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Father Jailed for difficult child's School Refusal
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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 155350" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>There are two parties at fault here -- the girl and the judge. Neither a school nor a parent can force a teenager to do something she doesn't want to do. You can't lock 'em in anywhere, there are laws against that. The kid should have gone to school but she didn't. The judge -- particularly a juvenile court judge -- should have enough sense to not waste the taxpayers money by putting the father in jail (which will likely cause him to lose his job and put his family in a financial crisis) because the teenager wouldn't go to school. If it was so important to the judge that the girl get a degree, then put her in detention until she gets it. But, truth be told, school isn't for everyone and some 16 -17 year olds just shouldn't be there. And one doesn't have to have one's GED as soon as one turns 18. Some people do much better if they grow up more before they try the school thing again, even for night classes and a GED. </p><p></p><p>by the way, Dad was released but the girl still has to pass the math section by July or he'll have to go back to jail. Or so the judge implied. Judge is still a jerk. This is just a p****** contest and the judge doesn't want to lose to a kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 155350, member: 1498"] There are two parties at fault here -- the girl and the judge. Neither a school nor a parent can force a teenager to do something she doesn't want to do. You can't lock 'em in anywhere, there are laws against that. The kid should have gone to school but she didn't. The judge -- particularly a juvenile court judge -- should have enough sense to not waste the taxpayers money by putting the father in jail (which will likely cause him to lose his job and put his family in a financial crisis) because the teenager wouldn't go to school. If it was so important to the judge that the girl get a degree, then put her in detention until she gets it. But, truth be told, school isn't for everyone and some 16 -17 year olds just shouldn't be there. And one doesn't have to have one's GED as soon as one turns 18. Some people do much better if they grow up more before they try the school thing again, even for night classes and a GED. by the way, Dad was released but the girl still has to pass the math section by July or he'll have to go back to jail. Or so the judge implied. Judge is still a jerk. This is just a p****** contest and the judge doesn't want to lose to a kid. [/QUOTE]
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