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<\/p>\nAn 11-year-old girl’s assertion that her school was guilty of a war crime has gone viral.<\/p>\n
Her father, Gavin Bell (also known as author Mason Cross), revealed on Twitter that she had gone rogue on a pupil feedback form.<\/p>\n
She criticised the policy of punishing a whole class for one person’s bad behaviour – by citing the Geneva Conventions.<\/p>\n
“Not sure if I should ground her or buy her ice cream,” Mr Bell mused.<\/p>\n
Asked what her teacher could do better, Ava Bell wrote: “Not use collective punishment as it is not fair on the many people who did nothing and under the 1949 Genva [sic] Conventions it is a war crime.”<\/p>\n
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The picture showing the suggestion<\/a>, handwritten in pencil, has been “liked” more than 400,000 times on Twitter.<\/p>\n Mr Bell, who is based in Glasgow, said his eldest child is “11 going on 47”.<\/p>\n “I should clarify that she thinks her teacher is awesome,” he added. “It’s just this aspect of the educational justice system she has an issue with.”<\/p>\n He told the BBC he came across the form at a parents’ evening, where folders of the children’s work are displayed for their guardians to read.<\/p>\n He said it was entirely characteristic, laughing, “She will never let an argument go at home!”<\/p>\n Various fellow parents joked that young Miss Bell was precocious, and this could be just the start for her.<\/p>\n “Frightening… i am genuinely sorry for you for all those hard conversations which you will lose…” tweeted<\/a> Brian Siddhu.<\/p>\n One more cynical observer accused writer Mr Bell of making it up.<\/p>\n “Meh, no way this actually happened. Shame on you, using your kid for rts [re-tweets]…” wrote<\/a> tweeter @NagoyaPompey.<\/p>\n The father replied: “Dude, if I’d made it up I would have got her to fix the spelling of ‘Geneva.'”<\/p>\n He told the BBC his daughter has “just loves looking into things”.<\/p>\n “She has a Google habit,” he explained. “Usually it’s along the lines of science and technology.<\/p>\n “According to Ava, her teacher thought it was quite amusing!”<\/p>\n Faced with the choice between ice cream or punishment, most Twitter users thought the schoolgirl deserved the dessert option.<\/p>\n “I’m game to crowdfund her entire year’s ice cream needs tbh,” offered<\/a>@PedestrianPoet.<\/p>\n Her father’s response was more measured.<\/p>\n Mr Bell tweeted<\/a> a picture of his daughter holding two cones of ice-cream, with the words, “The people have spoken”.<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Mr](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/7244\/production\/_96225292_masoncross.jpg\")
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