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AIBU?

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To think headteacher was slightly insensitive?

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StephensDW · 22/02/2017 11:36

I realise this situation is potentially my fault. I shouldn't have sent her in.

DD is a well behaved, polite student. She is in Yr 10. Has never had a detention, etc.

Our family dog wasn't very well. He had been here since DD was 4. He is very much loved. They were extremely close (she does agility competitions, etc. with him).

I said I'd text her to let her know how he got on at the vets (he had to stay in for testing, but I was collecting him).

She skipped the lesson which is the time I was collecting him (she has never done this before). Anyway, she was found and taken to Head of Years, but they were either teaching or in a meeting with the pastoral staff, so she was sent to the head.

He said to her that it "was a stupid reason to miss a lesson and really not important enough". This has been confirmed (got a phone call).

Anyway, our much loved boy was PTS. She wasn't aware of this yet and I explained on the phone that it's best he doesn't mention it, but I said I'd come and get her because she was clearly going to be sit waiting for the news and I told her I would let her know. PE was last lesson and so it wasn't the end of the world. This is when he said it would be a ridiculous reason to come and collect a 15 year old. He really was quite snappy. DD was sitting in the office at this point and it was all a bit of a mess tbh.

AIBU? Apart from the other bits that I admit were my fault.

OP posts:
grannytomine · 23/02/2017 19:48

Yes Raspberry she knew the dog was at the vets that why she was waiting for the text. She didn't know the dog was going to be PTS, the OP said they were expecting the dog to come home so the daughter never got a chance to say her goodbyes, that is really hard on her. If the dog had just been kept sedated for a few hours then she could have said her goodbyes which is much healthier for the child and if the dog is sedated it isn't suffering. If the vet wouldn't do that then I think I'd be changing vets.

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