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While it may seem extreme, once written, the teacher has a dilemma ... what if the kid does live in a terrorist house, i do nothing and there is an event. In those circumstances, I can see the wish for responsibility to be offloaded to the police.

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

While it may seem extreme, once written, the teacher has a dilemma ... what if the kid does live in a terrorist house, i do nothing and there is an event. In those circumstances, I can see the wish for responsibility to be offloaded to the police.

I agree it's a no win situation for the staff involved, it may seem over the top but it is a "hot subject" in schools and Colleges at the moment so would be hard to ignore

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

While it may seem extreme, once written, the teacher has a dilemma ... what if the kid does live in a terrorist house, i do nothing and there is an event. In those circumstances, I can see the wish for responsibility to be offloaded to the police.

Yeah totally. If it is ignored and then there is issues...the teacher would be in the wrong, everyone would be in the wrong. But something does get investigated, and the same people are still in the wrong. Sometimes, one really cannot win.

[Ammi]

..but would the same have happened, had it not been a Muslim child/family though...and I'm presuming only that one thing and no causes for concern within the family because these things will be a combination and build up, not just one spelling error out of the blue...radicalisation in children will not necessarily be about their culture, it'll be a child who is susceptible for many reasons...maybe neglectful parenting and being exposed to online things and not having many friendships/much confidence/low self esteem etc...a teacher may show it to a Head, but for acted on as only that thing by the Head seems very alarmist to me because school staff know the child...there has to be something more to this story, surely....

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..but would the same have happened, had it not been a Muslim child/family though...and I'm presuming only that one thing and no causes for concern within the family because these things will be a combination and build up, not just one spelling error out of the blue...radicalisation in children will not necessarily be about their culture, it'll be a child who is susceptible for many reasons...maybe neglectful parenting and being exposed to online things and not having many friendships/much confidence/low self esteem etc...a teacher may show it to a Head, but for acted on as only that thing by the Head seems very alarmist to me because school staff know the child...there has to be something more to this story, surely....

... and therein lies the real crucial point to this for me.