don't think the school was wrong in this case. Maybe now his parents will be more vigilant about teaching him not to do things like this in the future.

 

[Coconut36]

If it was my kids (my littles are 4 and 2) they would have gotten in trouble for "Tickle, tickle tickle" from "I'm Elmo and I know it". You know, actually touching someone else and tickleing them!!! Now thats real sexual harasment.


Dear world, you are nuts. Kids do dumb things, its part of the learning about life. Some kids listen the very first time and some only get it the 50th. Its about an individual, their personality and processing speed. It doesn't make you a horrible parent for your kid to wiggle his bum and have knowledge of popular culture. Some kids just can't be beat into submission, no matter how much you disipline them.

So because you think it is "crazy" some little girl should have to deal with a butt being shaken in her face at school? What a load of hooey that is. He was warned once and did it again..that is wrong.

Opinions like yours are the reason the youth today is so entitled. How dare anyone expect them to adhere to rules or suffer consequences..that's just wrong!

 

[caitlinsmom]

I just don't think this was "suspension" worthy. Staying in for a recess, a trip to the principal's office or a parent conference, sure but a suspension?

The song, while innappropriate for that age, is on many radio stations, all over TV and is played all over the place. I heard it being played on the radio at a softball field yesterday. I am quite certain that most 6-7 year olds have absolutely no idea what sexy even means.

 

[smitch425]

So because you think it is "crazy" some little girl should have to deal with a butt being shaken in her face at school? What a load of hooey that is. He was warned once and did it again..that is wrong.

Opinions like yours are the reason the youth today is so entitled. How dare anyone expect them to adhere to rules or suffer consequences..that's just wrong!

I'm still trying to figure out how this boy's butt was in the girl's face. If this happened in the lunch line, was the girl bending down? Had she fallen to the ground? How tall is this boy or how short is this girl? Something sounds off with the details of this story.

 

[sunshinehighway]

I an still curious how his butt was in the girl's face if they were in line.

 

[Coconut36]

I'm still trying to figure out how this boy's butt was in the girl's face. If this happened in the lunch line, was the girl bending down? Had she fallen to the ground? How tall is this boy or how short is this girl? Something sounds off with the details of this story.

Not sure..only going by the details reported. Even if you remove that from the equation he had been told not to do this once before, yet he did it again despite being told not to.

ETA-The Huffington post I read indicates that the FIRST incident involved the booty shake in the girls face and the song lyrics. Maybe that explains the confusion regarding location as the 2nd incident likely took place in the lunch line minus booty shaking. This was the 2nd time, after being told not to that he said these things to the same girl. Maybe not suspension worthy but worthy of consequences IMO. He was doing something he had been expressly told was not OK once already.

We want kids to have a safe environment in school and not be harassed..being that this was the 2nd occurrence with the same girl what about her feelings and rights?

 

[declansdad]

I just don't think this was "suspension" worthy. Staying in for a recess, a trip to the principal's office or a parent conference, sure but a suspension?

The song, while innappropriate for that age, is on many radio stations, all over TV and is played all over the place. I heard it being played on the radio at a softball field yesterday. I am quite certain that most 6-7 year olds have absolutely no idea what sexy even means.

According to the article, this was the second time he visited the principal for doing this. We don't know but there may have been other reasons as well.

 

[smitch425]

Not sure..only going by the details reported. Even if you remove that from the equation he had been told not to do this once before, yet he did it again despite being told not to.

ETA-The Huffington post I read indicates that the FIRST incident involved the booty shake in the girls face and the song lyrics. This was the 2nd time, after being told not to that he said these things to the same girl. Maybe not suspension worthy but worthy of consequences IMO. He was doing something he had been expressly told was not OK once already.

Ah...that makes sense then. FWIW, my above comment was in no way implying that he shouldn't have been reprimanded. I addressed that issue in my post on page 3 of the thread. I was just trying to get a visual of how it all went down, and was having trouble picturing it.

 

[burnurcomputer]

So because you think it is "crazy" some little girl should have to deal with a butt being shaken in her face at school? What a load of hooey that is. He was warned once and did it again..that is wrong.

Opinions like yours are the reason the youth today is so entitled. How dare anyone expect them to adhere to rules or suffer consequences..that's just wrong!

I have 4 kids who listen well, generally. My post about the world being nuts relates to the world being nuts. In my home, we call it persepective. This is a first grader, not a high school student.

Yes, blame me for the entitled youth of the world, lol! If this is the worst of the problems in life that you come across, you are a blessed person indeed!

 

[a1tinkfans]

 

[minijeanie]

I wouldn't be surprised if he heard the song from the M&M's commercial, so don't be too quick to blame his parents for intentionally letting him listen to that song.

I totally agree with this statement. My granddaughter who is two 1/2 yrs old came home with the same lyrics on her breath yesterday. I was stunned and when I asked her where she heard those words from she told me Aiden sang it to her.
Aiden is also another 2 1/2 yr old in her class. The teachers said all the kids sing the line because Yes it does come from the M&M commercial. The teachers have felt it is best to ignore it and in a week they will be back to singing "If your happy and you know it clap your hands"

oh and btw my granddaughter also sang the one liner
"I love you like a love song baby"
It is impossible to shield the kids from everything. As adults we do our best to keep our little ones as innocent as long as possible but sometimes tv, other kids, radio, etc. just catches up with them.

 

[davmill]

Schools have become so infested with PC, and teaching down to the dumbest child, one doesn't have to wonder for long why the good old USA keeps falling in ranking among the countries of the world in education.

Let's give every kid a trophy, so one doesn't feel better then the other. Every one is equal in a bankrupt society, except for the ones that make the rules, and it damn sure isn't the American people anymore.


Have a nice day.....

