“As for the people on this thread who think this teacher should lose her job, or describe her as a ‘whore of Satan’ I'd like to see you all control a room of 5 year old kids, under similar circumstances.”
Nobody forced her to take the job. If she can't handle it, she should find something more suitable to her talents. I hear Subway sub shops are hiring illiterate morons to write their web pages. (See this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2020985/posts?page=1 .) She should fit in just fine there.
I understand the difficulties of managing a number of unruly children. I also realize that some parents make the job that much tougher. But two wrongs don't make a right. Wanton cruelty isn't a valid personnel management methodology, and anyone who engages in it should be fired.
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> Wanton cruelty isn’t a valid personnel management methodology, and anyone who engages in it should be fired.
So in a perfect world, and given the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, what should this teacher have done, both to control this child Alex and the other 14 5-year olds?
You have described the treatment as “wanton cruelty”. Fair enough — what would be the “humane and effective” remedy for dealing to a disruptive influence like Alex, amid 14 other 5 year olds?
I place 95% of the blame squarely with the parents of Alex for “bucket-headed stupidity and selfishness”, and 5% of the blame with the school system for “reckless disregard”. Yup, the teacher gets a Pass.
Alex did not belong in that class. He was ill-equipped and he suffered as a result.