Does Anyone Secretly Laugh at What Their Kids Get in Trouble for at School..?

Sorry, but on that one I would have laughted... my kids teacher doesn't even send home the notes anymore and they have been in school for only a month. Most of what my son (1st grader) gets introuble for is moving to much & touching (hugging) other kids and teachers. I know that he shouldn't be hugging everyone so much, and we are trying to teach him about bonderies... he just doesn't understand that not everyone likes hugs and that he can't give so many of them out. Hopefully he will start to understand soon.

When my daughter was in kindergarten my husband got a call from the teacher. The teacher said "your daughter said the "s" word in school today!" My husband started freaking out in his head, wondering where she could have heard that because no one swears around her. Then the teacher added "yes, they know they aren't allowed to say "stupid." My husband almost laughed out loud with relief!

I have to send home daily notes...some are so easy to write and others I bite my lip and worry over how to phrase them...they are Just 3, you have to wonder how bad could it be, right??? It seems all the boys in my class must watch Power Rangers, and all they want to do is kick, karate chop and end up in wrestling moves that make me think I would need to see the chiropractor for everyday for a week...I also have a few who never want to clean up...I am very liberal with praise and do not think the parent needs to know or wants to know a laundry list of each time their child misbehaves. I have to bite my tongue not to laugh when the kids come up to me in all seriousness to "tattle" and tell me what "bad" word has been said...thankfully their idea of bad words is very tame...the big one the last few weeks has been "shut up".
Kristen has not once got in trouble at school, Tyler has been in trouble more times than I can even keep track of, and yes my youngest has had several time outs on the playground for throwing rocks ( mom sigh) I guess, so far nothing my own kids have done has struck me as funny, just happy it has never been anything more serious. I will admit that I compose notes in my head that I would LIKE to send to some parents = ) My favorite one being.....Please stop telling your daughter she is a princess, she is starting to believe you and thinks we are all her subjects...sincerely, Mrs.B.....

too funny.

I have two kids. One never (so far) gets in trouble in school while the other... well, let's just say that everyday I open her folder and pray that she didn't get in trouble that day.

When I was in third grade I had a horrible time. Apparently I thought that it was my duty to protect all of the girls and younger kids that were being picked on. I got into lots of trouble for "beating up boys". Which basically meant I pushed the around. What is really funny is that I was the smallest kid in class. One day this boy pushed my friend down and laid on top of her, so I kicked him in the ribs to get him off her. So, we were both sent to the principals office.
My dad was called and they made me wait outside the door while they talked. My dad came out and took me home. He was barely repressing a grin. He told me that it was ok to protect my friends, but that it would be better to go get a teacher, or at least not be so rough. I had hurt that boy pretty good I guess. When I told my dad that he was lying on top of her he got real quiet, and said,"Between you and me, he had it coming, but you just can't do that."
My dad told me a few years later, that the principal was at a cross roads. She knew that I was just trying to protect some of the other kids, but that she also couldn't tell me it was ok and she was also hesitant to tell me to stop.

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When our son, now 21, was in 1st grade, I remember the teacher saying something about him flipping his ruler. NOW, years later I want to ask if the teacher wasn't so worried about him flipping his ruler, she might have picked up on his lack of reading skills! Whatever. He's doing great now.

As a teacher I crack up on the inside for some of the crazy things my students do and say.

When my son was aboout five (now ten), I got a call from the school principal telling me that my son had gone into the boy's restroom and locked all of the stall doors from the inside. He learned his lesson about ever doing that again. I could hear him in the background crying his eyes out saying I'm sorry over and over again! Thanks for the great laugh! What your son said is priceless and I'm not sure if I could have kept a straight face with that one! :)

DS doesn't seem to get in trouble but he does report in on all his friends and yes, I laugh (or get disgusted that you can get in trouble for being a five year old in kindergarten). My son knows that he can do many things at home that he can't do at home. He seems able to understand that different rules can apply to different situations and that some rules are there for no reason at all (I refuse to call we've always done it this way a reason). DS is 5-1/2.

I laughed tho other day, not because it was funny, but because it was so STUPID! My 7 year old got in trouble for trying to help another little boy get started on a swing. Yes, they are not alowed to push start each other on the swings.

Just like they are not allowed to play tag, or even run on the grass (it could be wet! You could slip and fall!) OR the blacktop (someone could fall and get a scrape!). I've had notes about all three.

Soo....no tag, no running, and no helping each other on the swings. Tell me please, when can my kid just be a dang kid?

yup. When my daughter was in 4th grade, her teacher sent home a note that she had gotten in trouble for stacking her markers to create towers on her desk during an art project. I thought this was pretty creative. Her teacher told me later that she thought it was funny but other kids were copying her so she had to put a stop to it before art class turned to chaos.

My daughter got in big trouble in first grade for calling a boy a wiener. She told me about it in the car and it was all I could do to keep a straight face. She was crying her eyes out because I had to sign a slip, and the principal had to sign it, and she had to write the boy an apology. They have a strict anti-bullying policy which is good, but she was only in first grade and wiener isn't all that bad, is it? At least she's never gotten in trouble for calling names again!

yes i do, and my kids know they don't get in trouble at home. i used to get emails about my daughter 'humming' in school. is humming ok? no it's not but what would you like me to do about it from the kitchen? so i always say try not to hum.
but yes, my kids have not had serious offenses :) and the warnings they have gotten are over silly things.