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Well of course at this point the good old boys in Milledgeville GA are going to cover their asses with a story like this. Sorry to inject a little common sense into this discussion, but handcuffs, police cars and holding cells are for criminals, not for six year olds who weigh about 100 lbs. Again, if you think this story is about the bad behavior of a kindergartener with family problems and not about a school system totally unequipped to deal with it, you're totally missing the point. If anything, this thread continues to reveal the xenophopia of some supposedly educated conservatives who live in DC.[/quote]

Of course the school isn't equipped to handle this situation!  That's why the cops were called.  It has nothing to do with xenophobia or conservatives.  [/quote]That's exactly my point-an elementary school SHOULD be equipped to handle this situation. Calling the cops on a tantrumming six year old is ridiculous and misguided. As far as my comment about xenophopia, it was in reference to the PPs who responded to this story thinking it was a good thing that the cops were called, not so much the actual story itself which is again an example of very poorly trained teachers and administrators.[/quote]

Exactly how should a teacher or Principal handle a raging 6, or 16  year old?  Please enlighten us.  Because the teachers I know get threatened with a lawsuit for so much as *touching* a child.  I personally know a FCPS teacher who pulled an elementary school aged child off of another child.  Child # 1 was attacking child #2 - made #2 BLEED.  Nonetheless the parents of the child who attacked were so pissed they insisted on meetings with the school, threatened a lawsuit, and the teacher had to apologize and hire an attorney.  Just for trying to keep child #2 from being hurt any more than they already were.

I agree with you that having to involve the police is absurd.  But really we have tied the hands of teachers.  They can't do anything anymore without having tobe seriously afriad for their jobs and livelihood.  [/quote]

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