[SPAM]Re: Digital recorder catches teacher

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Wow...what a horrible finding and as an elementary teacher I find it

disheartening to think that the statics are that high. I did my

Masters final paper on the subject of bullying a few years ago and it

never entered my mind to think about how much teachers were bullying

the kids...overworked and underpaid is no reason to not treat children

with respect. Thanks for recognizing that there are teachers out

there who are not doing this.Teachers make mistakes, but bullying

isn't a mistake and shouldn't be tolerated from teachers!

> Anyone know how to contact this reporter?

>

> Anne

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> -- Digital recorder catches teacher

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> Digital recorder catches teacher

>

> Tuesday, February 26, 2008 | 11:36 AM

>

> By Willey

>

> HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Local parents armed their child with a tape

recorder and

> sent the youngster off to class. They say they did it to help her,

but what

> was recorded has them demanding action from HISD.

>

> At home, four-year-old is like any little girl her age. She

likes to

> play and loves her kitten, Jiminy. It's what was happening at school at

> Memorial Elementary that has had her parents puzzled.

>

> " She's been having behavioral problems in class, " said

Mijares. " The

> behavioral problems that were described are not things she does at

home. "

>

> So after months of wondering why, and Mijares spent 50

bucks on

> a digital recorder, put it in 's backpack, turned it on and

sent it to

> school. The following is just a sampling of what they heard.

>

> " Nobody are you good for. You're just a bad kid. When are you going

to be a

> good kid? Do you think any other class acts like this? No. You're

just mean

> to your teacher and I'm going to be mean to you, too. Everybody

understand

> that? You're mean to me so I get to be mean to you. "

>

> " Ya'll are just stupid kids. I swear to God "

>

> " I was just in shock, " said Mijares. " I couldn't believe it. "

>

> The couple was stunned. This was a veteran teacher talking to 4 and

> 5-year-olds and sometimes singling them out.

>

> " You don't hang out in the hall, Camille, and you don't act stupid, " the

> tape continued.

>

> They took the recording to the principal who in a statement to us

called the

> comments, " Reprehensible and totally unacceptable. " He writes he

immediately

> removed the teacher from the classroom and reassigned her as the

> investigation continues.

>

> But 's parents say the district has an obligation to keep this from

> continuing.

>

> " I really don't think she shouldn't be teaching anymore, " said .

>

> 's parents don't think this was an isolated incident. They believe

> their daughter's behavioral problems are in part because of the way the

> teacher speaks to her. We are not naming that teacher because this

is all

> still being investigated. She did not respond to my request for comment.

>

> Video of story:

>

> http://tinyurl.com/264a3e

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