[etni] Fw: Jennie's letter

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From: byk - byk@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Jennie's letter

The last school I taught in (I shall mention no names), had a boy whom the 
councellors, teachers, principals, and powers that be had all tried to get 
transferred to a special more suitable school, from when he entered the 
school in sixth grade.

I got him in 9th grade.  He was disruptive, and dangerous, and when he was 
in class, it was impossible to teach; he was all over the room, taunting, 
hitting etc.

One day, when he was playing catch me if you can games with cars in the 
street, he got run over, and we next saw him in a wheelchair, temporarily. 
You  have no idea how dextrous he was at managing that wheelchair between 
the desks.  That same day he ran over a pupil with that same wheelchair, and 
the pupil had to be hospitalized for some time.  Of course he was suspended.

Did he come back?  You bet!  Into my class, on crutches, which I immediately 
took away!  (How could you teacher, take the crutches from a cripple?) Well, 
in his hands they were dangerous weapons.

Of course, we were all assured that the boy would not return to the high 
school; they were no longer under the obligation to accept him.  The 
following year, there he was again.

Now whatever troubled background he came from, and despite it all he was 
very bright, I cannot conceive of a school sytem that would allow such a 
pupil to continue in the regular school system, just because his parents 
didn't agree to his being moved.

As people who read my occasional postings must know, I believe that the 
system is in dire need of a total makeover.  I still believe that teachers 
should go out on stike and not return till the problems haave been dealt 
with.  Of course this means a considerable amount of money being spent by 
the government.  Well, you can't make an omlette without using eggs.  What 
about the teachers who cannot survive a long strike.  It is time we started 
collecting funds, so that these teachers are not left penniless.  I no 
longer work in the system, but I will be the first to contribute.

Jennifer Byk



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