Teacher beats student - Page 2

Spexxvet · 05-17-2010, 12:02 PM

Private schools are so much better than public schools.

Clodfobble · 05-17-2010, 12:41 PM

Maybe my sarcasm meter is off, but you do know this was a public school where this occurred, right Spex? The part that makes it "alternative" is that everyone there has behavior problems.

Spexxvet · 05-18-2010, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Maybe my sarcasm meter is off, but you do know this was a public school where this occurred, right Spex? The part that makes it "alternative" is that everyone there has behavior problems.

I did not know that it is a public school. On CNN it was described as a charter school. They said that the teachers there don't have to be certified, as they do in public schools. I interpreted that to mean that it is not a public school.

Clodfobble · 05-18-2010, 02:16 PM

Admittedly, it's a gray area. They're taxpayer-funded and free to the students, but with the alternative/reform designation they're given a lot more leeway in terms of curriculum, discipline procedures, and all that. It's just a different kind of public school model, the way I see it. Generally speaking, the vast majority of charter schools are attempting to reform the worst groups of kids, but there are a few that are like the school that monster's kids go to, where it's more about love of knowledge and lack of institutional stifling.

Crimson Ghost · 05-19-2010, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

I saw the kid kick her in the nuts.

So, "Roshambo 101" is on the curriculum?

wolf · 05-19-2010, 01:21 AM

"Alternative" is a code word for "exceptionally bad children herein."

I deal with a lot of the little bastids from alternative schools. They're not quite bad enough for reform school, but not good enough for regular school, even with extra detention.

Tulip · 05-19-2010, 01:59 AM

When I was in the 6th grade, there was this male teacher. We had 3 sixth grade classes and the teachers worked together, dividing subject matters to teach, so each teacher had the right to call on any of the 80 or so students, regardless who your main, homeroom teacher is. That year, the teachers were dead against break dancing. During one recess time, a bunch of guys and some girls were caught break dancing. Now whether you participated by actually doing it or watching, you were called out onto the balcony for discipline. I was sitting in the classroom so I didn't witness it, but a friend of mine was outside so he retold what happened. The teacher lined all the guilty students in a row and started one end and slapped them down the row.

That teacher was known to slap any students for talking back too. The following year, he transferred to teaching fourth graders and I heard he hit them too. This was the early 80's. I'm not sure if he got into trouble for his disciplining techniques.

Spexxvet · 05-19-2010, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

...they're given a lot more leeway in terms of curriculum, discipline procedures...

I hope that doesn't include what the video showed.

Clodfobble · 05-19-2010, 09:23 AM

It's not supposed to, hence why the teacher was fired. But it's a lot more common than you think. (Jump ahead to page 15 for a detailed list of deaths/injuries to students.)

spudcon · 05-19-2010, 12:15 PM

What page has death/ injuries to teachers? Just askin'.

05-17-2010, 12:02 PM	#16
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05-17-2010, 12:41 PM	#17
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Maybe my sarcasm meter is off, but you do know this was a public school where this occurred, right Spex? The part that makes it "alternative" is that everyone there has behavior problems. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-18-2010, 02:16 PM	#19
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Admittedly, it's a gray area. They're taxpayer-funded and free to the students, but with the alternative/reform designation they're given a lot more leeway in terms of curriculum, discipline procedures, and all that. It's just a different kind of public school model, the way I see it. Generally speaking, the vast majority of charter schools are attempting to reform the worst groups of kids, but there are a few that are like the school that monster's kids go to, where it's more about love of knowledge and lack of institutional stifling. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-19-2010, 01:21 AM	#21
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	"Alternative" is a code word for "exceptionally bad children herein." I deal with a lot of the little bastids from alternative schools. They're not quite bad enough for reform school, but not good enough for regular school, even with extra detention. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-19-2010, 09:23 AM	#24
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	It's not supposed to, hence why the teacher was fired. But it's a lot more common than you think. (Jump ahead to page 15 for a detailed list of deaths/injuries to students.) __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-19-2010, 01:59 AM	#22
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	When I was in the 6th grade, there was this male teacher. We had 3 sixth grade classes and the teachers worked together, dividing subject matters to teach, so each teacher had the right to call on any of the 80 or so students, regardless who your main, homeroom teacher is. That year, the teachers were dead against break dancing. During one recess time, a bunch of guys and some girls were caught break dancing. Now whether you participated by actually doing it or watching, you were called out onto the balcony for discipline. I was sitting in the classroom so I didn't witness it, but a friend of mine was outside so he retold what happened. The teacher lined all the guilty students in a row and started one end and slapped them down the row. That teacher was known to slap any students for talking back too. The following year, he transferred to teaching fourth graders and I heard he hit them too. This was the early 80's. I'm not sure if he got into trouble for his disciplining techniques.

05-19-2010, 12:15 PM	#25
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	What page has death/ injuries to teachers? Just askin'. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

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