What is she teaching her students?

This teacher must watch too much Survivor.

Can we do that here?

no wait....


i'd probably be voted off...

I doubt it, you are mostly fair.

O.M.G.! Was that, a, ::gulp::... compliment?!?!?!?

Lovely. Teaching a bunch of 5-year-olds that it's okay to gang up on another kid is a wonderful lesson. That poor little boy. I'm the mother of a kid with Aspergers, and I cannot even imagine how I'd feel if that were my kid! Why does a person like this even enter the teaching profession?

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. So she is teaching the students that it's 1) O.K. to treat "different" children badly?, 2) It's O.K. not to "accept" others and 3) Other children's feelings do not count? I hope she gets suspended - indefinately!

Suspended? I think she should be fired. Anybody who would do this to a child has no business working with children - EVER.

Agreed. That's why I stated "indefinitely"...

This is one reason why kids shoot up schools.

The comments attached to that story link were....interesting. Some of the comments raised the point, where is the line when it comes to assimilating special needs kids into regular classrooms, where the teacher may not be trained to deal with their needs? Is there a line?

What about letting the kids vote the teacher out if they dont like her?? I bet that wouldn't fly and if they did the teacher would have her lawyers lined up at the door to sue. Sounds to me like a terrible teacher that needs to think about changing career paths.

I wasn't "special needs", but I was...rambunctious! Yeah, that's it. My 3rd grade teacher made me sit in her chair and taped my mouth shut! Not sure that I told my parents about that.

So much for teaching 'tolerance'. This is a person who should not be anywhere near children, ever. She scarred this poor kid for life.

Aspergers or not this is plain outrageous. How could they NOT classify it as emotional abuse? Either the news story is not presenting the facts in their entirety or some heads need to roll!

Well stated and agreed with.. BMIC and Txex If I were the parent of a child in this class who was forced to participate in the vote, then I would pull my child from her class. She even made the little boys only friend, change his vote. Makes one worry about what else she has taught them or previous classes.

Samy0 I was thinking the same thing.

The mom wasn't pressing charges when I saw the story on the news. The school was very happy that she wasn't, but the teacher felt she did nothing wrong. It is extremely easy to be an elementary ed teacher, easiest college degree imo

Are you saying it's easy to obtain a degree in elementary education, or that being an elementary school teacher is easy? If it's the latter, I would disagree. I think being a teacher is one of the hardest , underpaid, least appreciated jobs in this country. Not only are you playing "babysitter" half the time, but you're also dealing with the parents who don't want to hear that little johnny or jill aren't the most perfect, smartest angels that they thought they were.

As for the teacher in the story, she's a moron and has no business teaching anyone.

Definately agree with you there... I have the utmost admiration for teachers and feel they are truly under paid for the responsibilities they have. Yes, parents are (or should be) the ultimate mentor for their children, but IMO, teachers are a very close second and really can make a difference in their students' lives...

You mustn't have read the thread about buses. I think that it is easy to get an elementary education degree. Being a teacher is NOT easy at all. I don't like when people say that, because I found it very difficult, you couldn't pay me enough to be a teacher ever, unless I can't find another job with my degree.

Kindergarten is often when parents notice or face the reality that their child may have a spectrum disorder, or mild Autism, or Aspergers. It is best to identify between birth and age 3 as that is where the funding is for assessment and outcomes are better.....Opps, we had a discussion year ago on early intervention. It works. The premise is, the earlier the better and less problems later. So it is cost effective. But that is for another day.

It is really hard to identify, diagnose and work through these milder cases that are often an invisible handicap if left unaddressed. Come back to roost. The child feels isolated, depressed and confused. The longer left alone to simmer like that only adds to their heart ache and potential to turn it around. They can not process what is being said around them, often misinterpreting and then responding with an incorrect response. At age 5 it feels like "What planet am I on?" Then they start to lag with lessons. The kids look at you. If a teacher or parent is not there to model appropriate empathy, it is not good......There are many wonderful simple and low cost interventions at that young age, how sad.

So, I feel for the child and family. Happily, there are many resources for very young children and if treated early many barriers can be minimized. The child learns how to cope and manage in a strange world before alienating oneself.

Kindergarten teachers are usually educated in identifying at risk kids or children who may need further assessment, as developmental mile stones are not being met. I took some of the early childhood curriculum years ago. It was helpful. Not my area of expertise but helpful information. Hmmmm, back to school and maybe a little empathy to boot for this teacher. I also am horrified young classmates were taught that belittling a small child, one who had mild differences, was ok. Not a good lesson to take with you as you move to the older grades.

I see we have another nomination for Teacher of the Year!

And the Award goes to...

Oakridge (KMTR) – The Oakridge School District has put an elementary school teacher on paid administrative leave after she was accused of taping a student to his chair.



The incident is alleged to have happened May 28th at Oakridge Elementary School.



Nine-year-old Austin Faile admits he was bored, and says the teacher repeatedly told him to sit down. But his mother says that's no reason for him to be taped to his chair and humiliated in front of his classmates.



“I saw her walk over and she had a roll of masking tape,” said Austin. “I sat down in my seat and she came over and taped me and I said, ‘What are you doing?’”



Becky Faile, Austin’s mother, says she has no reason to doubt her son's story.



“He said she started at his knees and worked his way up—his stomach, his chest area—and held him down with one hand and double-taped him around with the second hand. And he was there for about an hour and a half,” Becky Faile said.



Faile says she immediately called an attorney, and the school.



The Oakridge School Superintendent Don Kordoski says the teacher has been removed from the classroom while the matter is investigated.



“Whenever there is an investigation into something like this you always want to talk to as many people as you can, gather as much information as you can,” explained Kordoski, “and a lot of times that means interviewing other students and or staff members.”



A hearing is scheduled for Thursday.



A reporter’s call to the teacher's home was not returned.

(although it does sound pretty funny!)

She should have sent his azz to the office. Then call his mother. IF and only if he disrupted the class.
Duct tapeing him to a seat would be a unsafe idea. What if the school had an emergance that all the students had to leave the school for what ever reason. the kid wouldn`t stand a chance.

Bottom line Fire the teacher.

Ditto above.

Another thought - allergies.

My oldest developed a latex allergy, I don't know what duct-tape is made of, but 1.5 hours of exposure to latex could have created a life and death situation.

I thought teachers were supposed to be 'smart'.

Dumb azz.

Absolutely, can her azz, but see that she never teaches anywhere ever again. Sometimes I really worry for when my daughter will start school.