School makes sure boy's party invitations are politically correct

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.

[Right to Invite]

If this is the case, why haven't I been invited to the White House for coffee with the President? Or should I cry out discrimination for not ever being invited?

People have the right who they choose to invite!!

Typical Sweden government policy.

[Boca]

My princess was not invited. I am suing.

Bokahantiss.

PS I'm married to the judge.

[MyPerspective]

I agree with the school on this one. First, they were passed out during class, so that's a disturbance right there. Should have waited until recess, lunch, or after school. Second, if the invitations WERE defammatory, the school would have been on the line, so again, they were within their right to confiscate.

[Valigator]

When will it end, as long as I remember kids have been handing out party invitations at their school.

[Reality check]

MyPerspective wrote:

I agree with the school on this one. First, they were passed out during class, so that's a disturbance right there. Should have waited until recess, lunch, or after school. Second, if the invitations WERE defammatory, the school would have been on the line, so again, they were within their right to confiscate.

Idiot.

The school had no right. You assume there was a disturbance. Who says they weren't handed out before the bell ? What kind of birthday invitations are defammatory ?

You Socialist losers need to get a grip.

[NWO]

Ah, the Mind Control Programming known as Political Correctness is working perfectly.

I would not have thought that an entire planet could be brought to its knees by words alone.

You all are pathetic and deserve whats coming...

[MyPerspective]

Reality check wrote:

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Idiot.

Nice to see someone with a dissenting opinion responding with logic, instead of names.

Reality check wrote:

<quoted text> The school had no right. You assume there was a disturbance. Who says they weren't handed out before the bell ?

The article. "During class" generally infers, um, DURING class. And last time I checked, party invitations weren't part of educational cirriculum. Has this changed?

Reality check wrote:

<quoted text> What kind of birthday invitations are defammatory?

You never know nowadays. Is it better for the school system to open themselves up to a lawsuit? No, it's better to err on the side of caution.

Reality check wrote:

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You Socialist losers need to get a grip.

More logic. Nice. And appreciated.

[boom]

bet the two were black. what a racist kid.

[woody hayes]

This is the exact reason my kid goes to private school. It leaves no room for misinterpretation since there are no blacks there to begin with.
Now, hispanics are a whole other story, but hey, we can always use the help cleaning up afterwards.

[pk2gx]

They do the same in this country. Let's face it not everyone is liked and some will not get invited to many things throughout their lives. Just another sad part of life, it isn't always fair.

[RED BARON]

Leave it to those crazy Europeans. What do you expect from a continent that spawned two of the biggest world wars in human history. People are NUTS over there.... and that's saying something after visiting southern California.

[Say What]

RED BARON wrote:

Leave it to those crazy Europeans. What do you expect from a continent that spawned two of the biggest world wars in human history. People are NUTS over there.... and that's saying something after visiting southern California.

Our system is almost there.After the next election we should be able to demonstrate the same type of intrusion into peoples lives, and craziness in policing thought.

[Jeff]

The two he didn't want to invite might have been bullies. Did'ya think?

[Skewzeme]

woody hayes wrote:

This is the exact reason my kid goes to private school. It leaves no room for misinterpretation since there are no blacks there to begin with.
Now, hispanics are a whole other story, but hey, we can always use the help cleaning up afterwards.

Nothing like a klan themed birthday party, huh? Issue was letting you breed at all (I'm sure at least a first cousin was involved), not who you kid invites to parties...

[Abby]

The same "no distributing invitations during class" policy is in place at my daughter's private school, and I can't say that I mind. There is always drama of some sort at a kid's birtday party - someone eats too much cake before the bounce house and throws up, someone pops someone else's balloon, doesn't pin the tail on the donkey right...whatever, it ends with crying and possibly parents yelling at each other - why start early with the invitation?

[Jan]

Wait until its your kid who is excluded from the group, and then we will see how you feel.

[Native born]

Jan wrote:

Wait until its your kid who is excluded from the group, and then we will see how you feel.

My kid was excluded from many groups. OOPS. He also excluded people. I told him early on, if you decide that you and 'Billy' want to play and don't want others around, then when 'Billy' isn't availble, don't be surprised if the others may not want to play with you.

