I ran a middle school behavior program and have worked with kids for 15 years now. I assume the Hummingbird Bucks are a token economy for the classroom that kids earn to exchange for some sort of prize or privilege. It's a bad idea to take away something a kid has already earned as that generates a feeling of injustice. Imagine if you work 4 of 5 days but then no show for the 5th day. It's understandable to not be paid for that 5th day, but what if they also deducted 1 or 2 other days' pay as a penalty for your behavior on the 5th day? That's why it's good to have kids earn privileges (video games, etc) for good behavior instead of them feeling like it's a "right" to be able to play video games or whatever.

While he may have earned his "bucks", the letter is disrespectful to his teacher.

Yeah nah I don't agree with praising this behavior. If there's one thing I hate more than a blatant disrespectful child, it's the parent who doesn't correct their behavior. Those kids grow up to be self righteous entitled pricks.. The world doesn't need anymore

What if this kid was 9 or 12...isnt this note basically a threat against a school employee

So no one else thinks this looks fake? 👀

There is clearly no displine in that household - this boy is carrying on like he's never heard the word 'No' or had anything taken away from him before. Life is not fair and you will not always get what you deserve.

Six year old goes to chapel and prays..."O Lord, please let my teacher die asap and send him to hell!" The benefit of religion....

Trump is gonna have some real competition when this kid discoverers Twitter.

He told her she was going to hell and that he prayed for that... he knows that you go to hell when you're dead... so he's saying he wants her dead. That is a big deal! He also chose to be rude about her personal appearance which is not acceptable. His claim that he can't be quiet all the time shows he knew the rules but chose to break them, and has lashed out wanting her dead because of the consequences of his actions, which I'm sure he was aware of too. There are some big issues here that need working on now whilst he's young. In choosing to write this he has shown he needs some extra support understanding actions and consequences.

I like this kid. He is speaking the truth. He can't be qyet all the time. He argues better than adults.

This kid needs anger management counseling. Nothing funny about this at all. Quite frankly, he should be suspended for a day.

A future Ted Bundy in the making. This isn't cute.

So ... if my child wrote that letter we would most definitely have to have a talk about appropriate ways to express anger, and how wishing people to hell because they have hurt you is not okay (I think Mister Rogers would have this kind of talk). But I would also express to him that BEING angry is okay, and that finding appropriate ways of dealing with it is important. As for his punishment, if taking away earned bucks isn't part of the discipline code in that classroom, then the teacher was wrong to do so. I always thought "talking in class" was a stupid thing to be punished for when you're a kid (guess who got conduct demerits in elementary school for that ...) Discipline is important, but APPROPRIATE discipline for the age of the child and the situation is key.

The thing that stood out to me here is that this child has been taught that being "bad" means you will go to hell. That does not jive with Christian teachings (not to say this family was Christian), and it's actually a horrific thing to teach a child. I know it's somewhat common. I think it's emotional abuse. As for Christianity, in no way does it say "bad people go to hell, good people go to heaven". I'm not a Christian. What it does teach makes no sense to me, but this is NOT what it teaches.

OK, now fast forward this little darling's school career ten years and you have a total nightmare in the classroom. Or in jail. Probably in jail. Hopefully in jail.

What kind of parents raised a 6 year old to think it's okay to pray for someone to burn in hell and beg god to kill her? What a disgusting child. There's a mob heavy in the making. Well done to the mother. Very nicely moulded criminal in the making.

Not sure what's worse.... the kids mother, or the people finding this kids behavior admirable?? A lot of people think it's a hoax.... for the sake of us all I sure hope it is.

I'll tell you what I like most - he didn't send some anonymous note. He signed his name. More integrity than 90% of people online.

But what the heck is a hummingbird buck?

Stick that kid in 5th grade!!

Okay guys, seriously this kid is 6 years old and is still learning how to deal with emotions. We do not know the context of talking nor the rules in the classroom so stop assuming this kid is a degenerate because he argues like a politician. It's good that this kid has learn to write feelings and share them but he still needs to learn that punishment needs to fit the crime and hoping for hell/attacking looks is a bit extreme. We can only hope that lesson was taught.

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well - good story - but we should here both sides - possibly the teacher was just helpless - to judge her is possibly wrong - I was blamed to be a pedo and lost my daughter for some years - fully innocently - I know how wrong assumptions can be when we do not listen to both sides

I call BS - that writing is OBVIOUSLY made to look like a child's handwriting, but has been written by an adult. Just one more attention-seeking idiot on social media.

Can we just think for a moment about the dangers of religious indoctrination? He's only six and already he wishes eternal punishment and suffering upon someone who did a very minor wrong.

WTF are "Hummingbird Bucks"?

Compare to some comments posted by adults on this site and anywhere online, this boy is pretty polite and tactful .

What an awful idea, to take away 'bucks' that the kid has earned. Good way to mess up his feelings about money. My parents did that - took away money I had saved, if they felt I had been in some way disrespectful. I still have a messed-up view of money and a poverty, high-stress mentality because of their punishing me by taking away money that was already mine, that I had saved from allowance. What this kid is objecting to (even though it is a proxy 'currency'), is basically the same thing. It is cruel and shouldn't be done.