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In reply to the discussion: 11-year-old sent to principal's office for telling fellow students to stop making Nazi salute [View all]SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)19. Why are you assuming the school punished the saluters? The school didn't.
The article explicitly states: "During the awards ceremony for the project, several students gave the salute when the student who portrayed Hitler went up to receive her award and were not reprimanded." Why insert facts not presented, and ignore facts stated?
Why are you suggesting she deserved to be sent to the principal's office because she was "overly upset" about the Nazi salutes? How was her reaction so over the top in yelling at the kids to put their hands down that she needed to be sent to the principal's office?
Do you think it was appropriate to send her to the principal's office, universally seen as a disciplinary measure, for being upset over a Nazi salute?
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11-year-old sent to principal's office for telling fellow students to stop making Nazi salute [View all]
DavidDvorkin
May 2019
OP
"Mrs. A," the teacher who sent her to the principal, and the principal, both need to be fired.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#3
The headline is correct. Merely being sent to the principal's office amounts to discipline.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#8
The only "situation" they were trying to calm down was the girl's objections to the salutes.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#14
An opportunity for the school to dig in to why it's wrong. The entire lead up to genocide.
Evolve Dammit
May 2019
#13