Sue,
If you told your students that guns and/or violence was off limits,
then he should not share his story for sure.
Hunting is different than picking up an AK47. It's sad that a third
grader knows what an AK47 is.... but that's a different topic.
If it were me, I would tell the child privately that the gun part of
the story would need to be changed.
I have a "no violence, no blood, no guns, no war" policy in my
classroom. And that's tricky because so many cousins and big brothers
are in Afghanistan or Iraq. Very touchy.
On the other hand, I've not asked kids to write scary stories. :-)
Renee
On Oct 25, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Sue wrote:
Hello everyone,
I teach 3rd grade and every year I go through students writing stories
about
guns/violence or scary "not Halloween" stories. I teach in a rural
area and
students do hunt and we talk about the difference between writing a
story
with a gun that is about hunting or "video game" violence.......
"El fin de toda educacion debe ser seguramente el servicio a otros."
~ Cesar Chavez
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