When I was growing up, we played with whoever was available (although we tried to avoid the bullies), if there was only three people, the activity was something three people could do. If more showed up, the activities changed to include a larger group. If we were playing football and 'Eddie' didn't want to because he didn't like 'Fred' and how he played, well sorry, you play with who's here or you don't play. We're not going to make sure everyone is accomodated.

Once he made it to organized sports at the parks, he performed very well. He was sought after by teams. As he got older, the coaches tended to focus more on their kids and their close friends kids. His role shrank. I explained that if he wanted to play, those were the 'games played'. He had to make the choice. He opted out and began to participate in HS sports. Here the coaches were 'neutral' for the most part and his participation was based on his ability. He began to understand.

There is this insane term being shoved down everyones throats called diversity. In an attempt to make everyone diverse, you are making everyone the same. For all you know, your kid is beating the crap out 'Artie' daily and he doesn't to invite your brat. Why should he be forced to just so 'Artie' doesn't feel inferior ? The idea that 'Joey' must be allowed to play football even though he is not at all capable and therefore at risk, is ridiculous. That even the last place team gets trophies is unbelievable. The fact that 'Sherry' should not get an "F" on her paper just becasue she did poorly and it may hurt her self-esteem only sets her up for major let downs in the future.

Supervisor "Well Sherry, you're applying for a job as a dental technician. Where did you get your training ?"
Sherry "I started school, but they wanted me to do all this work and it was like hard. Then they said I had to get good grades to pass. My mom said that going to class just like everyone else should count for something."
Supervisor "Well I'm afraid I can't help you there. We need people who are not going to cause more damage than good."
Sherry "That's not fair. I'm gonna tell my mom and she's going to get her lawyers and you'll have to give me a job."

[Not blonde swede]

I agree with the school on this one. The rule was clear. If you hand out invitations during class time it needs to be for everyone. Fair enough. Especially since a minority of kids were excluded this time.

If they didn't want to invite the whole class they could have sent the invitations home to the kids families or handed them out during recess.

Inability to understand the school's response on this is exactly why the US has bigger problems with bullying and social exclusion than Sweden does.

I think I'll stick to our system, thanks.:)

[unbelievable]

MyPerspective wrote:

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Nice to see someone with a dissenting opinion responding with logic, instead of names.
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The article. "During class" generally infers, um, DURING class. And last time I checked, party invitations weren't part of educational cirriculum. Has this changed?
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You never know nowadays. Is it better for the school system to open themselves up to a lawsuit? No, it's better to err on the side of caution.
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More logic. Nice. And appreciated.

Obviously your education is lacking because you mispelled curriculum-it's kind of ironic-you judging the invitation giver. Private Schools themselves pass out invitations to cetain parents and certain students alike for events that include sports, honor roll,and field trips. Now of course teachers must get approval before handing these types of invitations out, but the point is that they don't go Everybody in the school. Is this "rule" written in the student or parent handbook? We'd better check.

[MyPerspective]

unbelievable wrote:

<quoted text>Obviously your education is lacking because you mispelled curriculum-it's kind of ironic-you judging the invitation giver. Private Schools themselves pass out invitations to cetain parents and certain students alike for events that include sports, honor roll,and field trips. Now of course teachers must get approval before handing these types of invitations out, but the point is that they don't go Everybody in the school. Is this "rule" written in the student or parent handbook? We'd better check.

I guess the spelling bee champ that you are never learned how to spell the word t-y-p-o.

Regardless, I never judged the invitation giver other than to point out there is an appropriate time for everything, and private party invitations during class aren't one of them.(Remind me again how spelling becomes ironic with that statement? If anything, it PROVES my point.) Your comparison of a school-sponsored event versus a private one lacks merit. First, you stipulate school-sponsored activities gain approval. Wasn't that a reason for this stink? That unapproved invitations were being used? Second, seeing as how standard cUrriculum doesn't include private, unapproved parties, no requirement/rule is needed in any handbook. But if it's not in the handbook now, it will be. And shame on the parents and their entitlement for making it so.

Don't get me wrong. School IS a logical/likely place to give friends invitations, and I'm sure it's expected by staff. As a parent, I would. Just maybe not during class, hmmm?