Re: Exclusion for rudeness on evidence of a pupil?

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 21:25:37 -0000, in uk.education.teachers, Bev wrote:

>Doug Weller blathered...
>>
>> There seems to be an assumption here from those responding that he must by
>> lying. I find this a bit odd.
>>
>> My wife's school, and my old school, rarely exclude/d pupils, and they
>> would have needed more evidence than this.
>>
>I would suggest that this latter point is the reason why the majority
>here believe there must be more to the story than you have heard from
>your grandson.
>
>Therre's only one way to find out - approach thwe school... but give
>consideration to the fact that there *might8 be more to it than meets
>the eye, and do so politely. And in the meantime, try not to raise your
>grandson's sleeves by appearing to take sides until you've spoken to the
>school.

Not up to me, we live far away, up to my step-daughter. And as I said,
he's not perfect -- hence the B for behaviour and not an A, but this still
seems drastic. It means any 3 children can get someone excluded fairly
easily. (And if there is something that the school hasn't told his
mother, then that isn't acceptable).

Doug
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