I hope he gets smarter as he gets older

[oliegirl]

Anthony came home from school today very excited because he earned 2 more "dog tags" for a program at school that rewards kids for reading books and then taking tests about them on the computer. He loves to read and has been breezing through this program since we started this school in December.

I asked about the books he read to get the points and he told me it was 2 Lemony Snicket books...I didn't recall seeing him read these recently so I asked if they were ones he read before. His response, "No, Mattias has been helping me take the tests even though I haven't read the books" and he has this grin on his face like he is the smartest kid in in the world for figuring out this scam. So I ask if his teacher knows he is doing this, of course not. The talk about how cheating is wrong, will get you in a lot of trouble begins immediately followed by me sending an email to his teacher explaining the situation and asking him to have the same talk with Anthony and the friend/accomplice.

What amazed Richard and I is that in talking about it - we both commented on how even at that age (8 1/2) we knew better than to tell our parents when we had done something like this. I'm thrilled he told us, but damn...he had a good thing going!!!

[TroyF]

Don't worry. The beating he's going to get from his friend after he finds out why he's been grounded is going to help speed up the learning process.

[Franklinnoble]

Did you give him the lecture about how it's not cool to rat out your friends?

[Greyroofoo]

Snitches get stitches

[molson]

I'm so glad that my parents never had email communications with my teachers.

[TargetPractice6]

Originally Posted by molson

I'm so glad that my parents never had email communications with my teachers.

Amen.

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by molson

I'm so glad that my parents never had email communications with my teachers.

Why?

I remember having to walk home with the "bad notes" from my teacher, and then hand-deliver them to my parents. THAT sucked.

I learned real quick not to bother trying to 'misplace' them. They were expected to be signed and returned the following day. Forgery was hopeless (my brother tried... I think his ass is still sore).

Personally, I think sending them an e-mail so my parents would have had a few hours to cool off before I get home would be much preferred...

[molson]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

Why?

I remember having to walk home with the "bad notes" from my teacher, and then hand-deliver them to my parents. THAT sucked.

I learned real quick not to bother trying to 'misplace' them. They were expected to be signed and returned the following day. Forgery was hopeless (my brother tried... I think his ass is still sore).

Personally, I think sending them an e-mail so my parents would have had a few hours to cool off before I get home would be much preferred...

Good point. I just always dreaded when my parents and teachers would communciate - and email could only increase that communication. And my mother would have been totally obnoxious about it and emailed all my teachers about every little thing she could think of.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Originally Posted by molson

I'm so glad that my parents never had email communications with my teachers.

I have a 13 year old and I have never even considered the possibility of email communication with her teachers!

But they are probably very glad for that. I can't stand the fact that her school has the kids call the teachers by their first names... The first time I would get an email from a teacher saying "This is Kathy and I need to talk to you about your daughter." I would go off on her for being so informal with the kids...

How the hell do they expect the kids to show them any respect if they feel the teachers are to be lumped into their group of friends? I remember a shop teacher I had... If I would have called him by his first name he would have impaled me with scrap metal... I respected him for that. Well, that and the time I saw a student take a swing at him and end up against the wall several inches off the floor supported by the teacher's hand firmly against his throat.

Those were the days!

[duckman]

When I read the title to this thread, the first thought that came across my head was "What did Radii do now?".