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Here’s one we all should have thought of back when we were in school: accuse your teacher of a war crime for violating the Geneva Conventions.
Then again, when I was 11 I was more concerned with baseball statistics and a burgeoning interest in the girl two seats in front of me.
Obviously Mason Cross, the father of 11-year-old Ava, has a smarter than average child on his hands because (a) she knows what the Geneva Conventions are and (b) knows how to use that knowledge to take down her teacher for the punishments she’s been doling out.
Check this out. When asked “things my teacher(s) can do better” Ava went and dropped this on her teacher…
My daughter actually submitted this feedback at school. Not sure if I should ground her or buy her ice cream… pic.twitter.com/4v8Gjb9riv
— Mason Cross (@MasonCrossBooks) May 25, 2017
That reads, “Not use collective punishment as it is not fair on the many people who did nothing and under the 1949 [Geneva] Conventions it is a war crime.”
This is how I imagine Ava looked after throwing down that wicked answer…
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As you can see from Mason’s tweet, he said, “Not sure if I should ground her or buy her ice cream…”
Don’t worry, Mason, Twitter knows EXACTLY what you should do for Ava.
https://twitter.com/loverofmusic9/status/867980921701507074
Why would you ground her for speaking her mind — and frankly I agree.
— Ron Miller (@ron_miller) May 25, 2017
Buy her ice cream for the full school year …
— Harini Calamur (@calamur) May 25, 2017
I'm game to crowdfund her entire year's ice cream needs tbh.
— harnidh (@chiaseedpuddin) May 25, 2017
Buy her ice cream. She is SO right.
— Dan Smith (@DanSmithAuthor) May 25, 2017
I remember the collective punishment my 6th grade class received…and I'm in 42nd grade now…still not over it. I say ICE CREAM!!!!
— Tara Lazar (@taralazar) May 26, 2017
The ice cream. For sure.
— Kiran Manral (@KiranManral) May 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/katehelencarter/status/867757372286136320
Buy her an ice cream parlor 🍦
— Justin Olivier Salhani (@JustinSalhani) May 25, 2017
so. much. ice. cream.
— jonfine (@jonfine) May 26, 2017
11 going on 47
— Mason Cross (@MasonCrossBooks) May 25, 2017
Frightening…i am genuinely sorry for you for all those hard conversations which you will lose..
— Brian S (@funsterr) May 25, 2017
Seriously.
And just in case anyone was worried…
I should clarify that she thinks her teacher is awesome – it's just this aspect of the educational justice system she has an issue with.
— Mason Cross (@MasonCrossBooks) May 25, 2017
H/T Some eCards
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