Posted on 11/21/2017 2:50:47 PM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: 'I have been hit, kicked and restrained from behind - by FIRST-GRADERS': At least 45 Pennsylvania teachers resign in just three months due to student violence and those that remain are 'begging' for help from school board
Dozens of teachers have quit their jobs in Pennsylvania's capital city amid a wave of violence from students as early as the first grade, it has emerged.
The Harrisburg Education Association (HEA) said that at least 45 teachers resigned between July and October, and more have followed since. Those who remain are now demanding more help from administrators.
'I have been kicked, punched, hit, scratched. I've had a student physically restraining me in front of my other students,' first-grade teacher Amanda Shaeffer told board members, according to Penn Live.
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How many 5th graders could you take in a fight?
https://www.quibblo.com/quiz/1tvq-IS/How-many-5th-graders-could-you-take-in-a-fight
Amish have their own schools.
Might have been that first grader's third or fourth trip through the grade...
Is there any doubt?
Our only issues were with severely autistic kids. It was like having a fire alarm in the room. Every so often during the day, it would go off. Everything in the classroom became weaponized.
I remember two were savants. You could show a glue bottle to one and then hide it. He could draw it in perfect detail ....in first grade.
The other could remember the stats of every NFL player for that year. He could also throw a football 100 yards while standing still. Just his arm. But he had a bad habit of using the N word during a game which a white kid should not do.
"...I’ve personally experienced this kind of madness..."
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