On Feb 7, 10:33*am, wrote:
On Feb 7, 10:26*am, wrote:
On Feb 7, 8:36*am, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:19:40 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
And you complain that your kid won't do chores when told.
Did he ever learn to fight his own battles? Do you get involved every
time
he disagrees with a teacher.
I guess so. You're always right, and you taught him, so he must be
always
right also.
Good for you.
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John H
At 11, would you let YOUR kids talk back to adults? *If you can find out
where your kids live, ask them if they remember.
Doug, has your kid been 11 all his life?
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John H
This is about one week, one summer, one year. But, if you can explain how
you came up with "all his life", maybe I'll entertain your bizarre theory.
This is the example you've chosen for now. Last week it was a different
one, the week before a different one. My question remains, did he ever
learn to fight his own battles? Will you be there every time he has a run
in with authority? Sure hope to hell he doesn't join the Marines.
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I'll tell you right now, my kids haven't been taught that if someone
higher ranking (someone with authority) wants them to do something
that they aren't comfortable with, or think is wrong, to not do it
just because of that person's authority. My kids have been taught not
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I think all of us teach our kids the same way, then again to choose
their battles too. Problem here is some posters who tell us how we
should raise our kids, even down to specific situations which they
have little knowledge... then tell us stories that tell us they do not
live up to their own expectations. Second problem is those who would
address such drivel....
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Yup, I agree. My daughter (a real brain, straight A's always) is in
middle school, taking advance courses. She is taking a freshman level
algebra course. The teacher seems to act like she's in competition
(you know, popularity-wise) with some of the kids. It's actually kind
of sad. Here, my daughter is a great kid, a real smart gal, social but
not to the point of being cheerleader-ish, etc. and the teacher just
plain does not like her. And I think it's because she's so well
rounded, and perhaps the teacher is not! The teacher marked a time/
distance problem wrong, my daughter knew it was right, she showed me,
it was right, so she asked the teacher to review it. The teacher said
no, I marked it wrong, so it's wrong. That didn't sit well with my
kid, nor me. Off to school we go! We sat with the Asst. principal, and
the teacher. I simply asked the teacher, "Can you please show me where
this answer is wrong". It was shown with all work, as a good algebra
student will do. Her answer was that part of it must have been erased
to make it correct. I told her to never, ever accuse my daughter of
cheating without some proof of such. After she left, the asst.
principal assured me that this wasn't over, but who knows.