Autistic Kid "Voted Out" Of His Kindergarten Class

Tracy · #11 05-29-2008, 05:09 PM

I don't even know what to say....unreal. And this woman wanted to be a kindergarden teacher, why?

Pythoness · #12 05-29-2008, 05:13 PM

Apparently so she could play Survivor Mole, The American Idol Weakest Link Classroom with them.

Pythoness · #13 05-29-2008, 06:05 PM

UPDATE:

Teacher Sidelined After Letting Class Kick Kid Out

I can't believe the state of Florida would rule that this was not emotional abuse and that no charges could be filed. BS!

Tracy · #14 05-29-2008, 06:12 PM

that's bullshit....it's absolutely emotional abuse!

wendy · #15 05-29-2008, 07:04 PM

I couldn't watch it at work, now I'm home and I STILL can't watch it. Can someone PLEASE give me the details so I can rip this woman a new one (but do it in an informed manner)?!

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Pythoness · #16 05-29-2008, 07:19 PM

LOL. Okay. Paraphrasing here.

This lady's 5 year old son, Alex is currently in the process of being diagnosed with autism (asperger's specifically). She goes to pick him up one day and instead of coming from his classroom, he's coming from the nurse's office and he's really upset. When she asks him why he's upset, he says that the teacher and the kids in the class decided that they didn't want him there anymore and made him leave. They "voted him out of class."

When she asked the nurse, the nurse said, "Go talk to the teacher," so she did. And I guess this teacher was ballsy enough to tell her exactly what had happened.

She stood him up in front of the class, made every kid in the class take turns talking about what they didn't like about Alex, and then they took a vote to see if he should be voted out of class. It was 14-2 that he should. 2 kids said they wanted him to stay, one was his only friend. But the teacher went back to them and asked them repeatedly until they gave in to the pressure and voted him out, too. After the vote, the teacher asked Alex how he felt, to which he resonded, "I feel sad." Then she sent him to sit in the nurse's office. According to the interview, he asked to go sit with the principal (who, from the interview and article, seems to have been more sympathetic to him than the teacher), and the teacher told him, "No. They don't want you there either."

Later, at home, she hears him in his room repeating, "I'm not special, I'm not special, I'm not special," over and over again.

Now, let it be said that the principal of this school is the person who suggested she start the process of having Alex tested for ASD, and the principal, teacher and mother had had meetings to discuss his problems before, so the teacher was fully aware of everything going on with this kid before she did this.

Now when she tries to drop her other child at the same school, Alex starts screaming as they approach.

The good news is this teacher has been suspended pending an investigation into the events.

The bad news is that the state of Florida thinks this is not emotional abuse of a child.

motherof3 · #17 05-29-2008, 07:36 PM

This is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. It literally made me feel ill. That something like that could happen to ANY child, let alone a child that already so much to deal with in every day life, I am just furious and sick. That woman has no business ever being around children again. EVER. I hope his mother sues the crap out of her and she never gets a job near children again. And I hope the parents of the other children that were made to participate go after her too.