tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post4684493696885416524..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Parents Go After School Because Of Student NewspaperDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-89278311099235895642010-02-25T02:11:12.529-08:002010-02-25T02:11:12.529-08:00"It's such a fine line between stupid and..."It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."<br /> -David St. Hubbinsmaxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-30637315321820737582010-02-24T21:04:22.909-08:002010-02-24T21:04:22.909-08:00Our former newspaper sponsor did a similar survey....Our former newspaper sponsor did a similar survey. The problem was lack of oversight. It's one thing to ask if a student used drugs or had sex, it's quite another to go into detail. But let me throw another real world what if at you. As teachers we are warned to be sensitive to differences in behavior, gender preferences, etc. So a boy who was out to most of the student population, but not his parents, had a very graphic note picked up. Instead of calling the parents in, the AP read the note, in its entirety, over the phone to the parents. Not knowing whether this would upset the applecart, this AP threw the kid under the bus. The kid was mega upset. Imagine if this had been a kid from a rigid home-the consequences could have been horrific. Yet somehow administration is in a do as I saw not as I do mode. Where do you draw the line? The answer is it depends on who is doing the drawing.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-81775934220998137782010-02-24T20:25:20.749-08:002010-02-24T20:25:20.749-08:00The way I read this, it was *not* an assignment. ...The way I read this, it was *not* an assignment. The students can run the school papers here in California and decided this is what they wanted to do.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-88861999243205664412010-02-24T18:39:02.672-08:002010-02-24T18:39:02.672-08:00I draw the line at the student's 18th birthday...I draw the line at the student's 18th birthday, Darren, and would side with the parents if I were on some sort of decision-making board. I would most certainly not have brought in legal counsel unless it involved a disabled student who is otherwise unable to make age-appropriate decisions at a high school level. (We have so many other priorities IMO) But I would have told the teacher that I thought the assignment was inappropriate as well as had a chat with my child. <br /><br />But I remember answering surveys as a kid, don't you? We made up allll kinds of drugs and sex stuff and filled in all kinds of blanks on those things. I don't know if they pitch the extreme answers as being invalid, but we had fun filling them out. :)Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.com