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Mom, 5-year-old girl in video fires lawyer, moving out of state
St. Petersburg Times ^ | April 26, 2005 | THOMAS C. TOBIN

Posted on 04/26/2005 5:02:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: iconoclast
I believe they did and Inga said she couldn't leave work before 3 o'clock.

I am a working mother by necessity not choice, but believe me, if I got a call like that I would have raced to the school immediately. I have always made it clear that my child comes first, and my employers are very understanding and supportive of family issues, as they have them too. The mother of this child needs to re-evaluate her priorities, among other things.

241 posted on 04/26/2005 8:31:14 AM PDT by ariamne (reformed liberal--Shieldmaiden of the Infidel)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Good riddance !!

Sent these Floridiots up to some socialist cesspool. They'll fit right in.

242 posted on 04/26/2005 8:31:57 AM PDT by Freebird Forever
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To: <1/1,000,000th%
"It sounds to me like another undisciplined brat who's too young to be thrown to the floor and swarmed. Handcuffing her sounds like the correct decision."

It was!

243 posted on 04/26/2005 8:32:07 AM PDT by sageb1
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To: NCLaw441; brwnsuga

You are so wrong about Tiger Woods.


244 posted on 04/26/2005 8:32:43 AM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: sageb1
Obviously, this child was used to behaving like this and no drastic steps had ever been taken by her mother to stop the behavior.

But you would never know that from the way that the MSM has contextualized this story... you would think it was just the abuse of a helpless babe by the fuzz.

245 posted on 04/26/2005 8:33:37 AM PDT by soundandvision
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To: djf

Apologies. I knew that. I was being lazy not going back to the original quote.


246 posted on 04/26/2005 8:34:38 AM PDT by sageb1
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To: proudofthesouth

My guess is that the girl treats the Mom the same way.

Where is the Dad? Don't hear anything from him.


247 posted on 04/26/2005 8:35:15 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345
Where is the Dad? Don't hear anything from him.

I'm sure you know the stats...doubtful he's in the picture.

248 posted on 04/26/2005 8:35:59 AM PDT by soundandvision
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To: soundandvision
"I've been screaming this for years. I had several girl-friends (not girlfriends) that were young teachers and they would tell me the horror stories. They really don't have ANY power at this point. This is partly the fault of the teachers unions and partly the fault of communities for going soft."

I agree. So how do we go about fixing the problem? Where do we start?

249 posted on 04/26/2005 8:36:00 AM PDT by sageb1
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The show interviewed a child psychologist who said the handcuffing might be racially motivated.

*sigh* If I had a nickle for every time the race card was played, I'd be richer than Bill Gates.

And what kind of a name is "Ja'eisha"??

250 posted on 04/26/2005 8:37:45 AM PDT by 4mycountry ("No, Samus, prioritize! Getting off of an exploding ship is more important than fighting a dragon!")
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To: soundandvision

Probably the root of the problem. No Dad.

I bet this girl will be a lot of fun when she is older.


251 posted on 04/26/2005 8:37:53 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: soundandvision
"But you would never know that from the way that the MSM has contextualized this story... you would think it was just the abuse of a helpless babe by the fuzz."

Unfortunately, it wasn't just the MSM. FOX did the same thing yesterday beginning with FOX & Friends. I wasn't around to watch in the evening, so I don't know how it was handled by FOX during the evening. But I was livid during the morning and afternoon FOX shows when everyone was ready to verbally beat up the cops. The FOX women were more than ready to jump on the "for the children" bandwagon.

252 posted on 04/26/2005 8:40:34 AM PDT by sageb1
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To: NCLaw441

I see your point.

This is awful, but true; my husband is a lawyer and knows of several private law firms whose hiring managers throw out resumes with names like Ja'eisha on them just on principle. It's a horrible thing, but with jobs so scarce and the applicant pool so large in this area, its an employers market. And not always a fair and balanced one.


253 posted on 04/26/2005 8:41:21 AM PDT by ariamne (reformed liberal--Shieldmaiden of the Infidel)
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To: brwnsuga
But, there are times when black students who excel at school are picked on or called "white" which can be very hurtful. There is some weird kind of pressure that comes with being smart.

I overheard a conversation once that really made an impression on me. Two young black women were sitting near me in a restaurant/pub and Tiger Woods picture came on the television. For more than 15 minutes they carried on saying things like "I hate him" "I can't stand to look at him" "He is so disgusting", etc. They never said why, only that he was a horrible person. It was puzzling because these young women were otherwise very articulate. They were students at an un-named law school in Massachusetts (one that considers itself the best law school in the world) and obviously had to be very smart and accomplished to go there.

254 posted on 04/26/2005 8:42:03 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: soundandvision

I think a good fix would be to send the parents bills for the cost of time wasted by students is managing these little horrors.


255 posted on 04/26/2005 8:42:46 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: sageb1
Things must be done at the local level, as you know (I'm sure) I wouldn't condone some sort of Federalized system.

It's really up to the community at large to fix these problems, the local school district and parents (i.e. tax payers) to involve themselves in writing the rules and helping lay out rules that the school board should follow.

Having said that -- and trying to be EXTREMELY pragmatic about this; the child should get no more than two bites from the apple, if they can't behave properly in the classroom they should be *completely* removed from it until they can. That means they simply can't attend school and disrupt the learning for the children that behave properly. That also means mom will have to find a way to stay home with her etc. I'm sick of the world revolving around the problem child -- starting schools for troubled kids, all that nonsense. If your child can't conform, tough s---. Be a parent and make them conform or they don't get an education. That's where I would start.

Flame away.

256 posted on 04/26/2005 8:45:09 AM PDT by soundandvision
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To: finnman69

That would be another thing to do, yes.


257 posted on 04/26/2005 8:45:39 AM PDT by soundandvision
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To: sageb1

It takes a village. :)


258 posted on 04/26/2005 8:47:47 AM PDT by soundandvision
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To: ladyjane; brwnsuga

The only reason why they hate him is because he wouldn't exclusively identify as black and kiss Jesse Jackson's behind. plus it doesn't help that he married a white woman. Believe me I've heard it all but it's really sad. You have to feel sorry for women like that.


259 posted on 04/26/2005 8:49:04 AM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: brwnsuga
plays viola in the school orchestra

Is that because she isn't very good, or because she really likes the viola? :-)

In case you didn't get it, it's a joke...in music circles, the viola gets made fun of because it tends to be the repository for people who can't quite hack the parts for the violin, so they go play the middle voice that tends not to have as much importance to the melody.

260 posted on 04/26/2005 8:50:04 AM PDT by krb (ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
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