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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 434840" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Don't get ME going... really.</p><p> </p><p>There are MULTIPLE problems with that article.</p><p> </p><p>Given the scenario (size diff etc. and age of student), I don't think the teacher needs to lose her job - but she might want to get some additional training on multiple fronts. I used to work for a lady who was an ex-teacher (she left because she couldn't stand the "system", not because she didn't like teaching)... probably weighed no more than 100 lbs, not much over 5 ft tall... and her first class was a gang of toughs - the kids no other teacher would take. Except... nobody knew about her "alter-ego"... SO... a couple of months in, the "gang" decided it was time to put this teacher in her place and take over the classroom. The biggest, toughest kid confronted her - she took the altercation into the hallway (where there was more room), and in 2.5 seconds, had this kid pinned against the wall and no way to struggle out of her hold. He went white (fear), and there was a huge ruckus raised by his parents... but the teacher won. Turns out... she had a 3rd-degree black belt in some martial art. The students hadn't moved in on her during the first weeks, because they were not sure about where her weakness was (she sure wasn't timid)... and when they pulled the "trigger", they got a lesson. Neither she nor the rest of the teachers had a problem with that gang for as long as she taught at that school.</p><p> </p><p>Reporters in general are no longer "investigative" - they just regurgitate whatever drivvel someone shovels out to them. So... who REALLY wrote that story?</p><p> </p><p>Having said all that... I TOTALLY agree that most of these "problem kids" are kids with problems.</p><p> </p><p>I've been told by PhD level researchers... that it is now estimated that 40% of the prison population has undiagnosed learning disabilities and/or other "missed" health issues (coordination, etc.) - and personally, I think that figure is low.</p><p> </p><p>How much could we change the world, if we could actually do the right thing for ALL of our kids, at the earliest possible age?</p><p> </p><p>(please. start a revolution. The new leader of the world needs to be a difficult child-trained Mom.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 434840, member: 11791"] Don't get ME going... really. There are MULTIPLE problems with that article. Given the scenario (size diff etc. and age of student), I don't think the teacher needs to lose her job - but she might want to get some additional training on multiple fronts. I used to work for a lady who was an ex-teacher (she left because she couldn't stand the "system", not because she didn't like teaching)... probably weighed no more than 100 lbs, not much over 5 ft tall... and her first class was a gang of toughs - the kids no other teacher would take. Except... nobody knew about her "alter-ego"... SO... a couple of months in, the "gang" decided it was time to put this teacher in her place and take over the classroom. The biggest, toughest kid confronted her - she took the altercation into the hallway (where there was more room), and in 2.5 seconds, had this kid pinned against the wall and no way to struggle out of her hold. He went white (fear), and there was a huge ruckus raised by his parents... but the teacher won. Turns out... she had a 3rd-degree black belt in some martial art. The students hadn't moved in on her during the first weeks, because they were not sure about where her weakness was (she sure wasn't timid)... and when they pulled the "trigger", they got a lesson. Neither she nor the rest of the teachers had a problem with that gang for as long as she taught at that school. Reporters in general are no longer "investigative" - they just regurgitate whatever drivvel someone shovels out to them. So... who REALLY wrote that story? Having said all that... I TOTALLY agree that most of these "problem kids" are kids with problems. I've been told by PhD level researchers... that it is now estimated that 40% of the prison population has undiagnosed learning disabilities and/or other "missed" health issues (coordination, etc.) - and personally, I think that figure is low. How much could we change the world, if we could actually do the right thing for ALL of our kids, at the earliest possible age? (please. start a revolution. The new leader of the world needs to be a difficult child-trained Mom.) [/QUOTE]
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