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Oh noes! Turbineguy Nov 2012 #1
You pretty much failed in the same way that this teacher did. Skidmore Nov 2012 #6
Summer Larson Celebration Nov 2012 #2
How awful! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #3
Holy crap gollygee Nov 2012 #4
Yup. PotatoChip Nov 2012 #12
you'd feel like your baby was bullied elehhhhna Nov 2012 #27
This is completely disgusting!!! Klukie Nov 2012 #5
What, was she out of dunce caps? Hekate Nov 2012 #7
The wrath from this mother if that happened to my child backtoblue Nov 2012 #8
And encouraging bullying Downwinder Nov 2012 #34
I'm with you aroach Nov 2012 #36
Yup. Barack_America Nov 2012 #81
What in the hell is wrong with this disgusting teacher? CoffeeCat Nov 2012 #9
She should not be teaching children. Period. This is not acceptable. Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #10
The children had a choice, miss recess or get scribbled on siligut Nov 2012 #11
But to a child--missing recess is very concrete and almost measurable to them... CoffeeCat Nov 2012 #14
hey! bullying is a motivator! elehhhhna Nov 2012 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author IDoMath Nov 2012 #13
Being publicly humiliated is about an hour past "criticism", don't you think? marmar Nov 2012 #17
Obviously you don't know the difference ohheckyeah Nov 2012 #18
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I was a nerd too. Played in the chess club. Winners and losers. Classrooms are not sports arenas (nt The Straight Story Nov 2012 #25
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if you're intellectualism is being denigrated elehhhhna Nov 2012 #33
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So, marking up the face of someone slower is a ohheckyeah Nov 2012 #63
So, why are you okay ohheckyeah Nov 2012 #32
Ignore him, he's not worth the breath. Chan790 Nov 2012 #51
True - you would think a person ohheckyeah Nov 2012 #57
and bullying, and poor sporsmanship, etc. ... elehhhhna Nov 2012 #31
This is an unoriginal, right-wing talking point. DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author IDoMath Nov 2012 #41
So you were successful in getting rid of your self-esteem sometime during high school? DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #43
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Roll those dice DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2012 #52
I'd vote to "Leave it Alone". n/t Chan790 Nov 2012 #55
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From the person ohheckyeah Nov 2012 #59
Poor you. ceile Nov 2012 #50
Justifying child abuse is sick high order douchebaggery jpak Nov 2012 #60
Why don't you find your nearest university and take Psych 101. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #67
because nothing makes children want to learn as well as shaming does. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #15
Isn't this considered assault? hollysmom Nov 2012 #16
It is by me. forestpath Nov 2012 #24
She needs to be fired asap. Waiting For Everyman Nov 2012 #19
If you fire her, you need to fire every teacher using peer approaches in the classroom because GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #94
"Is being criticized?" nichomachus Nov 2012 #20
Institutionalized bullying? Downwinder Nov 2012 #21
That explains this!! He flunked 4th grade reading. retread Nov 2012 #23
That is despicable... and breaks my heart... nenagh Nov 2012 #26
I was slow in math but quick to learn reading. yardwork Nov 2012 #46
Actually, this teacher's blog has some student reading videos that are anything but shaming GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #48
That's horrible liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #28
She actually seems like a devoted teacher. Her blog is available here: GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #38
She may be a devoted teacher but she made a terrible mistake. yardwork Nov 2012 #47
Did you read the blog? She's not a horrible person, and the peer approach requires follow through GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #58
The "punishment" was apparently the idea of the students themselves (a stupid one admittedly) GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #35
In other words, the teachers enabled her students to be bullies. yardwork Nov 2012 #53
The peer approach often results in that, especially with younger children GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #65
My children went to a student-centered alternative school, and nothing like this was done. yardwork Nov 2012 #83
What kind of alternative school? GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #90
It was founded in the 1970s, based on Piaget's theories. yardwork Nov 2012 #96
I would be worried as much about the effect of this "punishment" ... surrealAmerican Nov 2012 #37
If I'd had my face marked on Iwillnevergiveup Nov 2012 #42
OMG. What incredible stupidity and cruelty. yardwork Nov 2012 #44
Fire that incompetent fuck. nt rrneck Nov 2012 #49
+1000 smirkymonkey Nov 2012 #89
Teacher needs to write the meaning of STIGMA on her blackboard 1000 times HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #54
How about the students write on HER face? nt redwitch Nov 2012 #75
Those poor kids! What a sickfuck teacher. jpak Nov 2012 #56
The kids themselves chose the punishment, and some student-centered approaches GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #73
Thanks for the input, esp the link Hekate Nov 2012 #82
Thanks for a civilized response. A wrongheaded philosophy, supported by research and GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #91
What if one of these poor kids is an unidentified dyslexic? It happens. Butterbean Nov 2012 #62
And I thought the education bar was lowered when our former president asked: Initech Nov 2012 #64
Wow, really? EC Nov 2012 #66
Any punishment for this teacher should involve a tattoo gun... n/t backscatter712 Nov 2012 #68
Yet another reason why I'm glad we homeschooled our kids. kath Nov 2012 #69
I am a HUGE advocate of home schooling, especially considering current education "theory" at GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #71
The teacher is NOT a horrible person or even an abusive one. It's a peer teaching methodology that GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #70
Labeling abuse as a "theory" doesn't make it less abusive demhottie Nov 2012 #72
Tell that to schools of education. GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #77
That's complete bullshit Sabriel Nov 2012 #98
The teacher is an adult. She has an obligation to keep kids safe. She failed. proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 #74
Safe, yes. But this has EVERYTHING to do with teaching philosophy coming out of universities GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #78
The reason an adult is the teacher is because students lack the judgment Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #80
I agree, but peer approaches make the teacher step away from that role GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #92
Stunning. Sheldon Cooper Nov 2012 #76
Teaches other kids that violating someone else's physical boundaries is acceptable Hekate Nov 2012 #79
Teaches that such violation is OK when the peer group agrees on it GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #93
My first grade teacher used to pin failed tests to our shirts & force us to keep them there all day Bad_Ronald Nov 2012 #84
I am in no way defending this teacher dsc Nov 2012 #85
what a crappy human being/teacher. n/t Whisp Nov 2012 #86
What the hell.......... Marrah_G Nov 2012 #87
So this teacher believes in "Scarlet Letter" type punishment in 2012. Auntie Bush Nov 2012 #88
Fire her. None of that sit in a room for a year and get paid bullshit. nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #95
unreal former-republican Nov 2012 #97
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