But I don't want to kneel down for Allah

[Goofball]

Okay, the details of the article are pretty sketchy, so there's really not enough to form on opinion on the actions of the teacher. Let me say: if their version of events is true and the little darlings were truly punished because they respectfully and non-disruptively declined to kneel and pray to Allah (praised be his name), then I agree with all of the outrage coming from the .org's usual suspects.

However, let me just throw this out there for you. Since we don't have the teacher's version of events yet, might I submit that there is a distinct possibility that her story might go something like this: "I gave the little buggers detention not because they refused to take part in the demonstration prayer, but because they were being loud, disruptive, and making funny accents and fart noises in the back of the classroom while the rest of the class was trying to learn."

And is it then possible that when the little darlings were being taken to task by their parents for getting in trouble at school, the kids sold it to their doting parents as a religious freedom issue, rather than simply one of being an idiot in the classroom?

I'm just throwing that out there, from personal experience. When I was twelve, that was just the kind of behaviour I was capable of and quite often carried out.

[LittleGrizzly]

And is it then possible that when the little darlings were being taken to task by their parents for getting in trouble at school, the kids sold it to their doting parents as a religious freedom issue, rather than simply one of being an idiot in the classroom?

The first rule of breaking the news your in trouble to your parents is lie and blame someone else.... worked like a charm!

[InsaneApache]

I stopped lying to my parents when I was able to beat them in a fight. Last year as it happens.

[KukriKhan]

I stopped lying to my parents when I was able to beat them in a fight. Last year as it happens.

:inhale:

I quit lying to Bob, the step-dad, a couple years back, but only 'cause I could finally out-run him, he in a wheel-chair and all.

[Adrian II]

I stopped lying to my parents when I was able to beat them in a fight. Last year as it happens.

I stopped lying to my parents after they beat the crap out of me. Too long ago to remember.

[atheotes]

I stopped lying to my parents after they beat the crap out of me. Too long ago to remember.

I still lie to my parents... but only to make them happy

[Andres]

Where are the days that telling your parents that you got some sort of punishment at school gained you an additional punishment that was more severe than the one you got at school? And the question whether the punishment you got at school was just or not was completely irrelevant.

Now they write articles in newspapers about something as ordinary as two students getting detention in secondary school

Society where not being a spoiled brat will be considered abnormal, here we come...

[PBI]

Where are the days that telling your parents that you got some sort of punishment at school gained you an additional punishment that was more severe than the one you got at school?

Alas, having friends and family who are teachers, I am assured that all too often the parents' attitude is "how dare your school punish my little darlings" rather than "how dare you get yourself in trouble".

[Andres]

Alas, having friends and family who are teachers, I am assured that all too often the parents' attitude is "how dare your school punish my little darlings" rather than "how dare you get yourself in trouble".

Yep. My mother in law, who is a teacher, sometimes complains about parents contacting a lawyer because the precious child got a (usually well-deserved) punishment/did not pass his exam(s).

Sad really

There should be a law against stupidity.