Taping a kid's mouth shut in school

[uppity_heathen]

A special education teacher recently taped two 8th grade students' mouths shut. She sent a note home to one child's mother stating, "Santiago is suffering from 'diariha of the mouth' I taped it shut! :)" The teacher is now saying it was a joke. Do you think this is ever acceptable? How should the teacher be punished? The teacher is currently on

Comments

[sister_anne]

No, it is never acceptable.

Yes, teachers should know how to spell "diarrhea". :P

[lovequote]

LOL mte

[lelah]

Yeah, the spelling bothers me more... I hope she gets fired for the misspelling and also the emoticon. That is just wrong, wrong, wrong!

[couchtiger]

Not even remotely appropriate and the spelling would bother me too.

Special education teachers of all people should be well-versed in creative ways to deal with adolescent problems. If that were my child I might ask to have him moved to a different classroom, depending on how the teacher handled it and her attitude afterwards.

[uppity_heathen]

perhaps "dairiha of the mouth" wasn't covered at the school she attended.

[cathrynapple]

I would ask to change schools. And I'm glad the media was alerted. I hope the teacher was embarrassed. I mean, couldn't she at least look up the word?

[pgh_anarchist]

I wasn't sure if the spelling was yours or hers until the end. :) For the simple fact she can't spell diarrhea, I wouldn't want her teaching my child. Taping the mouth shut is going a bit too far.

[neurotic_orchid]

Uh. No, never acceptable. That teacher showed horrible judgment. I think she should be allowed to come back to work, but she owes that boy a serious apology and should probably go around with "I'm an ass" taped to her mouth for a week.

And, yes, the fact that she couldn't even spell out her happy little note correctly pisses me off even more.