Liberal states, liberal practices. Imagine a teacher doing this sort of abuse to your child. She ought to be jailed and never be allowed near children again. I’d say there’s some bondage fetish in this teachers life. Tell my child he can soil and urinate on himself, you’d better believe I’d have a lawsuit.
KeishaJune 5th, 2008 - 8:13 am
Let’s not forget the fact what drove the teacher to such an act. Does this child have a learning disability? Why wasn’t the child listening the teacher? Has that issue been delt with? No doubt about that fact the teacher was wrong. Parents need to send their children to school ready to learn though. Teachers should NOT have to teach decipline to children or teach them how to be respectful to their teachers. Shame on the parent for not sending your child to school ready to learn.
SeriouslyJune 5th, 2008 - 8:23 am
This teacher is not fit. Obviously since she chose MASKING TAPE. A far more suitable tape to hold the little miscreant would be the reliable favorite, duct tape.
You people are so quick to slam the teacher but you were not there. She was trying to make a point and do it in a way that got the boys attention. She meant no harm.
If this little boys psyche cannot handle such an incident, then he was already damaged before coming to school.
When I was a kid, we played cowboys and indians, which led to one side getting tied up. It was fun.
I’d be willing to bet that as the teacher jokingly tied the unruly child to his desk, the other kids were laughing and this kid got embarrassed. Good! Perhaps he will behave in order to avoid getting embarrassed again.
I say, “Good Job Teacher!”
BotJune 5th, 2008 - 8:32 am
Having been a substitute teacher who constantly had to put my hand on the head of a boy who kept popping up out of his eat, I fully sympathize with the teacher.
If a child is disrupting the learning process, he should be isolated so 25 other children’s education is not compromised.
MargueriteJune 5th, 2008 - 8:51 am
I love how everyone’s ready to punish the teacher who has a roomfull of students not just to control, but educate! Remember these same kids will be administered a standardized test that will be used, not to say how “smart” they are but how effective the TEACHER is!
Why hasn’t anyone asked that litigious mother how she raised and sent a kid to school who is not pliable enough even to sit down in class! The kid should have been kicked out so the teacher can do his/her job. The kid’s a loser, aparently descended from a long line of losers.
BoboJune 5th, 2008 - 9:09 am
Seriously and Marguerite. You’re idiots.
You don’t tape a child to a chair. Period. You two need to go get under a rock together. You’re worthless.
BoboJune 5th, 2008 - 9:10 am
Any teacher who tapes my kid to his chair will be spitting chiclets within a day.
durfus McgerewJune 5th, 2008 - 9:42 am
Hey stupid editor…what’s a stap?
Teacher Staps 9-Year-Old to Chair With Masking Tape
How many thousands of mistakes do you make in a week, anyway?/?
DonJune 5th, 2008 - 10:31 am
Look in the mirror at the idiot.
Maybe she should have taken him to the hall and 2 firm swats on him little behind may have made a difference.
Oh wait we can’t do that….
This is what happens when liberals get rid of discipline
TeacherJune 5th, 2008 - 10:35 am
There shouldnt be tape used, the child be suspended or make the parents come in until the child behaves appropriately! The emphasis of poor behavior must be put on the parents, it is parents that are lacking in their jobs! They expect teachers to teach, but it is almost impossible with class full of poorly behaved kids. You end up spending more time disciplining than teaching. Suspension wont happen because schools dont want to anger parents and politicians fear for their political lives! What a society we live in, parents are educating experts because they went to elementary and high school. Maybe I should go to boeing and tell them what they are doing wrong building planes???
Steve TJune 5th, 2008 - 11:16 am
Was it taped? Is there a tape?
I’ll wrap it up, now.
PoorParentingJune 5th, 2008 - 11:36 am
The mom’s first comment…”I called an attorney”. Hey mom, why not call someone who is some type of behavioral specialist or psychiatrist or someone like that, I think that’s more needed here, not an attorney. Oh, and seek out the consultation of a dietician for yourself. Your body-mass index is way out of line with optimal health. Ditch all those pastries and sweets in your house and maybe behavior problems won’t be so bad either in the kid. Your precious pumpkin makes learning hard for everyone else in the class. The problem is with your KID, not the teacher. Hope you read this. Hope your kid is NEVER in the same class or school as ours. You think your kid was abused? Some of us think your kid ABUSES the privelege of attending school with other well-behaved children.
