General Discussion

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)

52. And that's an issue with the school system

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 06:59 PM

Jan 2018

if that teacher had no other resources to ensure her safety besides calling for the cops, then the whole system needs a check

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

65 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Mother calls arrest of son, 7, in Miami police abuse [View all] mia Jan 2018 OP

There's a wide range of responses between "accepting student violence" and "cuffing a 7-year-old." WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2018 #1

Why? If the teacher had so much as touched that child Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #5

I commend your reading of tea-leaves and entrails... rationalism at its very finest. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #7

Because my parents were teachers and I lived this bullshit Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #13

I was a teacher. I was hit. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #21

He punched her multiple times in the back Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #22

And what did he do previously? Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #29

As noted before Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #32

The schools are obligated to appropriately address it. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #34

They already suspended him. Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #36

Suspension doesn't work on 7 year olds marylandblue Jan 2018 #37

Suspension is punishment, Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #38

I have a good friend who is a grade school teacher. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #40

So police intervention - hauling a child away in handcuffs - is appropriate for a 7-year old child Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #43

Restraint is different from hitting a child marylandblue Jan 2018 #10

Exactly. The school principal may have had to hire another Ilsa Jan 2018 #14

Or the parents refused Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #15

Please document your second assertion. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #25

Some states require it. Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #28

You are the one who asserted it. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #31

There is no state that requires mainstreaming marylandblue Jan 2018 #26

I'm confused by your "why." WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2018 #17

The kid threw multiple punches to her back Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #20

Says the police report, which of course needs to justify the response. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2018 #27

Sure, starting off life with a police rap sheet at age 7 will open all kinds of opportunities procon Jan 2018 #23

Counseling is mostly bullshit Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #30

Courts are not equipped to oversee 7-year olds marylandblue Jan 2018 #33

No, that old way of thinking only perpetuates the problem. procon Jan 2018 #39

That would all be juvenile and sealed treestar Jan 2018 #57

HE IS A CHILD!!!!!! alarimer Jan 2018 #42

And a breakdown of the public education system mcar Jan 2018 #58

and the teacher probably dealth with the child in an authoritarian way womanofthehills Jan 2018 #64

Possibly. alarimer Jan 2018 #65

+1000 janterry Jan 2018 #54

Good effin' grief malaise Jan 2018 #2

"baker acted" apparently means given a psych eval under a law called the "baker act" unblock Jan 2018 #3

Yeah it's a Florida statue, means a 72 hr psych hold in a mental hospital/clinic EX500rider Jan 2018 #9

wow that does seem problematic in the case of a 7-year old. unblock Jan 2018 #12

There are ways to handle this that don't involve police marylandblue Jan 2018 #4

Look up 'Baker acted'. eom GeorgeGist Jan 2018 #6

Donald Trump bragged in his book that he punched a music teacher in the stomach no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 #8

Why am I not surprised this happened in Florida? Initech Jan 2018 #11

So I read the article, upsetting on so many levels... FM123 Jan 2018 #16

Mom is part of the problem there... Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #18

No matter how MUCH a part of the problem here, RandomAccess Jan 2018 #49

And that's an issue with the school system Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #52

As a former public school teacher, in one of the roughest areas in a large metro area Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #19

the cuffs were restraints KT2000 Jan 2018 #44

The same "restraints" they use when protesters are arrested. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #45

So instead of suing the school marylandblue Jan 2018 #48

Childhood neurological issues KT2000 Jan 2018 #50

The perception that neurological disorders is going is based on autism and ADHD marylandblue Jan 2018 #59

special ed is one KT2000 Jan 2018 #63

Has the child had any behavioural evaluations? EllieBC Jan 2018 #24

A 7 YO child is hauled off in cuffs and Baker Acted mcar Jan 2018 #35

yes KT2000 Jan 2018 #46

He's a 7 YO child mcar Jan 2018 #47

the Baker Act KT2000 Jan 2018 #53

The Baker Act is abused frequently mcar Jan 2018 #55

they did not lock up KT2000 Jan 2018 #56

This was big locally on the morning news. I live about 2hr north of Miami. n/t Akoto Jan 2018 #41

Regular police are ill-equipped to handle this shit. hunter Jan 2018 #51

Texas Supreme Court finds for Dallas Observer in satire case Gothmog Jan 2018 #60

"After the boy calmed down" mcar Jan 2018 #61

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2018 #62