At 6:13 AM -0800 2/21/98, William H. Geiger III wrote:
Well you have definatly jumped off the deep end on this one Tim. If we were talking a teenager going out of control then I would agree with you. A 5 year old though??
If a teacher can't defend herself, legally and professionally, from children biting and throwing chairs, the cops have to be called.
If a teacher can not subdue and control a 5 year old little girl without resorting to physical violence or calling in the storm troopers it's time to look for another line of work.
My sister teaches Kindergarten/first grade in the LA County School District, specifically, Inglewood (shudder). She is forbidden to: - physically touch the children in any way - discipline them in any meaningful way - flunk them if they fail to behave or learn what is supposedly required ("Flunking Kindergarten" is tough, so where this rule really become significant is in the higher grades, where all kids are promoted, even those who can't read, can't add, etc.) My sister says the teachers have zero power to do anything, and the kids know it.
When have you ever been so quick to blindly believe the spindoctoring of the government Tim?
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