They should give the teachers stun guns

[vraiblonde]

http://cbs3.com/local/local_story_054141740.html

A popular Germantown High School teacher suffered a broken neck Friday during a scuffle with students over a prohibited electronic device.

[hvp05]

I do not disagree with you, but I am not convinced a taser would have helped this teacher.

The story is not specific enough about how the two boys attacked the teacher, but I am guessing they surprised him and knocked him down. By the time he realized what was happening his neck was already broken and the kids had run.

I found this bit about the boys interesting as well:

... were in the process of being expelled from the school because of disciplinary reasons.

I wonder why this action was "in process" and not immediately done.

[FireBrand (Premo)]

Charge them as adults ! attempted murder !

[Penn]

That's a tough call, either way you look at it. Teachers have come under attack in schools, now more than ever it seems. We would have never contemplated an attack on any of our teachers when I went to school, but as we all know, times are, and have been changing.

Seems to me though, the same parents who have not been doing their jobs at home with these kids, would be the first to scream bloody murder, if the school system decided to provide tasers to teachers and their aides, guidance counselors, or what-have-you.

And yet, I do agree, that better protection has to be afforded our nation's educators than they are currently being provided.

[Pandora]

Vrai,

A few weeks back, Fox aired some videos taken by students with their cell phones and one guy was trying to make it seem like the teachers were raging and showing lack of class. I saw the video differently. The teacher's were frustrated with the lack of respect when they were told not to do something and continued to do it anyway.

I do not know how the teachers put up with the non-sense they have to put up with today. I do not remember any student having to be told NOT to something more than once without being sent to the office and having to call mom or dad.

A person can only take so much disrespect! Oh and it was over the students having and using cell phones in class to text, video tape, etc.

This lawyer said cell phones should be kept in schools to record moments like that. I wanted to reach in the TV and slap him twice!

Kids today are FAR more testy and pushy then we ever were.

[Speedy70]

PG had an incident this week where a parent punched a teacher. Of course, I assume everyone's seen the story where 3 adults beat up a 13 year old kid at Stephen Decatur MS this week too.

I couldn't imagine teaching at a middle school or a high school.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by Pandora

I do not know how the teachers put up with the non-sense they have to put up with today. I do not remember any student having to be told NOT to something more than once without being sent to the office and having to call mom or dad.

It's Dr. Spock's fault:
http://vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=583

All these hippies running around without a clue, fighting the power even though now they ARE the power, raised a generation of self-indulgent gimme kids who think respect is their God given right, not something they have to earn.

These punks that beat up the teacher were raised by people who were raised on Spock. Their Moms and Dads weren't properly disciplined - they were over-indulged by permissive parents in child-centered households who wanted little Jr. to feel "loved" and "valuable".

These self-involved parents begat children that they didn't know how to care for. The needs of their child just didn't register with them because they were so used to everything being all about them, their feelings, their wants.

The children of these self-involved parents (the current generation) grew up drifting. If Mommy has never known criticism, she's definitely not going to risk being unpopular by telling her offspring "no". And she remembers how much she hated it on the rare occasion when her folks told her she couldn't do something, or her behavior was wrong. So she has vowed to never make her children hate her the way she hated her parents.

So when Jr. gets in trouble, Mommy runs to his rescue rather than slap him upside the head. If someone dares criticize her baby, even after he's robbed a liquor store and shot the clerk, Mommy is right there to be the good guy and hero. Therefore Jr. won't take responsibility for his actions and acts on his every whim because he was never taught discipline and he's never been encouraged to think of anyone else but himself.

This is just my theory du jour And it's certainly not true across the board - just a generalization.

[vraiblonde]

I'm running off at the mouth before I get on the dreadmill, so here's some more

Remember the old "Children learn what they live" posters from when we were kids? Here's my take on it:

If a child lives with criticism, they learn to condemn. Or they learn that there are limits and boundaries for their behavior.
If a child lives with hostility, they learn to fight. Or they learn to deal effectively with hostile people.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive, Or they learn to rise above their fear
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves, Or they learn compassion for others.
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy. Or they learn that there are certain societal norms that should be followed for cultural unity
But do not despair ...
If a child lives with tolerance, they learn to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If a child lives with praise, they learn to appreciate.
If a child lives with fairness, they live with justice.
If a child lives with security, they live to have faith.
If a child lives with approval, they learn to like himself.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship.
they learn to find love in the world.

Or they learn to be self-indulgent and lazy because there were never any expectations put on them

Think about all these celebrities, with more encouragement, praise, approval, tolerance and security than most people have. And what do they do? They become self-destructive. They get involved with drugs, don't have stable personal relationships, and some even commit suicide.

That can't be a coincidence.

[Pandora]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Think about all these celebrities, with more encouragement, praise, approval, tolerance and security than most people have. And what do they do? They become self-destructive. They get involved with drugs, don't have stable personal relationships, and some even commit suicide.

That can't be a coincidence.

Many of those types of people are over achievers, and think about it this way, Brit has all these people saying "yes" to her all the time. Those people need true people in their lives that will give them the cunning truth without viciously attacking and say no for her own best interest. Those are few and far between up the fame chain.

If everyone is praising you, there is nothing left to achieve. It is those who give us constructive criticism that allow us to achieve greater things, depending on how we take it and how the message is delivered.

[rack'm]

UFB!!

I don't think a stun gun would have helped, but they need to convict these idiots as adults and put them out of the gene pool.