martial arts in schools

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Originally Posted by ruthie

Hobbes...unless one is actually a parent, they can only imagine what the reality is.
It is a whole different reality, once it is about you and your kids. You can't always judge things on your own childhood. Kids are individuals, have different needs, different psyches, etc

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I simply disagree. You have your opinion, I have mine. Disagreements are the nature of a discussion forum. I'm not a potted plant, I do draw from life experiences. I'm not some 18 y/o shooting from the hip.

works for me. I stated earlier..I agree to disagree

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Originally Posted by ruthie

works for me. I stated earlier..I agree to disagree

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Works for me, have a nice day.

ditto

Martial Art! All I got to draw was an apple and a vase.:blink:

ok hobbes let's take the martial arts out of it.

Before the child starts school we are given a curriculum listing activites and lessons. It explains the goals, how they achieve them and why. We have to sign to agree.
If the kids go on a field trip we have to sign a permission slip, likewise we have to sign a permission slip for after school activities.
So if a school changes the curricula it follows that the parents should be informed (within the bounds of practicality). This was not done, and if we were informed i would have taken the time to find out what the change involves, epecially with the nature of the change.
Ultimatly the parents are responsible for the childs raising and any good parent should know what their child is up to and take a full time interest. This i do.
if the school starts having problems with a child the call the parents in...not the teachers.

"I agree that you should be aware what activities your children are involved in..."

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Originally Posted by hobbes

"I agree that you should be aware what activities your children are involved in..."

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And do you agree that those activities should be subject to parental apporoval?

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Originally Posted by vidcc

And do you agree that those activities should be subject to parental apporoval?

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My gym teacher was allowed to run gym class as he saw fit. I did not need approval for the various activities we did.

We did need approval for any activity which took us off school property.

I imagine that the gym teacher thought he was introducing something new and fun for the kids. I don't think it even dawned on him that this might cause parental concern.

He was not teaching them that kicking was appropriate behavior, but showing them a technique of self defense.

I imagine the concept that you are trying to instill upon your daughter is that violence is not the answer when attempting to solve a dispute. I do not see what the teach is doing as promoting violence.

That is why I thought you were missing the forest for the trees. A kick is only a form of violence when the mind initiates it in an attempt to harm.

In my school, I would not have needed parental consent. Today, I would imagine that he may have been guilty of a benign oversight.

well on the points you raised. Karate was an extra curricula activity that parents needed to sign for, Why would that change if brought into the class?. it is not part of the national or state curriculum in schools. Also outside instructors from the local karate school run the program.
the program wasn't being taken up "after school" and the classes where linked to a "special offer" of a reduced child membership of the karate school after having done this "course"

So the coach overstepped his authority