What have cell phone videos, breaking newscasts, lawyers, and educators
added to our lives? I found out last night on the "Kelly File".
I saw a shocking (SHOCKING) video of a police officer grabbing a female
student and throwing (THROWING) her out of her chair. My God, the
violence was horrific, and I got to see the ACTUAL VIDEO of it. Thank
goodness we have the mainstream media to bring us proof of these heinous
acts.
Then Megan Kelly and two (TWO) lawyers discussed the issue, one lawyer
arguing that there was no excuse for the officer to mistreat a child that way.
The other lawyer half-way defended the officer, by noting that the student
had refused to obey the teacher and the vice-principal, but still, the officer
was out of line.
Their consensus was that none (NONE) of them would want their child treated
in such a brutal way.
But I kind of wonder, why did we ever get in the situation where a policeman
was called in the first place? What we had here was a disobedient child in the
classroom. In the old days, someone would grab her by the ear and haul her
down to the office.
Here she was, refusing to give the teacher her cellphone, and refusing to get
out of her seat and go to the office. When the teacher called the vice-
principal, the student refused him as well. Wow, she actually refused the
teacher and the vice-principal.
She must have been a very imposing young lady. Or perhaps they thought she
might have been packing heat. Or maybe they thought, if we touch her we
might get sued. If, God forbid, someone got a video of it.
And these were college-educated, professionally trained, educators. They
had attended classes on how to motivate and inspire young people. Maybe
they missed the class on yanking ears.
So their solution to this dire situation? Let's call in the cops. Let him
reason with her, and, if she still won't get up, he can throw her ass out of
that chair for us...better him than us. And, as it turns out, it was better for
them. They still have their jobs, he doesn't have his.
So, if you are a school policeman, my solution for you in this situation
would be to politely ask the young lady to do what the teacher and the
vice-principal requests. If she refuses, you should go and sit down
somewhere in the room.
When the teacher or vice-principal asks you why you're just sitting there, tell
them you're waiting to see if the student attacks them, because your job is to
protect them...you are NOT their private bouncer.
If they ask you how to get the stubborn student out of the chair, tell them to call
their old professor or a lawyer to come in and show them how to do it.
Such a minor problem should be a piece of cake for highly trained
professionals. Surely, she could be removed without force. Perhaps you could
video them as a training aide for new teachers.
Anyone with any common sense should know better than to call a cop on a
disobedient child, unless you're looking for a fall guy to blame.
And, if it's Megan Kelly's child, you could always call Megan Kelly.
