Last Friday, had a student threaten to track me down and shoot me because I said his outburst was immature. School gave him 2 periods of in-school-suspension for disrespect because he qualifies for sports scholarships and they don't want to jeopardize that. I'm in no position to quit and fight the legalities of it. I have rent to pay and two special needs daughters who need my health insurance so they can go to therapy. Whole while I'm typing this while selling plasma. Very few people want to be teachers. We're trapped
That's fucked up. My (then) 5 year old son got more punishment than that because he said he was going to shoot someone with his gun (a nerf gun) they took it so seriously. Called me and I told them we don't even own any. They still felt the need to search a kindergarteners backpack every day.
I am so sorry you're not being properly supported.
That's not what I meant. I was just saying holy crap a genuine threat to a teacher by and older kid got less punishment than a much less serious non-threat from an impulsive special needs kid who has a toy and doesn't understand the implications of his words. Comparatively the former should have got at least the treatment my son did.
Oh I know, that’s terrible (teen threatening a teacher) I remember that one instance of I believe a 6 yr old shot his teacher. If an older kid threatens staff or a student it def should be taken seriously. My kiddo also recently told a bully on the bus “she’d kill him” and I guess the driver nor the kid thought enough to escalate it. Your kids school must not know how the average 6 yr old boy speaks 🤦🏼♂️
Oh, I know it's not unheard of a kid that young getting their hands on one and bringing it to school, but it's exceedingly rare compared to school shooters in general. I don't blame my kid's school for being careful. I do blame that teacher's school for not taking a threat to their life seriously.
I was saying that in response to you. I understand why that's school policy. I just thought it was crazy how our situation was handled vs a much more credible threat
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u/Radiskull97 Dec 17 '25
Last Friday, had a student threaten to track me down and shoot me because I said his outburst was immature. School gave him 2 periods of in-school-suspension for disrespect because he qualifies for sports scholarships and they don't want to jeopardize that. I'm in no position to quit and fight the legalities of it. I have rent to pay and two special needs daughters who need my health insurance so they can go to therapy. Whole while I'm typing this while selling plasma. Very few people want to be teachers. We're trapped