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What do I do when the school gives my daughter an unfair punishment?
1 month ago my daughter wrote on her friends facebook wall that she wants to kill a teacher. Today is january 11th and the school contacted me saying she is suspended until april 26th for what she wrote on facebook. My daughter is in 10th grade and she is a pretty little girl that weighs about 90 lbs. Clearly she is not going to try killing anyone. Is this punishment unfair? What can I do to help her?
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My Relationship with my child's school, Discipline and behavior challenges
> 60 days ago
What the Expert Says:
Additional Answers (3)
I would schedule a meeting with your daughter's teacher and principal to discuss the issue. Face Book threats have become a serriouse issue in the past few years and educators have to take them serriously. Your Daugter needs to know that you should Never put you random thoughts in writing, especialy on line where people can read them without your consent.
> 60 days ago
If this is the 1st time for your daughter to mention such a thing, then you must find out from her why she hates her teacher so much. The problem might be in that relationship. You can also discuss the issue with the school counselor and principale. Keeping your daughter out of school for such a long time will only increase the anger. If this is not the 1st time for such behavior, then a guidence councellor needs to be asked. But I personaly feel that the school overreacted; how many times do we adults use the figure of speech:"I could have killed ...."?
> 60 days ago
First, why does a 10th grader have a facebook page? I've included some sites that teach internet safety. Second, that was a threatening statement for obviously a violent child. You should speak with your child to find out what troubles her and why she feels compelled to display such anger and violence and you need to seek professional help before this spirals out of control and she harms herself or someone else. I am surprised that the school has not permanently banned her although I'm sure you are aware that with a suspension that long, she has failed the 10th grade, so I would search for a private school so that she may continue her education and not be held back. Good luck!
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> 60 days ago
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