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Mountain Momma's Ramblings: What should be done when a Teacher, leads the way for your child to be bullied?

What should be done when a Teacher, leads the way for your child to be bullied?

    I came across this new article late last night and I will say I am very disappointed in the way this child was treated!! I would like to see parents, friends, other teachers, students... well everyone step up & STOP this kind of behavior before it is permitted to even start. I see many schools & even the Federal Government is working toward a anti-bullying law. The sooner it gets into place the better.

    I'll tell a little bit about what has me so mad, and setting here in disbelief that a teacher could behave this way, I'm not sure what if anything will be done with this teacher but truthfully I think she needs to be in the unemployment line.

    A teacher of a 5 yr old boy who may have autism (Autism affects your social abilities) sent him to the principals office for disciplinary issues. Then while the child was in the office the teacher got the idea to allow his classmate to vote him in or out of the classroom, When he returned to his class he got a surprise he was made to stand in-front of the class while each classmate by the teachers approval got to tell this child why they don't like him, 14/2 had voted him out!! The students said he was "disgusting" and "annoying,"!!

    I find this kind of behavior to be disturbing a teacher teaching more than school studies she has taken it into her own hands to teach children to be bully's!!

    She has taken it into her own hands to break the spirit of a 5 yr old child (special needs aside) child! This child is now fearful of going to school she has broken his spirit & take away the value of his education.

    I will be keeping an eye on this story to see what action's are taken towards this teacher if any.

    I for one think she needs to write this child an apology I think she needs to do this in her classroom with the other students doing the same, she needs to teach her students that what she did was wrong & it was a bullying behavior!!! I also think she owes each of her students an apology for making them vote out a fellow classmate & having them state what it is they don't like about him.

    She really needs to right her wrong as much as she can, the emotional scars she placed on this child will not be taken away by her saying sorry those, he will likely carry for a life time but saying sorry is a good way to start healing those emotional scars.

    So In closing this post I'll define Bully, I'll also link to the Article I read & I'll post a link to some Anti-Bullying info...

From the: American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

bul·ly¹

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n. pl. bul·lies

A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.
A hired ruffian; a thug.
A pimp.
Archaic A fine person.
Archaic A sweetheart.

v. bul·lied, bul·ly·ing, bul·lies

v. tr.

To treat in an overbearing or intimidating manner. See Synonyms at intimidate.
To make (one's way) aggressively.

v. intr.

To behave like a bully.
To force one's way aggressively or by intimidation: "They bully into line at the gas pump" (Martin Gottfried).

adj. Excellent; splendid: did a bully job of persuading the members.

interj. Used to express approval: Bully for you!

[Possibly from Middle Dutch boele, sweetheart, probably alteration of broeder, brother; see bhrāter- in Indo-European roots.]

http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/topics/bullying.asp

Teacher lets Morningside students vote out classmate, 5

****THIS INFO WAS ADDED @ 12:06 on May 27th, 2008****

Melissa Barton, Alex’s mother aid that the thing to do here is to contact:
Office of Governor Charlie Crist
State of Florida
The Capitol
400 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001
Citizen Services Hotline: (850) 488-4441
Executive Office of the Governor Switchboard: (850) 488-7146
[Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time]
Fax: (850) 487-0801
For individuals with hearing loss or speech disability:
1-850-922-7795 (TTY)
OR
711 (Florida Telecommunication Relay)
ASAN - Autistic Self Advocacy Network has also issued a statement on this. In particular, I highlight this section:
Please be polite yet firm in your comments, pointing out the unacceptability of such actions when aimed at any student, as well as the need for this school to adopt policies to prevent this from happening in the future. This is an opportunity to drive home the message that we will not stand by while one of our own is abused. We ask that you please cc: info@autisticadvocacy.org in your e-mails to the school district so we can keep track of the strength and sources of this response. Remember: abusive messages hurt our cause - please be respectful in your comments.