Teacher tapes student's mouth for talking too much

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<p>Throwing out newspapers today, and this story caught my eye:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/16612376.htm[/url]”>http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/16612376.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It brought back memories - this seemed to be a fairly common occurance in my elementary school, back in the stone age. I always thought that’s why they called it "mask"ing tape. (That’s why my teachers used.) I realize it’s not PC, but I feel sorry for the teacher. I have substituted, and know how frustrating it is to have one kid diverting the entire program.</p>

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<p>At a National Park slide show my father once threatened to cut off the ears of a noisy, distruptive, unsupervised kid sitting next to us. It was probably a terribly cruel thing to do, scarring this kid’s psyche for life and crushing his self-esteem. The people around us, though, seemed grateful that they could hear the presentation.</p>

<p>If this teacher had done this to one of my sons, my reaction would be guided by what I knew of the teacher. If Jr’s 4th grade teacher had done this, I would have gone straight to the Superintendent. If it was his second grade teacher, I would have applauded her action and added some at-home punishment to the sentence. Tricky business, this raising kids…</p>

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<p>Hey- can I do that in my workplace?</p>

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<p>i had that done to me many times when i was a rebel in elementary/middle school…i thought it was hilarious.</p>

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<p>The dreaded punishment in my elementary school (besides being paddled by the principal) was being forced to sit in the trash can.</p>

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<p>when my kids were little, not TOO litle and they had a REALLY minor booboo on their arms or leg or something,and they were whiny…I would say, honey (to my H) where is that chain saw, girls, you know if we cut it off here, it will grow back in about a week…it immediately took them out of their whiny place and looking at me all aghast then they would laugh…</p>

<p>yeah, but you know what…they have great senses of humor</p>

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<p>CGM - my mom used to say that to me all the time. And to my kids. “Get the knife…” Soon followed by, “Well, then, I guess it doesn’t hurt that much, does it?” Do you suppose parents had a different parenting book back then, since they all said the same things?</p>

<p>I agree, sense of humor is what’s missing these days. Which is why you probably shouldn’t try it at work, MOWC. ;)</p>

<p>And atomom - we used to threaten our kid with the garbage can all the time. My mother-in-law was horrified. I calmly pointed out to her that that is where grouches live. My 2 year old who watched Sesame Street understood, even if she didn’t. He didn’t consider it a scary threat - just a logical consequence. Kinda like, “If you’re going to act like a monkey, go live in a tree.”</p>

<p>WashDad - your dad sounds like me. I will scold any child, any time. But I’m learning to control myself. (Comes from being a foster parent - you get used to disciplining kids who aren’t your own.) And I thought about what I might have done if this was my kid. After I was over being loyally defensive (whcih is always my first response – “How dare they?” – I think I would have contemplated if my kid deserved it or not. I’m big on “fair.” If all the class was acting up, and only my kid got singled out, I’d ask some questions. However, if my kid always had the “talks too much” check mark on progress reports, I probably would assume he got what was coming to him. Like you say, it depends on what I know about the teacher. However, in this case, it seems that everyone agreed that this child’s mouth was running independently of any thought function, and being generally disruptive, and “helping” keep it shut was a legitimate concern.</p>

<p>I had a student in middle school who was similar. Refused to open her book, talked back, talked out of turn, and was generally disruptive - defiantly so. I asked her to sit in the hall until she felt like she could control herself. She was to return when she felt ready. Meanwhile, I could teach the rest of the class. The assistant principal came along, saw her sitting there, pulled me out of class, and told me that I was never, ever to send a child out of class. They are there to learn and needed to be in the classroom to do so. If I couldn’t control them, it must be a deficiency on my part.</p>

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<p>binx, I think I would have told the asst principal to teach the little “angel” him/herself.</p>

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<p>Maybe the teacher deserves the same punishment :D</p>

<p>Back in the day - I had a teacher break 2 of my knuckles with a ruler - just cuz I was left handed !!!- my dad was not very happy about that and went up to the school and socked that teacher in the jaw - payback LOL.</p>

<p>NO child deserves that type of punishment!!! Find a way to deal with it teach!</p>

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<p>Put them in the naughty corner.</p>

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<p>Put the teach in the naughty corner - with mouth taped :D</p>

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<p>I kind of like the naughty corner ;)</p>

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<p>At my HS the naughty corner was under the stairwells.</p>

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<p>I was sent out to the hall so many times in primary school–the teacher moved my desk out there. It was fine by me. All I wanted to do was read my books anyway–even though it meant I had to go to summer school for Math one year. Fortunately, the next year they gave IQ tests. Afterwards, there were a couple of hush hush parent meetings. They quickly arranged for me to crusie through the math curriculum in a few month’s time. My parents were always on the side of the school in the "don’t rock the boat ’ camp.</p>

<p>The principal arranged special tasks for me in the morning–to keep me from whipping 350 tiny human beings into an organized frenzy. (When you have massive organziational skills you have to practice somewhere). My mother used to come home to a house full of children playing a game I had invented. I was long gone. The school also used to send me to speed reading classes to get me out of the classroom. The classic ‘handful’. The salvation came when one of the neighbors told my mother she’d better get me off the street whereupon my mother bundled me into art school in the summers.</p>

<p>Oh yeah, I saw the back of a hand and a hairbrush many a time. I vowed never to even lightly smack my children and I haven’t. I never even came close to that impulse. They were never that naughty. The child who is Mini-me did get clocked by a frustrated substitute teacher, however.</p>