Playboypenguin
Moderator
The whole thing is ridiculous. But the reason it is ridiculous is not because of the teachers or the principals actions.
It is ridiculous because if they had allowed this to pass without reporting it then the kid had done something violent it would have come back to haunt them. Parents would be in an uproar about why the teachers and school administration didn't do something when the essay was written. Demanding to know why they ignored this redflag. Then the teacher and possibly the principal would have lost their jobs.
Every action of a teacher these days is centered around damage control. From your first day of teaching to your last. I know I did not work long in education but my short 4 months saw plenty of parents coming in and blaming the teachers when their kids did something wrong. And you want to know something? For thr most part, it wasn't the "liberal" parents. It was the conservative "I love god and country" parents that made the most noise. Blaming the schools for their childs behavior because the teachers are corrupting their kids, because religion is not allowed, because the ciriculum is biased, because rules are too lenient, etc, etc.
Some people love to pretend that teachers act like this because they are these super politically correct liberals when in truth they act like this because they are trying to portect themselves from retaliation from the angry mob. They are simply covering their own asses.
Yes, stuff like this is ridiculous and it goes way to far...but not for the reasons most people would like to think.
It is ridiculous because if they had allowed this to pass without reporting it then the kid had done something violent it would have come back to haunt them. Parents would be in an uproar about why the teachers and school administration didn't do something when the essay was written. Demanding to know why they ignored this redflag. Then the teacher and possibly the principal would have lost their jobs.
Every action of a teacher these days is centered around damage control. From your first day of teaching to your last. I know I did not work long in education but my short 4 months saw plenty of parents coming in and blaming the teachers when their kids did something wrong. And you want to know something? For thr most part, it wasn't the "liberal" parents. It was the conservative "I love god and country" parents that made the most noise. Blaming the schools for their childs behavior because the teachers are corrupting their kids, because religion is not allowed, because the ciriculum is biased, because rules are too lenient, etc, etc.
Some people love to pretend that teachers act like this because they are these super politically correct liberals when in truth they act like this because they are trying to portect themselves from retaliation from the angry mob. They are simply covering their own asses.
Yes, stuff like this is ridiculous and it goes way to far...but not for the reasons most people would like to think.