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I was talking about my own experiences when I said I didn't have a teacher who could truly be called abusive. A teacher talking about a student's private business is over the line even if true, and worse if it's a lie. Teachers generally can't suspend students though, so that threat sounds like a bluff.
Only the principal can suspend students, although the principal would basically rubber stamp whatever a teacher or assistant principal wanted, unless it was really extreme.
Also, my 8th grade science teacher who spread false rumors about me and threatened to kick me out of honors science if I "talked back" to him was the department chair, so he was the person who decided who was in honors science and who was not. He was not bluffing.
3 day suspension in senior year of hs for finally giving someone what they deserved for harassing me for years, with teachers knowing about it and never doing anything to stop the person. It was great, should have done it way before.
Only the principal can suspend students, although the principal would basically rubber stamp whatever a teacher or assistant principal wanted, unless it was really extreme.
Also, my 8th grade science teacher who spread false rumors about me and threatened to kick me out of honors science if I "talked back" to him was the department chair, so he was the person who decided who was in honors science and who was not. He was not bluffing.
Surprised nobody responded to this post. So I'll ask this another way: what things that are currently considered abuse do you feel should or should not be allowed? Should teachers be allowed to physically attack students? Should teachers be allowed to spread false medical information about students? What about true medical information? Should teachers be allowed to bully students by threatening to kick them out of an honors class if the student does not comply with a certain request?
Surprised nobody responded to this post. So I'll ask this another way: what things that are currently considered abuse do you feel should or should not be allowed? Should teachers be allowed to physically attack students? Should teachers be allowed to spread false medical information about students? What about true medical information? Should teachers be allowed to bully students by threatening to kick them out of an honors class if the student does not comply with a certain request?
On the last point, it depends on whether the teacher's request is legitimate. If not, that's an abuse of power. Divulging confidential information is completely unacceptable as is spreading lies about students. As for attacking a student, do you mean a physical attack? If the teacher were physically threatened, I think it's permissible as a form if defense but in general it's not acceptable. Did a teacher ever physically attack you?
I know some guys who actually preferred corporal punishment over other kinds of discipline in school. How do you feel about that?
On the last point, it depends on whether the teacher's request is legitimate.
Even if the teacher's request is legitimate, how does moving somebody who belongs in an honors class into a regular class good for anybody involved? Especially where the student will be bored out of his/her mind in a regular class, and will no longer have any incentive at all to behave. And, why do you defend a punishment that only affects high achieving students, while allowing average and below average students to get away with anything they want?
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If not, that's an abuse of power. Divulging confidential information is completely unacceptable as is spreading lies about students.
Sounds like we agree there.
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As for attacking a student, do you mean a physical attack?
Yes, I do mean a physical attack.
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If the teacher were physically threatened, I think it's permissible as a form if defense but in general it's not acceptable.
No, I did not ever physically threaten a teacher!
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Did a teacher ever physically attack you?
Yes, I did have a teacher physically attack me. I thought I posted about it in the past. It was in 12th grade, AP Chem. Another student told the teacher that I had Tourette's syndrome (which was not true; I never had Tourette's, but it was erroneously on my medical record). I then said that I do not have Tourette's and never had it. The teacher then grabbed me and pushed me into my seat, and started cursing at me, and telling me that I will never be able to graduate from college. Since I had erroneously thought that my medical record had been corrected, I told him that I do not have and never had Tourette's, and that if he does not believe me, to go to the office and check my medical record, and he will see that I never had Tourette's. He said that he will check my medical record as soon as class was over. Unfortunately, my medical record had not been corrected, so I basically sealed my own coffin.
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I know some guys who actually preferred corporal punishment over other kinds of discipline in school. How do you feel about that?
Depends on how bad the corporal punishment is vs what the other alternatives were. Was the punishment intended to injure the student, or just humiliate him/her? I would have rather have had corporal punishment that didn't cause any injury compared to being kicked out of honors and AP classes and extra-curricular activities.
I went to a small private school in the late 90s early 00s, and there was a lot of kids there that were hunters, and I remember a quite a few times the opening day of firearm season seeing a lot of kids wearing their cammo to school, and seeing some kids in the parking lot checking out each others shotguns that they had stored in their trucks.
A few detentions here & there, but that's about it.
Same for me. I got 8-10 detentions per year on average in high school but no suspensions. Lame...
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