SUBSCRIBE chat center Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Gazette|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise SUBMIT POST ALL POSTS TOP POSTS Share | Print | Report Post School Administrators Chatboard Search Teachers.Net Advanced Quick Links: Set Hot Now... • July 2008 Gazette • Teacher Tech Center • The Lesson Bank Most Popular • Set Your Quick Links • Chat Center • All Chatboards • Lesson Bank • Teacher Mailrings • Project Center • Classified Ads • Live Chat & Meetings Select by • State/Region • Grade Level • Curriculum • Interest Group • Teaching Method Special Topics • Technology • Languages • Hot Topics • Career Center • Distance Learning • Fundraising • Tutoring Center • Teacher's Bookshelf • Free Printables • Classroom Photos • Meeting Archive • Teaching Articles • Library • Web Tools • Webring • Search • Advertise   Re: Update: Am I fit to teach? Posted by liar, liar.. on 5/12/08 No one would call the police because you said youŽd break the neck of a kid having a tantrum, nor could you possibly be fired over this. This board is so fun :).. KellyOn 5/10/08, questioning wrote: > Lisa, > > I'm not proud of what I said, because I lost my cool and made a > huge disgrace of myself. I teach and coach at the high school > level, so this incident was in no way school related. > > I was at the store after practice, and I observed a young boy > who was throwing a temper tantrum, while simultaneously tearing > items off the store shelf and dumping them on the floor. The > child's mother would not let him have a candy bar, but did > nothing to reprimand the child. > > I turned to the boy and said "If you were my kid, I would kick > your little ass and break your neck." I would never break a > child's neck; my comment was purely intended to imply that my > own child would be physically disciplined, not meant to be a > literal comment. Just for the record, I've never had a physical > or verbal confrontation with a student, so I don't want folks > here implying that I have anger management issues. I simply got > tired of seeing children act inappropriate in public, but in > retrospect I could have handled myself much better. > > The police were called, but no charges were filed. The parent > and another adult in the store insisted that I be terminated, as > I was "unfit" to teach the children of the community, despite a > stellar reputation in the classroom and working with kids in our > athletic program. > > I do not have tenure and my contract was not renewed. There > were no specific reasons given. There is nothing the union can > do, as the district representative herself said that while she > respects me as a person, she even agreed with the district's > decision on this one. >> >> I missed your original series of posts. >> >> What did you do or say to be "over the top"? >> >> Did you ever identify in what state this took place? >> >> Did this happen in a Bible belt community? >> >> Is your state a "right to work" state? >> >> Are the teachers unionized? >> >> Are you able to challenge your nonrenewal in court? >> >> I can't imagine a teacher's verbal reprimand of a misbehaving >> child in a grocery store to be tantamount to career suicide. >> >> Posts on this thread, including this one Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/10/08, by questioning. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/10/08, by No, you are not. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/10/08, by it makes perfect sense. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/10/08, by Missed it... what did you do? nfm. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/10/08, by Lisa. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/10/08, by questioning. Re: I'm not surprised at all, 5/10/08, by If you look at it from their point of view. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/11/08, by Lisa. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/12/08, by justcommonsense. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/12/08, by Lisa. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/12/08, by liar, liar... Re: to liar, liar, 5/12/08, by yes, someone could call the police. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/14/08, by Tina. Re: Tina, 5/14/08, by another perspective. Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 5/14/08, by Teacherguy. Re: This OP didn't just reprimand a child. He threatened to, 5/14/08, by break the child's neck. There is a BIG difference. more. Re: This OP didn't just reprimand a child. He threatened to, 5/14/08, by Bob/VA. Re: Tina, 5/14/08, by Tina. Re: Tina, 5/14/08, by yet more prespective. Re: Tina..."free speech????", 5/14/08, by Oh Brother!. Re: Tina, 5/14/08, by Tina. Re: Tina, 5/15/08, by more perspective. Re: perspectives, 5/15/08, by mike. Re: Tina, 5/15/08, by You assume "We're all educated intelligent people". Re: Update: Am I fit to teach?, 6/11/08, by jd.       June: The 30 Days of Teachers.Net (Introduction) 1 The Gazette 2 The Mailrings 3 Harry Wong 4 Lesson Bank 5 Tech Center 6 Teacher Classifieds 7 State Teachers.Net 8 Live Chat & Meetings 9 Teacher Printables 10 Project Center 11 Chatboard Network 12 Share Teachers.Net 13 Your Feedback 14 Interest Groups 15 Administrators.Net 16 Chat Center 17 Streaming Teacher Video 18 Tutoring Center 19 Academic Grants 20 Teachers.Net Bookshelf 21 Chatboard Tips 22 Grade Levels 23 Staffroom Flyer 24 Teachers.Net Archives 25 Hot Topics 26 Language Arts 27 Subject Areas 28 Quick Links 29 Meet Teachers.Net 30 Summer Job Fair

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