Florida mom Rhonda Holder forced her 15 year old son to stand on a stret corner with a sign around his neck that said: "I did 4 questions on my F-CAT and said I wasn't going to do it. GPA 1.22..Honk if I need an education"
The mom said she wanted to embarrass her son into taking his education more seriously. She said she has trioed taking things away, like hi phone, and nothing has worked. The 15 year old does not like to be embarrassed, so she decided to use embarrassment to try and get him to change.
She plans to make him stand on the corner everyday until his grades improve. What do you think? Will this work?
i think they still will not care because they know what they want in their minds
ReplyDeleteI know this kid doesn't have the best grades but his mom seems to have issues! I don't think she should be allowed to do this...I don't know if it will work! It's a crazy situation!
ReplyDeletei think that if she does it every day i think he will lose his embarrassment and where that sign with pride hahaha
ReplyDeleteI think that thsi method is really messed up but if nothing else is working then its pretty smart on the moms part. Will it work you ask? Yeah, I think it will.
ReplyDeletei think its kind of a weird way of doing it but like Talyor said nothing else is working so its kind of a good idea, its better than not doing anything about it right..
ReplyDeleteThis might be a good option if nothing else seems to be work out. Her kid though could rebel or he could start taking his work seriously. It could go either way. I don't think this is such a bad idea.
ReplyDeletethe ma must not be to smart either the kid should pry be working on his grades.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think there is a chance it may work but how does he have time to concentrate on his school work when he's standing out on the corner of the street? But, I guess the mom had to take these drastic measures in order to get her point across. I think for the most part I find this situation crazy and kind of silly.
ReplyDeleteI think it is a weird approach but I guess it is worth a try. But I don't think it will help because the kid must not care to stand out there and be embarassed. Hopefully it works for the kid though.
ReplyDeleteI find that it is common that children do not apply themselves. Many children are very intelligent, but their marks do not prove it. This is just one creative way that a parent chose to push her child to do better. I think that children often have to be pushed so that they can obtain higher grades and work their way to a successful life. I don't find it to be that drastic, its not like he was hurt, other than a little embarrassment. Children need to be pushed to reach their full potential.
ReplyDeleteThis is very weird. I think the mother is not very nice to make her son stand at a street corner with a sign around his neck. However, I think thst this could mabey help him get better grades. After awhile though, his grades will probably sink back down, or he may have a learning diasablity in the first place, and a letter grade isn't everything.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is definitely a different type of punishment. I don't think that it is either a bad or good punishment, but I feel like a little embarrassment might be what he needs. What it comes down to is he needs to want to get better grades, before he will try harder.
ReplyDeleteI think doing this once might work, but if he doesn't care then it's not going to change anything. I think this is a weird punishment and don't personally know if this would work or if this would just make you rebel more.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very strange way to punish your child. It might work, but it might also make you not care even more. If your friends see you you could end up making it into a joke so the punishment wouldnt work either way. Taking away phones or tv will just make them rebel also. To get someone to try and have better grades i believe there are better ways to get your point across.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting way to approach the situation. I'm not sure if it'll work, because it could just back fire and make the kid mad and care less. It may work since he doesn't like to be embarrassed though, but it may not be a smart way to get your point across. Kids should be punished so they get their grades up, but extreme things like this may bring it to far.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is kinda stupid to be honest. How does the mother expect for the child to have the time to get his grades up if he has to stand on the corner everyday.? If he doesn't care about his grades i think by him being embarrassed he will just end up being more discouraged. Or he might end up just mad at his mom and rebel that much more. Maybe she should try talking to him on a more personal level to see why his grades aren't that good. Stress and family situations can effect grades very easily and the parent might not even realize that that is what it is. I guess it's up to the mom how she decides to punish him, and if it works well than good for her. But i don't think i wood ever do that to someone.
ReplyDeleteI think this method could be somewhat effective. Except, a lot of students that have low grades do not care to raise them. That's why their grades are low in the first place.
ReplyDeleteNo it will make him hate his mom, and he will not try because he hates her, after a day i don't think he will care anymore, also he will prolly stop going out there no matter what his mom says...just a guesss
ReplyDeleteHey, if nothing else works, then I guess give 'er a try. I think that kids need to learn a lesson eventually. But this is like any situation, he could rebel or actually do his work. I don't think I would bring it down to the fact that I would make my kid do that but if that's a solution to the problem let her do it. I don't exactly know how your GPA can get that low because if you just show up to school and do the work in class you will make it by. I just think oh well about this. Maybe the kid will not like his mom but hey, if it works.. Whatever.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that this is right of the mother to do. there is better ways to get children to do things. I would never do that to my children there's always something you can do. Or maybe they just need help and school is not so easy for them.
ReplyDeleteI think it is cruel, But i say it will work because he isn't going to want to stand out there and be embarrassed every day so he is going to try so much harder.
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