A man recently wrote about what he experienced with his son’s school. Accordingly, his son’s drawing concerned his teacher greatly and prompted them to set up an emergency meeting with his parents.
The entire situation unfolded in a comic manner which made the dad post about it on Facebook so others could have a laugh about it too. He wrote:
“Our six-year-old handed us a note. His teacher had called my wife and I in for an emergency meeting. We asked our son if he had any idea why and he said, ‘She didn’t like a drawing I did’.”
“We went in the next day and his teacher pulled out the drawing and said, ‘I asked him to draw his family and he drew this, would you mind explaining?’”
The drawing depicted four people with what seemed to be ropes around their necks. Of course, anyone who little knew about the family would be concerned about seeing a drawing like that.
The parents did not blink an eye and did not even realize the picture would need an explanation. The dad replied immediately to quell any worries for the teacher, “We were snorkeling off the Bahamas.”
People on the internet however debated this problems. Here are some comments:
– “This is bloody hysteria. Seriously, who needs that drama.”
– “Emergency meeting over this? I know it’s not the best drawing but I think it’s pretty clear…”
– “What kind of teacher was this? Children are innocent… they take pleasure from innocent drawings.”
– “I would want to know, even if it’s a false alarm… it’s better safe than sorry.”
– “As a teacher, I would have asked the kid what it was. The kid would have said snorkeling. End of story.”
– “It doesn’t matter what they say, the kid is six. You have to perform due diligence.”
– “The teacher did the right thing. These interventions have saved lives. Seriously.”