SueJune 5th, 2008 - 12:44 pm
There’s no indication that the child has been abused, or has a chemical imbalance, or is a chronic behavior problem. He was quite articulate in the video.
Those of you who think the mother’s weight has anything to do with it are simpletons. She should lose weight, but that has nothing to do with her parenting skills.
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MichaelJune 5th, 2008 - 12:54 pm
It sounds to me like the kid just needed his butt tore out of the frame. If his mommy (and daddy??) did their freaking jobs and jerk a knot in this kid’s tail every now and again, this would have not happened.
That being said, the teacher had no business taping a kid down to his desk. I look at it from a fire hazard standpoint. If there had been a fire that broke out in the building, then he would have had to be cut out of the tape, slowing down his evacuation. The teacher should have sent the kid to the office, and the office dealt with him there. If they suspended the little brat, then mommy (or daddy??) would have to take off from work to keep their precious little brat!
DJJune 5th, 2008 - 1:16 pm
Oh please not the “Could have been a fire” agument. Tell me the last time a school in your area had a fire.
And besides it is masking tape… not that strong.
DaveJune 5th, 2008 - 1:58 pm
My experience in 2nd grade 41 years ago did not affect me mentally and I became a productive part of society. My teacher would keep long scarves in her desk just for this purpose. I was an intelligent child, just considered a little hyperactive, today they would have administered drugs to me. I was tied to my chair several times, because I would walk around class without permission. My parents were informed about the situation. As for the hyperactivity the doctor suggested I become involved in a sport, which I did, so began my wrestling career. This seemed to channel my excess energy away that I no longer had any hyperactivity problems. TV and computer games seem to be the big past time with children today, involving little or no physical activity except for body english. As for the chair tying my parents didn’t go running to the school board, they addressed the problem with more physical activity for myself. It isn’t the parents fault, it is society’s concept of political correctness that is the problem and to many lawyers. I wasn’t the only one to be tied down. The teacher wasn’t forced to resign and finished her career until she retired. It is something we still laugh about today
WoodyJune 5th, 2008 - 2:12 pm
U.S. public education at its finest.
IgnorantSueJune 5th, 2008 - 2:47 pm
Sue can’t read! Nothing was said regarding a correlation with weight and parenting skills! Something WAS said about behavior problems being possibly linked to crappy and junk food.
Sue needs to go back to elementary school herself to master that “reading comprehension” skill she somehow missed.
Also, Sue seems to think a few seconds of behavior on camera tells the whole story of this kid’s behavior. (He seems so nice.) The bad ones KNOW when to really put the brakes on their behavior, like because this camera is rolling with the story to reach the world.
TomBrooklynJune 5th, 2008 - 3:05 pm
That white trash fatso mom ought to have her mouth taped shut so she can’t eat so much and provide that kind of bad influence on her kids.
Then throw the kid out of school and let her homeschool him so the kid has no more chances to disrupt the other students that are trying to learn.
teacherJune 5th, 2008 - 3:06 pm
You’re supposed to listen to and have respect for your teachers. I think parents are supposed to teach that. Right? And now he’s a victim? No wonder America has some of the lowest grades in the world.
CJJune 5th, 2008 - 3:16 pm
Does anyone really think this child will be scarred for life over being taped to a chair?
My first grade teacher (about 35 years ago) would put tape on my shirt to remind me to keep quiet….when I continued to speak out she moved it to my mouth! Years later when my son’s teacher called complaining that he wouldn’t keep quiet……I suggested taping his mouth!
Come on people……I agree that she should have used duct tape to really hold him down. But now with Mom’s first reaction of calling an attorney, this child will grow up thinking he can get away with anything with no accountability for his actions……..way to go Mom. Aren’t you proud!
RoverJune 5th, 2008 - 3:35 pm
Fortunately Oregen is now a progressive state so I would imangine this incident was warranted. Let the teachers do their job and butt out.
IgnorantSueJune 5th, 2008 - 4:33 pm
I’m stupid, and I ran out of my meds. Ignore me please.
TeachYourChildrenWellJune 5th, 2008 - 5:20 pm
You think taping the kid is too harsh? Maybe she should do what they did in our grade school when a kid acted up: The red-faced principal came in, grabbed the kid by his hair, and smashed his face into his desk repeatedly, yelling “Want some more?” until the kid shut up and realized who was boss!
