Happy Tuesday. Happy Election Day here in the Ville and state of Kentucky. My question..if we all elect not to vote..will they all go away? Just asking. The positive side of the day..no school..therefore Mason and Jacqueline stayed with me last night and into today. Take that anytime..
Most of you may have already heard about..or watched the video of the teacher laying the 'smackdown' on the 6th grader in Houston. CLICK TITLE TO WATCH VIDEO. For those who haven't heard..here's the lowdown..
A disturbing cell phone video of a teacher beating a sixth grader in class has been turned over to the local Sheriff’s office. The teacher allegedly attacked the student as other students watched and laughed as a mentally-challenged girl danced. There were reportedly other teachers in the classroom, but did not intervene in the minute long fight. AGAIN...CLICK TITLE TO WATCH VIDEO.
Here's the update..
School officials said Tuesday that they fired 40-year-old Sheri Lynn Davis after she was caught on a videotape beating a 6th-grader at Jamie's House Charter School in north Harris County, Texas.
Thirteen-year-old Isaiah Johnson was dragged by the legs across the floor, slapped in the face, kicked and had his head slammed against a wall. Another student caught the beating, which lasted almost a minute, on her cell phone video camera.
Officials at the school for at-risk students said this week that that they fired the 40-year-old Davis, who had worked there for about 3 years and never had complaints against her.
''The kids loved her," said spokeswoman Sue Davis, who is not related to the teacher.
During the time Davis taught at the school, a warrant was out for her arrest stemming from an alleged tire slashing incident in January 2009. Davis is scheduled to appear in court on that criminal mischief charge, a misdemeanor, on Tuesday, according to Houston's KRIV-TV.
You know..I don't know all the facts of this event. I'm hearing the kid laughed at a mentally challenged student during her dance that set off the teacher. HOWEVER..is it possible that this kid had been pushing the patience of this teacher for longer than this event..and the teacher simply snapped. Be honest..there are a lot of us who have encountered kids that have just annoyed theeeee hell out of us. In some cases..this teacher was only doing something that I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING or WISHING UPON a juvenile. Not siding with the teacher..but can probably understand why or what set her off.
Bottomline..this teacher is just that..a teacher. Someone who we all trust in..and expect to do the right things..set examples for the young. The teacher was in the wrong..and should be punished accordingly. As well as the other teachers who stood by and watched from their RINGSIDE SEATS. I will be interested to see how this all plays out.
Tell me what you think..
Peace out my HALEYUNNS!
Kevin,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I want to know if that school is a special school. It doesn't sound like a normal public school. With that being said, I totally disagree with the teachers response to this child making fun of another student. Teachers I think are special individuals and should be able to handle incidents such as this. There are ways of handling situations like this with tact.
This teacher deserves the punishment that is dished out to her. I think that perhaps a warning then if the child continued, dismissing the child from the classroom would have been sufficient of even after school detention for being disruptive during classroom time. A beating doesn't solve anything other than show that child that it is okay to hit and show anger when they are unhappy with certain situations.