Today I read an article titled Teacher OK'd beating of tardy student. This article talked about how a teacher at Delta High, Mr. Brian Havel, abused one of his students for being tardy to class. The teenager that came in late was around the age of 15 or 16. Chief Roger Christian said Mr. Havel demanded that the student do a certain amount of push-ups or sit-ups in a certain amount of time. Chief Roger also said that the student either refused to the task or did not complete what he was told in the amount of time given to him. After that one of the young boy's classmates asked the teacher if they are allowed to hit him if he can not preform the task and Mr. Havel let them. Once that question was answered at least 10-15 students participated in hitting him. Luckily the student does not have any injuries, but no one is sure yet if Mr. Brian Havel will continue working at the high school.
This article means a lot to me and any other student in the world because once in a while there will be a kid that comes in late to class, excused or unexcused. Yes teachers do tend to do the same thing over when something like this happens, by saying try to be on time next time or sometimes they just accept the fact they came in late and know their punishment is missing out on what their classmates are already learning. Knowing that anyone would abuse a student and let others harm them is outrageous. I can not imagine the feeling this young student had getting beat by classmates of his and by his own teacher, his elder whom we are to respect. In my personal opinion Mr. Havel should not get his job back or in any other school until he has fully completed his task on learning child abuse is wrong. For the other students that kicked him and hit him should also get a punishment because that was bullying in a school building and also you can get in trouble for hurting someone severely or not.
16 comments:
I did the same article and I felt the same way as you did. Good job speaking clearly and linking all your PLN's together. Also you looked up at us a lot wich it good.
Lauren, you had a really good presentation. You spoke clear and made good eye contact and gestures. Muy Bueno!
Laren, I like that you picked related PLNs. You expalined your PLNs very well also. You had good eye contact and you spoke clearly. Good Job!
Lauren, you did well explaining your blogs and sharing your opinions on them. I think you also had really good eye contact, good job.
Lauren, you did a great job with you PLN presentation. YOu had great eye contact, a clear voice and went at a great speed not to fast and not to slow. You also did a great job at being prepared and know what you were going to say.
Great Job!
You did a really good job, good job keeping all your articles on the same idea and flowed good
Lauren, you did a great job on speaking so fluently and loudly, your eyecontact with the audience was great. Make sure to mention how this relates to your self and how it relates to the world.
Lauren, great job on your presentation. You had good eye contact with the audiance. Also you did an awesome job on your PLN's. Keep up the good work.
Lauren- You did a good job connecting to all three of your PLN's. You also spoke very clearly and choose a good over all theme of school issues. So very good job.
Lauren,
I thought you did a really good job, especially for your first presentation of the semester. I don't really have anything that stood out that you need to work on. You had good eye contact and spoke clearly. Good job with your presentation!
Lauren I think you did a good job with your presentation with good eye contact and a good job summarizing your PLN's.
Lauren! Way to have good eye contact with the crowd. I agree with you that racism and taunting wasn't right then, and it's not right now. I think that more kids should participate in seminars. But if someone wants to say something, they would find a way. I think it's wrong that the teacher should have more control and not beat their kids. I think he should not get his job back because if he's on trial for child abuse, then he could do it again.
Great job!
Great job Lauren!
You have improved so much since last semester. You had amazing points and strong opinions. Just work on saying "um" less and other than that, your golden. Keep up the good work.
Lauren,
I agree with you about how horrible it is that people are still racist and that people still don't understand how harmful it is and the boys should face big consequences, to me it is just sad. I also blogged on the article on the seminars and I agree on your opinion. Wow, your pln 8 was very intersting! I don't think the teacher should get his job back and the students should be punished. Great job, you did really well presenting.
Good presentation. The informatiom was presented very well. It was clear what the point of the presentaiotn was and easy to fallow. You Summarized you PLN in a easy to understand way. Good Job!
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