A second grader was kicked out of Victory Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida after her parents refused to participate in an assignment that involved taking a picture of their child “doing reading homework in bathtub.”
When mother Misty Dunham saw the assignment from teacher Irene Castaneda, she wrote a note back to the teacher saying her 8-year-old daughter would do no such thing:
“I emailed the teacher ‘Hey, you may want to explain that. Send something out to the parents. Let them know what the intentions are.’ This just does not sound OK,” Misty Dunham said. “She did send out a message saying, ‘you should be in pajamas, be in your uniform, have fun with it.’ But, it didn’t sit right.”
Actually, what Castaneda wrote (according to a police report) was “We have been sending this homework assignment home for years, and you’re the only one complaining about it. Just cover your child in pillows or pajamas then.”
As if a picture of a clothed or covered-up child was the exception to the rule.
What the hell were people sending her in the past? (Actually, that’s a valid question for another reason. The school’s Facebook page says Castaneda was hired in August. So how does she know no one else has complained about it?) ...
Maybe this is some kind of sex check harebrained idea. Weed out trans kids. I put nothing past the Christian fundies.
I would not put it past them to try this to check for trans kids this way.
Sounds pretty pedophile to me...
That was my first thoughts too.
Sounds kinda fishy to me. Any public school teacher that gave such an assignment would be drummed out out the corps. And on a practical note, how are kids supposed to keep their papers dry in the bath?
That is f'ing weird. Who has all the photos? I'd ask about that and telling the cops may have been appropriate.