My children are all homeschooled, so I don’t have any experience dealing with a teacher who went too far disciplining my kid. That being said, I still think I would handle the situation better than this:
An angry parent attacked a fourth-grade teacher with a stapler at a Gary school while students watched, police said.Police arrested the woman shortly after the attack Thursday afternoon at Beveridge Elementary School.Gary Community School Corp. spokeswoman Sarita Stevens said the woman entered the school from an unlocked door.
Stevens said the woman, who is expected to face assault charges, was upset over the teacher’s disciplinary tactics with her child.
At what point do you think, “Huh. How about I take a stapler to your dome so I can really help you understand my position?”
See, this reminds me of something I recited to myself when I worked with adjudicated youth. “Get to know a kid’s parents. It helps you forgive the kid.”
Of course, it could have been worse. She could have burned down the whole building:
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