Yet one more reason not to allow my children to go to pubic school.?

Question

http://home.peoplepc.com/psp/newsstory.asp?cat=Strange&referrer=welcome&id=20070407/46171740_3ca6_1552620070407-1810283244

Yes, I know this is not a question. It is just sad.

Answer 1

This is more of a rant with questions, than an answer.

1. Is a certified teacher taught specifically not to attach items to a child's mouth, as compared to just an average college graduate who has no such training?

2. Bad things do of course happen everywhere. But where is it written that 10 good things void 1 bad?

3. Mr Z. What are you even talking about?

4. Regularly? Do things like this have to happen regularly for a reaction to be just a reaction and not an overeaction? It only happened once so thinking it is sad is an overreaction? You'd think you were the teacher.

I not only think that this article is sad, but I further think it is horrifying that four 5th graders in a Louisiana PS were having sex in a classroom. I think it is frightening that in a local high school a boy whipped out a machete and starting cutting people. I think it is terrible that daily, students in grades 1-12 have to put up with bullying, and more from other students, and evidently they have to put up with bullying from their teachers. (I know I did.)

Answer 2

Wow. That is wrong, and that teacher is stupid!!! People say this isn't the norm, but more and more stuff is happening that just proves that public schools aren't safe. I think it would be obvious, really. Schools have relatively non-existent security and children gather every day by the hundreds, making it obviously unsafe. And leaving your kids alone with a stranger all day isn't safe, either. Most teachers are harmless, but every once in a while, there comes a teacher who clamps kids mouth shut with clothes pins!(Or something along those lines.)
Well, that is my opinion on public schools. Well, part of my opinion. I could rant on for many more hours about why public schools are bad.

Answer 3

People keep saying this type of behaviour is an exception, but I'm not so sure.

While I personally didn't grow up with any abusive teachers, one girl I know (who is now homeschooling, but not due to the teachers) had her gr. 3 teacher tell her she was stupid (verbal abuse in my book) and sent her to the office or in a corner to work by herself, had her gr. 5 teacher send her to the office to work because she was "talking" (she was actually asking her neighbour for help on some in-class work because her teacher was helping some other kids instead; not abuse, but not good), her grade 6 teacher threw a book at her--almost hit her in the head. This was all at one "good" school.

I know another girl who went to a "good" high school--the English teacher she got stuck with each year spent the semester telling the students they were the stupidest students he'd ever taught and was just generally verbally abusive along those lines. Her complaints to administration did nothing.

Of course, then there are the cases of "neglect" which is kind of what I had in high school--my math teachers were the worst. They just repeated what was in the textbook. Wrote it all out on the board like it was new information. My grade 12 teacher gave us a practice exam for our government exam at the end of the semester and he wasn't even able to do one of the questions we couldn't figure out. It was ludicrous. Good thing I knew how to learn from a book!

Answer 4

That kind of behavior is the exception, not the norm. You will always hear about the inappropriate or bad stuff that happens in public--or private--schools. You never hear about all the good stuff, because that doesn't sell the story. There are bad teachers just like there are bad doctors, lawyers, politicians, business leaders--you get the point. But to look at one story and surmise that ALL public education is bad, is being very naive. There are TONS of highly qualified, exceptional teachers out there who care about children and are helping children learn. You just never hear about them.

Answer 5

Although, weird stuff happens at public schools, I really enjoyed going to one. I only had one teacher that I had problems with with punishments but, I had a worse time with the teachers that wouldn't tolerate the word "sucks".

In my family that was what we were taught to say. We didn't know the perversion, just that it was better than cursing... But, I can assure you that I'd probably have that problem in private school too.

Answer 6

That is just horrifying!!!! My child is in public school, thank -god it is a School where you can just come in unannounced! These are the reasons that parents need to become involved with their childrens school! My husband and I run our own Buisness and beleive me we are very busy people ,but never to busy to volunteer our time to the school. It gives you a real insight on what is going on . You shouldn't compare one sad story to all teachers though sorry to say!

Answer 7

I have been debating sending my 15 year old to public school. He has always been homeschooled. However, when I read things like that, I have to shake my head. What is going on in school these days? Even more disturbing is the lack of educating going on in the classroom. My 1st grader definitely isn't going to the public school. My state is one of the worst in the country (Nevada).
Yes, it is sad.

Answer 8

Don't listen to the idiots.Keep your faith and home-school.I know it's harder but much more rewarding for you,and them.Plus why should your kids be taught that we evolved from apes.Also add the hatred towards our President that is being taught in some schools.

Answer 9

Please don't make assumptions based on this article. First, this was a SUBSTITUTE teacher, not the normal classroom teacher. Second, Ohio does not require a teaching degree to be a substitute. It only requires that you have a degree in something. There are states that do require that subs be fully certified and licensed teachers, but Ohio is not one.

For every bad thing that happens in a public school, I'm sure I could find 10 good things. But the good things just never make the news. Just like in homeschooling, there is good and bad. It's just that amongst homeschoolers, you mainly hear of all of the "wonderful" things that are going on. As public institutions, public schools are open to scrutiny at all levels. Being private and behind closed doors, homeschoolers, and generally their related churches, release only the positives.

Answer 10

I have to agree with jen B .

I Started my son at a parochial school then this year to a public school now I am considering home schooling his first grade year.