Steely Dan
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My opinion is that the parents against her public education are teaching their kids that if somebody is different then they should ostracize them. I understand the problem mentioned at the beginning of this thread where a child made a mistake and felt horrible.
This is a major learning experience. Is it a chance to teach children to do all they can to help another person and if they make a mistake how to deal with it, or should it be that inconvenience trumps compassion?
I have a feeling that if one of the complaining parents children had a peanut allergy they wouldn't be protesting against the kid being in their school.
All of these are important lessons for kids to learn, IMO:
Compassion
How to deal with mistakes
How to be thorough.
It's a nightmare on both sides for the kids but I think the overall compassion trumps teaching kids to ostracize others that can inconvenience them. JMO
My opinion is that the parents against her public education are teaching their kids that if somebody is different then they should ostracize them. I understand the problem mentioned at the beginning of this thread where a child made a mistake and felt horrible.
This is a major learning experience. Is it a chance to teach children to do all they can to help another person and if they make a mistake how to deal with it, or should it be that inconvenience trumps compassion?
I have a feeling that if one of the complaining parents children had a peanut allergy they wouldn't be protesting against the kid being in their school.
All of these are important lessons for kids to learn, IMO:
Compassion
How to deal with mistakes
How to be thorough.
It's a nightmare on both sides for the kids but I think the overall compassion trumps teaching kids to ostracize others that can inconvenience them. JMO