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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 04:00 AM Original message |
Autistic boy's mother says teacher led classmates to vote him out of class |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. I have never heard of such a thing |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. they need to get the teacher code of ethics, check off the relevant |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #79 |
110. I've done day care of all ages |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. How is this not emotional child abuse? If I were the parent of even one of the other kids... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
113. I would take my child out of her class. I do not like the values she |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
157. Because kids don't matter |
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hermetic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. WTF? |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. That was my first thought too |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. JI7 |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
174. Your English is fine. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. "each classmate was allowed to say what they didn't like about the boy" |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. I wonder if the kids and/or parents are allowed to say one thing that |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
86. Sadly I think I understand why it doesn't meet the criteria |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. At least there were two children whose parents raised them right. |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. I thought that myself. Good for them. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
88. School districts do not get extra money for mainstreaming sped kids |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
169. Typically, kids that are mainstreamed leave the class |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
127. Those are the kind |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
132. I would have voted no |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. That is disgusting... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
140. That's What It Sounds Like |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. that teacher shouldn't be anywhere near kids . . . especially 5-year-olds . . . n/t |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. did not meet the criteria for emotional child abuse, |
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Dystopian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. You're right! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. Heckuva job... |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. only in Florida.....this is scary because my grandson has |
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mamalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Hey.. my oldest dd is an Aspie:) |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
66. sigh, unfortunately he DOES have the sensory issues....but is |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
50. Oh, that teacher has social skills, all right. She demonstrates the skills |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
135. Yes, on the upside, she might be on the Repuglican short list for VP ... nt |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
78. "Only in Florida...." |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. What's the matter with Florida? /nt |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. we allow those kind of things to go unpunished...... |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. what a horrible teacher |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. She stigmatized this child for life. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Seconded; the teacher went way over the line. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
183. Clandestinely? |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. I don't think that is the whole story. Sounds like a disruptive kid had taken over the class.... |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Sorry, Charlie, but this is a five year-old child... |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. As I said, I don't think that's the whole story. I am suspicious that the child is |
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Aragorn (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. in the process |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
95. Why suspicious? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
109. It's never appropriate, never ever ever ever ever |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
124. only someone who has never dealt with a school district |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #124 |
150. I agree the teacher was way out of line |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #150 |
166. you show you have never been through the process |
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Dystopian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Arrangements were being made: |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
178. Or, the kid was a spoiled and violent little brat |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
64. But that doesn't change the fact that the teacher went about it wrong... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
89. You know we always hear what the school did wrong |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
128. If the kid was disruptive |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. If you want "school" child abuse, try going to a Catholic school....... |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. but the teacher I referenced above who works with my grandson |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Yeah, they got rid of the nuns/brothers and hired "humans". |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I taught in a Catholic School for four years and my husband is |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
59. I don't know how old you are or when, where or how you........ |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. my comment about Hagee was not intentional to you. it was just to remind others of what he said..and |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
81. I agree that there should be discipline in ALL schools, but the Catholic.... |
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ruby slippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #81 |
119. My God forgives all, so I pray your anger will resolve itself. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
71. I graduated from elementary school in a Catholic school. Wasn't |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
136. Yes, "a little discipline" never hurt -- start w/maintaining discipline IN THE CLERGY!!!!! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
90. The nuns who taught me at Catholic school were wonderful |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
100. I attended Catholic elementary in the 1990s |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #100 |
143. Part of my problem is having "someone" (any religion).... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
141. We Had an ADHD Kid In My Kindergarten. They Used to Tie Him to the Chair |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. Free Appropriate Public Education is a damn right! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. It's not free, it's paid for by taxpayers. |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. Free Appropriate Public Education is the wording used in the law. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
115. As a parent of a disabled daughter - I stood on street corners selling |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #115 |
125. honor to you! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #52 |
142. What Is Appropriate |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #142 |
145. Appropriate is the "least restrictive environment" possible. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
82. C'mon, ONLY 30+ years? |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
158. I suggest you run for school board |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. To the two children who spoke up and voted for this boy |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. You're right, she DID abuse every child |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
99. I wonder if she'll retaliate against them? (nt) |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. Voting him out? What the hell is that, "The Weakest Link", with Anne Robinson's double at the helm? |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
72. Wonder what the Teacher's Union will say? |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. There are quite a few people who dislike and/or are |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
28. Lord of the Flies, Ayn Rand, Orwell and Huxley. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. And "Survivor", "The Weakest Link", "Big Brother"... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. Seems like all outrage and no alternatives. |
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Turk 182 (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Wake Up Call to a 5 yr old? |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Don't you think a 5 yo can be awaken? |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Go back and read the post. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #60 |
73. Well, there you offer a start to an alternative. Thanks. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Thanks. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. You'll have to accomplish most all of that on your own. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #76 |
117. What most people were angry about on this board is the teacher's |
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Turk 182 (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
