Caveat praeceptor
Apr. 21st, 2009 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spookyeviloneTeachers beware
And people wonder why I loathe all "protect zer chilluns!" bullcrap.
This all started with plastic playground equipment. Plastic playground equipment is ruining our society. By not allowing children to get the normal bumps, scrapes, and contusions, we've raised an entire generation not capable of dealing with it when Baby Gets A Boo Boo. This has resulted in fear of damage and danger above and beyond anything that could have previously been considered reasonable. Parents have sprouted propellers and started hovering around their Special Little Snowflakes to ensure that SLS never encounters anything remotely unpleasant. When unpleasantness rears its head, Helicopter Parent swoops in, guns blazing, aimed for the nearest target because OF COURSE, SLS could not possibly be at fault. That would mean taking responsibility! Consequences to actions! Something that has been steadily and frighteningly removed from the curriculum of the modern child since sometime in the 80's. When good, old fashioned, wooden and metal playground equipment on sand bases was replaced with plastic atop 8" of shredded rubber.
This teacher's life and livelihood were directly and negatively and permanently impacted by the actions of one vindictive parent. The teacher's only crime was for suspending her SLS after said SLS pulled the pants down on a girl in his class. It wasn't for the original issue of .. y'know.. the SLS having semi-naked pictures of young girls on his phone. Meanwhile, what happened to SLS? What consequences happened to the disgusting, immature little shithead who thought it was ok to humiliate one of his classmates? Two day suspension from school - but what did Helicopter Parent do at home? Were there consequences, or did she spend those two days buying SLS an XBox 360 Elite and consoling him that the Big Bad Teacher would never be able to suspend him again?
I'd bet a coke I've already written the answer.
And people wonder why I loathe all "protect zer chilluns!" bullcrap.
This all started with plastic playground equipment. Plastic playground equipment is ruining our society. By not allowing children to get the normal bumps, scrapes, and contusions, we've raised an entire generation not capable of dealing with it when Baby Gets A Boo Boo. This has resulted in fear of damage and danger above and beyond anything that could have previously been considered reasonable. Parents have sprouted propellers and started hovering around their Special Little Snowflakes to ensure that SLS never encounters anything remotely unpleasant. When unpleasantness rears its head, Helicopter Parent swoops in, guns blazing, aimed for the nearest target because OF COURSE, SLS could not possibly be at fault. That would mean taking responsibility! Consequences to actions! Something that has been steadily and frighteningly removed from the curriculum of the modern child since sometime in the 80's. When good, old fashioned, wooden and metal playground equipment on sand bases was replaced with plastic atop 8" of shredded rubber.
This teacher's life and livelihood were directly and negatively and permanently impacted by the actions of one vindictive parent. The teacher's only crime was for suspending her SLS after said SLS pulled the pants down on a girl in his class. It wasn't for the original issue of .. y'know.. the SLS having semi-naked pictures of young girls on his phone. Meanwhile, what happened to SLS? What consequences happened to the disgusting, immature little shithead who thought it was ok to humiliate one of his classmates? Two day suspension from school - but what did Helicopter Parent do at home? Were there consequences, or did she spend those two days buying SLS an XBox 360 Elite and consoling him that the Big Bad Teacher would never be able to suspend him again?
I'd bet a coke I've already written the answer.
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Date: 2009-04-21 10:55 pm (UTC)I just hope I can keep my job, been feeling down about it lately.
Crys