Politics in elementary school??  

Well shame on me, carmelanirel! I didn't even know that kids were interested in politics at such a young age.I digress though. By all means I think you should speak with your son's teacher about the incident. Your son will be able to tell you if he gets any negative feedback from it. The aide was out of order in this situation.

It is always unprofessional to state one candidate over another in a school setting. The positive statements of each should be presented and allowed to be debated. Sounds like the teacher's aide is probably related to Candidate A. Teacher's aides, I've found from working in schools, range in professionalism. Just like, unfortunatley, so do some teachers.

Either things will get better or worse if you complain. No way to see in the future which way it will go. Who were you going to call? The teacher should be supervising her aide. So she would be the first point of contact. If you did, I would approach it from the "Freedom of speech" aspect, and he has a right to his opinion. Whether you call or not, write the incident down, write the time and date. But also remember that unless you saw the situation, there may also be more to it than your son said. We had a student who hated a teacher and the parents came in every day. Finally, they videotaped the class and showed it to the parents. The kid was only telling the parents half the story. So there is that consideration, too.

But make sure you note things as this aide may have already taken a dislike to your child and he may have not said anything until it started to bother him or it may be a fluke. Not sure what I would do. Take care

Do you ever wonder who the adult is in the classroom?

She should have tried to change the subject when it raised it's head and otherwise remained opinionless whether it was by her expression or mouth and let the subject die out on its own.

I would speak to someone at the school and express my opinion whether it resolved anything or not. At least let her know that you are aware of what's going on and do not appreciate it. Maybe she'll think before she acts the next time.

Have a good day!

You've really got a dilemma. Don't we all? And I honestly believe your roll is to sit your child down and explain to him/her that there are jerks in the world and he/she is to expect differences of opinion in life (throughout) so that he/she learns to deal with them. It sure was very unprofessional of that person to act that way, especially with the children. What a poor example of the tolerance we're known for!

I would not only say something to the aid herself, but have your child wear either blue or red all week just to make a point, but I'm a bit weird like that, and teach him to talk about God as much as possible, lol!

Well politics is discussed in school, but I thought it was with the older kids. I know the teachers also sometimes have their class go at it with eachother && everyone is open to discuss why or why they don't like A or B. They have their own debate about A && B. It's a learning situation... I guess. But it's allowed.

As for your son, I think hes a little young && maybe the school should be called. But I wouldn't jump the boat to fast. Maybe your son thought she was giving him a weird look, maybe she wasn't. Sometimes kids can mix emotions. But with that said, I would still bring it up to the teacher. It's your right. I would just make it clear that if your gonna discuss it, don't make someone feel left out or bad for liking one over the other.

I'd let it go at this point. I wouldn't push it. I think a more agreeable response from the teachers aid should have been that we shouldn't talk about politics but we should talk about the lesson and then steered the conversation back to what they were working on. I think you should just let your son know that politics is a personal choice and that everyone has their own opinion on the matter and that's OK. Now, if your son says it happens again and he's really bothered by her reaction then maybe I'd bring it up. But I think you should let your son know that liking someone different is OK.

We had the same experience during elementary. but you know it's just part of school activities. just dont take it too seriously. it happens once in an elementary life.

First, red is Republican and blue is Democrat.

As for God being taken out of schools, the reason for that is completely valid, we have a separation of church and state in this country, and this is to protect the religious freedom of ALL people. If Christians were allowed to inject religion into government or politics, then we'd have to allow EVERY religion to do the same thing. The point is to have equality and religious freedom for ALL, by not allowing ANY to mix with government. Public schools are government run, hence, no religion in school. Politics, on the other hand, is allowed by it seems terribly wrong for a teacher to use their authority to try to sway students one way or the other. The majority of kids in school are too young to vote anyway, the exception being high school kids who reach 18 before graduating. But even though the majority of public school students can't vote, they can certainly be swayed by teachers and go home and try to sway their parents. I think I'd be rather enraged if I found out any of my son's teachers were pushing a certain candidate over another. And yet, I'm not 100% this is ILLEGAL. Frankly if I were you I would complain, or at least express your concerns, flat out ask, "Hey, was this teacher's aide allowed to do that?" At the very least she is guilty of humilating your son, and that is wrong whether politics has anything to do with it or not.

This is a very touchy topic. I think knowing your son's teacher, you have to make the decision yourself. Whatever the decision, I pray that all goes well for your son.