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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 581529" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>One boy (A) was given 3 days suspension and a phone call home, the other boy (B) just got the phone call home. Eeyore was upset because he felt the child who was punished was less guilty than the one who was let off. Eeyore went to the asst principal and complained. She asked him to explain. Turns out Eeyore did not clarify that (A) had the same name as the boy who harassed him earlier in the year, but is, in fact, a different child. He also did not clarify that only (B) made the 'hate crime' remark. Eeyore thought it would be fair if both boys got a set of detentions because that is what he gets when his 'goofing around' crosses the line. </p><p></p><p>Asst principal asked my permission to have all 3 boys sit down together with her. Assuming no new info comes to light, she is going to guide the discussion and then giveboth boys the detentions (and nix the suspension). </p><p></p><p>The admin also tried to explain to the white boys what it might feel like to be one of a very few black kids and then have their friends make racial jokes. She also tried to explain 'white privilege' to Eeyore and why sometimes even nice people stick their feet in their mouth through ignorance. </p><p></p><p>In the past, when the school dealt with this issue, the kids would usually have all their friends call Eeyore a snitch and a crybaby. What made me happy was that boy (A) went to Eeyore and apologized. This was not something he was required to do. He told Eeyore that he never thought about it from Eeyore's point of view and that he likes Eeyore and wants to be friends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 581529, member: 1169"] One boy (A) was given 3 days suspension and a phone call home, the other boy (B) just got the phone call home. Eeyore was upset because he felt the child who was punished was less guilty than the one who was let off. Eeyore went to the asst principal and complained. She asked him to explain. Turns out Eeyore did not clarify that (A) had the same name as the boy who harassed him earlier in the year, but is, in fact, a different child. He also did not clarify that only (B) made the 'hate crime' remark. Eeyore thought it would be fair if both boys got a set of detentions because that is what he gets when his 'goofing around' crosses the line. Asst principal asked my permission to have all 3 boys sit down together with her. Assuming no new info comes to light, she is going to guide the discussion and then giveboth boys the detentions (and nix the suspension). The admin also tried to explain to the white boys what it might feel like to be one of a very few black kids and then have their friends make racial jokes. She also tried to explain 'white privilege' to Eeyore and why sometimes even nice people stick their feet in their mouth through ignorance. In the past, when the school dealt with this issue, the kids would usually have all their friends call Eeyore a snitch and a crybaby. What made me happy was that boy (A) went to Eeyore and apologized. This was not something he was required to do. He told Eeyore that he never thought about it from Eeyore's point of view and that he likes Eeyore and wants to be friends. [/QUOTE]
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