Today a fellow teacher was reporting how the parents of pupil in his tutor group after being sent a letter about their daughter wearing make up in school (which is against the school rules) wrote back and asked if all the goths in the school(all 5 of them) had to remove their make up..Yes says the tutor of course,the rules are the same for everyone.
I thought about this and it seems to me parents really are not thinking anything through when it comes to discipline at home and in school.What the hell difference does it make that there are goths in the school as to whether their daughter is breaking the school dress code and should be punished for it.It's the very same thing the students always do to draw attention away from their misbehaviour to others thinking to distract staff away from their poor behaviour.
Pupil says "He's throwing paper too so why don't you tell him off?"
You say " You are the one I caught and as soon as I catch him I'll deal with him".
Pupil "But that's not fair he should get into trouble as well."
You say " but it is you I caught."
It's bad enough the kids trying the red herring form of distraction from their own misbehaviour but when the parents do it as
well.......
