you got to take yourself out of the situation and act like an adult.”
Posted on 09/07/2013 11:57:54 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
The mother of a kindergarten boy Kansas City received a citation for criminal assault because, police say, she inflicted a vicious beatdown on the boy’s teacher.
The pummeling occurred on Thursday night at Truman Elementary School. Simone A. Baker, 24, allegedly entered the school and proceeded directly to the unidentified teacher’s classroom at about 6 p.m., reports The Kansas City Star.
She said, “You better not touch my kid again.” She punched the teacher, 49, upside the head five to 10 times. Next, narrates a police report, Baker jerked the teacher out of her chair by the hair. Then, for good measure, Baker smashed the teacher’s head against a filing cabinet—twice.
Baker’s next move was to run swiftly out of the classroom and out of the school building
There were no students in the classroom when the incident occurred.
On the way to the classroom, Baker ran right by the school principal, whom she had called just moments earlier as she was heading to the school. The principal gathered a posse and headed to the classroom, arriving just after the altercation ended.
Baker had a motive. Earlier in the day, her six-year-old son had come home with a scratch on his neck. He apparently told his mother that the teacher caused it when she had punished him for something during the school day.
Hickman Mills School District officials told local NBC affiliate KSHB that something did, in fact, happen between the kindergarten teacher and the student, but they provided no additional details.
On Friday, notes The Star, the boy told police and school officials that the teacher didn’t hurt him.
A roving KSHB reporter interviewed a couple of veritable moms on the street to get a bead on neighborhood opinion.
“If you’re not going to stand up for your child, who is?” asked one mom wearing a skull-design t-shirt.
Another mom in a Chiefs jersey disagreed.
“No words. Who does that?” she asked. “I mean, I love my kids to death but you got to take yourself out of the situation and act like an adult.”
A school district spokeswoman told The Star that the teacher got checked out at a hospital after the attack. She was released with little ado.
The spokeswoman added that the district intends to prosecute Baker to “the fullest extent of the law.”
Comments under the article at The Daily Caller.
It is my prediction that with the full weight of Common Core, public school employees- called “teachers” are not going to feel comfortable in their own communities.
I don’t think secret service protection comes with the job, but I predict that they are going to want that.
Teachers being targets is one of the reasons I am against Common Core.
I think we are going to see more of these stories. It is not good for “education”.
I am glad I homeschool.
It's a blog.
Scary thing to ever live in a society where some kid can accuse you of anything, and some dipsh*t “parent” will take you down based on that alone.
Veritable moms? As opposed to the fake ones?
I'm not continuing my Adventures in Inner City Substituting this year. I was pushing my luck. I've said (privately) that a problem could easily occur parent-on-teacher or teacher-gone-crazy. JMHO
re: “Mama punched the government enforcer. . .”
That’s what YOU call this child’s kindergarten teacher? A “government enforcer”?
I don’t know if this teacher deserved what she got, but your term for this teacher is meant to be de-humanizing.
I know there are hard feelings among many freepers here regarding public schools and public school teachers.
Public schools are built by your state and teachers are hired by your local school districts. School district trustees are voted on by you (at least they are in my state). Public school teachers are NOT federal employees - and, yes, I know the Dept of Education farms out millions and millions of tax dollars for programs that states may or may not participate in, but usually teacher pay is not from the federal government, but from the individual states the schools are located in.
My point is, local public school teachers work for you, the taxpayer. I respect and admire homeschool parents - you are doing a terrific job. My wife homeschooled some of our kids for awhile, too.
I don’t like federal government intrusion into our lives or when the federal government bullies the states into doing what they want either.
I think we also, as parents or citizens in the local community need to raise holy h**l with local schools when they or individuals within the public schools do stupid outrageous things. I would do the same thing with a private school where my kids attended as well.
Having said all that - NOT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS OR PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE “GOVERNMENT” AUTOMOTRONS! They are people with feelings as well. Most teach because they love working with kids and WANT to do a good job. Don’t equate teachers unions agendas with all teachers.
I know this is probably just going to get me flamed, but I don’t give a rip. Dehumanizing people whether they are police, fire fighters, national guard, or school teachers ARE NOT SIMPLY “GOVERNMENT ENFORCERS” - for God’s sake try to see past the labels to the person.
Whole lot of very worthless teachers deserve serious ass whoopins by parents imho
I started substituting last year towards the end of the school year in a relatively affluent district in Phoenix. I had to call security in a Biology class, I had three kids in the 6th grad say I threatened them (I had disciplined them by separating them. I was never asked my side of the story - just flat out banned from the school).
I had a 7th grader get in my face and threaten to kick my ass because I a toy he was playing with away from him during class and he wanted it back. I wouldn’t back down, so he ran out into the hall and kept screaming at me “good thing I’m in anger management, or I’d be beating your ass”, stuff like that. Luckily, the principal happened to hear a lot of what was going on and he was suspended for 10 days.
I think I’m sticking to the lower grades because they are a bit safer, maybe.
So many times, poor managers take action after hearing only one side of a story. You were lucky that time.
I was unable to tell from the story whether this was a thug parent beating on a teacher or a teacher who actually deserved to be beat on.
There are plenty of both in this sad sad world now. sigh
Lucky I didn’t get my ass whipped. I only subbed for like 5 weeks last year. I got a crash course! I learned real quick why people don’t want to sub.
This year, I’m driving the school bus for the school in the town where we live. I sub teach there, as well. I have more back up there and getting to know many of the kids, which helps when I’m in their class (most of the time).
As for driving the bus, it’s actually fun. I let the kids know right off the bat what I expect from them. Only one route I have trouble with - 6th, 7th and 8th graders.
I got out of that game a couple years ago. We’re in a nice quiet small conservative district but whew, some of those kids are out of control. Very freaky and very scary. You have to tip toe around them because they flip out over nothing. Most I could handle since I knew them from pre-school to HS and they liked me. However, the whole atmosphere of our schools have changed and not for the good. Then there are the demanding mamas. But the worst are the teachers. Far too many should never be allowed around children. Evil monsters.
Another thread on this same story:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3063876/posts
The teacher didn’t deserve a beat down. There is due process. The mother tried and convicted the teacher with little or no information, from what I could glean from the article. Kids don’t always tell the truth.
When our daughter was little, went to a baby sitter, who had known her since birth. The baby sitter asked her what happened. Our daughter told her, “my mom cut me with a knife”. I, of course, had never done anything of the kind. The babysitter asked what really happened, and our daughter copped to mercilessly teasing the cat until it lashed out at her - which is exactly what had happened. No knives were involved.
Well I have seen articles where I personally would have delivered a beat down WITHOUT due process.
This one? No clue.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.