Kids Say/Do the Darndest Things...WWYD?
teresamwhite
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Posted this on my feed, but thought I might try for a wider range of responses...because I seriously don't know whether to laugh or ground him...
It's 12:20 and you just got off the phone with your kid's vice principal...turns out your kid built and programmed a robot to empty the vending machine of unhealthy snacks.
Said kid then picked the lock on the principal's door and neatly stacked said snacks on the desk, and covered the snacks with sticky notes with various sayings, like "#stoppoisoningkids" or "Junk Food is EVIL" or "Down with Little Debbie"...
Pop quiz: What do you do (as you are leaving work and heading to the school because the kid is about to be suspended)? All thoughts welcome...
It's 12:20 and you just got off the phone with your kid's vice principal...turns out your kid built and programmed a robot to empty the vending machine of unhealthy snacks.
Said kid then picked the lock on the principal's door and neatly stacked said snacks on the desk, and covered the snacks with sticky notes with various sayings, like "#stoppoisoningkids" or "Junk Food is EVIL" or "Down with Little Debbie"...
Pop quiz: What do you do (as you are leaving work and heading to the school because the kid is about to be suspended)? All thoughts welcome...
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Punish him, but he'll be the next Bill Gates.0
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Hahahahah omg. I don't know what I'd do, how old is your kid?0
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Punish him, and educate him on food choices. Nothing wrong with chips, little debbie, bars, etc.0
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Find a way for him to channel his obvious genius for a good cause. Some sort of charity work maybe. Your kid sounds great!0
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Punish him, and educate him on food choices. Nothing wrong with chips, little debbie, bars, etc.
Yes punish and educate him cuz there's nothing wrong with junk food. And even tho it may be what you've taught him, he can't force everybody to think the same way. His actions have consequences.
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Try really hard to keep a straight face while telling him he shouldn't have done that
And then PM your speech you give him so I can use it in the future when my son does the same thing0 -
Why is this even a question? He basically stole food, and broke into a private office. It doesn't matter what his reasoning is.
Also, maybe teach him that he is in charge of *his* food choices and not other peoples. If he wants the "bad" (IMO, no such thing) foods out of the vending machine, perhaps a petition would have been a more productive, responsible use of his time and energies.0 -
Punish him.. but not too bad.. Hes probably going to save the world from Skynet someday
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He did wrong with stealing snacks and breaking and entering.
His view on foods also needs looked at (everything in moderation).
I'd probably ground him and give him a massive lecture....but he sounds like a genius!!! What type of robot did he build??0 -
TheVirgoddess wrote: »Why is this even a question? He basically stole food, and broke into a private office. It doesn't matter what his reasoning is.
Also, maybe teach him that he is in charge of *his* food choices and not other peoples. If he wants the "bad" (IMO, no such thing) foods out of the vending machine, perhaps a petition would have been a more productive, responsible use of his time and energies.
This. Can't believe anyone would condone this behaviour.0 -
I wanna know how old this kid is and how he figured out to program a robot to do this.... Look0
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He built a small crab looking robot with telescoping pincers, controlled remotely from his laptop...and he's 15. He put the robot in the bottom of the vending machine, where you pull the tasty treats out, and the crab did all the work. The principal was impressed with the engineering...even if he was slightly not amused by the B&E performed on his door.
He goes to a small charter school, the school population is mostly kids outside the norm anyway...from environmental hippie types to uber-geeks. Many of them have lodged protests over the vending machine choices, and the school newspaper has had commentary on it since the start of the school year. They even reported that the majority of the kids have boycotted the machines (last year they had one of those turnstile type machines with organic fruit, KIND bars, vegan/vegetarian options, etc...this year its a standard candy/chips machine)...the majority of the people actually using the machine are the teachers.
The principal understood it to be a protest, and because the product was all turned in, didn't consider it theft. The kid, though, is definitely in trouble for the B&E and has been suspended til Monday...and he will miss the Saturday X School Battle Bots Tournament as a result of the suspension. He has also been fined 1000 student points (points are used in the student store, can be used to "pay" for extra lab time, or traded for other things...roughly $100 equivalent. Points cannot be purchased, they're earned through merit. Keeps all kids on an even playing field, regardless of economic status.)
Our commentary to the kid was:
1. Peaceful protest does involve risk, be willing to accept consequences, particularly if your protest involves a crime of any sort.
2. Exhaust all non-criminal means of protest before resorting to something that exposes you to risk of punishment.
3. Accept not all people are going to make the same choices as you; sometimes, no matter how well reasoned, people will still disagree.
4. Apply your talents and energies meaningfully.
(PS> I'm proud of you for having an opinion on the world around you, though I wish you had gone about it a different way, and doing SOMETHING to effect a change rather than simply complain about it. Action may result in trouble, but will always result in reaction.)
(PPS> you are grounded til Monday morning, when you are allowed to go back to school.)
(PPPS> excellent job on the robot...can you please send it behind the washing machine and the dryer to get those wads of dryer lint, odd socks and assorted debris? Thankyouverymuch!)
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teresamwhite wrote: »He built a small crab looking robot with telescoping pincers, controlled remotely from his laptop...and he's 15. He put the robot in the bottom of the vending machine, where you pull the tasty treats out, and the crab did all the work. The principal was impressed with the engineering...even if he was slightly not amused by the B&E performed on his door.
He goes to a small charter school, the school population is mostly kids outside the norm anyway...from environmental hippie types to uber-geeks. Many of them have lodged protests over the vending machine choices, and the school newspaper has had commentary on it since the start of the school year. They even reported that the majority of the kids have boycotted the machines (last year they had one of those turnstile type machines with organic fruit, KIND bars, vegan/vegetarian options, etc...this year its a standard candy/chips machine)...the majority of the people actually using the machine are the teachers.
The principal understood it to be a protest, and because the product was all turned in, didn't consider it theft. The kid, though, is definitely in trouble for the B&E and has been suspended til Monday...and he will miss the Saturday X School Battle Bots Tournament as a result of the suspension. He has also been fined 1000 student points (points are used in the student store, can be used to "pay" for extra lab time, or traded for other things...roughly $100 equivalent. Points cannot be purchased, they're earned through merit. Keeps all kids on an even playing field, regardless of economic status.)
Our commentary to the kid was:
1. Peaceful protest does involve risk, be willing to accept consequences, particularly if your protest involves a crime of any sort.
2. Exhaust all non-criminal means of protest before resorting to something that exposes you to risk of punishment.
3. Accept not all people are going to make the same choices as you; sometimes, no matter how well reasoned, people will still disagree.
4. Apply your talents and energies meaningfully.
(PS> I'm proud of you for having an opinion on the world around you, though I wish you had gone about it a different way, and doing SOMETHING to effect a change rather than simply complain about it. Action may result in trouble, but will always result in reaction.)
(PPS> you are grounded til Monday morning, when you are allowed to go back to school.)
(PPPS> excellent job on the robot...can you please send it behind the washing machine and the dryer to get those wads of dryer lint, odd socks and assorted debris? Thankyouverymuch!)
You sound like a good mother, you've got this covered!!!!!0 -
Your kid sounds great.
The school sounds great.
And you sound great.
Rock on.0 -
Punish him now, because he's sure to be the one who programs the robots that will eventually enslave the human race.0
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