lurkingonya t1_j16jaqi wrote
Reply to comment by CLS4L in Parents, students take issue with handling of violence at Medford High School: Students walked out of class on Wednesday to protest what they described as an unsafe learning environment. by TouchDownBurrito
Wrong. It is their responsibility to maintain a safe learning environmnet. The teachers are afraid of the children because the mindset is in fact that juveniles can do anything, and teachers do nothing. And the parents of these bullies should also be held responsible. What are they doing about it? Has there been a clear effort for behavior modification? Or are they simply encouraging these scourging children?
Fumquat t1_j16ru89 wrote
Not just the mindset, it’s policies and enforced rules. Kid punches teacher = temporary consequences. Teacher safely restrains or even touches the wrong violent kid = career over.
Requiring a hands-off approach protects the district from paying out workman’s comp claims for staff injuries and protects from lawsuits when a kid with involved parents is handled roughly. Besides, shit kids are plentiful while licensed educators are scarce. Best not take unnecessary risks and leave 180 students suddenly without a science teacher, over a fight that would have ended one way or another. That’s the thinking.
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