| Fight for the right to party |
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| Written by Carly Zubrzycki | |
| Wednesday, 02 July 2008 | |
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Apparently, Swedish schools have now decided that children have a right – yes, a right – to be invited to birthday parties. An eight-year-old boy was accused of discrimination when he failed to invite 2 of his classmates to his birthday party. According to the boy’s father, one of the uninvited students bullied the birthday boy and the other had not invited him to his own birthday party. But because the boy was handing the invitations out in class, his teacher confiscated them and has accused him of discrimination. According to the BBC, “The boy's school says he has violated the children's rights and has complained to the Swedish Parliament.” The Parliament will decide whether the boy has a right to only invite his friends to his birthday party in September.
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written by F0ul, July 02, 2008
Maybe now you can see why nature introduced diseases like the great plague and Spanish flu!
It was so that we wouldn't get to the situation where the parliament have to intervene on a child's decisions over his birthday party! Life is maybe too long!
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written by Catherine Riley, July 03, 2008
How absolutely obsurd! To think intelligent grown men and women in a privileged position would actually consider discussing this matter - is pure madness! The boy's school should be ashamed of itself - and what kind of president would this set to parents who may not be in a position to invite a whole class!! Where does a person's freedom of choice fit into this scenario!
FANTASTIC NEWS
written by Former Class Nerd, July 07, 2008
This is excellent news for the awkward kits at school - like I was...
... there was this shameless hussy in our class that had sex with everybody except for me... ... where was the Swedish Parliament when I was a virgin and full of self doubt ???
Wow, just wow... written by Joe Charlet, July 12, 2008
Okay, so there is definitely a thing called tact and a child should not pass out invitations in class if everyone is not invited. BUT, it is definitely not a crime if he does and it is not even close to infringing upon the other students' rights if he does.
Seriously, who in the world can possibly think that an individual does not have the unquestionable authority to invite whomever they want to whatever event they happen to be holding? Are Swedish students so advanced that this teacher does not have better things to do like, I dunno, teach the student?! And the parliament?! Don't even get me started. Write comment
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