Reason #1 to home school your kids.
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Reason #1 to home school your kids.
| Thu, 11-06-2008 - 8:08pm |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDEAYgm0Dv8&e
This has got to be one of the most horrid teachers I've ever seen. This clip is from a documentary that was aired in Sweden last night. I feel so sorry for that poor little girl. I hope her mom sees this and that this teacher is fired.






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I certainly don't mean to be offensive, but to suggest that the girl might not be with her dad for 100 years is absurd. >>
Really not absurd when there is a high possibility of the girls father not coming back from deployment alive.
MikieMom
MikieMom
Although I do believe that the teacher took things too far, to be fair she did not suggest that the girl would not see her father for a hundred years but rather that her father would be "in the military for the next hundred years". And although that was an obvious exaggeration (whether or not the girl understood the exaggeration), the point she was tryig to make wasn't that far fetched. Given the fact that the use of stop-loss has been enacted, her father could very well be stuck in the military beyond his contracted end of service date. But like I said, I do not agree with how the teacher conducted herself and as an aside, I think there would be some people who would be more upset with her saying "oh lord" and "jesus" in the classroom then with her comments regarding the war.
Chrissy
mom to Aidan 8/21/03
Grayson Blaine 12/30/07
First I just read the posts, but then I decided to watch the video.
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The teacher singled a child out because of her family's political position and made her feel bad about it. She wasn't helping the students to build their verbal skills or giving them the tools to support or reflect upon their positions. As the teacher, she's the one with the power. If I knew that sort of thing was going on in my child's classroom, I'd be advocating for my child until a solution was found. The teaching profession is no place for bullies.
MikieMom
MikieMom
Very well stated. That teacher should be fired or made to apologize in front of her classroom and their parents. She was way out of line to attempt to humiliate a child that way when children so often feel intimidated enough about asking and answering questions in class.
It's clear corinne's suggested method is much more appropriate. So long as all the information is presented and offered for analysis. Some people actually still believe in supporting a cause greater than themselves. Because one may not agree or be able to relate is no reason to denigrate those who do.
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