Comments on: Take Back Your School: Part 1

By: G. Flynn

G. Flynn — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:52:29 +0000

It sounds like there are some real horror stories out there about bad teachers, which I am sorry to hear about. But what if the teacher is not horrible, but just not great. We are dealing with a primary school teacher that is not able to set the tone in her class. The class is loud, unruly, and structured around things like break dancing and sewing projects, while their reading, writing and other essential skills are back burner-ed.
We don’t want to go on a witch hunt, but what makes a teacher accountable?
At what point do we just become complicit and say ‘oh well, i guess classes are uncontrolled and unruly and my child should just be happy to find a sane corner’?
is there a humanitarian way to make it clear that there are expectations that are not being met and thus consequences?
thanks

By: katherine

katherine — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:01:31 +0000

My 17 year old son was recently fired from his summer job, arrested because an the assistant high school principal at his school acccused him of exposing himself to her, when i refused to have counseling for my son at her suggestion and enroll him in another school she pressed charges. now he has been charge with obscenity. my son had worked at the school forthe past 2 years during the summer and I have heard nothing but good things about him even when enrolled in school. This principal proclaims my son was just walking the halls with his genitals exposed with an erection.My son swears he did not do such a thing, and i believe him. This is totally out of character for my son and why wait ’til he is at the threshhold of graduation to something like this? I asked to see the cameras ’cause there are camera’s in the school. i got no answer, I talked to the police who took her statement and he said her story just didn’t add up, and she didn’t report any of this to the police ’til 4 days later, there was noelse in this area of the school building but this teacher and my son but there were other staff in the school. My son has never been in any kind of trouble or anything except a fight defending himself, but this teacher has all kinds of complaints against her and most of the staff despise her. they say she looks for trouble, and nit pics with the students and is very lowdown.She want’s my son out of that school, but I found out she can’t have him put out ’cause he wasn’t a student at the time this happened.my son is very upset, and depressed about this and the fact she pressed charges. I have started a petition to have her removed and am amazed at the response i have gotten,and people keep pouring in. I did not know so many people despised this teacher and she had so many run in s with parents. They say they believe my sona and support him. We are tryin to have her removed. I should be allowed to loook at the cameras.That’s what they are there for the saftety and protection of our children. so what’s to hide? one parent said this principal made sexual advances to her son. i am gona keep gettin people to sign , I don’t know how many names i need to get her out but I am gona get many as I can.

By: GoMammy

GoMammy — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:21:25 +0000

Most of the schools that I have gone to, the students absolutely love the teachers that uses corporal punishment. Not spanking or paddling, but squatting, holding textbooks, and other “humiliating” things. The teachers and administrators agree that ISS and OSS don’t solve all of the problems, so some of the teachers go beyond what is legal to keep their classrooms in check.

By: Todd

Todd — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:26:04 +0000

I try really hard not to edit the comments of my readers. I even try really hard not to focus on the messages grammar and syntax errors send, instead discussing the issues each reader brings up. Let’s get back on track. Does anyone have data on discipline’s impact on self esteem?

By: Richard Toth

Richard Toth — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:44:40 +0000

Hello again,
Did you fix Ms. Diamond’s spelling for her.