[LouD]

This is not just an isolated case; There are schools like this all over the country.

I've been substitute teaching in an urban school district while between jobs, and the attitude on some of the high school (and yes, even a few of the middle school) kids is unbelieveable - and I'm a 225 lb powerlifter - and I go in to sub situations in that kind of school like Patton taking over Third Army. (I model myself on the warm and welcoming Drill Sergeant who greeted my "cattle car" as it arrived at Basic Training) I can't imagine what a "mild mannered" teacher goes through.

I throw discipline problems out of class - I figure they don't pay me enough to take any BS. I had one HS Junior who I was throwing out, who came up and grabbed my shoulder as I wrote him up. I instinctively whirled around, knocked his hand off me, and cocked back my right. I swear the kid soiled himself. Fortunately, I didn't put him through the blackboard, although he surely would have deserved it. Why? Because I would now be fighting a lawsuit. I recently spoke to a 20 year teaching veteran who broke up a fight between two fifth graders; Nobody was hurt, but she's now being sued, and defending herself from charges of racism, because one of the parent couldn't believe their "little darling" did anything wrong (or more likely, the single mom parent figures this teacher has more in her retirement account than she'll see in her entire lifetime)

[ofMagog]

B T T T

[cgbg]

I'm a 225 lb powerlifter

I guess that means you can pick up and physically remove the bad kids from class!

Probably each teacher at these schools should begin their class with the following disclaimer:

Don't even think about trying to sue me. I have no assets except my feet and my fists, and if you get out of line you will get your fair share of those.

;-)