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St. Petersburg 5-year-old cuffed after school outburst
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Posted on 03/18/2005 10:17:29 AM PST by Mathews
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. A 5-year-old girl was arrested, cuffed and put in back of a police cruiser after an outburst at school where she threw books and boxes, kicked a teacher in the shins, smashed a candy dish, hit an assistant principal in the stomach and drew on the walls.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arressted; discipline; fiveyearold; stpertersburg
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To: Mathews
So what was her parents' reaction to the child's actions? I'm afraid that if this had been my child, she would have not been able to sit down for a week! THEN, after getting her attention, I would have taught her how cows eat cabbage, and how she was expected to behave!
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posted on
03/18/2005 10:50:04 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Mathews
When my second grader (in a flamingly liberal school that wouldn't touch him and he knew it) acted up like this (though not quite this rotten, or I would have killed him) I showed up in the principal's office and broke a wooden spoon on his butt. He never did it again.
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posted on
03/18/2005 10:50:39 AM PST
by
Grammy
To: Mathews
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posted on
03/18/2005 10:52:07 AM PST
by
JarheadFromFlorida
(Ooorahhhh........Get Some! Semper Fi')
To: kiki04
The whole class suffered, but because he had an IEP (I forget what they said was wrong with him) and 2 lawyers for parents, the district had its hands tied. When I was there he threw a chair at his aide. The kids acted as if it was normal.
This is what happens when ENTITLED becomes everyone's middle name and there is no admitted "normal."
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posted on
03/18/2005 10:52:10 AM PST
by
mlmr
(Oh! I'm six months pregnant! Time to get Married and rake in gifts and cash!!)
To: billorites
Very true. The insanity continues unabated.
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:00:44 AM PST
by
sarah_f
( Know Islam, Know Terror.)
To: mlmr
Many of these stories that get posted about children being arrested do not include the face that due to mainstreaming, there are mentally ill and retarded children at schools and they are out of control. Which is one of the reasons why they used to have special schools of their own.
Or...they're just brats that have no semblance of self-control. I think that my interpretation is closer to the truth IMHO.
To: Terriergal
No excuse! I raised a little girl by myself and she never behaved like that. She's 20 now, but a few years ago, we watched some teens on the news get roudy and rough up a news van, trying to knock it over. The parents came pouring into the city to defend them when the little darlings got arrested. I asked my "little one" what I would have done had she been there. Her doeful eyes and head sadly shook back and forth and she said "I wouldn't be alive now!" Overstatement, yes. But it was an acknowledgement that the police would have had to have taken a second place to what I would have done! As a single mom!
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:02:33 AM PST
by
twigs
To: Mathews
When Liberal's Kids Go Wild!
To: Mathews
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:04:08 AM PST
by
GunnyHartman
(Allah is allah outta virgins.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
I thought pretty much the same thing, but the teachers probably aren't even allowed to touch children.
Can you imagine the lawsuits after the kid shows her lawyer bruised wrists from being restrained!
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:04:25 AM PST
by
sarah_f
( Know Islam, Know Terror.)
To: Grammy
Good mom! But you'd be the one led away in handcuffs today! Sad, isn't it?
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:05:15 AM PST
by
twigs
To: billorites
Deploy kiddie Tasers, say only 10,000 volts, in pastel pink and blue.
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:06:36 AM PST
by
sarah_f
( Know Islam, Know Terror.)
To: gidget7
"Oh come on!! She's 5, and only 40 pounds, you don't think this is a bit extreme?"Sure. Ideally, the teacher should be able to restrain the child and give her a good spanking. But we both know that is no longer permitted, and if done, the teacher would be opening herself and the school system up for lawsuits.
Since teachers can't do that kind of thing any more, then it's up to the cops to restrain a kid who is out of control like this.
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:08:00 AM PST
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Mathews
The district's campus police should have been called to help and not local police .....
Bessette said campus police routinely deal with children
Well, call me old fashioned but back in the day we didn't have "campus police."
One phone call from the school to home and ..."bang /zoom!"
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:08:13 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Mathews
What?
Did they run out of rubber bullets and mace?
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:11:22 AM PST
by
KidGlock
(W-1)
To: Egon
In today's society, a teacher would be taking his/her life into their hands to even grab this girl by the arm,
One of our teachers was in the cafeteria when two girls started to fight. She stepped in between them [a dangerous thing to do] and then grabbed one by the arm. The girl was trying to wrest her arm free, but the teacher wouldn't let go. By the time it was all over, the girl had some marks [bruises, I think] from the teacher holding her arm to keep her from fighting more. The parents were going to sue the teacher because of the marks. I don't know what kept them from suing. Consequently, teachers will do anything to stop a fight but reach in and grab a kid. It's no wonder the little girl in this article was allowed to rampage. The school would be sued for laying hands on her. So, they call the police.
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:11:29 AM PST
by
Clara Lou
(Hillary Clinton: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
To: billorites
To: sarah_f
Strawberry ShortCake Tasers!
To: GovernmentShrinker
One would like to think that the district's kindergarten teachers were trained to calm tantrum-throwing 5-year-olds. I don't think that's the kind of thing they teach prospective teachers in the college of education... I think it leans more toward recognizing gender bias, the importance of shaping young minds, and how to celebrate diversity...
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:16:00 AM PST
by
Kay Ludlow
(Free market, but cautious about what I support with my dollars)
To: twigs
And if she hurts herself while someone is trying restrain her?
And why should a teacher risk his 'nads trying to restrain the brat?
Better to just call the police. Saves you liabilities and a probable kick to the crotch.
(Actually I'd start with the parent. Bet she doesn't have two; or at least not two leaving together.)
She needs a cuffing (not hand cuffs) and whipping. But its child about to do these sorta things nowadays...
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posted on
03/18/2005 11:30:35 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
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