Teacher ‘petrified’ after being attacked by student

Guy · 04-10-2008, 10:12

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Baltimore educator says she cannot bring herself to return to work now

Six days after she was sucker punched and beaten in her own Baltimore classroom, high school art teacher Jolita Berry still finds it almost impossible to watch the MySpace video of the attack. And she can’t make herself go back to work.

“I am petrified to go back to that particular building,” Berry told TODAY’s Matt Lauer on Thursday in New York. “I miss the good students that I have. I love them dearly, but I can’t do it.”

The attack happened last Friday morning in Berry’s classroom in Reginald F. Lewis High School in Baltimore. One of the girls in the class approached the 30-year-old teacher and got nose-to-nose with her and threatened her.

I'm telling you from experience of running a 100+ men construction site...these are the same kids that become adults and drive us crazy!

Link to video...today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24047456/

Stay safe.

SF_BHT · 04-10-2008, 11:23

What is happening to the kids today?

dr. mabuse · 04-10-2008, 11:42

Back in the dinosaur days in Texas, if anyone did that, the teacher would service them, then the principal would service them, then they would get it at home.

When I was in junior high, 1 wangster tried to do that with the science teacher. He was corrected on the spot with a fist. No, the parents didn't threaten to sue.....

Guy · 04-10-2008, 11:48

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Originally Posted by SF_BHT

What is happening to the kids today?

my parents would killed me for talking back to a teacher!

Cutting grass
Raking leaves
Chopping wood
House-hold chores
Shoveling snow

Is unheard today for kids!

If you had seen the "Olympic" torch demonstration out here yesterday...it would boggle your mind. Ineed keep my camera available...I can show you some crazy-ass things.

Stay safe.

x-factor · 04-10-2008, 11:50

After college, while I was waiting on my clearances, I taught high school for a little while. One day I was teaching the emotionally handicapped (ie disturbed, borderline violent) kids. God bless them, they've been through hell and are damaged through no fault of their own...but still a couple of them were really nasty.

They wanted to leave class early and of course I wouldn't let them. I had to sit by the door to physically block them from leaving. So one of them says to me "what if we all jump you right now?"

I told the class "Yeah, if you all rush, you'd probably get me and get out...but the first one to try it is catching an ass-whipping. Who wants to be first?"

They didn't really have an answer for that so we talked about where to get good BBQ for the rest of the class.

Radar Rider · 04-10-2008, 14:14

I think that a lot of these kids could benefit from an "Adventure Living" experience. My church works with a program where delinquents are offered the opportunity to go to a challenge camp rather than be dealt with judicially. It is a nature camp with no TV or other such amenities, and has defined rules and community responsibilities. The camp we work with has an 85% success rate; those that don't 'pass' wind up back in the judicial system.

While it is not a total solution, and can't even begin to address "what is wrong with kids today?", it does have a positive effect on those that successfully complete the program.

SF_BHT · 04-10-2008, 14:26

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Originally Posted by Guy

my parents would killed me for talking back to a teacher!

Cutting grass
Raking leaves
Chopping wood
House-hold chores
Shoveling snow

Is unheard today for kids!

If you had seen the "Olympic" torch demonstration out here yesterday...it would boggle your mind. Ineed keep my camera available...I can show you some crazy-ass things.

Stay safe.

If I was dumb enough I would have received the same but it would have started out with a Ass woopen and then followed with all the work details. And if that did not straighten me out I might get another...

Surgicalcric · 04-10-2008, 14:35

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Originally Posted by Guy

my parents would killed me for talking back to a teacher!

Same here brother. My father would have quite literally beat my ass.

It is unfortunate in today's society that kids are being raised to think this is acceptable, well some kids anyhow.

Crip

Radar Rider · 04-10-2008, 15:06

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on
the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless
beyond words.

When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of
elders, but the present youth are exceedingly unwise and impatient of
restraint.
--- Hesiod, Eighth Century B.C.

This quote and others attributed to Socrates and Plato make the point that adults throughout history have been alarmed by the behavior of young people and that civilization hasn't yet come to an end because of the rebelliousness of teenagers.

