The collision, involving a Toyota Rav4 and a Volvo, happened just before 6 a.m. on northbound Ritchie Highway at McKinsey Road in Severna Park, said Justin Mulcahy, a county police spokesman.
The man was taken by ambulance to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, said Lt. Keith Hamilton, a county Fire Department spokesman. A second person suffered minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Anne Arundel Medical Center in Parole, he...
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Mark - 2010-09-03 16:15:42
I agree that the system has gone soft. This child is young enough that the parents, in this case, should be looking into why this child is acting out in school. I'm certain if he does it there, he does it at home.
If the school system simply suspends or expells him, they are doing him a great disservice, educationally. I agree with the person who said that the parents, the school board and the teachers need to work together to find out what is going on in this childs life. He is too young for this to be "acting out". There's something more there, and for his educations sake, I hope they uncover it soon so he can go on to be a good student.
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Discipline - 2010-09-02 15:03:20
Who knows why the school was unable to initially reach the mother, but it does sound like the child's behavior quickly escalated beyond anyone's authority at the school to subdue him for his own and others' well-being.
I wish there were a happy medium whereby everyone magically knew how much corporal punishment, if any, would suffice to discipline and control a disruptive child. I wish they also had the expertise on staff to know when kids had deeper problems than garden-variety youthful misbehavior. Since they don't, children could easily be abused rather than disciplined, and the problems exacerbated.
Mark's examples are extreme. I regret to say I'm much older, and I personally remember things like getting swatted across the bottom with a yardstick hard enough to make me wet my pants for the crime of not getting my arithmetic problems at the chalkboard, and another time having a handful of my hair yanked out for talking in line when I was expected to hush. Long paddling sessions in the teacher's break room were popular. Much worse could and did regularly happen to other students at the hands of my 1950s and 60s nuns. And likewise, the parents generally seemed to support them.
I think it's the lesser of two evils that teachers aren't allowed to lay hands on our children anymore. Which I realize does not address a lack of active parenting at home.
This child sounds like he has more needs for professional support than a "therapeutic" spanking could fix, and I'll join in the hope he gets the appropriate help to control his behavior.
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Student - 2010-09-02 06:26:39
I'm wondering why the parent(s) weren't called before the police??
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Student - 2010-09-01 19:08:49
I don't know if this happens alot in Elementary school, but for some reason this child lost control. I hope the board, principle, and parents work together to see why this happened.
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Give teachers the power to discipli - 2010-09-01 15:34:19
Heres a great example of why teachers need to be given more power to discipline students. These thug kids run around school causing disruption because our society has gone soft. Too bad some parents today are too quick to assume their ill-behaved kids are angels and threaten schools with lawsuits. Not that long ago (mid-80s), when I was in school (walked up hill both ways barefoot) I was a bit of a smart-aleck. One day, one of the older nuns had enough of my bad behaviour and actually threw a desk at me set me straight. Guess what, my parents didnt sue; in fact they said I probably deserved it. Another time, my uncle was dragged out of the classroom by his ear by a nun, splitting his ear lobe. Again, my grandmother basically told my uncle he likely deserved it.
(Side note, good god, this rant makes me sound old! LOL)
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