Re: Teacher Beat in Classroom by a Student

[cliff01x]

Forget all your pie in the sky psychology, just bring back CP and whip some ass to restore discipline. Please don't tell me it makes them more violent in my day in the UK kids were far less violent and disrespectful than today. Yes I know, its now considered child abuse and all that crap.

[TheAnnafisher]

A MEN ... thanks GIRL!! When the rules remain the same ... lioness on the RISE

[holtg007]

GOOD AUTHORITY NEEDS TO BE CHALLANGED!!! however funny its good

[JFredUK]

I would imagine laws governing child protection most likely make any form of corporal punishment unusable. I feel it's a failure to hit a child, regardless of how, 'bad', they're been. Children are, 'streetwise', nowadays and are aware of their rights concerning what adults can and cannot do and use it to their own advantage. If it's explained to them, 'why', they should or shouldn't do things, and they're given a rationale, then most would/should respond positively.

[JFredUK]

Children are not taught, in their formative years, (under 5), about morality and respect for other people. They're not taught to be polite or to have a reasonable level of social etiquette that everyone expects from everyone else. Once they're of an age where they start to interact with people of their own age, (i.e. go to school), it's a little too late. By then, they pick up social behaviour from their peers, and as a lot of they mix with have poor social skills, then the problem escalates.

[CorinneGregory]

@JFredUK Completely agree; that why we created the SocialSmarts program -- to fill that void in kids' lives by offering this type of education in schools, completely integrated into everything else they are learning.

[ElseMush]

Forget social skills. What they need is discipline. Bring back the cane.

[Sojujinn]

I agree that we have to teach that there is more ways to solve a problem, than resorting to violence. Teachers are not paid or are suppose to act like (or look like) violent idiot thugs with no emotional control. Teachers should never be teaching how to be violent, cruel, unjust, barbaric, idiotic, or irrational. Americans have increasing forgotten how to have compassion, love, and understanding for one another.

[585jim01]

I agree with alot of what you are saying. Yes, It should begin at home. But now a days, kids are two faced. Act one way at home and another in public. Kids know that "You cant touch them" And they use that to the full extent. So they get a set of balls and act like billy bad ass.

On the hole, They have no respect for anyone. Alot of times,not even for them selfs. Thats sad.

For the kids that are violent in school,They and the "parents" should be delt with saverly..

[ncacace]

If a puppy bites its mother it get's corrected - It's the same with every animal on earth except humans. We have 'New age gurus', of which most don't even have children, telling us how to raise ours.

Violence among children may be as old as time but I would have to say that the degree of violence has incfreased dramatically - School mass shootings where not the norm when I went to school and propose that this is because it wasn't reported would be rubbish.

[SacredComposer]

I agree something has to been done. We hear about more & more violence in our schools and even on our college campuses. Or the alternative is to have all the students learn on their computers at home. Good luck with your program.

[TKH7399]

I wish teachers had tasers.

[jael5555]

3rd graders planning to kill there teacher

WTF?!?!?

im in 7th grade

there was a fight when they fought to bad

they broke 5 table chairs

4 tables broke the wall blood was everywhere and the teacher was damaged=[

even though im a kid

it think kids get worse everyday

[lovebellypunchgirls]

Welcome to the LAST DAYS of our civilization madam.

[berner]

Rap music and Youtube and social youth domination + improper parenting = most of why kids are striving to "be the big dawg" in the hood that's their schoolyard and childhood.

[geosalsa]

I agree with this comment from Berner..I grew up in a what they call "ghetto" town therefore I believe that the rap music from today since I am 36...I say is not true, is sending wrong messages and not going about things the right way..along with improper parenting and other social problems which we need to address to get to this big problem...by the way I am also a teacher in HS and just looking at some kids eyes you can tell whats going on. Good video Corinne.

[grimmata]

Instead of "it takes a village", how about "it takes a family" or "it takes at least one parent". The violence problem won't go away if children are taught that violence is wrong on at school. It has to be taught everywhere, but most importantly in the home. If you pile on more tasks for the schools, you might as well have them in session for 12 to 14 hours per day, year round.

[CorinneGregory]

Couldn't agree more. Thanks for sharing.

[grimmata]

Public schools are the biggest liberal bureaucracy scam in existence today. The schools aren't there for the students, they're there for the administrators. They are there only to recieve money for each student. They don't care if the student fails or succeeds, only if they show up & get a bigger slice of the pie. How about this? If the student shows up w/ no social skills, kick 'em out until they learn some. Schools are for ACADEMIC ACHIEVMENT, not social skills.

[CorinneGregory]

While it sure seems that many schools are more about building their "empire" than they are about teaching, I hate to believe this is always the case.