I honestly believe that kids are no worse than they've ever been, but that bad behavior is simply more visible due to stupid things like mytube and youspace.

If you're 'from the past', you can't tell me that fights happened and some word of mouth crowds gathered when everyone said that Socrates and Plato are going to fight at 4 o'clock behind the gym. Even the spontaneous events were egged on by the shouts of "Fight, Fight, Fight!" Back then, they weren't recorded.

In these days of multi-media, such things ARE recorded, and that makes it all seem so much more real. BUT, it has been happening forever.

**The Reaper** · 04-10-2008, 15:21

RR:

I disagree.

When I was growing up, it was extremely rare for a child not to have two married parents of differing genders.

Now that is the exception rather than the norm. There is no shame in siring or birthing children out of a committed relationship, and without a long-term intent to raise them as parents. How many kids have little contact with their fathers, and in many cases their mothers as well?

This results in kids with few, if any parental figures, role models, mentors, or discipline. Most are shielded from reality checks, accountability for their actions, or responsibility, having no parents present who understood the concepts.

Welcome to the Nanny State, where the socialist village can raise your unwanted children, at no cost or penalty to you.

TR

Gypsy · 04-10-2008, 15:38

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Originally Posted by dr. mabuse

Back in the dinosaur days in Texas, if anyone did that, the teacher would service them, then the principal would service them, then they would get it at home.

That's how it rolled when I was a kid...if you got it at school the last thing you wanted to do was tell your folks.

Radar Rider · 04-10-2008, 16:10

I do not oppose your perspective, Sir, but reality intrudes. Too many couples stayed married because it was religiously or socially 'unacceptable' to divorce. My Dad (RIP) and Mom (RIP) put up with a lot of stuff as children that no one knows about, because at the time it was hidden. Mom and Dad didn't go out in packs and beat other teens, because they were severely beaten or otherwise abused at home. My Dad's dad was a miserable SOB that beat his wife and kids. It never made the news, because that's "just how it was". Grampa committed suicide at age 44; he shot himself in the chest with a shotgun. He couldn't shoot his face because he was too good looking (vanity into death, I guess).

Unless if I just happen to be some particularly miserable case, I think that my family's experience is more the rule than the exception. Dad and Mom thankfully broke the abuse cycle with their 8 kids, but I saw Dad's anger and Mom's psychological damage.

I don't think that two homos raising a kid will make that kid a homo. Quite a long way from my original post, but I think that dogs should wear sweaters when they're cold, too.

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Originally Posted by The Reaper

RR:

I disagree.

When I was growing up, it was extremely rare for a child not to have two married parents of differing genders.

Now that is the exception rather than the norm. There is no shame in siring or birthing children out of a committed relationship, and without a long-term intent to raise them as parents. How many kids have little contact with their fathers, and in many cases their mothers as well?

This results in kids with few, if any parental figures, role models, mentors, or discipline. Most are shielded from reality checks, accountability for their actions, or responsibility, having no parents present who understood the concepts.

Welcome to the Nanny State, where the socialist village can raise your unwanted children, at no cost or penalty to you.

TR

JustinW20 · 04-10-2008, 16:16

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Originally Posted by Gypsy

That's how it rolled when I was a kid...if you got it at school the last thing you wanted to do was tell your folks.

Amen to that. 'Course I went to an all-boys, Catholic high school. Even in the early '90s, wall-to-wall counseling was not an uncommon occurrence. I can't even imagine what would have happened if a student was dumb enough to raise their hand to a teacher.

As scared as I was of Father Tom wuppin’ my butt, I was ten times more afraid of what would happen when I got home and my folks found out I’d been screwing up at school...

Guy · 04-10-2008, 17:43

How come we don't write about GOOD kids?

Stay safe.

Radar Rider · 04-10-2008, 17:55

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Originally Posted by Guy

How come we don't write about GOOD kids?

Stay safe.

My son is a good kid. A GREAT kid, in fact. He's an honor student and has a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. He doesn't do stupid shit, so he doesn't make the news. I'm writing about him now.