2nd grader expelled...

[Johann]

I can think of nothing other than the teacher being a pervert.  This is just plain weird.  Vote in school board elections to keep the perverts from taking over.

I don't want perverts in schools any more than anyone else -- if someone really thinks that's a danger at their child's school - or anywhere else their child might be - they should go after it. Definitely. That's a criminal matter. Talk to the authorities. 

This assignment reminds me a LOT of a print ad by a well-known distance U. - forget which one. It was years ago. A nice, wholesome-looking mom-age woman was in her bathtub. Nothing untoward showing. Arms head and a bit of shoulder. She was doing her homework, working to finish her degree by distance. There was a board across the tub, that both preserved her modesty and held her notes, text and oh yes -- a TYPEWRITER - that's how long ago it was. The theme was that you could now finish the degree you'd started, years ago - from anywhere you chose. 

It was a great ad -- and nothing objectionable. I bet that teacher has seen it somewhere. But right - it's NOT APPROPRIATE to do this with schoolkids. That lady in the ad was an adult, a professional model, who knew the territory and made her own decision to do that work, for suitable pay.  There - one sentence, 5 reasons why the kids should not have had this assignment.

I don';t like the school board spokesperson's reaction, either. It seems the young girl's mother only got the detailed instructions when she e-mailed the teacher. The spokesperson said everyone got those instructions with the assignment. Somehow, I don't think so. If all parents got something, it was probably a panic reaction to initial complaints. 

ANYWAY - at very least, DUMB for the teacher to do, DUMB for the school board to allow. I HOPE there's nothing beyond that, involved. If there is - that's a criminal matter to be pursued accordingly. And I think that the advice to vote in School Board elections is good. Find the sources of dumbness - and don't vote for them .