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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 18685" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I remember from my own school days, the "she split her head open" line. It was never properly defined for me back then and I never actually saw it, only got told of it. My visualisation was of a head literally cracked open so you could see the brain inside. Now I know that was not the case - it was a deep scalp would, technically a laceration. The scalp is highly vascularised and innervated, so a deep gash will bleed like crazy and also hurt a lot. The lips of the wound will also tend to pull apart - I remember difficult child 1 gashing his scalp and needing stitches.</p><p></p><p>As for kids supervising kids - it should not be permitted, let alone be the strategy.</p><p>We had a Year 6 teacher who would leave the classroom with a student chosen at random left in charge. No talking or misbehaving was permitted and the student left in charge was told to write on the board the name of any student doing the wrong thing. This encouraged a form of power bullying, with the student writing down the names of kids they didn't like and ignoring the misbehaviour of friends. Often, as the teacher was coming back, some names would be rubbed off and not others. Bribery and corruption was rife. The punishment for having your name on the board - lines.</p><p></p><p>From a safety point of view this is unacceptable. As someone else said, CPS would read the riot act to any parent using grade 6 kids to supervise even a fraction of that number of younger kids. And their failure to appropriately respond to the hair-cutting led to the escalation of misbehaviour.</p><p>If the kids were outdoors there would be playground supervision. In the same way there should be classroom supervision. They are failing in their duty of care and your child's injuries are the result. </p><p>Why not send them the bill, along with your letter of complaint? And cc it to the District Office as well as CPS?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 18685, member: 1991"] I remember from my own school days, the "she split her head open" line. It was never properly defined for me back then and I never actually saw it, only got told of it. My visualisation was of a head literally cracked open so you could see the brain inside. Now I know that was not the case - it was a deep scalp would, technically a laceration. The scalp is highly vascularised and innervated, so a deep gash will bleed like crazy and also hurt a lot. The lips of the wound will also tend to pull apart - I remember difficult child 1 gashing his scalp and needing stitches. As for kids supervising kids - it should not be permitted, let alone be the strategy. We had a Year 6 teacher who would leave the classroom with a student chosen at random left in charge. No talking or misbehaving was permitted and the student left in charge was told to write on the board the name of any student doing the wrong thing. This encouraged a form of power bullying, with the student writing down the names of kids they didn't like and ignoring the misbehaviour of friends. Often, as the teacher was coming back, some names would be rubbed off and not others. Bribery and corruption was rife. The punishment for having your name on the board - lines. From a safety point of view this is unacceptable. As someone else said, CPS would read the riot act to any parent using grade 6 kids to supervise even a fraction of that number of younger kids. And their failure to appropriately respond to the hair-cutting led to the escalation of misbehaviour. If the kids were outdoors there would be playground supervision. In the same way there should be classroom supervision. They are failing in their duty of care and your child's injuries are the result. Why not send them the bill, along with your letter of complaint? And cc it to the District Office as well as CPS? Marg [/QUOTE]
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