Now, school ought to be a place of learning where eager minds would try to soak in every bit of knowledge and experience they can before they hit the real world.
Alas, schools are also a place where certain decisions beg more questions than they could possibly answer and, in some cases, it has reached unethical levels.
People of Reddit have been listing unethical practices that schools do, and nobody is really batting an eye about it. The discussion generated nearly 11,000 comments with over 24,000 upvotes.
Bored Panda has collected the most upvoted responses to this question and compiled a list which you can find below. Vote and comment on the answers that you think are the biggest problems, and why not also share some of your observations in the comment section below!
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#1
Harassing teenage girls for "dressing inappropriately" when a millimeter of their bra strap is showing (or some other bulls**t like that). Telling them it distracts the boys and invites unwanted attention.
When they actually get harassed (or worse) the school does nothing.
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299points
#2
Lowering a school's funding if the SAT scores are low. If the scores are low, there should be more funding to help kids learn!
273points
#3
Bullied and harassed students having the same repercussions as their bully for defending themselves.
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254points
#4
How sports programs have way more money than any other programs at the school… because school is a business not education.
243points
#5
Awarding “perfect attendance.” Encouraging kids to go to school while sick is pretty unethical if you ask me.
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238points
#6
firing lunchroom staff for serving food to poor students whose families can't afford to pay
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229points
#7
Collective punishment; one or two pupils misbehave and the entire class gets punished for it.
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207points
#8
Too much homework. Let kids be kids. A little homework is good but god don't drown the kids in it.
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206points
#9
Requiring you to purchase textbooks brand new from the college's bookstore because that's the only way to get the access code to complete the required assignments on the publishers website.
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204points
#10
I was a decently misbehaved third grader. Told my teacher I had a stomach ache and I needed to go to the nurse. I asked a number of times. She thought I was just trying to get out of individual reading time. My appendix burst on the bus ride home.
I was never one to ask to go to the nurse. Just a hyperactive kid my teacher apparently had enough of. Denying medical attention to an 8 year old seems unethical. This is not a "boy who cried wolf" story for all those saying "I told ya so".
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199points
#11
Bullied students are told to leave because it's easier to kick out a quiet victim than a loud bully
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190points
#12
This is probably very specific to my home country but period checks
I'm from Malaysia and yes sadly this is a thing and I've witnessed it firsthand. Mostly to make sure girls aren't lying about their periods just to get out of prayer activities.
185points
#13
zero tolerance policies.
Oh that kid hit you for no reason? both suspended zero tolerance!
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172points
#14
Less severe but limiting kids access to water, I.e. you can’t have your drink bottle at the table. Which sucks when you live in Australia and at summer the temperature gets up to 36c and school is during all the hottest hours of the day.
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165points
#15
Tormenting socially awkward /introverted students
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156points
#16
Passing students that aren't ready for the next grade because they need to pad their passing rates to keep funding. It's setting the kids up for failure down the road.
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145points
#17
Treating special needs kids subhumanly because they can’t speak up for themselves…then belittling/reprimanding the staff who do advocate for them.
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145points
#18
Giving preference to kids that parents donate money and fratranise with teachers/ headmasters.
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144points
#19
Our assembly room/gymnaisum had the fire escape doors chained shut, and the police department was aware of it.
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141points
#20
C9Juice says:
7 am classes
7 am classes
S_thyrsoidea replied:
7am classes in complete disregard for what the science says about adolescent development and sleep schedule, and the effect of early classes on academic success.
7am classes in complete disregard for what the science says about adolescent development and sleep schedule, and the effect of early classes on academic success.
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136points