Today’s kids are spoilt brats, and why are so many of them afflicted with so-called ADHD and “asperger’s” and “autism”???? More likely, they are overloaded on sugar, toxic food additives like MSG & aspartame & God-knows-what, probably have NO FATHER in the house, and are spoiled rotten at home and have never had any proper upbringing, including good old-fashioned displine!
Parents need to shape up and take responsbility for their out-of-control kids–or don’t have any!
TomBrooklynJune 5th, 2008 - 5:28 pm
When I was a freshman at Bergen Catholic HS in Paramus, NJ, Math teacher Brother Walsh caught my friend talking to me during class. He grabbed his hair and shook his head back and forth. Watching this, I tried to contain my amusement, but despite my efforts to contain myself, Walsh caught me trying to stifle my convulsions of laughter, and proceeded to apply the same punishment to me.
He grabbed a fistful of my hair and shook my head violently back and forth. The pain in my head was intense. The whole room began swimming in circles.
After it was done, I don’t recall ever ignoring his lessons and talking with a classmate in his classroom again.
I sure as hell didn’t tell my parents about it as that would require me to admit I was misbehaving. And the only contact, if any, my parents might have followed up with was to congratulate the teacher for handling the situation.
I have laughed about that incident anytime I have thought about it since.
If I had caused that teacher to get into any trouble, I would have condemned myself to a lifetime of memory as a wimpy nit.
It just seems there are too many incidents lately where these (female) teachers are either interacting too closely with or disciplining boys and girls by humiliating them. What’s with all the touching? If these pitiful females can’t do their job without touching kids (usually in odd situations like this) or humiliating the kid like that other loser female, then I think we definitely need bring more men on the job. These are supposedly grown women but they don’t know how to act. I mean she wasn’t smart enough to keep from losing self-control. Bah THAT’S why America’s children are dumber than ever..look who’s teaching them – an idiot wearing make-up like a clown…and runnin’ around taping children like a retard!
TapeEmJune 5th, 2008 - 10:03 pm
Taping sounds like an excellent approach! But first, place the tape on the shirt, like an earlier poster mentioned. Then if the problem continues, cover the troublesome mouth with it. Use sturdy duct tape–not masking tape. Give them something to remember you by! LOL. But first, be fair, and give a stern, meaningful WARNING before proceeding with the over-the-mouth method.
SteveJune 5th, 2008 - 11:24 pm
Could you imagine what would happen if it were a male teacher doing something like this to a female student. . .wisked away for thirty years for sure. Look, there are few male teachers willing to put there lives on the line to teach children these days for real, factual and justified reasons. Like it or not, what is. . .is. Surely there would not be one, no not one “poor victimized teacher” statement on this blog.
swinkJune 6th, 2008 - 4:30 am
Obviously, most of you people have not spent time lately in a classroom. Like someone said, the first person this mother called was who? A LAWYER. Gee, I can’t figure out why little Johnny can’t learn. I’ll tell you why. Parents today are so concerned about little Johnny’s ‘rights’ they don’t give a rat’s ass about Little Johnny’s responsibilities. He should have been sent to the office for an attitude adjustment. Opps, can’t do that anymore. You people have NO IDEA what teaching is like today. When I was was growing up, if we got in trouble at school, we got in double trouble at home. Didn’t matter whose fault it was. Cause the parents knew that if there was trouble, who was LIKELY CAUSING THE TROUBLE? The kid, that’s who. Believe me, teachers do not get up in the morning and say, “Who can I torment and tape to their seats today?” I personally would not have used tape (only because people today are too stupid to understand the reasoning behind it), but I totally understand where this teacher was coming from. Did it hurt Little Johnny? No. It hurt his pride. It should have, he was the one causing all the disruption. Doesn’t anyone GET THAT? Poor kid, his mother is sabotaging him. He’ll forever be wondering if he should call a lawyer everytime somebody bumps him on the playground. This is what you’re going to get folks.
mannersJune 6th, 2008 - 2:36 pm
Why aren’t kids taught any MANNERS any more?
Probably because their dumb-a$$ed parents were never taught any. All they know how to do is CONSUME!!!!!!
Liberal states, liberal practices. Imagine a teacher doing this sort of abuse to your child. She ought to be jailed and never be allowed near children again. I’d say there’s some bondage fetish in this teachers life. Tell my child he can soil and urinate on himself, you’d better believe I’d have a lawsuit.