I have a much younger sibling (17 years my junior) who is currently at school. My brother (8 years my junior) also attended said school and when he was there my mother had various issues with some teachers and their way of behaving towards the students - but that’s another story.
The school have some ludicrous policies in place which I can’t believe parents don’t challenge. I’ve asked my mother why she doesn’t challenge this and she honestly can’t be bothered with the agro. It’s a catholic school and a lot of the teachers are extremely confrontational.
One of the rules (bearing in mind this is a primary school) is if a child is late on more than one occasion then said child will be given a detention after school for 30 minutes. How on earth can you punish a child for being late when it’s the parents that drop them off at school?! Surely a small fine to the parents would be better rather than punish a child for their parents actions? They refuse to take into account other children, late busses trains etc. And again, children of this age are not taking themselves to school!!
The other policy is, if a child has a passion/hobby for something but they are not good at it, they are not allowed to join that team/after school club. However if they are good at something, they have to join the team
Example: child loves to play football, isn’t great at it, but is quite good at netball but they don’t enjoy it. Said child would be forced to join the netball club and wouldn’t be considered for the football club.
Aibu to think parents need to stop lying down and letting schools dictate their child’s upbringing?