Three Coaches Suspended After Student Taped To Bench, 'Coach Just Snapped,' Mother Says

AP/7 News ^ | March 4, 2006

[aliquando]

It is possible that the child was labeled as "Behavior Disordered". Many times you cannot not use simple disciplinary methods such as detention with students like this. You actually receive notice that you cannot discipline those students at all. This can drive some teachers over the edge, especially old - school ones. It does look like the man "Lost it" though. Just a guess on my part.

[saganite]

You think this is simple justice? Get a grip.

[paul51]

Yeah I can. I don't know the circumstances here but I can see a 13 y/o boy in a mans body, being restrained until help arrived, if he was a danger to himself or others. Sometimes, out of control people must be taken down. They will fight being held but usually won't fight a restraint.

That's what they have tasers for. Tase him, hook him up and club him a few times so he can't hurt anyone. If he keeps moving, have everyone kick him until he is no longer a danger.

[bannie]

"You always here stuff on TV about things like this happening to kids and you think there has got to be another side to this story, this kid has to be horrible for something like that to happen, the coach just snapped, that wasn't the case here," Robinson said.

So...the mother says. In fact, "the case here" is that he is that this one is HER SON.

[CindyDawg]

I agree with yall that this is inappropriate. I was just saying that we only have one side of what really happened here though. I was asked if this could ever be acceptable. I gave an example where in a rare instance it might be.

[MineralMan]

"You think this is simple justice? Get a grip."

I'm afraid you've entered the world of retribution here in this thread. There are some folks who think that unruly children should be punished severely and often. They think it "builds character" or some such nonsense.

My question to them is why they think some public school teacher is the one to apply such "character building." Around here, most folks seem to think that all public school teachers are communists without the good sense to use the toilet for their excretory function.

Yet, they're blaming some 13-year-old kid for this assault by a public school teacher.

[Mr. Brightside]

being restrained until help arrived, if he was a danger to himself or others

So the coach covered the boy's mouth and eyes for protection?

Unless the boy could shoot lazer beams out of his eyes or spit deadly, poisonous venom at his attackers, the coach was REALLY out of line.

[robertpaulsen]

"Hello? Is Jimmy there?"
"Yes, but he can't come to the phone right now."
"Why not?"

[mdmathis6]

uhhh they were suspended with pay.

[bannie]

Those who think they can, don't have the guts to teach.

;-D JUST KIDDING!!!!!

[Doohickey]

Ten years ago this wouldn't have been an outrageous event. Twenty years ago it wouldn't have even been remarkable.

Ahhh, the wussification of America.

[DogBarkTree]

Now there's a leap to another area you might want to reconsider going.

[CindyDawg]

Does it not sound strange to any of yall that this could happen, with 2 other teachers witnessing? All you have is a mother complaining about how her child with behavior problems was treated. I'm just saying, give the coach a trial before you hang him.

[Fruitbat]

Won't even lose one day of pay.

"A coach who allegedly tied the boy and two other coaches who witnessed the incident have been suspended with pay"

Yeah, no kidding! In the working world we call that a vacation.

[ShadowDancer]

You would applaud this being done to your kid? What behavior would he have had to exhibited in order to justify this?

[GB]

I'll state this saying up front that I believe in corporal punishment and have no hesitation about popping my kids' rear ends when they merit it (which with two boys, ages 8 and 11, is more often than I'd like), and my kids attend a private Christian school where we have to give the school signed permission at the start of the year to use coropral punishment if it's deemed necessary (and it's never been deemed necessary for my kids and in fact is rarely if ever used in that school) ... but if a coach, or teacher, did THIS to one of my children, for ANY reason, it would take all the willpower I could summon up for the district attorney in our county to be prosecuting a case of assault, with me as the defendant.

[null and void]

Your kind of thread....

[paul51]

Does it not sound strange to any of yall that this could happen, with 2 other teachers witnessing? All you have is a mother complaining about how her child with behavior problems was treated. I'm just saying, give the coach a trial before you hang him.

The whole point is, there is no acceptable explanation for this.

[GB]

'scuse me, got in a hurry, for the DA to "NOT" be prosecuting ...