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refusing to apologise

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Just preempting what I think might happen and asking for your comments.

I have a feeling that I may be called into school because one of my son's tutors overheard my son say to his lsa that he doesn't like his tutor because he cannot teach.

The tutor overheard and has demanded an  apology.  My son has refused to do so.

His aspieness has kicked in I think, as telling the truth, despite who it hurts, is the logical thing to do in his mind.

Just not sure how I get this across to his tutor.  If he does apologise, it will not be heartfelt and it somehow feels wrong to force my son to apologise when we  all know it is false, and will no doubt turn my son even more against this tutor.

Has anyone else been through this and / or have suggestions?

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  • Your son (in my opinion) should not be apologising for saying something that was to someone else just because his tutor happened to overhear.  Would the tutor approach an adult who said something not for their ears in confidentiality to someone else and ask them to apologise?  That's my view, of course it may not be popular...

    I would just call the tutor, say that of course it's regretful that he overheard your son's opinion, but he wasn't disrespecting him because he had no idea the tutor overheard and everyone is entitled to their opinion, adult or child.

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  • Your son (in my opinion) should not be apologising for saying something that was to someone else just because his tutor happened to overhear.  Would the tutor approach an adult who said something not for their ears in confidentiality to someone else and ask them to apologise?  That's my view, of course it may not be popular...

    I would just call the tutor, say that of course it's regretful that he overheard your son's opinion, but he wasn't disrespecting him because he had no idea the tutor overheard and everyone is entitled to their opinion, adult or child.

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