 

[sam_gordon]

Schools have become so infested with PC, and teaching down to the dumbest child, one doesn't have to wonder for long why the good old USA keeps falling in ranking among the countries of the world in education.

Let's give every kid a trophy, so one doesn't feel better then the other. Every one is equal in a bankrupt society, except for the ones that make the rules, and it damn sure isn't the American people anymore.


Have a nice day.....

Aside from the bolded (and I don't think it's a case of being 'PC', but more a case of the boy doing something he's already been told NOT to do), what does ANY of this post have to do with the OP?

 

[kt_mom]

I just don't think this was "suspension" worthy. Staying in for a recess, a trip to the principal's office or a parent conference, sure but a suspension?

The song, while innappropriate for that age, is on many radio stations, all over TV and is played all over the place. I heard it being played on the radio at a softball field yesterday. I am quite certain that most 6-7 year olds have absolutely no idea what sexy even means.

I'm quite certain that my 9 year old doesn't know the what the F word means either, but it doesn't mean I want her listening to music/tv/movies that use it or worse yet, repeating it.


The kid had been previously punished for this and the second offense called for a stronger punishment. I do think suspension was the wrong move though. I think an in school suspension would have been better. Growing up our school used those a lot. And often times it meant sitting in a back corner of the library all day hand writing out portions of the dictionary. That may be a bit much for a 6 year old, but something along those lines would be better than 3 days vacation. Without a parent on the other end to back the school up, its just that, a 3 day vacation.

 

[Coconut36]

I have 4 kids who listen well, generally. My post about the world being nuts relates to the world being nuts. In my home, we call it persepective. This is a first grader, not a high school student.

Yes, blame me for the entitled youth of the world, lol! If this is the worst of the problems in life that you come across, you are a blessed person indeed!

I don't care how old the kid is..he got in trouble for it once already and he did it again..how in the grand scheme of things does that not warrant a consequence? I am not saying I think suspension is the most appropriate consequence but it does deserve one.

I also suspect you would be singing a different tune if it was your snowflake's face some kid was shaking their behind in. Try thinking about the impact on the other person here and what the 1st grade girl is going through in having a boy do this not once, but twice..one of those times involving his behind in her face. Yeah it's just crazy he would need to suffer some consequences for doing something he knew he shouldn't be doing.

And if you are raising your little snowflakes to think that it's OK to do something they were expressly told at school not to do..then yep, you are contributing to the issue of entitled youth (and based on your posts I suspect you are).

 

[Minnesota!]

This is the most ridiculous thing I have heard in a long time. The offense is nowhere near worthy of a suspension. Yes, he was told once before, BIG DEAL. I often feel like a broken record with my kids, correcting the same behavior over and over, especially with young children (and 6 is very young). Sometimes it takes more than once for a lesson to sink in. My dog understands the word "no" as well but he still tries to get away with things he knows he shouldn't do. So do most kids. When M&Ms strip off their candy shells and dance to a song about being sexy it makes it awfully hard to explain to a 6 year old why it's inappropriate. You might have to correct the behavior a few times. No biggie. I don't see how an unexpected vacation from school is going to solve the problem.

Calling this sexual harrassment and bullying is insane! We are creating an entire generation of crybaby wimps with our overreactions to frivolous crap like this.

Schools have become so infested with PC, and teaching down to the dumbest child, one doesn't have to wonder for long why the good old USA keeps falling in ranking among the countries of the world in education.

Let's give every kid a trophy, so one doesn't feel better then the other. Every one is equal in a bankrupt society, except for the ones that make the rules, and it damn sure isn't the American people anymore.


Have a nice day.....

Wow talk about overblown!

I don't see harassment - sexual or otherwise - in this situation. Sounds like the girl needed to get in the boys face and tell him to knock it off if it was bugging her that much. Poor little snowflake can't stand up for herself?

Words are...words. I don't censor anything from my kids....which, I know freaks everyone out. They know that there is language they can use at home and language they can use at school. My 2nd grader has been to the principal 1 time - a few weeks ago - because he took the bully out. I told him the last time he came home with a story about how the bully did this or that, that the next time he better stand his ground and for himself. So when the bully came at him again....he clocked him. And I high fived him As did the rest of the parents his his class! His punishment from school - a note sent home and he missed recess. Woo. Worth it, IMO, to show the bully that he WILL fight back.

I refuse to raise my kids to be PC, sheltered, censored, etc. They are both very compassionate, polite, upstanding kids who just happen to know the world isn't all sunshine and unicorns and rainbows. And I think anything else would be a disservice to them. My kids will not be coddled, silver spoon fed, living in a bubble. They know that there are people out there who will make situations uncomfortable and it is THEIR responsibility to stick up for them self.

If that had been my daughter, I would have told her that boys tease girls because that's what boys do. And leave it at that. Tell her to buck up and her best bet would be to ignore him.

I hate hate hate the government involvement in school for reasons such as this.

If he had been singing "I'm ugly and I know it" while dancing - would the same punishment have been doled out?

All this hinges on the word "sexy" which is absolutely ridiculous...

 

[luvmy3]

I have 4 kids who listen well, generally. My post about the world being nuts relates to the world being nuts. In my home, we call it persepective. This is a first grader, not a high school student.

Yes, blame me for the entitled youth of the world, lol! If this is the worst of the problems in life that you come across, you are a blessed person indeed!

Well this incident wasn't in your home, it was in school. In school, where they have rules and expect all students no matter what their age is to follow them. Actions have consequences, never too early to learn that. That is their "perspective".

And you can joke about it all you want, but when all these entitled kids, who were taught that sometimes rules shouldn't apply to them for whatever excuse they were taught, grow up to be adults in charge of running the country, I wouldn't be calling any of us blessed.