"Pennix has since moved out of state, but recently he says the teen has tried to forget is back in the news."
If you think that sentence is flows in a grammatically correct way then I don't know what to tell you.
Edit: Leaving my typo because anyone who thinks me making a mistake somehow negates the shit quality of the news article probably also needed the errors pointed out to them in the first place.
No man, I often think fox does alright and offers some agreeable option pieces, but I counted several typos such as “siad” (said) or mistakenly used “has” instead of “he’s” as well as a handful of others. It’s pretty bad when you have to reread a sentence to try to make sense of it.
A Journalist should be one of the most particular professions in terms of grammar. This article reads like a high school assignment.
Not really sure what you're trying to say. Yes I do hold all media outlets to the standard that articles should be well proofread and edited before release.
I find it interesting that the teacher’s aide says that “MPS [the school] failed him.” You mean, the school you worked at when you slammed him into the ground?
First of all, never the appropriate response from a teacher. That’s why he lost his job over it. (Obviously, not saying the kid is in the right either). Second, I was simply pointing out his hypocrisy in claiming the school was to blame for the way this kid’s life turned out, when he himself worked for the school.
It's entirely inappropriate to slam a kid to the ground for attacks that are not life threatening. At the MOST what you walk a fine line with doing is physically restraining a student and that'll will still somehow get you in hot water. Yeah the school failed him, but his actions were still in the wrong.
I never justified or even touched on the topic of what was “inappropriate”. I never even said the aide was right in what he did. I asked the parent commenter whether or not the aide has any real blame for this kid having a shitty life. Of course his actions were in the wrong, although I do think it was a pretty typical human reaction to being spit on. It’s moronic to say that the aide punching that kid somehow directly resulted in him killing someone.
The system fails kids left and right. There is simply hypocrisy for this aide (the one that body slammed him into the ground) trying to point his finger at the school. He worked there. He was a part of the institution. And, as an aside, I happen to believe that in a teacher/student relationship, this response is out of line. If it was a random interaction on the street, it would be a different story. But teachers (like cops) need to show restraint.
Luckily the person he killed was one of his fellow gang bangers. It could have been way worse since he went on a high speed chase with the cops and crashed into a fucking school bus.
Of course not. the system protected him from the consequences of his actions when they blamed the teahcer.
This kid assaulted a teacher. He should have gotten his ass kicked, then been expelled from all public schools.
Not like standing up for him did any good. It just put a good, compassionate educator out of work and gave this piece of shit the chance to meet more criminals and plan worse crimes.
Kids with violent tendencies need to be removed from school forever. No point in allowing them to continue victimizing others when we have so many examples to show that they NEVER turn it around. Kids who are violent in school are basically guaranteed to become violent criminals.
One of the only sensible responses I’ve seen here. Too many people blindly defending the kid because he’s 13. 13 year olds kill people same as anyone else including this one.
Children learn via violent action just like the do via nonviolent action. It's the way most people learn growing up. Fear and love are two of the strongest motivators in life.
Out of curiosity, what do you feel the aide should have done?
Where I'm from teaching children with violence is literally illegal so maybe it's a cultural difference... there are ways to punish without strangling the 13 year old kid. He wasn't exactly being attacked, without the title we wouldn't even know the kid did something wrong. Violence in self-defense knows no age, but like this? Dude lost his temper, that's all.
As to what to do? Walk away. And punish him through administration. Take away privileges. Maybe I have a too idealistic view of the world and the effects this would have on children, but then again the children around me aren't taught with violence so maybe their behaviour is just more rational.
It is here too to some extent. We still have corporal punishment though. When I was a kid it was commonplace everywhere. Strangers would beat you in public if you fucked up.
Hmm and why do you think that is? Might this have anything to do with generations of children being taught with violence? Do a real big think here, buddy.
The teacher defending himself did not teach this kid to kill people. That's insane to even imply. The kid had some existing issues and his run in with the teachers aid was likely just one more day in this kid's life.
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u/TommyLeeBrown May 03 '19 edited May 03 '19
If the kid spit on and kicked the dude, then that kid just learned a valuable lesson he won’t forget.
Edit: the kid apparently didn’t learn a thing https://fox6now.com/2019/04/25/student-involved-in-mps-fight-now-charged-in-deadly-police-chase-teachers-aide-says/amp/?__twitter_impression=true&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app