Survivor Kindergarten? Ew...
That's... just wrong. The kid has severe autism and they got some five year-olds to choose his future for him? That's...evil.
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Survivor Kindergarten? Ew...
That's... just wrong. The kid has severe autism and they got some five year-olds to choose his future for him? That's...evil.
Yeah, I've said things kind of like that. More like "If you're just going to sit there and waste our air, don't bother showing up." Or something. I can be pretty brutal. That's middle school though... no way I'd say that to a kindergardener. Completely different animal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeldy
I'm going to play devil's advocate and say that the kid was probably a giant dick to everybody in the class, including the teacher, and he was going to be kicked out sooner or later.
That doesn't matter. He certainly didn't deserve to be publicly humiliated. He's 5. He's barely even a person. :P
My teacher in my first semester classes said he did the same exact thing when he taught in Texas, only the class didn't say what they hated about the student, and he was older.
Maybe if the child were older and wasn't diagnosed with Aspbergers, it might have been justified, because sometimes that's what it takes. And if the teacher really was a bad person who sniffs crack in an alleyway and beats her kids everyday, the school would have probably fired her a long time before this.
She could've at least had the courtesy to have them put their heads down on their desks and vote with a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
Seriously, though, pretty terrible thing to do to a kid. Much less a kid with Asperger's.
Now you're all starting to sound like some of the parents I work with. "I know my child completely disrupts your class on a regular basis, but you can't give him detention because he's ADHD/bipolar! WAAHH!"
...Nevermind. Sore spot.
Rather than have the entire social community he knows express their hatred, why not just have a parent-teacher talk? Golly.
You poor, poor thing. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Professor Plum
I had to deal with an angry parent last week because I wouldn't let her son go to Sea World. He stole things out of my desk three times. But, oh, the poor baby's on new meds! And, apparently, one of the side-effects is stealing :skull::skull::skull::skull:!
I kind of miss teaching kindergarten. There's no way the kid in question is 1/10th as evil as some of my sixth graders.
Hahaha...some medicines have a gambling side effect!
...but that's another topic >.>
...and middle school students are the most evil creatures to ever walk the earth.
That poor kid! That is so terrible. Way to get a kid on the path of self-loathing....
That teacher was way out of line. The vote was bad enough, but to have that boy hear things that people don't like about him.....how crushing!
Seconded! :( The kid can be traumatized forever :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Rye
Well law of KARMA would be shooting up her *bleep* threefolds.
Let's just cast a hex on her and be done with it.
No, I definitely relate with you there. While I think a lot of teachers don't know how to deal with kids with special needs, I think a lot of these kids are made worse by coddling parents and kids, and I've only been proven right by examples:Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor Plum
1) My brother was thought to be autistic as a child. His teacher would tell him he only had to do a small amount of the work and he could sit around in school, because of his problems and his medication, but my Mom would make my brother do all of his work. She told the teachers "My son is going to do ALL of the work. He's going to learn." And while he does still have social problems and some speech ones, he's worlds better. He's on Honor Roll and everything.
2) The girl I tutor has ADHD and some other problems, one that remind me a bit of my brother's when he was young, though hers are more with concentration, rather than socialization, because she talks fine. However, her Mom lets her get away with ANYTHING. Her teachers only give her partial work. When she acts up, her Mom is like "____, IF YOU DON'T STOP, YOU CAN'T GO TO YOUR BASKETBALL GAME" but never keeps up her threats. So now, her daughter is academically incapable of pretty much anything, her Mom and I basically do her work for her, and it's pathetic.
So that's why, unless someone's child is genuinely mentally retarded/autistic, I don't think they should be given only partially the work. They should not get huge exceptions.