S.C. deputy filmed slamming teen girl out of desk, dragging her away

I guess I shouldn't be, but I'm amazed at the number of people advocating for the violence seen in that video by a 200-pound man against a 16- or 17-year-old girl. From the article, it sounds like she was playing on her phone when the teacher told her to put it away. She refused, as obstinate, shitbag kids are wont to do, so the teacher escalates. Now, does anyone really think it was more disruptive to have the girl playing on her cell phone than it was having her thrown across the room?

I'm with JC. Go back to teaching the class and let the administration suspend her. That's not "letting her get away with it." It's resolving the issue in a non-violent, non-disruptive manner that prevents the girl from continuing to be a distraction to the class.

It makes me ill to see people say that someone acting like this girl needs to be removed "by any means necessary." I mean, really? Good god, people.

For anyone who thinks this officer was doing the right thing by handling this teenager in such a fashion, I ask: If you were with your 16-year-old daughter in a library and she had a meltdown for whatever reason and began shouting at you and disrupting everyone else in the library while refusing to get of her chair, would you take the steps followed by the SRO? Because if the answer is no, then why do you think it's acceptable for someone else to lay their hands on your daughter in that fashion? And if the answer is yes, well, you're probably going to jail.

 

No one, that I know of, said we needed cell phones to teach kids. But they can be a useful tool if used properly.

The talent pool for some areas is good for teachers. The problem is the people hiring from it don't have the first damn clue what they want. A school near me has made 6-7 annual hires for the same position recently. Every time, it's the same -- a first-year student from the closest university. Year One ends, and the person leaves or is not retained. Rinse and repeat.

It's not much better with boards hiring administrators. Someone washes out at one place, crosses to the other side of the state, gets hired, and then makes the same mistakes as before. No one bothered to check the history.

 

Technology is a great thing, but if you think this is the end-all, be-all without first taking care of the fundamentals, you produce crap — bozos that look at you like you have two heads when you give them $1.03 for something that costs 78 cents.

 

RAZ Kids is an excellent tool.

 

I guess I shouldn't be, but I'm amazed at the number of people suggesting that there are people "advocating for the violence seen in that video."

 

Hell, I learn things from the books myself.

 

Your understanding of what is meant by the phrase "advocating for" is, shall we say, severely flawed.

 

Of course cell phone technology shouldn't replace traditional education. But it could be extremely valuable if, A) the harrumph, back-in-my-day brigade would embrace it, and B) kids placed more value on using it to learn than on sending dick pics to each other or watching "fail" videos.

 

Advocate (v.tr.): To speak,plead, or argue in favor.

Yeah, I'm pretty comfortable that someone who says, "My kid is there to learn, if another isn't get her the fuck out of the class, any way necessary," is advocating - speaking, pleading or arguing in favor of - the violence in that video.

Now, if we're all done with that silly semantic argument, care to address the rest of the post?

If you were with your 16-year-old daughter in a library and she had a meltdown for whatever reason and began shouting at you and disrupting everyone else in the library while refusing to get of her chair, would you take the steps followed by the SRO?

 

It's apples to oranges.

An SRO is a police officer, who has the legal authority to use force when he deems it necessary. From a parent, it crosses the line from corporal punishment to abuse.

In much the same way the police can shoot the bad guy, but if you shoot the bad guy in any other way than self-defense, you'll face charges.

 

I assume the cop is going to be fired today. There is no defending his actions.