Teacher Bullying Autistic Boy

Quote from dollarbill : If that was my son the teacher would have been worse than fired. One thing I didnt get was why the father didnt say the teacher and the aides last name. He should find where she went and inform her new student's parents of her actions at the very least.

The system would just keep moving her. You can call it different names, dance of the lemons, turkey trot, pass the trash. You can't fire a tenured teacher so you move them to another school or you sit them in a room playing cards for years on end.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/loca...OKOVaTtWMK

Quote from StarNova : The system would just keep moving her. You can call it different names, dance of the lemons, turkey trot, pass the trash. You can't fire a tenured teacher so you move them to another school or you sit them in a room playing cards for years on end. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/loca...OKOVaTtWMK

Yea but at least making her known publicly and making her move would cause her some stress. I don't like the tenure system either,but I would get creative to make her life a living hell

In the Chicago Tribune it states "All the children in Akian's class have autism or other learning difficulties, making it difficult for them to communicate with other people." Which got me wondering why are they in school? What are they learning? Is what they learn or need to learn best leaned at home?

Quote from MintJulep : In the Chicago Tribune it states "All the children in Akian's class have autism or other learning difficulties, making it difficult for them to communicate with other people." Which got me wondering why are they in school? What are they learning? Is what they learn or need to learn best leaned at home?

They are learning social skills, because lack of social skills is the number one common factor for children with autism. Just because a child has autism, or other various special needs, does not mean that they are unteachable. Many learn to read and write as well as various self-help skills that the (usually, don't know if it was the case in this particular incident) specially trained teachers are more adept at teaching than the average parent would be able to do. There is a subset of people with autism that are non-verbal but that doesn't mean that they are incapable of learning or communicating, they need help to communicate with the outside world. iPads, for example, have some great apps that make them very helpful as communication tools.

I find it hard to believe that a few previous posters find nothing wrong with a teacher calling any child a bastard, and treating them the way they were being treated. Maybe my opinion is biased because I do have a child with autism (who is thankfully very verbal) but dang, the boy in question was having issues at school and the staff blamed the boy. In the end, he was acting out because of how he was being treated. Kudos to the dad for getting it on tape. It's not being overblown, I think this story and many other similar stories from the last year or so are bringing some much needed attention to how society is treating those that are the most vulnerable.

Quote from dollarbill : Yea but at least making her known publicly and making her move would cause her some stress. I don't like the tenure system either,but I would get creative to make her life a living hell

This would be wonderful....except that it screws over those who are falsely accused.

In this case, they have a wire. But when you choose slander as a method of punishment, all it takes is one student who doesn't like a teacher to accuse them of molestation to screw over a good teacher. It quickly turns into a guilty until proven innocent scenario. Even if the teacher is completely innocent, all it takes is one accusation to ruin their entire reputation. Many teachers who sit in those rooms playing cards are in just that situation -- they can't go teach because they've been accused of some horrific thing they didn't do.

Could you imagine what would happen if workers could get their bosses canned (or moved) just by stating a lie about them?

Again, the teacher hasn't been fired YET. Just like when someone commits a triple murder, they don't get sent to execution without a date in court first.

Quote from MintJulep : In the Chicago Tribune it states "All the children in Akian's class have autism or other learning difficulties, making it difficult for them to communicate with other people." Which got me wondering why are they in school? What are they learning? Is what they learn or need to learn best leaned at home?

People are only in school to learn to communicate?

There are ways to teach people who can't be taught "traditionally." That's why there's certification for special ed teaching. Most parents don't have this training, which is why most people think "oh, poor parent" when they see someone with a special ed child. The kids learn how to function in life -- social skills, communication (at some level), behavioral skills, etc -- as well as other "traditional" school things. Learning disabilities can just mean that you learn at a different pace, not that you can't learn at all. So someone who's HS age may be learning first or third grade material -- but it's still valuable learning.

However, calling kids names, talking about your sexual exploitations, and verbally holding kids hostage is not what they teach you when you're getting special ed training.

Quote from SigX : racist

troll

Quote from bonkman : That's why there's certification for special ed teaching.

just want to point out, there are teachers, and teacher's aids.

teacher's aids are cheaper to hire, of lower qualifications and does not receive many trainings a teacher does.

the people being fired here are mostly teacher's aids.