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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any first grader who takes his socks off in the library and throws them in the air is a behavior problem who is disrupting the learning of his peers and making it difficult for the teacher / media specialist to teach. OP, you don't seem to understand that this behavior is really uncommon. I used to teach first grade and no student ever did that. Your child is high maintenance and I am sure your kid was transferred classes to a more experienced teacher or his first teacher had too many students and in order to balance classes got to pick one to send to another class. It was always the parents of the biggest behavior problems who claimed their kid never lied. The only first graders who never lied were students who were on the autism spectrum. Kids lie for lots of reasons including to not hurt someone's feelings which isn't a bad thing, to be creative, or to gain an advantage.

Perhaps the sub really did pull his ears. Obviously it isn't acceptable. You should have a conversation with your son that if you behave more people will believe and if you don't you won't have as much credibility.[/quote]

Your comment is absolutely ridiculous and I sincerely hope you are no longer teaching. [b]God help the students who had you![/[/b]quote]

ho hum
a line about as effective as the use of "special snowflake"

Throwing socks in the air at that age is very immature, but more importantly, it's disruptive.   Have you seen the cuts to the media centers in the area?

In our clusters, we have media specialists at the elementary level who are half-timers (cut from FT) in charge of instructing the entire student body.  So while throwing socks in the air may seem silly, it’s enough to distract the other 20-some kids in the session.

Furthermore, schedules change.  Who knew what happened to his first teacher.  Perhaps she was placed in a specialist position.  Or maybe she took unexpected leave.  Or maybe the school knew that Teacher X would be a matter match for this child.

And while I agree that rough touching of any student is inappropriate (unless restraint is necessary – yes, it happens), is OP’s son the one who cries wolf perhaps?  Maybe that’s why the PE teacher didn’t believe him.  And if this teacher has a huge class load, how much time do you think s/he has with each student?  
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