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Originally Posted by 33girl
ok, I read this over again, and what I get is he isn't "officially" diagnosed yet - he's in the process? MC, how long does that take?
I mean, it almost sounds like he's been having disciplinary problems and they are trying to find a disability that goes along with it.
Here's another article - while the voting was a bad idea by any stretch of the imagination, this article clarifies that it was only for the DAY - not forever.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/treasur...id=inform_artr |
What bothers me the most is that the teacher essentially asked the students to tell the boy what they thought of him...specifically what they don't like about him. We all know little kids can be mean. A kindergarten teacher should know that five year olds don't really have empathy yet...they're honest, but not very good at censoring themselves or determining what's not a good thing to say. She didn't ask them how it made them feel when Alex acted out, she asked them what they didn't like about him and what he was doing - those are two very different questions when asked to very small children, and they're going to get very different responses. And she actually called on each student and put them on the spot?
The voting is another problem (what is this, Survivor?) for a couple reasons. First, she put Alex's classmates in the role of punisher. Second, I doubt the kids (and Alex) really felt she was asking them about removing him from the classroom for the day. She may have phrased it that way, but knowing the way kids are, once they shared all their dislikes about Alex, they probably wanted to vote him out for good if they had that power. And that's certainly what Alex was left with after all was said and done.
This teacher sounds like she has NO grasp on the mind of a five year old, and no basic regard for decency. Not to mention no understanding of autism, which is surprising in this day and age when autism is being diagnosed more and more. She's the one that should be voted off the island!