Today my ten year old boy told me that at school he was told to write a story, imagining he was a witness at the shooting of the two year old boy by gang members on Saturday. When the teacher was asked "Why?" by one of the children, she got annoyed and replied that we don't want this to happen again!
Apart from my kids not watching tv, let alone the news, how does getting ten year olds to imagine what it would be like to be a witness to the murder of another child somehow prevent it ever happening again? I don't want my ten year old imagining murder - anyone's murder, let alone having to write about it in school!
Looks like another visit to the principal tomorrow morning.
Apart from my kids not watching tv, let alone the news, how does getting ten year olds to imagine what it would be like to be a witness to the murder of another child somehow prevent it ever happening again? I don't want my ten year old imagining murder - anyone's murder, let alone having to write about it in school!
Looks like another visit to the principal tomorrow morning.