kenimpzoom
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Certainly the teacher shouldnt have been let go because of this minor incident.<br /><br />Perhaps there is more going on that we know?<br /><br />Ken
Giving her a little time to think about that choice while picking up rocks don't sound so bad. I don't think the parents were coerced - at least not if suspension would've been the proper course of action which it might well have been. So we don't know if the punishment fits the crime, but let's just assume it does so we can consider the next problem. <br /><br />Was she assigned some duration of time to spend on "rock detail?" If so, a teacher accompanying her and also picking up rocks isn't really "helping" her with the task, could be more like counseling, helping her with the attitude adjustment, and modeling a good work ethic(assuming the teacher ain't bad-mouthing the boss). In that case "insubordination" might be too strong a label to put on it, and the boss is not just a p**** but I'd say a Major League P****.<br /><br />But if she was assigned an area to clear, or a quantity to collect, then the teacher was not only insubordinate but also enabling the student who already has issues with fulfilling responsibilities. Let's assume that's the case so we can move on to the next problem.<br /><br />Is this one act of insubordination, or a trouble-maker? If she's a trouble-maker this is the principal's opportunity to allow her to find a situation where maybe she won't get in so much trouble (my way of saying "yer outta there!"). But the evidence suggests otherwise. Let's assume it's an isolated incident in an otherwise spotless career and move on to the next problem.<br /><br />Did they have a knock-down drag out in the hallway with the teacher calling the boss every name in the book, with faculty, students and parents watching like rubberneckers at a 9-car pile-up on a freeway at rush hour? In that case she shouldn't expect anything other than what she got. But I doubt that's the case. Firing sounds too severe, but blackballing is just downright heavy-handed for the situation, I think. Let's just assume the principal is a p**** and move on to the next problem.<br /><br />Do you quit just because your colleague is treated unfairly? I admire 'em for doing that but question whether it was the smartest move.wilk, you got any kids?<br />Leave them out there by them selves with just a security camera.<br />Second they are missing you are raising cane about how the punishiment was the cause and the principal should have never done it.<br /><br />Disobedient employee?
Your kidding right. These teachers are in charge of these kids. They are responsable for them all day. They make one decision that you don't like and now they are disobediant? The parents should be the ones to blame. I wish a pricipal would do something like that to my kid. You would hear about the whole thing on the news except it would be the pricipal who would be fired. <br /><br />Sounds like the principle is more the problem then anything. Might as well tell the kid to go out back and break off a switch.<br /><br /> "Did the principle overreact? Possibly, in fact very likely. His motive for not signing the certification renewal suggests he has an ego that does not take kindly to bruising." <br /><br />Finally a statement we can agree on. Show that he isn't playing with a full deck to start with.<br />BPG
