Trouble at School, Not Sure What to Make of it!

Kirstenmumof3 wrote: Spencer has been allowed to bring his Nintendo DS to school because he can't go out for recess and he isn't allowed to participate in phys ed. I'm embarassed to say that Spencer came home on Friday with 2 very expensive used GameBoy Advance Games (that can be played on his system) and one really cheap game for the original gameboy. When I found all of this out on Saturday, I asked him what was going on. He told me he traded the games, so we went through his and sure enough one of his games is missing. It's very inexpensive, which is leading me to believe that Spencer is conning these boys. I'm just shocked. I just talked to his teacher and she told me that one of the boys mentioned that his games were missing. So now I don't know if he is taking these games, or if they are actually trading. Either way, Spencer won't tell me what is going on. I can't believe my son did this! With all the other problems that he is going through, why would he do something like this? Spencer is bringing the games back to school tomorrow, his teacher said to just bring them to her. That it would be better if she told the boys that she found them. I don't know, if he took them, he should give them back to the boys that he took them from! I don't know what to do!

PrairieMom replied: Is he running a con game, or are the boys really just trading games that they don't use any more with out thinking of the value of them? and are they trading for Keepsies or just lending them to one another?

I am actually surprised that the school would allow him to have a game system there anyway, in MY day we would have had to spend that time in the library with a book!

Kirstenmumof3 replied:
Exactly, I don't know what is going on either. But I've told Spencer that he is no longer allowed to bring his DS to school and he has been grounded from it for a week. I can't believe that the school is allowing them to bring this game systems either. He is behind in his spelling dictation and I've suggested to him that he have one of his friends (the school allows one of his classmates to stay in with him during recess), to do these dictations with him. But he won't do that, I may suggest that to the teacher tomorrow when I drop him off at school.

Kaitlin'smom replied: Wow I cant believe those day they are allowed to take them to school. Sure kids need a break during school but I can think of better ways to do that then game systems. IS the teacher going to find out more about this 'trading'?

gr33n3y3z replied: since it happend at school let the teacher deal with it just as long as everyone gets their games back and let her keep you up to date as to how it became that way.

When I didnt take gym bc of knee problems I had to do book reports on what they were doing like VolleyBall, basketball ect. maybe you could put a bug in the gym teachers ear.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Not sure what the DS is...is it handheld, like a Gameboy?

How many other kids are allowed to bring them to school? Because if nobody's allowed to bring them at school, then the kids obviosly brought the games to school of their own accord, to either give him or to trade with him... you know? Like why would they bring games to school if they're not allowed to bring their system?

I don't know... I'd just make sure he knows that his games are his, and others' games are theirs.

Kirstenmumof3 replied:

Yeah it's like a Gameboy. And as far as I know they are allowed to bring them to school. Hopefully this will all be resolved tomorrow and everyone will get there games back.

quinnandjacob'smom replied: I think you are handling it very well. As a teacher myself, my school used to allow Gameboys a few years back. All the trading and nonsense got to be a huge issue so they were banned. So whatever the situation leading up to it, it would probably be in the teacher's best interest to not allow anyone to have them, no exceptions. I missed recess for a several weeks with a broken ankle and I had to sit in the classroom and read or practice math facts every day. It was actually kind of nice, b/c sometimes the teacher would let me sort papers and stuff. I was a total brown noser, I admit it

lisar replied: I think you did what was right. By not allowing him to take it back to school. I would have done the same thing.

sparkys2boys replied: I agree that I would let the teacher handle it and would not allow him to take the DS back with him anymore. I think that the teacher would be able to give him something more productive to do with his time in the first place.. Good luck with it.

Kirstenmumof3 replied: Well everything has been resolved and all the games were returned. So this is all good. I talked to his teacher last Friday for Parent Teacher Interviews and suggested that she have one of his friends practice his dictation with him, she's going to think about it.

sparkys2boys replied: oh good, I'm glad that it all got worked out. Was your son in any wrong doing, or were they just honestly trading the games??

Kirstenmumof3 replied:
You know, I honstely don't know!