Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an every day occurrence for me as a middle school teacher.

I called the parents of one kid who does this the most frequently and their question was, "What did you do to make him mad?"

I asked him not to blare his music while I was teaching.

I'm gonna bet the kid is black?

This is an everyday occurrence at the DCC school where I teach. Nothing will happen and the kids know it. It is due to "restorative justice."

I teach MS in MCPS and the kids who curse at teachers there aren’t black.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an every day occurrence for me as a middle school teacher.

I called the parents of one kid who does this the most frequently and their question was, "What did you do to make him mad?"

I asked him not to blare his music while I was teaching.

I'm gonna bet the kid is black?

This is an everyday occurrence at the DCC school where I teach. Nothing will happen and the kids know it. It is due to "restorative justice."

Go away with your assumptions.

I teach in a W feeder elementary. Over my 25 years I have been both physically and verbally assaulted by children as have several colleagues. The overwhelming majority of the children were white. Nothing happened to them either.

As a teacher, I can deal with a lot. My issue is the other students who are being traumatized by experiencing this behavior. It is not fair to them. I understand and have empathy for students who act out. But what about the other 27 kids. Is it fair to them?

I am a 1st Grade teacher in MCPS. I have a student with no codes who tells me I suck, I am stupid, a moron, and tells me I am the worst teacher he ever had several times a week. He literally does not like doing his work and when I quietly refuse to do his work for him or " let him go home", he eloped, hurls insults at me and thankfully not physical assaults yet like he did last year. It is tough being a teacher but I have excellent experience, class management and still manage to have an amazing class and get as much work from him as I can on his good days.

Anonymous wrote:This is an every day occurrence for me as a middle school teacher.

I called the parents of one kid who does this the most frequently and their question was, "What did you do to make him mad?"

I asked him not to blare his music while I was teaching.

I'm gonna bet the kid is black?

This is an everyday occurrence at the DCC school where I teach. Nothing will happen and the kids know it. It is due to "restorative justice."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also want add that when a kid acts like this I think of them as a puppy that poops and pees in the house. If I can still like the puppy then I can like a kid like this.

I know the kid can be a manipulative donkey-hole but he probably has a difficult life that you cannot imagine.

As the mom of a kid with sometimes bad behavior, wow, I cannot say how much I appreciate you giving kids a chance.

Yes, I feel for parents who are concerned and aware of their child’s behavior. All kids deserve love and connection. However, going with the puppy analogy - of course we can still love our students with behavior issues (can always find several good things to notice and point out about every child), but often loving them isn’t enough. There should be a full time para in the class or a one-on-one aide who can help manage these big emotions. Sadly, that will never happen in MCPS, no matter how much Dr. McKnight likes to boost about the low number of staff vacancies! Not fair to the teacher, other students, or the child in need.

Anonymous wrote:I also want add that when a kid acts like this I think of them as a puppy that poops and pees in the house. If I can still like the puppy then I can like a kid like this.

I know the kid can be a manipulative donkey-hole but he probably has a difficult life that you cannot imagine.

As the mom of a kid with sometimes bad behavior, wow, I cannot say how much I appreciate you giving kids a chance.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My MS child came home with a story about a student calling a teacher an a-hole and telling her to shut up in class today in front of everyone. This student isn't from the community and comes on a special program. It took 15 minutes for security to arrive, and the boy has been talking to the teacher like this all week. Kids said the teacher was crying. If the kid is back in class on Monday, I hope the teacher goes straight to the union.

MCPS will say that the teacher should have built a better relationship with the student.

This. I have been hit, kicked and cursed at multiple times this week, and I teach at an elementary school! I am very relationship driven (well versed in conscious discipline - valuing connection over compliance), and the past two weeks have been the most challenging of my career. Sad because so much time and effort is focused on the kids with the severe behavior concerns (trauma) but the rest of my kiddos still need support too! Literally going home crying in the evenings because I am so overwhelmed. And there are not enough support staff to help manage these issues. Not sure what to do.

Anonymous wrote:I also want add that when a kid acts like this I think of them as a puppy that poops and pees in the house. If I can still like the puppy then I can like a kid like this.

I know the kid can be a manipulative donkey-hole but he probably has a difficult life that you cannot imagine.

How is this kid ever expected to hold down a job after graduation if this kid never leans societal standards?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This type of behavior should never be tolerated if American schools are to retain teachers. Other cultures would never tolerate this disrespect. Honestly it’s the overly permissive liberal culture.

Spare the rod, spoil the child! It's worked for millennia.

I went to elementary school in Frederick County. A paddle was displayed in the front office. i never saw or heard it used on any student but all of the students knew it was there. Teachers were respected and treated with dignity and I don't remember anyone ever sassing a teacher. Certainly nothing was ever thrown at a teacher.

This is why no one wants to be a teacher. The people running the schools and school systems have decided that kids are in charge, especially the a hole ones.

Anonymous wrote:This type of behavior should never be tolerated if American schools are to retain teachers. Other cultures would never tolerate this disrespect. Honestly it’s the overly permissive liberal culture.

Yes, other cultures would not tolerate it. However, we are not talking of other cultures, we are talking of American culture. The entitled, racist, self-centered, ill-educated, undisciplined, low class, non-college educated American culture. And it is neither liberal nor conservative. It is just low class American.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This type of behavior should never be tolerated if American schools are to retain teachers. Other cultures would never tolerate this disrespect. Honestly it’s the overly permissive liberal culture.

The students learn very early on that bad behavior is tolerated. Kids know they can get away with horrible behavior and then it just gets worse as the kids get older. IME, this is true across SES levels.

Yes, it starts in early elementary school, when kids see other kids misbehaving and not being disciplined.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My MS child came home with a story about a student calling a teacher an a-hole and telling her to shut up in class today in front of everyone. This student isn't from the community and comes on a special program. It took 15 minutes for security to arrive, and the boy has been talking to the teacher like this all week. Kids said the teacher was crying. If the kid is back in class on Monday, I hope the teacher goes straight to the union.

What does "comes on a special program" mean? Do you mean the kid is *in* a special program? So a kid with a disability?

Why does special program mean “disability?” Like what, the kid uses a wheelchair?

I also want add that when a kid acts like this I think of them as a puppy that poops and pees in the house. If I can still like the puppy then I can like a kid like this.

I know the kid can be a manipulative donkey-hole but he probably has a difficult life that you cannot imagine.