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After Some Kids Started Fighting, Their Teacher Punished The Whole Grade, So This Girl Wrote The Teacher A Badass Letter
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After Some Kids Started Fighting, Their Teacher Punished The Whole Grade, So This Girl Wrote The Teacher A Badass Letter

“At My 12-YO’s School, A Couple Kids Got In A Fight And The Whole Grade Got Punished As A Result. She Did Some Research”After Some Kids Started Fighting, Their Teacher Punished The Whole Grade, So This Girl Wrote The Teacher A Badass LetterTeacher Punishes The Whole Grade After A Couple Of Kids Get Into A Fight, This 12-YO Compares It To A This 12-YO Girl Is Arguing A Common Punishment Teachers Use Is Actually A War Crime12-Year-Old's Grade Gets 'Collective Punishment', She Starts Arguing It's A War CrimeBadass 12 Y.O. Goes Against 'Collective Punishment' For Her Grade By Saying It's A War Crime12 Y.O. Encourages Other Kids To Fight Against 'Collective Punishment' After Their Whole Grade Gets ItThe Whole Grade Gets Punished Because Of 2 Kids Fighting, This 12 Y.O. Compares It To A War Crime 12 Y.O. Fights School System For Punishing Their Whole Grade Because Of 2 Kids, Says It's A War CrimeAfter Some Kids Started Fighting, Their Teacher Punished The Whole Grade, So This Girl Wrote The Teacher A Badass Letter
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There’s a 12-year-old girl who’s probably gonna become a lawyer. In her first case, she’s comparing a common practice among teachers to war crimes, making some compelling arguments too. Everything started when Andrew Heiss’ daughter got punished together with the whole grade for a fight between a couple of kids. After doing some research, she voiced her concerns to her father. But the little girl didn’t stop there. She started sort of a resistance movement and is addressing the student council on Nov. 1. Something tells me she’s going there prepared.

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Andrew’s daughter is probably talking about the Geneva Conventions, a series of international treaties established between 1864 and 1949. Specifically, the second protocol, Protocol II, which extended human rights protection to persons involved in severe civil conflicts. Collective punishment is prohibited for prisoners of war, and Article 33 in the fourth Convention says “no protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed.”

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    Collective punishment is supposed to promote compliance. And, just like other forms of punishment, it relies on the idea that the experience imposed by the teacher will be unpleasant enough to condition the students to change their behaviour in the future. Behaviourists first used this technique successfully animals in the 1960s. Behaviour modification strategies were then adopted by schools in various forms and are still used extensively today.

    Some think collective punishment is effective due to peer pressure. It’s a common practice in sports and the military. However, there are critics who believe this strategy should be dropped. One of the main reasons, according to them, has to do with moral values. The idea a group should be responsible for the actions of the few is at odds with the theories of individual responsibility in western, liberal societies. There, each individual is in control of their own actions and must bear the consequences of those actions individually.

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    Uncommon Boston
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One person can change how we see the world. Amazing group of kids these days; so many examples of school age kids standing up for their beliefs and being heard. As an adults, are we as brave? What would you stand up for? Start local.

    Uncommon Boston
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After the first few days of school, I was approached by a group of serious kindergartners. They asked me to beat up a third grade bully at the next bus stop. I explained violence wasn't the best answer, but promised to help. The next day I got on the bus and talked to the bus driver. She knew what to do. Big smiles on the bus. I was impressed. The kids worked as a group to solve a problem. No crying, just a sound plan. Which grown-up could help and what do we need --- no messing around. Clear and direct, using the power of a group. If the kids are punished as a group, who teaches them to act as a group? Adults tell me they don't know how to make a difference. Ask a kid.

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    Monika Soffronow
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Collective punishments teach children three things, none of them any good. First, that the world is not fair (so why wait for someone to be unfair to you, go be unfair to them first!), second, that anyone in a position of power is free to misuse that power, and third, that if you are being unfairly trampled upon, there is nothing you can do about it! As a parent, I would have had a very serious discussion with the principal the moment I heard about this. It is outrageous. Kudos to the girl who is acting much more like a grown-up than her teacher. Maybe Greta Thunberg is liberating many closeted fighters for causes that are simply ... right!

    Bunzilla
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never liked the idea of group punishments, for exactly the reasons you stated. School should be about teaching children knowledge and to think for themselves and how to behave in society, not mindless compliance.

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    John Louis
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WHAT'S WORSE - I remember when one student was bullying another the teacher would tell both kids to knock it off, or stop.

    Uncommon Boston
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It gets complicated so quickly. Often the parents are bullys, too. My ex stopped coaching because if he made any comment to the bullys, their parents were in his face. It got out of control so quickly. Armed police on the local soccer fields? Not sure what can be done.

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    Uncommon Boston
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One person can change how we see the world. Amazing group of kids these days; so many examples of school age kids standing up for their beliefs and being heard. As an adults, are we as brave? What would you stand up for? Start local.

    Uncommon Boston
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After the first few days of school, I was approached by a group of serious kindergartners. They asked me to beat up a third grade bully at the next bus stop. I explained violence wasn't the best answer, but promised to help. The next day I got on the bus and talked to the bus driver. She knew what to do. Big smiles on the bus. I was impressed. The kids worked as a group to solve a problem. No crying, just a sound plan. Which grown-up could help and what do we need --- no messing around. Clear and direct, using the power of a group. If the kids are punished as a group, who teaches them to act as a group? Adults tell me they don't know how to make a difference. Ask a kid.

    Load More Replies...
    Monika Soffronow
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Collective punishments teach children three things, none of them any good. First, that the world is not fair (so why wait for someone to be unfair to you, go be unfair to them first!), second, that anyone in a position of power is free to misuse that power, and third, that if you are being unfairly trampled upon, there is nothing you can do about it! As a parent, I would have had a very serious discussion with the principal the moment I heard about this. It is outrageous. Kudos to the girl who is acting much more like a grown-up than her teacher. Maybe Greta Thunberg is liberating many closeted fighters for causes that are simply ... right!

    Bunzilla
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never liked the idea of group punishments, for exactly the reasons you stated. School should be about teaching children knowledge and to think for themselves and how to behave in society, not mindless compliance.

    Load More Replies...
    John Louis
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WHAT'S WORSE - I remember when one student was bullying another the teacher would tell both kids to knock it off, or stop.

    Uncommon Boston
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It gets complicated so quickly. Often the parents are bullys, too. My ex stopped coaching because if he made any comment to the bullys, their parents were in his face. It got out of control so quickly. Armed police on the local soccer fields? Not sure what can be done.

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