There was an article on Drudge today, I had to comment. The headline read, "Teacher Accused of Watching Students Fight." The article questioned why the teacher didn't do anything to break it up.
I'm going to be honest. It's not my job to break up a fight. For several reasons:
1) A teacher is not a security agent. That is agents' jobs as representatives of NYPD, they do the handling should the need arise.
2) If a teacher did get involved, he or she runs the risk of getting hurt for what?
3) God forbid a teacher accidentally harms a student while breaking up the scuffle. That's it. He or she is done. They will be told that breaking up fights isn't the teacher's job, and now because of that, the teacher is getting sued by little Jimmy who sprained his wrist when the teacher grabbed him.
Now I know I don't follow my own advice. I mean for God's sake, I have stupidly stepped in between to idiots going at it. I corralled one girl into my room because some other girl was after her.
But the question the reporters SHOULD be asking, "Why were these girls fighting in the first place?"
There was some loon politician a few months back who recommended arming teachers. I know at first glance that is an asinine thing to say, but his reasoning was actually kind of sound.
His reason was: violence happens in schools because these aggressors KNOW there will be little resistance. It is the one or two places that you can almost BANK will not have gun wielding resistors in the mix. You go to a mall, someone might be packing. A bank? Anywhere else… but not a school. Schools HAVE to play by the rules, and that is precisely why they are such easy targets.
That’s the key though – why the girls were fighting in the first place. There are no rules. There is no recourse to anything. Schools are powerless – unless they get the police involved. It seems like such a drastic measure, but that’s all they have. If a kid gets uppity, a security agent cuffs them. There is no in-between.
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ADDENDUM!!!
You know what, scratch that shit... HOW DARE that news channel show footage to two black, teenage girls fighting and then have the NERVE to question responsibility. As I was eating dinner at Chili's tonight... it hit me, they NEEDED some sort of valid reason to show that footage and what better way than to question WHAT WAS THE TEACHER DOING.
News shows need SHIT to get ratings. If you look at their site, this story is THE most popular story on their site right now. And why? Because they know perfectly well that showing a full on brawl among two young (and black) people would garner ratings. It's all bullshit.
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