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Afraid they'll lose their jobs, Tulsa teachers are enduring attacks from k, pre-K students
Tulsa World ^ | 11/6 | Samuel Hardiman

Posted on 11/06/2017 8:13:40 PM PST by nickcarraway

Afraid they'll lose their jobs, Tulsa teachers are enduring attacks from kindergartners, pre-K students

Tulsa Public Schools teachers across the district are enduring attacks from prekindergarten and kindergarten students, the head of the Tulsa Classroom Teachers Association told the school board on Monday.

With about a dozen teachers standing behind her, Patti Ferguson-Palmer, president of TCTA, said that when it comes to what to do about the attacks, teachers and administrators are “frozen into inaction for fear of losing their jobs.”

Ferguson-Palmer said she has observed classroom attacks and that, in some cases, teachers are afraid to have students use pencils and scissors in activities for fear that they will be used as weapons.

She said teachers are worried about losing their jobs if they block an unruly child from leaving the classroom or if they let a child leave the classroom, meaning they’re stymied whatever they do.

The attacks are often due to a child’s reacting to external stresses, which triggers a fight or flight response, Ferguson-Palmer said.

The TCTA wants to work with the district to alleviate the situation and appreciates the efforts the district has made thus far, she said.

Ebony Johnson, executive director of student and family support services for the district, said there’s a difference between a kindergarten or prekindergarten student throwing a chair and an older student doing the same thing.

“Both behaviors are inappropriate. It is not OK,” said Johnson. “But a pre-K student struggles with impulsivity. They struggle with managing their emotions.”

She said principals undergo training to deal with actions of students who have undergone trauma. The principals then train their teachers, she said.

“I know there are teachers who feel as though there needs to be more support,” said Johnson. She added that the district is working to gather more information and figure out where to bring in more support.


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To: boycott

In a more perfect world. :)


61 posted on 11/07/2017 6:22:28 AM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Interesting charts. Thanks.


62 posted on 11/07/2017 6:29:17 AM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: Exit148

It was stolen.


63 posted on 11/07/2017 6:30:45 AM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: Bullish

I had a 8th Grade science teacher who genlty put her hand on my shoulder and squeezed my trapezius with a Vulcan Death Grip and quietly said, “If you don’t straighten up you’re going to flunk this class.” My reaction was, I’m gunna show her. I studied like hell and got straight A’s in the class.

Thank you, Miss Reed for caring.


64 posted on 11/07/2017 6:37:01 AM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I agree. Federal government has no business in education.


65 posted on 11/07/2017 6:38:02 AM PST by boycott
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To: super7man
who genlty put her hand on my shoulder…

Now, if only your English spelling teacher had done the same thing...

;>)

66 posted on 11/07/2017 6:57:47 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Flaming Conservative
I’ve never done drugs, but I’m guessing registering to vote, let alone getting up and getting to the polls are not among the top priorities of druggies.

That's why Democrat "inner city" areas all have block captains on every block. These are the people you go to when you have an issue with city government or need help filling out an application for "service". Then on election day, these block captains are in charge of getting everybody to the polls.

If you don't go to the poll on election day, then good luck getting help from your block captain the next time you need it.

67 posted on 11/07/2017 7:03:24 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: boycott
The school needs to call babymama and tell her if the child cannot act right, she is going to have to find another place to babysit her child.

Babymomma will show up and raise he$$ and wag her finger and get violent. The school will acquiesce to her tirade and the cycle starts all over again.

That's how the game is played.

68 posted on 11/07/2017 7:05:19 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: OldMissileer

That would mean going back to the days before no-fault divorce, abortion, drug abuse, prayer in school, going to church on Sunday because the malls didn’t exist and stores closed. Smaller towns, slower cars, no tech.

Our diet has changed too with processed foods, soy, high fructose corn syrup. There may be aborted baby stuff in their vaccines. Life sure has changed. Kids have it rough. The suicide rate is climbing.