77. alternatives |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. If a kid's in school he ought be able to be taught. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
116. An alternative was suggested. The school should have an IEP in |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #116 |
121. Yes they did. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #116 |
123. In some states IEPs are mandated by law. |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. IEPs are mandated in all states |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
129. If the kid was disruptive |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #129 |
147. Wow. You actually understood what I was saying. First time. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
57. What an incredible thing to say. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Your assumption is that a child with autism is un-wake-able. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #68 |
122. I'm talking from experience, dude. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #122 |
148. The statement with which I started. /nt |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
179. "Emotionally scarred for life" is bullshit 99 times out of 100 |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #179 |
184. Yes. What is worse is that hyperbole is just the symptom. |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. None of the kids in this class were treated appropriately |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
35. This is just plain sick! |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
36. As the mother of a four year old.... |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Take a walk in someone else's shoes. |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
83. I doubt it |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #83 |
107. This woman probably had not been informed |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #83 |
118. When there is abuse it is a police issue. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
104. AS the mother of an autistic child, |
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Dystopian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
37. OUTRAGE! |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
42. "in the process of being diagnosed with autism" |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #42 |
63. It means what it says. |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 06:01 AM Response to Reply #42 |
137. No, the disability context IS VERY relevant, and greatly magnifies the teacher's offense nt |
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Aragorn (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
44. behavioral approach |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
108. We have found ABA supplemented with |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 06:13 AM Response to Reply #44 |
138. plz spell out acronyms for us ignoramuses out here ... |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. Child should now be released from the Compulsory aspect. |
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mamalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
49. and people wonder why we homeschool........... |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You homeschool because you're scared. |
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mamalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Wow... that's a pretty caustic response.... |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
67. That was just nasty |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Actually, there are times when I wish I could homeschool. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #67 |
131. My world is your world. You just don't know it yet. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #131 |
151. Oh wow put down the crack pipe, dude |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #131 |
167. WTF? |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #51 |
74. Sorry - but I've never heard more nonsense in my life!! |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
87. may I offer my sincere sympathy for what you must have been through |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
91. Wow you have managed to offend homeschoolers AND teachers in the same post |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
96. That's awfully Ayn Randian! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
171. What a bullshit assumption. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
53. When I was in 3rd grade |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
56. Consider the time of year. "In process" means since September |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
84. Bravo N/T |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
92. I agree with everything you say and know it to be true |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
58. This Teacher Really is an Asshole |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #58 |
70. Or any kid even. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
61. That teacher needs to voted out and NEVER allowed to teach again! |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
62. Lord of the Flies n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
85. Well that's not right |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
93. 'voted off the island' |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
94. Make a complaint. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #94 |
130. YOu are delusional if you think that emails from people on an internet discussion board |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 06:21 AM Response to Reply #130 |
139. Actually, it could provide a sense that their callousness does not go unnoticed ... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #130 |
149. Lots of emails will force them to not let it go away quietly. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #149 |
152. You are hearing one side of the story and making a judgment based on that |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. I'm sure the school board will get the full story. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. I agree about the school board |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. Very specific information. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. You will NEVER hear the school's account |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. They routinely respond to allegations publicly here. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #160 |
161. Only with the parent's permission |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. Many of the cases here never make it to court. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. "without getting into specifics" |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. My point is saying the allegations are untrue is not getting into specifics. |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #152 |
175. there is only one side of this story, why the hell can't you get that? |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
97. Today's lesson is: Mob Mentality. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #97 |
120. Activism is not mob mentality. Just ask a DUer. |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #120 |
133. How is what these kids and teacher did to that child, activism? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #97 |
180. In this classroom or on this thread? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
98. Florida's anti-bullying law |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
101. You don't "vote" a child out of class. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
102. that teacher is just out and out evil |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
103. Minnesota Church Files Restraining Order Against Autistic Parishioner |
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NM Independent (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
105. What a surprise...it's Florida! |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
106. I wonder if this is another "Alternatively Certified" |
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BigBearJack (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
111. Teacher should be sued |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #111 |
153. Because we are all worth millions |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #111 |
170. You could probably get 10 or 20 k out of her. |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
112. This is what lawyers are for. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
114. Completely agree with you. |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
134. send that teacher off to the Green Berets, where she belongs! nt |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
144. Just a bit more shame to pile on the towering pile of shame this nation |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
146. The teacher was wrong |
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Veronica.Franco (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
165. So nice for teacher Wendy ... |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
168. WTF, and how can a bunch of 5 year olds "vote someone out of class"?! |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
172. My 3rd grade teacher took a vote once on how many kids liked me |
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Ronnie (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
173. The mother seems a bit loopy. |
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RaVeN_MeaD (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
176. horrible |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
177. this worthless BITCH Wendy Portillo will NEVER work with children again + links |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
181. Sigh.....I thought society was suppose to advance to enlightenment |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
182. No amount of disruption from a child of ANY AGE warrants that kind of abuse. |
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