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Re: to liar, liar
Posted by yes, someone could call the police on 5/12/08
it is a threat and the person who said it was a teacher in a community where he was recognized. I've been over this the when it was posted before. This is my last post on the topic. To the OP. Seek anger management classes as well as classes on when to speak and when to keep your mouth shut. Then apply to schools away from where you are right now- if you really want to teach and you know in your heart that you will never do this again, move and apply somewhere else. On 5/12/08, liar, liar.. wrote: > 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.
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