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madeline_con

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Fri May-30-08 09:24 PM
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Teacher, Student Brawl Caught On Tape

Teacher, Student Brawl Caught On Tape

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- A Stephenson High School substitute teacher and a tenth-grade student have been charged for fighting each other on the last day of school. A cell phone camera captured the entire incident.

The fight happened Friday, May 23 on the last day of school. According to an incident report, the two had been having conflicts all day. The teacher, listed as Carolyn Jones, said she overheard the student saying she was going to pull Jones’ wig off. The 53-year-old said she took the wig off herself and told the student that she would have to protect herself if the student messed with her.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/16435810/detail.html

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BOHICA06

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Fri May-30-08 09:52 PM
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1. Jones needs to stick and jab ....

Edited on Fri May-30-08 09:53 PM by BOHICA06

and stay off the ropes (desk).

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Fridays Child

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Fri May-30-08 10:07 PM
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2. Looked like self defense, and did you notice the letters ISS on the wall?

That was the in-school suspension classroom--the last stop for badly behaving students before they're sent home. Most kids calm down after a trip to ISS but some just ramp it up. I did some long-term substituting in an ISS classroom and, occasionally, I had to have students removed. The sub in this case should have phoned the office, the second she heard the threat. Maybe she's inexperienced but, in her defense, subs get very little trtaining for dealing with physically aggressive students.

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madeline_con

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Fri May-30-08 10:32 PM
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3. I emailed Nancy Grace...

Edited on Fri May-30-08 10:33 PM by madeline_con

oh, yes, I went there! LOL

I asked if the kids were already in ISS (In School Suspension). They would definitely be more prone to start some shit.

Also, for whatever reason, a lot of students seem to think anything they do on the last day can't be punished. Idiots!

At one point, another student who was taping was standing in the doorway. I wonder if she would have tried to block the teacher's escape if she'd tried to go?

Spell edit. We who work in education can't go around misspelling things. :blush:

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Fridays Child

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Sat May-31-08 12:36 AM
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5. Too late for me to edit...

...or I'd fix "trtaining." :blush:

So, Nancy ran this story? I hope she showed some understanding of how substitue teachers are sometimes put into volatile classrooms situations with no information or preparation.

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Mojorabbit

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Fri May-30-08 11:38 PM
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4. This stuff did not happen

when I was in school in the 70's. It makes me ill to see these things happening. I am wondering if teaching children conflict resolution starting at an early age might help? It breaks my heart to see this.

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Fridays Child

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Sat May-31-08 12:52 AM
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6. As cliche as it may sound...

...most of the time, it's the parents who need to learn conflict resolution. And it wouldn't hurt, by the way, if they monitored what their kids watch on TV.

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proud2BlibKansan

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Sat May-31-08 08:15 AM
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7. And the video games they play

Some are amazingly violent.

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goddess40

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Sat May-31-08 08:17 AM
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8. Teacher fault!

She was the adult and they had been verbally sparing all day - how professional of her. Pulling off her wig and challenging her student, this is the adult fault.

I'm hoping that this sub never works in a school again.

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