So what do you get when you stage a fake gunman attack on sixth graders in Tennessee?
Assistant principal, Don Bartch and lead teacher, Mr. Quentin Mastin each got a two weeks suspension for "unprofessional conduct and neglect of duty."
I'm sorry but I think two weeks suspension for the act of terrorizing children is simply not good enough. Parents are supposed to trust these idiots to mature into responsible adults as a result of a two week suspension?
How important are children anyway?
And reportedly there were three teachers involved, yet only one is being held accountable.
It is the number of school officials involved in this bizarre "prank" that bothers me the most -- three teachers, one assistant principal and an undisclosed number of staff members. Apparently not one of these "adults" saw anything wrong with terrorizing children with a fake gun siege. After it was over, the "adults" laughed!
They actually called it "a teaching opportunity."
A story in today's New York Times notes that "Jessica Giles, an assistant professor of psychology at the Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University, said such an incident could create lasting anxiety, and lead students to doubt their teachers in a real emergency."
I have serious doubts about the wisdom of letting these people anywhere near children. If I were a parent of a child at Scales Elementary in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, I would be looking for another school.
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