Teacher resigns after allegedly taping student to desk

AP ^ | 3-3-04 | JIM SALTER

[Indy Pendance]

Teacher 'taped boy's mouth'

[1L]

Darn right she should be gone. Should have used masking tape instead.

[Cicero]

The Duct Tape Council disapproves of such use.

[billorites]

[sirshackleton]

Teacher resigns after allegedly taping student to desk

I'm sorry, I'm still trying really hard not to laugh at that title...

[Prodigal Son]

"He has attention deficit disorder, and he was misbehaving," Larry Brindley said

You know, when I was a kid, attention deficit disorder didn't exist. I don't mean it wasn't diagnosed to that point, I mean it didn't exist. You got your a$$ beat for having this 'attention deficit disorder' thing back then. By the teacher in the classroom and then again when you got home. It was an effective treatment for this to-that-point nonexistent disorder.

Before anybody jumps on me- I'm just saying, that's the way it was. ADD didn't exist.

[dead]

When I was in college, a drunk fraternity brother of mine passed out on the couch, so we rolled him onto a coffee table and duct-taped him to it on his back, completely encasing him in tape.

Then we stood the table up by the front door, put a helmet on his head and taped a toy gun to his arm. Then we all went to bed.

He made an excellent sentry, allowing no unauthorized persons to enter all night. Somebody cut him free about 10 the next morning, because he was yelling and bitching so much it was getting annoying.

[dead]

I'll bet you probably didn't have "smaller than normal tracheas" back then either, as the lawyers hadn't thought that one up yet.

[LooneyTick]

Couldn't agree more with your statements.

[MD_Willington_1976]

True enough the kid sounds like a little sh!t and the teacher had enough of it...

[Indy Pendance]

ROTFLOL!

[skeeter]

My first grade teacher employed this method to keep active kids in their seats.

Since our seats weren't attached to our desks it didn't work.

[Prodigal Son]

I'll bet you probably didn't have "smaller than normal tracheas" back then either, as the lawyers hadn't thought that one up yet.

Nope, didn't have that either. I'll tell you why too. Because the teacher never had to duct tape the kid to the desk. That's why.

[nobody_knows]

"He has attention deficit disorder, and he was misbehaving,"

Well.....The teacher got his attention didn't he?

[nobody_knows]

"My first grade teacher employed this method to keep active kids in their seats. Since our seats weren't attached to our desks it didn't work."

When I was in first grade, I tried my best to stay in my seat. My teacher was fond of yanking me out of the chair by my ears!

[T.Smith]

"...14-year-old Tommy Brindley...a misbehaving seventh-grader."

Well, that says a lot right there. By the time he's a high school sophomore he'll be old enough to vote.

[Prodigal Son]

And we know which party he'll be voting for too ;-)

[Xenalyte]

Ping to Dead's story - y'all will LOVE it!

[netmilsmom]

Sorry, this teacher snapped. The overworked teacher has no way to discipline a behavior problem anymore. I watched the NINE behavior problems in my daughter's kindergarten class last year ruin the learning process for my child and the other's who were trying to learn. I don't mean this as a slam but it was funny how the same monster children were the same ones going to Latch Key. Connection? Who knows.

[Zack Attack]

The students and the teacher used duct tape to bind Tommy's hands and feet together and tape his body to the desk. The tape was also placed over his mouth, Anderson said.

And his 14 year old classmates had no problem with this either?

Well, come to think of it, I'm sure they knew it was wrong, but I'm sure they figured it was good for a laugh too, and besides, they wouldn't want to question the teachers authority.