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Ok.... EVERYONE needs to pull the pickle out of their asses in this story
First of all the teacher shouldnt be disciplining a student for eating with a spoon. BIG DEAL! If this is what these people are worried about then i feel sorry for them. Seriously get a life!
As for the filipinos. Take a pill! Seriously! This is clearly not a case of discrimination and you clearly are over reacting. If you are that sensitive i'd hate to be your neighbour! Sheesh!
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A disciplinary incident at an elementary school on Montreal's West Island is making headlines in the Philippines. Last month, a teacher in Roxboro reprimanded a Grade 2 boy for using a fork and spoon to eat his lunch, instead of a fork and knife. Luc Cagadoc, 7, is from the Philippines, and his mother argues that's the way people eat there. Philippine protesters picketed the Canadian Embassy in Manila Friday in support of the Filipino boy. About a dozen people held up placards that read, "Respect cultural diversity" and "We eat with spoons and are proud of it." Officials with �cole Lalande as well as the Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys say the teacher had a right to reprimand the student for fooling around. School officials, for their part, contend the punishment - Cagadoc was separated from his classmates and made to eat alone - had to do with disruptive behaviour, not slovenly eating. The Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys, which operates the school where Cagadoc studies, sent a letter to his parents last month saying an April 12 "educational intervention" was "in no way aimed at the cultural practices of your community. It was very specifically linked to the way your son was ingesting his meal that day and in no way to the method or utensils used to bring his food to his mouth." According to family lawyer Fo Niemi, the executive director of the Center for Research Action on Race Relations, his mother was told by the school's principal during a telephone call that "this is not the way Canadians eat; you have to adapt to Quebec society." School officials also allegedly called Cagadoc's eating habits "disgusting." |
Re: Ok.... EVERYONE needs to pull the pickle out of their asses in this story
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| Originally posted by Jayx1 First of all the teacher shouldnt be disciplining a student for eating with a spoon. BIG DEAL! If this is what these people are worried about then i feel sorry for them. Seriously get a life! As for the filipinos. Take a pill! Seriously! This is clearly not a case of discrimination and you clearly are over reacting. If you are that sensitive i'd hate to be your neighbour! Sheesh! ID GIVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS STORY THE MORON OF THE YEAR AWARD |
If I was the parent I would have let the fork & spoon incident go. Maybe have a word with the ignorant teacher. But the principle calling me up to say "this is not the way Canadians eat; you have to adapt to Quebec society" would totally tick me off.
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| Originally posted by Tordan If I was the parent I would have let the fork & spoon incident go. Maybe have a word with the ignorant teacher. But the principle calling me up to say "this is not the way Canadians eat; you have to adapt to Quebec society" would totally tick me off. |
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| Originally posted by TO guy For sure. I wonder if there is a communication problem here though. The school says that kid was eating in a "disgusting" manner. Maybe he had food spewing out of his mouth/talking with a mouth full of food; but all the parents hear is "eating with a spoon". I obviously have no idea ... wasn't there or anything, but that was my first take after reading that article. |
Re: Ok.... EVERYONE needs to pull the pickle out of their asses in this story
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| Originally posted by Jayx1 ID GIVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS STORY THE MORON OF THE YEAR AWARD |


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hearing someone smack and chew their food with mouth open like a cow.
please eat with your mouth closed.
This is all the child needed.
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