okay, so i may not be popular for saying this, and i'm just biased from my personal experience, but i think sometimes schools/parents do not reprimand kids enough for doing bad things. and sometimes the focus is too much on the punishment and not enough emphasis on why the behavior is bad and should not be repeated. in elementary school i had the same set of kids tease and torment me, and the school's policy of benching for a day does absolutely no good at all. i remember wishing they'd be benched longer or gotten detention longer just so they can at least leave me alone for the duration of their punishment.
in this case, whatever the reasoning is for your son's punishment being extended for a month, i don't think it's acceptable for the school to tolerate other kids teasing him while he's being punished. it seems to me the school should deal with those children in the same manner your son was dealt with. |