Autistic kid gets voted out of class

[Psychoblues]

Did you shit your pants when you wrote it, dd?

oh admit it--it was funny, Martini

My guess is that you did. But, martin is correct.

[My Winter Storm]

I'd sue the fucking teacher for even considering taking a frigging 'vote' and having kids say what they don't like about someone.

[DragonStryk72]

The teacher led them in this pitiful ceremony. The teacher was only trying to be conservative?

"After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn't like about Barton's 5-year-old son, his Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy Portillo said they were going to take a vote, Barton said.

By a 14-2 margin, the students voted the boy, who is in the process of being diagnosed with autism, out of the class.

Melissa Barton filed a complaint with Morningside's school resource officer, who investigated the matter, Port St. Lucie Department spokeswoman Michelle Steele said. But the State Attorney's Office concluded the matter did not meet the criteria for emotional child abuse, so no criminal charges will be filed, Steele said.

Steele said the boy had been sent to the principal's office because of disciplinary issues. When he returned, Portillo made him go to the front of the room as a form of punishment, she said."

More: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/loc...,2574622.story

Baffles the hell out of me!!!!!!!!!!!

Perhaps the child was too much of a discipline problem to keep in class, I'm willing to go with that. However, we're talking 4-5 year kids, that teacher had no business putting the burden of her responsibilities on her shoulder. It was cowardly, and no way to treat the child. Can you imagine being told that almost no kids want you in class? I mean, that's just fucked up.

However, Psycho, you started this little thing running by trying to put this as a conservative/liberal argument, when, in no way did this speak to either liberal or conservative values. This spoke toward being a good teacher or a shitty teacher, and by throwing the lib/con argument in, you painted conservatives, myself included, as supporting this, and you don't think we were insulted by this?

[Psychoblues]

I fully intended to insult conservatives, DS'72. This is thier methodology for teaching. I tend towards a more moderate approach.

Perhaps the child was too much of a discipline problem to keep in class, I'm willing to go with that. However, we're talking 4-5 year kids, that teacher had no business putting the burden of her responsibilities on her shoulder. It was cowardly, and no way to treat the child. Can you imagine being told that almost no kids want you in class? I mean, that's just fucked up.

However, Psycho, you started this little thing running by trying to put this as a conservative/liberal argument, when, in no way did this speak to either liberal or conservative values. This spoke toward being a good teacher or a shitty teacher, and by throwing the lib/con argument in, you painted conservatives, myself included, as supporting this, and you don't think we were insulted by this?

The very best learning that I can remember in my days in grammer school was in the classes of teachers that made some attempt to teach me rather than dicipline me. Were your experiences different?

[actsnoblemartin]

positive reenforcement always works better then negative reinforcement

I fully intended to insult conservatives, DS'72. This is thier methodology for teaching. I tend towards a more moderate approach.




The very best learning that I can remember in my days in grammer school was in the classes of teachers that made some attempt to teach me rather than dicipline me. Were your experiences different?

[Psychoblues]

Just what do you refer as "negative reinforcement", Dynamo?

positive reenforcement always works better then negative reinforcement

I always refer to "negative" as below zero. So much for my physics education.

[mrg666]

I fully intended to insult conservatives, DS'72. This is thier methodology for teaching. I tend towards a more moderate approach.




The very best learning that I can remember in my days in grammer school was in the classes of teachers that made some attempt to teach me rather than dicipline me. Were your experiences different?

thats not the issue
if you dont get it i suggest you go back to your grammer school and get educated by some "conservatives ".
first the libs are too soft ahahahhaah

[Psychoblues]

Don't tell me, 666, you got taped to your chair by a Nazi and you're still traumatized from it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!

thats not the issue
if you dont get it i suggest you go back to your grammer school and get educated by some "conservatives ".
first the libs are too soft ahahahhaah

I suggest you get to know me before you attack me, 666. I can't help it if your grammer school mistreated you. Maybe you should have attended a more societally oriented institution for elementary education? Think so?