Dang, I had a 6th grade math teacher that thought embarrassing a kid in front of the class was a motivator and that scarred me for years........I can’t imagine the mental stress this has and probably will continue to cause.
Literally child abuse.
If that was my kid, there would be some teachers with broken teeth.
And they’d also be replacing their windshields once a month.
Are there any men left in this country? Seriously… Asking for a friend…
Was there a dragon in the dungeon? I would have been horribly disappointed not to find a dragon ... or anything else interesting.
Sounds safe. Little fingers around machinery, ladders, cleaning chemicals and tools in the dark.
Entirely absent from the article is any hint as to what children confined to the boiler room might have done to precipitate that punishment.
Highly recommended white teachers are denied jobs to fill quotas and this is just cultural differences form of teaching.
My lunch money for a light saber.
That would have seriously backfired if they did that to me as a young whipper-snapper. Even at that age I knew that the teacher would be unable to id whoever kicked the shit out of her.
Isn’t “time out” the proper recommended procedure for mis behavior?
Folks,
You don’t have the whole story............................
The underlying problem here is that “we” (well, judges and legislators and lawyers) have made effective and reasonable discipline in schools ... most especially in government schools ... impossible.
Well, I did not torture anyone, but this one eighth grader might disagree, and will never forget.
I was teaching Middle School Math. Yes, I actually enjoyed teaching them. The best way to describe them is “they are aliens.” All of the hormones are starting, and it drives them crazy.
So.....this one eighth grader (Joseph) would not settle down. Nothing outrageous, but enough to interrupt the others. I called mom after school and she devised a great way to deal with it. She said that the next time he is acting up, just call mom right away. So, the next time came. I just mosied over to my desk, still engaged in the lesson. I called mom and then, holding up the phone, told the student that the call was for him. He was very surprised, and at first disbelieving. I said it was his mom. The ENTIRE class sat up straight and correct. While Joe’s mom was reading him the riot act over the phone, the class was dead silent. Eventually, one other student declared “you can’t call my mom!” I believe it was a cry for mercy. Please do not call my mom.
Joseph behaved better.
ping
We continue to learn of more and more examples of the sick perverts that teach our kids.
This is hilarious. How old were these kids? They are ridiculously soft these days. We got HIT!!!
,,, the teachers were simply extending learning opportunities in an industrial environment.
There is no excuse for putting young children in a pitch black boiler room. If the child is too unruly for school, then send the child home.
My grandson was accidentally locked in a closet at about age 3. To this day he is really afraid of the dark and closed in spaces. Incidents such as that can be severely traumatizing.
It sounds like a time out for bad behavior.
Children need discipline so as not to ruin the learning of others.
Sixth grade. Dowel stick….. ruler with a metal edge…… kneeling in front of the class and saying the rosary. I turned out okay. I guess.