I think if this particular kid *had* been humiliated, Aimee might have posted a very different story.
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Amy - Sep 24, 2009 10:31:46 am PDT #10700 of 30001
Because books.
Steph L. - Sep 24, 2009 10:32:34 am PDT #10701 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think how you posed the question is not how I would pose the question.
That's okay. We just see different aspects of the issue.
Miracleman - Sep 24, 2009 10:32:52 am PDT #10702 of 30001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
She's one of those people that teaching is just innate for.
Honey, it's "for whom teaching is innate."
-2 points.
(I'm so going to get it.)
Personally, I think Aims' sister wasn't lenient *enough*. I would have shot the student in the face. Seriously. Pulled a gun and just shot the girl right in her face.
Ow. Bit my tongue. Shouldn't keep it in my cheek.
Cashmere - Sep 24, 2009 10:32:59 am PDT #10703 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I was in an advanced English class in the 7th grade where the teacher hung a diaper on the chalkboard because she felt we were being "babies"--she had to go back to diagramming some sentence structure after the whole class performed rather badly on a written assignment.
Over the top? Maybe. Humiliating? Yeah. I don't bear any emotional scars from it.
megan walker - Sep 24, 2009 10:33:18 am PDT #10704 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I emphatically disagree. Humiliating a student is uncalled for, and I can't see how it would do anything other than put the kid off that subject/school for good. I've never heard anyone say their path in life was steered right by that really good dose of public humiliation they got from their teacher in front of the whole sixth grade back in P.S. 131.
The whole French school system is pretty much based on this--or rather, highlighting both the bad and the good. I remembered a few incidents in grad school when a French TA or professor didn't understand that calling someone out for shoddy work or a bad grade was something just not done.
Dana - Sep 24, 2009 10:33:58 am PDT #10705 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
A crazy bitch in my Catholic school used to throw erasers at people. Not even a nun! Just an evil old lady.
flea - Sep 24, 2009 10:34:27 am PDT #10706 of 30001
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Steph L. - Sep 24, 2009 10:34:56 am PDT #10707 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I don't bear any emotional scars from it.
That's good. It still doesn't make it good pedagogy.
Amy - Sep 24, 2009 10:35:35 am PDT #10708 of 30001
Because books.
My public school high school journalism teacher used to throw his stapler. We got him a sponge and a cup of water after a while.
Cashmere - Sep 24, 2009 10:35:51 am PDT #10709 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
My 8th grade social studies teacher also had a bell on his desk that he called his "dumb bell" and anyone asking a stupid question would get a ring from him.
It kept students on their toes and they really thought hard before asking a question in his class.