Hello, everyone, Since the teachers and the students were in danger, I think they did the male teacher who walked in and took the knife from the student in absolutely the right thing. It shocked me when you said the parents of the child filed a formal complaint against the man. Really, why would they let their child go to school with a Swiss Army Kinfe, or any kind of knife? No weapons or anything that looks like a weapon are allowed in Ian and Caitlin's school and I think that's more than a fair rule: it's safe.
Now, as far as slapping a child with a ruler if he or she mouths off to the teacher, I think there are far better forms of discipline than striking a child for that. It saddens me more that the parents think they are doing the right thing for standing up for their boy. Do they have morals, or do they lso need behavioral treatment? It's shameful. Mel But to the point. The reason for this message was to find out just how far members of this group think that teachers and other educators should have the right to go in order to maintain discipline within the school or nursery. Should we have the right to use "Reasonable" force, or should there be a policy of no corporal punishment whatsoever? I would be most interested to hear your views; particularly as I know that there are members of this group who are themselves parents. Lynne ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
