Posted on 04/26/2005 5:02:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Maybe the teacher ought to sue the child for assault. Hey, she's got as much a case as the mother does against the school.
If you can sue a kid for downloading a song from the Internet, why not?
And then she would have gotten spanked by Dad again at home.
Wait, where is Dad?
The teachers' hands are tied.
Under today's circumstances, the best answer (IMHO) is a rubber room where out of control brats can be incarcerated until a parent claims them.
As soon as the kid broke something or took a swing at somebody, all bets were off.
Are we so brain dead that we think a kid having an aspirin tablet is some horrible crime, but if a kid takes a belt at a teacher or another student, that's OK?
... I am not maligning anyone because race, studies show that the white population is shrinking due to a surge in immigration and population growth in minorities. ... its not negative or positive it just is...
This child has some serious problems.
Again:
A thing is what it is, not what it is called.
Yes, the child does have something wrong with her. It's called "her mother."
You are absolutely correct, she was playing the situation and quieted down when she saw the police, BUT she was not combative with them. Their immediate goal was acheived by calling the police, the next step was unnecessary and criminialized a five year old who is not the one responsible for her actions, YET. I am betting this has been an ongoing problem and because they were not allowed to touch her, the school has probably told the mother that the next time it happens they would call the police. Also, the reason for the video cameras, to provide evidence because the mother was a threat.
Orpah is an Old Testament name (Ruth's sister-in-law). Oprah's mother misspelled it when Oprah was born. That's the story that Oprah herself has told.
I once knew a child named Placenta. Honest. Her mother thought it sounded good.
The lesson here regarding names like Tiger and Condoleeza and Oprah is that excellence can overcome obstacles.
Wise parents don't generally name their kids Adolph or Elvis or Dracula or Delilah. Saddling a little kid with a burden is a shame.
Back in the Thirties, my grandmother told a salesman, named Mr. Shitz (not sure of the spelling) to change his name.
I was wondering the same thing. I would think the video belonged to the school.
A doctor told of a child named female because that's what the mother saw on the birth certificate.
So much boils down to education.
"Do you think Oprah's name helped her?"
I don't know if it could help her. Oprah Winfrey has become part of this entire problem. She has turned a nation of women inward - finding the "goddess" within has become more important to women than raising children properly.
We agree. A person is what he/she is, despite his/her name. That doesn't mean that the same person would have the same level of success no matter what that name is.
I'm just getting up to speed on the story. I wonder if the mother has had any run ins with the law in the past.
I didn't watch the whole video, but I can say that the teacher is lying when she says that the video was made to help her improve her teaching methods. This video was made to document the child's behavior and the teacher's position that the child did not belong in a regular classroom. The child has a problem.
Mr. Spanky, huh? lol I was trying to remember if I ever spanked any of my 4. To be honest, they really didn't need to be spanked. But I do have a vague recollection of using my hand on someone's bottom once. That brings up another point. I have never been adverse to spanking, but I think using a switch or a belt is not the best way. If you wallop a kid's behind once or twice with your hand, it hurts your hand. That is a good thing.
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