2006-09-26 05:52:02 · 20 answers · asked by LINDA S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
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2006-09-26 05:53:22 · answer #1 · answered by thebigtombs 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I went to school we had Saturday detention and we didn't even question whether we had the right to refuse it. I guess one always has choices. If a child refuses detention it would probably escalate to suspension or expulsion. That might seem like a good choice now but in a few years when (s)he is working minimum wage or homeless and on drugs or alcohol because (s)he never finished school (s)he might regret refusing lunchtime detention.
2006-09-28 06:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by wyldfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the school disciplinary policy, but in the UK a lunchtime detention can only last for so long (obviously this depends on the length of the break) as all children must be given time to eat lunch. In one school I worked in lunch time was 40 mins, so the detention could only last for 10 mins.
I would advise you to check this up with the school itself.
2006-09-28 20:44:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband, a teacher, uses lunch detention as one of the few last remaining punishments that can be administered to errant children in schools today. It's a means of taking away the kid's fun time at lunch in order to make a disciplinary point. The child does not have the right to refuse, and if you're the type of parent who would enable the child to refuse, then shame on you! It's that kind of parent who belittles the teacher's authority and fails to teach children that there are consequences for bad behavior. Get a clue! No, your brat does not have the right to refuse. Start parenting right and respecting teachers and their attempts to discipline when warranted!
2006-09-26 05:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by nido_tr3s 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Your child has been given detention for a reason - why are YOU trying to get him out of it?????
It is parents like you, who are constantly undermining the little authority that teachers have left, are causing a whole generation of kids who completely lack discipline and think they can get away with anything. Kids have to understand the consequences of their actions and your behaviour is letting your kid and the whole of society down. SHAME ON YOU!!
2006-09-26 06:01:47 · answer #5 · answered by Fluffy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
your child doesnt, but i suspect you have the right to withdraw him from it.
but you need to consider why he got the detention. (sorry - assuming its a boy - apologies if im wrong). maybe hes totally innocent and this was a misunderstanding. but more likely is that he deserves it, and maybe missing out on a lunch time will make him understand and behave better in the future.
just a thought.
2006-09-26 07:03:52 · answer #6 · answered by clairelouise 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll answer with a question: why do you wnat to get him out of it? Read the school policy, that you and your child should have signed at the beginning of the year, it's very likely that he won't be able to get out of it, for a simple reason: he's broken a rule. Don't try to get him out of it, it'll do him no good. He'll still have time to eat his lunch, they won't keep him for the whole length of his lunch break.
2006-09-26 06:44:06 · answer #7 · answered by gamin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went and told the Teacher under no terms was mine doing it at Lunch time! Mine only gets 1 hr for Lunch anyway so no way was half to be spent sitting in a class room!
2006-09-26 05:55:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you tell your child of her/his rights that they can refuse detention..they just don't know and do what they are told at school...I wish that I knew that I had rights when I was growing up...
2006-09-26 05:57:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Probably not. If he screwed up, he forfeits his lunchtime. He has no one to blame but himself.
2006-09-26 05:53:24 · answer #10 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, sorry............usually all they do is sit and eat their lunch and then catch up on their homework anyway so it probably benefits them. The only punishment is not being allowed out to see their mates
2006-09-26 05:54:13 · answer #11 · answered by cuddlymummy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