stealth2
Under the Radar Member
Yet, if I recall correctly, that is exactly what you said you would like to see happen.That’s all I was asking about and I recieved many polite suggestions. I also need to know what my options are too. Like I said him being fired will not fix the problem. The problem itself has to be addressed. That’s why I contacted that other office. Maybe setting up a training lesson about how to deal with situations like this in school.
Now, to play Devil's Advocate..... I can see a situation where this teacher has had several (nonMuslim) students try to get out of running bt claiming that they were observing Ramadan. After realizing that the majority weren't actually Muslim nor fasting, he figured that someone not of the faith wouldn't be able to spell it. Unfortunately for your daughter (and him), she was kind of "the wrong person at the wrong time" (i.e. a Muslim student who actually IS observing), and it backfired on them both. I also suspect that when she actually started spelling Ramadan, he held up his hand in an "enough" gesture, but your daughter may have taken it as "in her face".
I wasn't there, but neither were you. And apparently, you have not spoken with any classmates who may have seen it. (when you said you'd provide what a witness stated happened, I thought you meant a third party, not your daughter...) Of course you believe your daughter's account - I would were it my daughter. However, as I often told my kids - every story has multiple sides. The truth is somewhere in between them all.
Now, you, too, can learn from this. Situations arise when we often least expect them. As such, and as parents, it is up to us to think ahead and work towards mitigating them. It would not have been untoward for you to have contacted theteacher/school ahead of time, explained the situation and asked for accomodations (including suggestions for same). We cannot expect every person we run into to know everything about everything - we sometimes have to educate them.