Hey ya'll, I'm sorry for my harsh judgment of the situation. At the middle school I work at the special education students are sent to the social worker or the social work intern (me) as opposed to getting sent to the principal's office or getting suspended. The administration feels that suspending special education kids puts them at a disadvantage when IMHO it does nothing but tells them that short of blowing up the building or killing someone, they can do as they please b/c they won't get suspended. When special education students break rules at my school, the most they get is to have their parent come in for a conference. And when the parent does come in, they get upset with me for taking them away from "The Young and the Restless" or from their boyfriends to talk with me about their child's behavior and/or progress in school. It really burns me up!! Special education does not equal stupid; I know that these kids are smarter than what the district labels them and I feel that some of these parents do not encourage their kids to do better for fear that they will lose some money or that (gasp!!) they will have to be more involved with their children.
Everyone is pushing for abstinence when teaching sex ed, but it just ain't happening, people!! I read a journal article about teens and sex for a human behavior class and I was shocked to learn what middle school kids are doing!! Parents need to REALLY teach them about sex, and when I say that, I mean teaching them more than just how not to get pregnant or how not to get someone pregnant!!
I was harsh in my judgement of the situation and I now recommend that the boy and the girl (especially) be sent for intensive individual counseling WITH their parents!! As for the teacher, nothing should be done to him but I know now that he will keep a sharper eye out on his students.
