“His parents really need to find out why he is acting up the way he is.”
He is acting up the way he is because he’s likely an Asberger’s syndrome, which means he lacks the outward interests that many kids display. These children are often socially awkward and may come across as self-centered. They try to speak with others, but usually end up in long monologues about a subject that interests them. They have difficulty responding to the emotions of others and need to be coached this regard. These children will be clumsy. They will be very geared towards organization and the arrangement of objects, and will not exhibit normal social interactions.
There is very little that can be done to amend this situation outside of behavioral and speech therapy. These kids need emotional support, as well, as they are often victimized by their peers.
As for a teacher who allows her children to say hurtful things to a child as a collective effort and then allows them to vote him out of her class, she deserves to be thrown out of the school on her ear and never allowed to return. That kind of childish nonsense is unfitting of any professional, much less a teacher. Let her wait tables, where her unprofessionalism will at least be rewarded by meager tips. If a teacher wants to discipline a child, it is her job to do so individually. Opening some kind of trial by one’s peers can only be devestating emotionally.
I might not fire this woman, but I would sure put her on the shortest imaginable leash.
I should add that y post wasn’t directed as vehement disagreement with you; just another voice. I see where you’re coming from in that there are two sides to every story. Certainly this could be a case of, “Johnny, tell your friend why what he did hurt you.”
And while that may not be the perfect way to deal with things, I could see that as acceptable.
That said, if any kind of vote to expel this kid occurred, there’s simply no excuse for that in my book. It’s abominable and a disgrace to the teaching profession.