Posted on 03/04/2012 7:43:00 AM PST by JoeProBono
WARREN, Ohio, Two middle-school teachers in Ohio have been suspended for barking at a student who allegedly barked at another teacher.
Meghan Montgomery told WFMJ-TV in Youngstown she disciplined her daughter after school officials in Warren told her her daughter had misbehaved in a music class. But she said two teachers who were not involved in the initial incident didn't let the matter drop.
"The teachers had the whole classroom barking at her and calling her a dog and taunting her and just being mean to her," Montgomery said.
Annette Constantino, who has been teaching in Warren for 11 years, was given a two-day suspension and Judith Brown, a 16-year veteran, got five days. Montgomery called the penalties "a slap on the wrist."
"The two teachers called me and tried to justify themselves," Montgomery said. "Ms. Constantino said that she was trying to let Marissa know how it felt."
The suspensions begin Monday.
"The school has adopted a zero tolerance against bullying but it seems like that only applies to the students," Thomas Eldridge, Marissa's grandfather, told the TV station.
I had a teacher that had a barrel stave with a handle carved at one end. The curvature allow for full contact.
Accccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk! Flashback!
Sister Mary Leadbottom. Yes, I well know that look and posture. Fortunately, I was a very well behaved boy and never received a crack on the hand with the yardstick myself, but I witnessed many a caning in my day.
What, you think torture and humiliation of a child that has already suffered a parental punishment is ok?
Are you sadistic? Or do you think the children’s discipline should ONLY come at the hands of the state government?
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Goodie! Bone jokes aside, I’ll scratch your ears! ;^)
You know I’m always up for some heavy petting!
You would trust stupid leftist teachers like this with the power to beat students they hate? They love evil and hate good.
Come here, good boy! Oh, he’s a good, gooood boy!
I would expect teachers to have the ability to maintain good order and discipline.
Put that ability back in their hands.
You say beat. I say one whack with the board of education.
Maybe the mods would pull that photo for you so it wouldn’t seem that you were using her image to make a joke about another bad situation.
Thx, I’ll ask.
Ping
That would make a great Halloween mask — say for a Zombie from Night of the Living Dead.
Thx for suggesting it.
Those teachers should be gone and the girl should be in a new class. All those other kids should be made to apologize.
2 days off is supposed to be a punishment??
Fire whoever decided that was suitable too
Sounds like a re-education camp.....
So barking at a student and using children to do so is an ok ‘punishment’ to you?
P.S. The two teachers weren’t even the child’s teacher.
Just a couple of a-holes using an opportunity to tease a kid.
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