Oklahoma School suspends most sixth-graders for mass rowdiness; 'You'd be shocked,' principal says

Associated Press ^ | 3-26-04

[bobo1]

And lucky you that you could AFFORD to send your children to private schools.

Yea, I was making less than $30,000 a year and spending over 10% of that to educate my children. Plus paying "school tax" to pay for the public children. Where are our priorities?

Blessings, Bobo

[NCjim]

Me too. I can remember my father asking my teacher to please let him know if she had to discipline me, so that he could give me more when I got home. :-)

[Atlas Sneezed]

Hey homeschoolers!

Aren't you worried that your kids won't become "socialized" if you don't send the to public school?

[HairOfTheDog]

Heh.... we had a little class riot ourselves around 6th grade... And I think we were all suspended too.

[NCjim]

And I forgot to mention, this was in a public school. But I am 55 and public schools aren't what they used to be! I can still remember the "board of education", holes and all.

[robertpaulsen]

Half of those names sound like something out of a W.C. Fields movie.

Names like Abigail Twirlbaffing, Oliotha Shugg, Dorothea Fizzdockle, and Algernon Biggleswade.

[Hat-Trick]

""I wish you could be a fly on the wall because some of the time you'd be shocked at what your child is doing," Ford told parents at a meeting Wednesday."

Uh, no, Principal Ford, they wouldn't be shocked. They see the same bad behavior at home because they've condoned, tolerated and accepted it themselves.

Otherwise, you wouldn't be dealing with it now.

[Hat-Trick]

I can't believe a parent actually named their child "Tequila Green".

[IamHD]

"so that he could give me more when I got home. :-)"

LOL! I remember the teachers being able to give attitude adjustments, too, on top of what the kid would get when (s)he got home. Of course, now, a parent can't even touch their own child. When my own were small, I through caution to the wind and they got spanked. Nobody was going to tell me how to discipline my kids, and I rarely had to, because when they got "that look" from me, well, they just knew better. lol Discipline didn't hurt me, and it didn't hurt them.

[IamHD]

through=threw

:)

[ladylib]

Anybody on that list named Latrina?

[robertpaulsen]

The latest one I heard was Debree.

(I'm guessing on the spelling -- I hope they don't compound their gaffe by spelling it correctly as Debris)

[ladylib]

There are some strange names on that list.

[Sloth]

I bash teachers, and will continue to do so until they do something about their unions and stop asking for more tax money.

[Xenalyte]

Ahmand
A'Lisa
Allysia
Alphunce
Amira
Annestacha
Bayshon
Camesha
Chanteon
Cheryse
Ciere
Danyon
De'Angelo
DeAundria
Delmesha
Deroyce
Dewayne
Jamelle
Josalyn
Kanisha
Kaurtnei (!)
Keevyn
Kelvon
Keshawn
Ketrina
Kharl
Latasha
Latrice
Lee Shaunna
Nakkitta
Nicolia
Raneisha
Regia
Rodricka
Shaquoya
Sharika
She'tara
Shenear
Shereta
Sophelia
Tarod
Tequila (!)

[headsonpikes]

Gee whiz, institutional-style rioting, and they're only 6th Graders!

A triumph of the public education process.

[patent]

Aren't you worried that your kids won't become "socialized" if you don't send the to public school?

Our home schooled children go to events at the local Orchestra Hall from time to time. While there on a recent visit our first grader went up to a couple other boys and talked to them. He was, as he nearly always is, friendly. They were nearly all sullen and unhappy. He had no idea why they didn't talk much, or why they slunk around like that. Especially given that he and the other home schooled kids he usually sees are all very sociable.

So, in answer to your question, if becoming like those public school kids is becoming socialized, I pray that my kids won’t.

On the other hand, if becoming socialized means developing the ability to take part in social activities, then I’m not at all worried. Quite frankly our kids are a great deal more social than most, so long as by social you don't mean anti-social.

patent

[jonathanmo]

As of 2001-2002, 97% of the students at F.D. Moon Middle School were black. 27.5% were considered "Special Education."

[Amelia]

The good teachers should remove themselves from this nonsense and use their skills in a private school that is interested in the development of the child.

Some of them would like to because students in private schools are generally better behaved and more motivated, but can't afford to because private schools pay *much* less and have fewer (if any) benefits.

[Old Student]

Sorry, but Oklahoma teachers don't usually make $40K a year unless they've been teaching just about forever.

Not to mention that many of the students in OKC public schools don't spend a whole year in the school. Several of the schools have 60-80% turnover in student populations in the course of a school year. Most of them have 20-30% turnover, minimum. Would that be the teacher's fault, or is there something else involved?

As for raising your children, you only had to deal with 2 or 3 or a dozen at a time, not 120 or more. Besides which, they DID deal with the problem. That is what the article is about. Did you actually read the article?

Do you have any experience with OKC public schools? Do your kids go to OKC public schools? If not, you've no idea what you're talking about. Do a little research, first, and then maybe you'll have something to say worth listening to. If you do, or they do, how about telling us about YOUR experiences? Blanket condemnation of people who are doing their jobs is more like a democratic ploy. I've had children in the system in question, and I've worked in it, and observed in it. They have a lot of problems in the district, among which are a bunch of parents who seem to think that the teachers are supposed to teach their kids how to behave without bothering the parents.