Today, my six-year-old son called to say he was suspended from school for drawing some “pretty flowers.” Confused as to why that would warrant punishment, I took a look and they were swastikas. He’s inconsolable. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my son was arrested for tagging a wall with the well known symbol of a certain evil Nazi leader. Not only that, the police showed me a picture of the graffiti and turns out he’s so dumb he couldn’t even draw the symbol properly and gave up after 4 failed attempts. FML
Today, my son's obsession with memes hit a new low when he got suspended from school for running into other students yelling, "Allahu akbar." He's 15 and doesn't understand why he got in trouble. FML
Today, my son got suspended from school. He's in kindergarten. FML
Today, my 14 year old son got suspended and I had to pay for the damage after he sprayed "FUCK THE POLICE" on the back wall of his school. I'm a policeman. FML
Today, my son's school called to inform me that I had to come pick him up, as he was caught vandalising. What shenanigans had he gotten up to? Writing "Epstein didn't kill himself" on various desks and walls around the school. I'm not sure if I should applaud the sentiment, or be annoyed that he got caught. FML
Today, during a class, I noticed some racist statements and symbols on a table. While erasing them, I bent down to pick up my dropped pencil. I look back up to see a teacher, and got a suspension. FML
Today, after finishing a test, I decided to draw to pass the time. My teacher looked at the drawing and gave me a referral to the principal for drawing an "anti-Semitic picture." I'd drawn Superman. FML
Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year-old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML
Today, my daughter was expelled from her school for beating another kindergartener with a Dr. Seuss book. FML
Today, my brother was suspended from school. He referred to himself as "Master" and two female classmates as his "bitches" in front of his teacher. He's ten years-old. What kind of family do I live in? FML
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Charlie Given 28
For one that seems like a rather extreme response from the school for a 6-year who doesn't know better. maybe you should ask the school where he learned how to draw that but also it is technically a stolen Hindu religious symbol.
IHaveThePower 18
Switch schools. If they can't redirect a kid who accidentally drew something stupid, they're gonna be even worse when he ACTUALLY misbehaves. (Maybe explain also that 'bad people' used that symbol so it's not nice to draw it. Not sure how to simplify the Holocaust for six-year-olds. Just go with 'Nazis are bad guys so we don't do bad guy things' or something, it's a time-honored American tradition.)
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RichardPencil 32
I did Nazi that coming. You need to teach your child that fascism is evil, or move to a state where fascism on the rise and teach him the Heil DeSantis salute. Your choice.
Charlie Given 28
For one that seems like a rather extreme response from the school for a 6-year who doesn't know better. maybe you should ask the school where he learned how to draw that but also it is technically a stolen Hindu religious symbol.
RichardPencil 32
Or a Navajo peace symbol.
IHaveThePower 18
Switch schools. If they can't redirect a kid who accidentally drew something stupid, they're gonna be even worse when he ACTUALLY misbehaves. (Maybe explain also that 'bad people' used that symbol so it's not nice to draw it. Not sure how to simplify the Holocaust for six-year-olds. Just go with 'Nazis are bad guys so we don't do bad guy things' or something, it's a time-honored American tradition.)
[email protected] 3
1. Swastikas do actually differ from the Hindu and Navajo symbols. 2. Drawing these is actually misbehaving and is considered a hate crime. 3. Through things such as movies and age appropriate literature (number the stars comes to mind) teach your child about the Holocaust.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
First, where did he see the symbol in the first place? Second, did he know what it was and what it meant? Third, if he didn't the symbolism, suspension is a big punishment for an innocent mistake. The kid's only six for crying out loud.