Swedish School Confiscates Boy's Party Invitations !

[megimoo]

More Socialistic P.C. Gone Mad !

Stockholm, Sweden - A school has confiscated an 8-year-old boy's birthday party invitations after they were handed out during class because it said it had a duty to ensure against discrimination.

The boy handed out invitations to classmates at his school in Lund, southern Sweden, but did not invite two boys because they were not his friends, the Sydsvenskan newspaper reported earlier this week. 
The school, 360 miles south of Stockholm, confiscated all the invitations, saying it objected because it had a duty to ensure against discrimination.

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The father told the newspaper that the two classmates were not invited because one had bullied his son and the other had not invited his son to the classmate's birthday party.

"My son has taken it very hard," the father told Sydsvenskan of the school's decision. "It's like taking someone's mail."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_SWEDEN_PARTY_SNUB?SITE=WHIZ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[Chris_]

It's all about feeeeeeewings.   

"Fairness doesn't just happen.  It requires the right government policies."  Hillary Clinton.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/4230.html

[formerlurker]

I have no problem with this policy at all.   I don't think that schools should allow a child to pass out party invitations in front of a group of students when there is some in that group who would not be getting them.

Seriously, that is just incredibly cruel, and I don't think it matters why the children are not being invited.   

[formerlurker]

It's all about feeeeeeewings.   

"Fairness doesn't just happen.  It requires the right government policies."  Hillary Clinton.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/4230.html

For 8 year olds?  It sure as hell better be.   Teaching children to be cruel to other children is not something I condone in any fashion. 

[Chris_]

It's all about feeeeeeewings.   

"Fairness doesn't just happen.  It requires the right government policies."  Hillary Clinton.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/4230.html

For 8 year olds?  It sure as hell better be.   Teaching children to be cruel to other children is not something I condone in any fashion. 

Oh FFS, what's so curel about not inviting the class bully to a birthday party?

[Lord Undies]

Now we have introduced the concept that the art of cruelty is being "taught" if birthday invitations are allowed to be distributed by a boy to selected classmates he wants at this party.  Poppycock.

What is cruel is denying the boy his freedom to associate with those he considers friends while insisting he should include the bully, who I am sure, is a master in the art of cruelty.  I wonder who "taught" the bully?

I wonder if excluding the bullies could have been an opportunity to "teach" about real cruelty in life?  It is an opportunity denied, of course.

 

[DixieBelle]

H5 Undies!!! You said it better than I could. Perhaps the bully needs to learn to treat people a little better. This liberal thought experiment that's taking hold in our schools is not doing our children any favors.

[Flame]

How about a compromise....the boy could have handed out the invitations before or after the school bell rang.   I've seen plenty of schools that have similar policies...no invitations can be handed out during school unless all the kids (or all the girls/boys) are invited.   

[Lord Undies]

How about a compromise....the boy could have handed out the invitations before or after the school bell rang.   I've seen plenty of schools that have similar policies...no invitations can be handed out during school unless all the kids (or all the girls/boys) are invited.   

The article does not say when the invitations were delivered.  Such a compromise may already be in play.  I would assume, with such an assumption formulated by personal experience, that the boy was not passing out invitations during class.

[JohnnyReb]

DAMMIT! Now, all day, I'll have Elmer Fudd's big nose ugly sister singing......

"Feeeeeeeewings, nothing more than feeeeeewings"

in my head.

[formerlurker]

It doesn't matter why the child was not invited -- if a child is not invited then don't do in front of the class.    The child could very well have been the one who is unpopular, or mom doesn't get along with his/her mom, or he/she lives in the wrong neighborhood, or it could simply be parents can only afford to have 6 friends at the party.   Fill in the blank for reason why a child is not invited.    It is the equivilent of handing out candy to everyone but a select few.  It boggles the imagination as to how a parent can think that is something that want their child to participate in -- it's ok Sally, bring this candy to school and hand it out in front of the class to just your friends.  What in the heck lesson is that teaching them?   Why do you always look for PC crap nonsense, when this is just a simple lesson in human kindness and treating others the way in which you would like to be treated. 

