I am a teacher at Gross Elementary. I am posting in response to the long post in ALL CAPS about the incident that occured.
I am writing to say that the situation at Gross Elementary is almost out of control. The new administration is having difficulty as well dealing with the large amount behavior problems at the school.
I'd say that about 3/4 of my classroom are severe behavior problems. I generally spend most of my time baby sitting and calling parents, rather than teaching.
Also, the parents are very uncooperative and unwilling to work with the teachers. They tend to place the blame on teachers rather than their own precious child who can seemingly do no wrong. It seems to me that the majority of the parents in the area surrounding Gross Elementary have little or no parenting ability and generally believe everything that their children tell them about what happens at the school.
When I was young, my parents taught me to respect teachers. This is not taught today by many parents. The majority of my students at Gross are belligerent, rude, oppositionally defiant, and have severe problems with authority.
There is little or no respect for authority instilled in a majority of the children who attend Gross Elementary. This is absolutely ridiculous. Teachers are educated people that are doing what they can to further the humanity as a whole. They teach the children the very basics in which our society functions on. Without them, our society would collapse into an illiterate, ignorant wasteland of disorganization and probably much worse!
I have trouble believing that the case with the student inappropriately disciplined is as cut & dry as it may seem...
I myself have been at the end of my rope and have felt isolated and helpless many times while out of control students ravage my classroom.