69 posted on 11/07/2017 8:28:30 AM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Skooz

Generally speaking, black mothers and white mothers differ in expectations re their kids at school. Many black parents view their role as getting their kids to school where their job ends and the teacher takes over. That explains the emphasis on hair/shoes/clothes and the disinterest in homework completion and rationed tv watching. Black kids watch far more tv than other kids.


70 posted on 11/07/2017 9:18:42 AM PST by GAgal
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To: Skooz

Babymomma will show up and raise he$$


What’s more, Babymomma’s baby likely has an I.E.P. (i.e. is officially handicapped in some way) and therefore can only be suspended/expelled under the most extraordinary of circumstances. (It also means Babymomma gets an SSI check).

For instance there is a ‘condition’ called O.D.D.—Oppositional Defiance Disorder—that basically means the kid doesn’t do what he’s told. The school is required to educate him in the ‘least restrictive environment’ possible. Which means the kid who continually throws temper tantrums, chairs, books, etc. is sitting next to your kid. It’s one reason why the public schools often suck so badly, and I’ve taught in them for over 30 years.


71 posted on 11/07/2017 10:37:03 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: ClearCase_guy
Exactly so. This comes from being told for decades that government will take care of everything for them as long as they vote correctly. It takes a village, after all.

Children behaving like animals leaves little time for actual instruction. Our schools are churning out uneducated children for many reasons, but one leading factor is that the parents are MIA.

72 posted on 11/07/2017 11:01:10 AM PST by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; super7man

Agreed. Very interesting data. Thank you.


73 posted on 11/07/2017 11:05:41 AM PST by glennaro
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

In Junior High/Middle School, the School Superintendent/Football Coach/Principal at my school looked like a Drill Sargent. He never was, but we didn’t know that. He had a ring of keys that must have weighed 3 or 4 pounds. He once threw it at the wooden seat BESIDE a trouble-maker in the auditorium who wasn’t looking. Big noise - immediate order - no questions asked. I think he would have aimed for the kid next time, and the kid thought he would have, too. No more trouble.


74 posted on 11/07/2017 11:43:55 AM PST by HeadOn ("Just shoot up in here amongst us! One of us has got to have some relief!")
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To: PapaBear3625

Tulsa’s not your average inner city. I really am surprised about the kindergarten violence thing. I’d have to read all about it, but I’ll bet it’s confined to one or two schools. As I said, crime has jumped, and not just in areas where it used to be, but Tulsa, and most of Oklahoma, except for a small part of Oklahoma City, is still a pretty conservative place. We were considered the meth capitol of the country, which like a lot of places, mostly affected younger people, but the ones who survive, do age, and they have kids. Drugs have ruined the whole country. It’s pitiful.


75 posted on 11/07/2017 11:44:02 AM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: nickcarraway; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; aberaussie; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; agrace; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the other articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

76 posted on 11/15/2017 6:50:08 AM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: ClearCase_guy

There are a few black guys who show up at a long running political breakfast I go to. A couple of them have been following school issues and have been involved with the schools in various volunteer capacities for years.

They are in agreement that in many cases, we need a better class of parent before we will get better outcomes from our schools.

It’s quite a conundrum.

Single parenthood is at the root of a large percentage of school discipline problems. This is not talked about much.


77 posted on 11/15/2017 7:01:50 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Yes. Over the past decades, I think three things have become “acceptable” and these have hurt children very much:

Easy divorce - leads to single parent problem
Less stigma for being an unmarried Mom — more single parent problem
Most women work — kids are farmed out to day-care and schools and parents never really bother to parent — the “no parent” problem


78 posted on 11/15/2017 7:09:16 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The same thing has happened in Harrisburg, Penn., and the media there is refusing to provide details. Trachers at Harrisburg public schools are fleeing the profession as a result of violence and injury at the hands of “students.”


79 posted on 11/21/2017 6:49:48 PM PST by Blurb2350
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To: nickcarraway
So, now pansy liberals are being bullied by 4-5 year olds? This is just great!

Americans, wake-up, NOW!

80 posted on 11/21/2017 6:59:04 PM PST by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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