[formerlurker]

How about a compromise....the boy could have handed out the invitations before or after the school bell rang.   I've seen plenty of schools that have similar policies...no invitations can be handed out during school unless all the kids (or all the girls/boys) are invited.   

The article does not say when the invitations were delivered.  Such a compromise may already be in play.  I would assume, with such an assumption formulated by personal experience, that the boy was not passing out invitations during class.

A school has confiscated an 8-year-old boy's birthday party invitations after they were handed out during class because it said it had a duty to ensure against discrimination.

[Jim]

Obviously a plot by the post office there to drum up business....

[BEG]

My kids schools all had this policy and I really don't have a problem with it.  You can either use the school directory to call the kids parents your child wants to invite or have the children you want to invite give your child their phone number so you can call their parents to get their address.  It doesn't stop the kids that weren't invited from finding out about the party though, so it doesn't really help save kids from feeling left out.

[DixieBelle]

I think one of the problems we face in our society today is giving our kids an over-abundance of self-esteem. Usually undeserved self-esteem. I also think that it's easy to mistake "human kindness" for coddling. Children are not hothouse flowers. Life can stink and not everyone gets invited to Little Timmy's party regardless of how the invitations are done.

I also have little sympathy for the kids not invited in the OP. One was a bully and should not have been rewarded by getting an invitation because that was the P.C. thing to do. The other was a child who didn't invite him to his own party. Big deal. This isn't about who didn't get invited. It's about liberal P.C. bullsh*t and forcing others to make everyone feel "included". If this had happened in the summer and not at school, we wouldn't be hearing about this at all.

I hope the father wins the appeal. We haven't heard any details on what the school policy is for handing out invititations. It is up to the parent to know that and to abide by it though. I do fully support following the rules. If no policy exists, then he has a case.

[Chris_]

It doesn't matter why the child was not invited -- if a child is not invited then don't do in front of the class.    The child could very well have been the one who is unpopular, or mom doesn't get along with his/her mom, or he/she lives in the wrong neighborhood, or it could simply be parents can only afford to have 6 friends at the party.   Fill in the blank for reason why a child is not invited.    It is the equivilent of handing out candy to everyone but a select few.  It boggles the imagination as to how a parent can think that is something that want their child to participate in -- it's ok Sally, bring this candy to school and hand it out in front of the class to just your friends.  What in the heck lesson is that teaching them?   Why do you always look for PC crap nonsense, when this is just a simple lesson in human kindness and treating others the way in which you would like to be treated. 

Here's why.  And she said it far better than I could:

I think one of the problems we face in our society today is giving our kids an over-abundance of self-esteem. Usually undeserved self-esteem. I also think that it's easy to mistake "human kindness" for coddling. Children are not hothouse flowers. Life can stink and not everyone gets invited to Little Timmy's party regardless of how the invitations are done.

I also have little sympathy for the kids not invited in the OP. One was a bully and should not have been rewarded by getting an invitation because that was the P.C. thing to do. The other was a child who didn't invite him to his own party. Big deal. This isn't about who didn't get invited. It's about liberal P.C. bullsh*t and forcing others to make everyone feel "included". If this had happened in the summer and not at school, we wouldn't be hearing about this at all.

I hope the father wins the appeal. We haven't heard any details on what the school policy is for handing out invititations. It is up to the parent to know that and to abide by it though. I do fully support following the rules. If no policy exists, then he has a case.

 

[Rebel]

What a buncha bullshit. 

[Chris_]

What a buncha bullshit. 

Awwwww, now where's the "lesson in human kindness" in that?


