The recent incident with the 6 year old kindergartener who ended up spending the whole day in the wrong school has left everyone, it seems, looking to blame someone. How about we blame no one. Afterall, the child was never in any danger and after a few hours of being acknowledged as being missing, she was returned safe & sound to her mom. We have to acknowledge that those two hours were very stressful for her mother. No parent wants to go through a second of not knowing where their children are.
However if we are looking to place blame, how about the mother? Afterall , shouldn't she have made sure her child got on the right bus. Most kindergarten parents would watch as the bus pulls away waving to their child.
How about the child? Afterall, if she had identified herself correctly at any time during the 7 hour school day, the school would have gotten her to her correct school.
But instead , it seems, that most want to blame the school. Afterall, the child is their responsibility once the parent places her on the bus. The school is a thing & we shouldn't dare to blame a small child or a pannicked mother.
How about we place a little blame on all involved? We had a situation where their was a substitute bus driver & a substitute teacher involved. Let's blame them. Or how about we focus on the fact that child was never in any danger & we work together ,on what can be done, to assure this doesn't happen again? We spend way too much time looking to blame. Maybe Accountability is swalowling us all up.
