"A 5-year-old girl was arrested, cuffed and put in back of a police cruiser after an outburst at school where she threw books and boxes, kicked a teacher in the shins, smashed a candy dish, hit an assistant principal in the stomach and drew on the walls."
"She's never going back to that school," the child's mother says, "They set my baby up."
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An over reaction? Justified? Maybe.
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-"(Am I rambling as much as I think I am?)"-
Yes...
-"How could you provide the public schools with a means of punishment without taking rights away from parents?"-
Go back to the days of thorn switches!
I am so tired of 5 year old girls terrorizing our neighborhoods!
Teachers are backed into a corner and unless you have ever been in that role, you cannot possibly understand. It is often not a learning environment for kids. When you have one little naughty kid who makes class hell for both students and the teacher alike. What is wore,parents are sometimes the cause of the problem.....often they want to blame others for their own lack of parenting. It is a nightmare for those kids who are there to learn. What else can they do but call the police?
Exactly my point. Let the old school disipline back in the class room!
I watched the video of the child acting out and you can too at:
http://snipurl.com/e6zu
I think the only thing schools can do is their best, given the restraints under which they operate. After that, the student is simply not allowed back until he/she can show self-control and obedience. No exceptions.
I don't believe in spanking and certainly not in the classroom, but I feel this child was screaming out to be restrained. I mean, you can literally see it in her body language. She had no control and seemed to be aware she was causing trouble but had no way of controlling herself. That simple. She may not be ready for the school environment.
But maybe there is something to spanking after all. Or, I'm thinking children acting in this manner may just need something unpleasant enough to make them stop and redirect their attention. Crying is certainly a good, calming thing, as long as the person administering the punishment is calm (not angry) and in control. I don't know. I really don't. I don't like the idea of spanking, as I said. And the teachers did a good job of handling things given the current political environment but the child could sense she had the upper hand over the adults, I feel. That is never a good thing.
Preparing a child for the school's organized environment is the parents' responsibility. Other children should not be forced to witness outrageous behavior--these kids have the right to an education in a safe, organized environment.
The mother's comment, "They set my baby up," seems to tell its own story, no?
I certainly don't think the police should be handling these sort of calls but then again, who do you call? Maybe the local mental health crisis center? Methods should be constructed (or maybe there already are methods) for dealing with out of control kids which doesn't give them more attention than necessary but gives them the attention they need, if reasonable.
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