 
 
 

[Chris_]

Here's some more "feel-good BS" in the classroom:

British student gets credit for expletive on exam

LONDON (AP) - A British high school student received credit for writing nothing but a two-word obscenity on an exam paper because the phrase expressed meaning and was spelled correctly.
The Times newspaper on Monday quoted examiner Peter Buckroyd as saying he gave the student—who wrote an expletive starting with f, followed by the word "off"—two points out of a possible 27 for the English paper.

"It would be wicked to give it zero because it does show some very basic skills we are looking for, like conveying some meaning and some spelling," Buckroyd was quoted as saying.

"It's better than someone that doesn't write anything at all."

Buckroyd said the student would have received a higher mark if the phrase had been punctuated.

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"The example cited was unique in the experience of the senior examiner concerned and was used in a pre-training session to emphasize the importance of adhering to the mark scheme: i.e. if a candidate makes any sort of response to a question then it must be at least given consideration to be awarded a mark," the company said in a statement.

 

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[DixieBelle]

our school no longer uses red ink to grade papers. it's too "unsettling". Oh my.

[Chris_]

our school no longer uses red ink to grade papers. it's too "unsettling". Oh my.

Lemme guess...every kid gets a gold star?   

[Chris_]

My kids schools all had this policy and I really don't have a problem with it.  You can either use the school directory to call the kids parents your child wants to invite or have the children you want to invite give your child their phone number so you can call their parents to get their address.  It doesn't stop the kids that weren't invited from finding out about the party though, so it doesn't really help save kids from feeling left out.

I was always left out. Always.

I survived. In fact it made me tougher.

[formerlurker]

My kids schools all had this policy and I really don't have a problem with it.  You can either use the school directory to call the kids parents your child wants to invite or have the children you want to invite give your child their phone number so you can call their parents to get their address.  It doesn't stop the kids that weren't invited from finding out about the party though, so it doesn't really help save kids from feeling left out.

You are right it doesn't, and they deal with whatever emotions accompany that knowledge as a part of growing up. I just don't think the school really should have no part of it by allowing the invitations to be distributed in class, and parents shouldn't be sending them in to be distributed.     

[formerlurker]

I think one of the problems we face in our society today is giving our kids an over-abundance of self-esteem. Usually undeserved self-esteem. I also think that it's easy to mistake "human kindness" for coddling. Children are not hothouse flowers. Life can stink and not everyone gets invited to Little Timmy's party regardless of how the invitations are done.

I also have little sympathy for the kids not invited in the OP. One was a bully and should not have been rewarded by getting an invitation because that was the P.C. thing to do. The other was a child who didn't invite him to his own party. Big deal. This isn't about who didn't get invited. It's about liberal P.C. bullsh*t and forcing others to make everyone feel "included". If this had happened in the summer and not at school, we wouldn't be hearing about this at all. I hope the father wins the appeal. We haven't heard any details on what the school policy is for handing out invititations. It is up to the parent to know that and to abide by it though. I do fully support following the rules. If no policy exists, then he has a case.

Exactly.  If it happened outside of class, we wouldn't and shouldn't be hearing about it.   No one said this child had to invite everyone in his class, and I certainly don't think that is the intent of the school (or it shouldn't be).    Invitations to birthday parties should be distributed outside of school, by mail -- which is most preferable as handing an 8 year old a party invitation and expecting that to reach mom's hands in a timely fashion (or at all) is asking quite a bit anyway.   

This story reaching the news is actually laughable.   Dad equating it to his son having his mail stolen is equally laughable.  Come on Dad, you know what happens when you pass notes in class right? 

 

[formerlurker]

What a buncha bullshit. 

Awwwww, now where's the "lesson in human kindness" in that?


 
 
 

Your parish priest/minister/pastor must think you are a laugh a minute.   I must have forgot the passage in the Bible where God said to raise your children to disregard the feelings of others -- they come first, everyone else can kiss their ass.     I do miss Mass on occasion, so I guess I have some catching up to do.