2012-08-24, 01:54 PM
Change "teacher" to "discipline master" and we'll see how things go... the missing in-betweens like calling the parent before the haircut is quite obviously a necessity though.
As a boy, if his hair isn't kept in check, and parents fail (VERY often) to do their part [wtp is a $60 haircut if it doesn't meet school rules??], then something has to be done. As a teacher though... I wouldn't be inclined to cut my students' hair... leave that to the discipline master or the principals if they want to set a precedence. And right before a major oral examination... that's not very wise either.
But honestly, if parents don't "educate" their children [to say the least], and if teachers are scared of getting sued or what-not just because of laying a whisker on the students, then how the hell are we going to educate the students? It's still a conundrum that we haven't found a sufficiently good solution to. Parents going to the police over such... childish issues... is just plain dumb -- lodging a complaint to the ministry is fine, because it's the right avenue, but wtp is the police going to do?? Charge the teacher over causing distress to the students? /facepalm
*edit* I don't envy the principals though... because they eventually get forced into this sort of... soft position. It will just become another vicious cycle until suspension kicks in, and suspension after repeated offences is not a win-win situation either. Where's the discipline we used to have?
Hadriel
As a boy, if his hair isn't kept in check, and parents fail (VERY often) to do their part [wtp is a $60 haircut if it doesn't meet school rules??], then something has to be done. As a teacher though... I wouldn't be inclined to cut my students' hair... leave that to the discipline master or the principals if they want to set a precedence. And right before a major oral examination... that's not very wise either.
But honestly, if parents don't "educate" their children [to say the least], and if teachers are scared of getting sued or what-not just because of laying a whisker on the students, then how the hell are we going to educate the students? It's still a conundrum that we haven't found a sufficiently good solution to. Parents going to the police over such... childish issues... is just plain dumb -- lodging a complaint to the ministry is fine, because it's the right avenue, but wtp is the police going to do?? Charge the teacher over causing distress to the students? /facepalm
*edit* I don't envy the principals though... because they eventually get forced into this sort of... soft position. It will just become another vicious cycle until suspension kicks in, and suspension after repeated offences is not a win-win situation either. Where's the discipline we used to have?
Hadriel