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OaksMom, it actually IS an interesting history lesson about where the middle finger came from. If I may...the ENglish longbow fighters were captured by the French during wars in a bygone era. The English were very effective bowmen, so when captured, the French would cut off the top of their middle finger, to disable them as bowmen.

At one battle, the English showed up strong and ready to fight, having never been captured. They stood on a hillside and proudly taunted the French soldiers by showing them they still had their top middle finger, and then the battle began.

If you know anything about teaching history, this is a GREAT way to begin a lesson. The kids will be on the edge of their seats.

Why do you use every opportunity to claw at your teachers? That's what I call not fighting fair. But I won't make any gestures.

The teacher playing on a computer, even if the students are doing an inclass assignment sounds like a lazy young teacher who won't be around forever. If it were my kid, I'd call a principal and say, "My child mentioned to me that during assignments, he observes his teacher on computer unrelated to coursework. He believes it might even be online gambling, but is not at all sure."

The principal will likely do a surprise drop-in visit to the teacher's room, unannounced.

Don't even tell your kid you're dialing it in. It's too much for a h.s. kid; it's an adult problem. To the OP, I think I'd actually ask my parent to dial this one in, but protect you, meaning tell the principal not to say which family is calling it in.

It's wrong on two levels:

One, online gambling IS illegal.

TWO: While teachers have legitimate reasons to be on computers duiring classtime, everything from research to administrative work, while you guys work independently, if the teacher is playing solitaire, the principal might want to suggest better use of the teacher's downtime as he monitors the class. But that's a subtle, educational development of a young teacher. It's not illegal to play solitaire, just poor use of his time. A good principal will tell a developing teacher all kinds of other ways to hold down the class AND use his computer for academic purpose. School should be all about teaching YOU GUYS.