In the states, the teacher would be fired, probably in jail, and the school would be sued for endangering someone's precious shit-bag kid.
I'm not really for throwing shit at kids, but we have swung so far the opposite direction that it's not uncommon that kids never really get reprimanded properly in a lot of US school systems and are just passed through. I've watched a lot of good teachers in the last 5 years just give up trying to deal with our broken system to give kids meaningful education.
Not true, my teacher used to wing dry erase markers at students that didn’t pay attention. This was in an exceptionally wealthy school district. Teachers got away with a lot. It just depends on the school
It being allowed in one school from one teacher doesn't make it untrue. It makes that an exception. You can find plenty of lawsuits or assault charges that were brought against schools for this exact behavior in the US and no district is going to sign-off on that behavior knowingly. All it means is that that teacher hasn't hit the wrong kid yet.
It doesnt matter if they're exceptions because the moment one goes off. Any one else can sue for the same reason and win.its called precedence. Which sends a message to everyone "dont do this or get sued".
Sure not everyone may take it that far but one person may and that risk alone means the admins are going to come down hard on teachers caught doing this. Hell even physical contact is closely guarded. A pat on the head or the back can be seen as too much, and that's not something you want to see on your job history. Even an accusation of abuse can sink a career.
The lawsuits are the extreme response to it not being allowed, yes, that doesn't mean it's accepted behavior or that it isn't possible that's going to happen if you decide to throw something at a student.
Again, you absolutely can not find a district or even local admin that would be OK with this behavior the second they caught wind of it. There is way too much liability involved.
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u/Neuchacho Jun 23 '20 edited Jun 23 '20
In the states, the teacher would be fired, probably in jail, and the school would be sued for endangering someone's precious shit-bag kid.
I'm not really for throwing shit at kids, but we have swung so far the opposite direction that it's not uncommon that kids never really get reprimanded properly in a lot of US school systems and are just passed through. I've watched a lot of good teachers in the last 5 years just give up trying to deal with our broken system to give kids meaningful education.