Horrible day, I just want to give up sometimes

[augustmomx2]

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I completely agree...

 

[Barred Rocker]

First, it really irks me that some parents are so quick to involve the law for something so minor. A cardboard tube? Really! even the hard kind, it might hurt but it would take a lot if at all to do any real damage. So is the boy going to expect the parents to rescue him the rest of his life? Yes the girl using the tube was wrong. Detention, suspension any inschool punishment is justifyable. Giving her a criminal record before she even graduates is way beyond the scope of the crime. I can see it if she used hard wooden or metal object, knife or something really dangerous but come on. When that boy is an adult he's going to remembered as the guy that put a girl in jail for being beat up with a cardboard tube. I don't know which one would be more humiliated.
I agree with everyone else. You are not in the wrong here. Teachers have to have a certain level of trust for their students. Certain parents need to wake up and realize that they themselves are more of the problem than the students are. In my day all the students would have gone to the principles office, questioned and the guilty party would have been weeded out. Paddled or suspended or both. Discipline wasn't a problem back then. Today the kids have nothing to fear because mommy and daddy will lawer up if anyone touches the little prince or princess. Schools zero policy is an absolute faillure and a joke and lacks even a grain of common sense. People think we've progressed so far yet we didn't have school shootings, rapes or teachers getting beat up back then.
I'm sorry I went off on a tangent but it just really angers me how things are today. I'm really sorry this happened to you. You are part of a very noble profession and I have every respect for what teachers have to put up with today. I hope everything works out and you can get on with what's most important. Teaching the kids.

 

[WriterofWords]

It never fails, just as I am feeling the most frustrated and down something wonderful happens. A donor in NY made a large donation to our Donorschoose project, it was matched and we only have $33.01 left on it now. I know it's not related, but it reminded me just what I have to look forward to with my kids here.

 

[heyeddah]

I just wanted to add..
I got two emails from my 14 yr old 8th grader's teachers.
One for talking during a book discussion group. ( he was sent to the dean for talking out of turn and was subsequently returned to class)
Another for chewing gum. ( he spit it out, but she felt the need to let me know)
I think some schools are way out of control with this cover our you know whats to protect from being sued.
I am sorry that your students got out of control and you feel bad about that. It sounds like you really care. You cannot be expected to be in two places at the same time.
Sometimes kids just have an agenda of their own to play out. We are talking about kids, raging with hormones and trying to learn right from wrong by trial and error. This is how they grow up in spite of us and to spite us.

I have my own personal chair in the dean's office, because my son struggles with anxiety and adhd. He currently has 2 semi permanent subs who do not believe in following 504 plans and we are in the middle of standard testing which throws kids like this off pattern. I will own up to all of my son's behavior that endangers any student or teacher, but seriously gum chewing and talking?
Since when can't our learning professionals deal with this?

Let yourself off the hook. Tell the kids to settle down and the parents to chill out.

 

[Damummis]

Hey Kate,
Don't forget we are working off a full moon. I have been a sub a few times and I can say the moon does have a hand in some behavior.

Congrats on the donation.

 

[WriterofWords]

Thank you, I feel better today, I talked with the girl who did it, and the boy who witnessed it, and he thinks the guy is over reacting in a big way. Once I explained to him what the "victim's" actions could result in he sat down and thought about and both of them decided to reenact what happened and they both said that when he was under the desk he was laughing and kind of playing keep away and then started crying later. There are a few things just not adding up, I'm trying to find out what that is, but I can't do a lot right now,, not openly. I will get to the bottom!
Thank you also for your comment concerning our project, it just said Lee from NY, I'm wondering if it is a BYCer or just someone who decided to support us? But I know we will make the other 33.01 with no trouble, and the kids are so excited to know we'll be able to start this year while they are still here instead of next year.