You CAN'T teach kids until you have their attention, so students w/ inadequate social skils just aren't going to be productive in the classroom...or later in life.

[PilgrimRoy]

Thanks Corrine: "Repeated studies have shown that up to 85% of a child's future success depends his or her social skills; that's more than academic achievement, economic background, family make-up, and the elusive "who you know" factors combined!

"No Child Left Behind certainly alludes to the importance of proper social conduct and character . . . . However, it does not actually suggest any solutions to the . . . ill-mannered students that exist[s] in our educational system. (from ur website)

[PilgrimRoy]

(I apologize for my assumptions.) Thank you Corrine! Great ideas. Kind of quaint in our society today, isn't it? :-) Really, really good. All the best to you and your work. I still think what you are doing would be empowered by a quest to teach "a fear of God" as the fathers of our country of whatever "theological" persuasion endorsed and built upon. Ethics are rooted in morality and evolutionary thinking has no legitimate (logical) basis for objective, or universal standards of morals.

[PilgrimRoy]

Please forgive me, but I have spent years working with inner city youth. Its going to get worse, not better, as long as their is a refusal to teach morality and commandments of God - and especially the only REAL way to give a child self-esteem, which is the fact that God loves them and made them to please him. Children do INHERENTLY have worth in this world - not subjectively but objectively!

[CorinneGregory]

Not everyone believes in the same version of God so teaching one form or other IS subjective and will always be a challenge. Many of the teachings of other religions,(i.e. of Buddha and the Dalai Lama, etc.), are similar to Judeo-Christian philosophies. Teaching any one form of religious morality is polarizing to those who don't believe in that form. I don't disagree with your general viewpoint (pm me if you want to know more), but taking any "our God vs. theirs" position will be a tough sell.

[PilgrimRoy]

"Teaching one form or other IS subjective and will always be a challenge."

But at least it should be tried. America's early foundational educational roots knew an opposing philosophy to the secular humanism in the schools today. Our declaration of Independence bases its view of equality on a particular form of "theology" which requires a Creator (for starters). If there is a Creator we may have earned his wrath by teaching that chaos produced order in the universe, and our students suffer.

[PilgrimRoy]

Actually the Bible when carefully studied as if it has integrity historically and as literature becomes self-authenticating on at least two levels. It establishes itself as a divine autobiography in a way no other "sacred text" attempts. It also contains literally hundreds of absolutely astonishing prophecies in dozens of books (claimed as "God-breathed") by holy men. This my dear Corrine establishes a self-worth bar none, when we grasp that this Creator/revelator wrote these things for us!

[PilgrimRoy]

You obviously do not know what the answer is. Let me tell you the answer. (Solomon said it not me). The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. The fear of the Lord is the instruction in wisdom.

Children who have no ethics, who think they are animals and came from chaos will invariably live by chaos when they become more and more aware of the teachings that chaos produced order!

Evolution is theory not science. It breaks all laws.

[CorinneGregory]

And, to that comment I say "I completely agree with you about the necessity of ethics."

Don't assume I "don't know" what the answer is -- take a look at what I do and the company I found it and then see if you can still say that.

I'm all about developing good moral character that translates and supports good decent conduct.

[clarkewi]

I am a high school teacher and have been assaulted. It's schocking.

[Luxor2000AD]

this type of shit was going on in baltimore since the 70s. Youtube just was not around for it to get posted up. I don't know what yall are talking about.

[lockube]

Children seldom misquote. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. ~Author Unknown

[lockube]

i think your doing a good job Cor. Long term change happens with long term programs and peer models. High profile celebs esp if its only a single voice may change a childs attitude for a short time but they will go back to bad bahavior due to ones constant enviromental daily influences.It all starts with each person- everyday to promote one positive behavior, like proper manners, to influnce even one child a day ."One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade." Chinese Proverb

[auctionmaestro]

While it is clear your passion for wanting to change the world comes through, unless someone with national credibility takes up the charge, this video and what you are doing will fall on deaf ears. Media folks are too focused on ratings and the bloodsport of duke-ing it out that solving bad behavior is not in their long term best interests. It's a shame. Keep trying though ...maybe someone with connections will stumble on to this and pass it along to the people who can make a difference.

[emhs5]

You are so right. I toally agree with your previous commentator. Your message has to get out to the media. Perhaps then the schools would get your point too. These problems we are seeing now and ever more frequently in our schools are like a cancer. We need

to be pro-active not re-active. Children have to learn social skills beginning at a very early age. They need to learn that being kind has its rewards and unacceptable behavior its consequence.

[llfinan]

I have just emailed the media. If they didn't know what's going on before, they do now. And they can be held accountable. The question remains, will they repsond responsibly? Or report ONLY on whether to try these kids as juveniles or adults?