Just had a blazing argument with my DS who believes his school/teachers are trying to brainwash the students.
Basically a child made a comment about a Jewish artist making his sculpture circumcised to which the teacher called him a Nazi and racist and to leave the room. I suggested to DS the child was being disrespectful in the lesson, and it’s possible the student did not realise his comment was racist. Equally, I think the teacher went too far with his accusations, and could approached it in a different way. It seems the HM dealt with it well. I simply told my son that there may be a bigger picture and we are all, including teachers, under stress; to not to let it upset him so much. He says this sort of thing is common in the school and anyone who takes a contrarian view is “silenced “ immediately.
I thought I had been quite balanced, but DS thinks I’m part of the problem now. I feel I cannot side with either because I don’t want my son to get mad and get into trouble at school.
Did I handle this well, or not?
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Smith888 · 21/11/2020 11:34
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