To find it ridiculous (school related)?

[goingtosnow]

DS primary 4 home school assignment today was to learn about article 15 - Freedom of association - every kid has the right to meet with other children and .... blabla
I got as far as that, DS said "But we don't!" And i closed the assignment and commented that "isn't it ironic to learn about this now when we actually don't have this right"
We did not complete the assignment.

Was ibu?
Quite ready to be told i was, but it's still annoying me now and the whole learning about articles of all sorts that no kid actually cares or half the time doesn't understand just gets me irritated every time - it's so obviously some box ticking political bullshit
Ok I'm done!

Last lockdown my youngest was given a diary to complete every day. Where are you?
How are you feeling?
Who did you play with today?
Where did you go today?
Which animals did you see today?
By the end of the first week all the children were writing "I'm still at home" "I'm bored" "I'm not allowed to play with my friends"

Maybe that was the point? To discuss that at the moment we don't have that? Which your DS picked up on, which means he must understand the concept of the article, and skills around questioning things and voicing an opinion around them. In a classroom this is done often, tasks often have a secondary learning objective beyond just read and learn x, y or z- which is harder to do via online learning and assignments.

But to answer you question, no, YANBU. I think it's ok not to do an assignment if it makes your child upset.

A primary 4 child so presumably scotland? Where they can meet a friend...

YABU.

You missed an important moment to discuss with your son the importance of liberty to associate, and to look at when it might be necessary to suspend such rights, and what might happen if they were suspended permanently. You could have looked up the Tolpuddle Martyrs, for example, or the activists hanged or imprisoned for trying to form trades unions.

It is totally unreasonable that you and your son are not aware or informed of the basic privileges we have as UK citizens.

YADBU

Liberty of association is not about meeting to kick a ball but for political activism, the importance to have an opposition etc.

You can still meet, even if it's not physically.

i closed the assignment and commented that "isn't it ironic to learn about this now when we actually don't have this right"......learning about articles of all sorts that no kid actually cares or half the time doesn't understand just gets me irritated every time -it's so obviously some box ticking political bullshit

I don't really understand your point. Yes it is ironic to study this now but surely that highlights how important that right is?

Are you objecting to human rights in general or saying you think human rights shouldn't be taught to children or are you specifically against freedom of association?

Are you objecting to human rights in general or saying you think human rights shouldn't be taught to children or are you specifically against freedom of association?

Excellent question.

As others have said, I think it raises some good talking points about when it might be necessary to suspend those rights and also how those rights are taken for granted.

But you didn’t learn about it. You closed the assignment and have remained entirely ignorant, as your post demonstrates.

You didn't just close the assignment, you closed an excellent and very relevant discussion.

Not your finest moment OP but I guess the stress is getting to all of us.

I can't see why you have a problem with this. It's educational to learn about international law. It might have lead into an interesting debate about why freedom of association is important, and whether it's okay or not for governments to remove it under various circumstances.

@Snowbored's diary assignment on the other hand