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Regarding this story here
Seems to me that (for once) a judge made the correct decision. After being told that the kids get on and play football together, he urged teh PCS to reconsider the charging of a 10 year old kid with racism charges.
The NUT think that the judge is nuts for suggesting this.
There have beeen many posts about how out of touch judges are - is this a case of a judge being sensible and the teachers union being 'out of touch'?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The judge is completely correct. To take a 10 year old to court over alleged racial abuse is absurd in the extreme. Especially so since the boys now get on.
The judge stated that in his day they would have recieved a clip around the ear and be sent on their way. Maybe if teachers still had this power, the problem would not have manifested itself in the first place.
Well done Judge Finestein
It is nice to see a judge show some common sense on this issue. Racism is an important issue and schools do need to work hard to eradicate it, but to inflict a court case on a ten year old seems extreme and the teaching unions involved should have shown a greater understanding of this specific case (The boys are now friends) and less political zealotry.
Where the kid went wrong is he used racially abusive language.
If he had simply carried out a prolonged and relentless campaign of physical and mental bullying, the school might simply have asked him politely (but not too firmly for fear of upsetting him) to stop, rather than calling out for a prosecution.
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