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Parents upset over game' at middle school that asked questions like Do your parents drink? and Has anyone in your family been in jail?
The game was called Cross the Line, an ironic title because thats exactly what parents of students at a middle school in Marinette, Wisconsin think the educators did. WLUK Fox 11 News is reporting that Marinette Middle School played the game in which 5th through 8th graders were grouped together and asked to step forward if they had a yes answer to questions like, Do your parents drink? and Has anyone in your family been to jail?
Its unclear who exactly was leading the game. Parent Amanda Fifarek was not happy with the activity, telling WLUK, It was too personal. Its just things your kids dont need to be disclosing to other kids. Its hard to argue with Ms. Fifarek. 6th grader Sarah Maitlin told the station, [The school employee] asked if you ever wanted to commit suicide to step forward and then after that she asked if you ever experienced or wanted to cut, to step forward. Im going to say maybe that kind of conversation is best left to a one-on-one.
Administrators wouldnt give on-camera interviews, but did give a statement. WGBA NBC 26 News quotes Principal Shawn Limberg as saying, The intent of this activity was to build stronger, more respectful relationships among students. WLUK notes that Limberg also said the game was voluntary and, students could have said no. But, is that the case? Not according to parent Janette Sadowski, who told WGBA that her daughter was threatened with in-school suspension if she didnt participate.
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RainDog
(28,784 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)the age at which the Heathers and bully boys tend to be at their worst.
Aside from the privacy issues, can you imagine what a bunch of physical or emotional bullies could do with the informaiton?
lumpy
(13,704 posts)get control of kids.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)when in fact, you're insisting they break boundaries?? Who the fuck thought up this
game? There's going to be a next time?
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Most kids that age would not want to feel that they were left out or not cooperating with the teacher...yeah they had a choice...have these fuckers at this school ever even dealt with any kids? Cripes.