First watch this, and read this article.
I do NOT condone this police officers actions. AT ALL. He
was WAY out of bounds and I expect him to lose his job over this. That should
happen. Further training on how to handle situations like this need to be
implemented and issued on a continued schedule in police divisions if they aren’t
already. I am a supporter %100 of police officers and feel if even the
slightest threat to their life or bodily harm is suspected, they can take
action. This though, was not handled appropriately.
I need to retract my thoughts on the cops actions. He was totally justified. http://madworldnews.com/applaud-termination-officer/
If you are going to hit push and touch a police officer, that is assault. When a cop is assaulted he will take action and is justified in this action. If she were an adult she would be in jail. She is truly a dumbass individual.
But can I be the minority and also say how sick and tired I
am of these types of situations becoming a “race” issue. I am sorry, but this
is not a race issue. This has nothing to do with the color of her skin. The
real issue, besides the fact that the police officer was WAY out of bounds, was that this teenage
girl is a brat. A brat with no respect or regard for adult authority. We have
become too sensitive to kids and teenagers feelings and are living in a society
where if adults and authority figures say anything to hurt or go against
students feelings, all freaking hell breaks loose. The teachers are always in
the wrong and parents do not back up the teachers anymore. Listen girl. This is the situation. You are
in math class. If you are asked to put your phone away, put the damn thing
away. You are a child, your brain is not fully developed, I understand that,
but what the hell have your parents taught you? This is not a race issue. This
girl and her parents will sue, she will continue to have her cell phone, and
feel entitled. She will win the law suit and continue to be conditioned that
her behavior was appropriate and justified. It’s positive reinforcement. Simple
child development understanding can see this and determine the outcome of this
girl.
The sad fact of the matter is this:
There is zero accountability for parents and students in today’s
society. Absolutely none. And there are a million and 1 excuses as to why a
child is disrespectful, entitled, and feels picked on when a teacher may get
after them for something. Teen girl. You’re an idiot. This police officer made
his own decisions, and his career is over. That’s on him. But you also helped
ruin this man’s life. If you would have put your damn phone away and had been
paying attention in class, this would not have escalated to the point of you
being thrown to the ground, justifying your actions, eventually suing this man
and continuing to ruin his life more than it now already is. All those friends
of yours in your classroom have seen what happens and will see how you will be
praised and awarded for the harm that has happened to you and it will now be acceptable
for them to reciprocate your attitude and actions in future events as
well. But now to my real point. And
offense to others will come here, but I am tired of it.
Parents are the real issue here. This girl’s brain is not
developed yet. That has been addressed. She physiologically cannot process her
actions blah blah blah, whatever. But she has been raised to not respect
adults. I guarantee she is the boss in her home.
Regardless of if it’s
a single mother, father, grandparents or a traditional family she lives with,
the adult/s in that family are responsible for the way this girl was raised. I get the economic aspects of the possible
situation as well. An adult may not be around 24/7 or be home when this girl
gets home from school to ask her about her day and help with homework. I
understand that her mom or dad, or whomever, may be working 60-80 hours a week.
But here it is. She has a cell phone. That means communication can be open.
Expectations can be set and FOLLOWED THROUGH on. She has a cell phone that the
parents ( I am using this term loosely, so please don’t get offended that I
assume it’s the parents that live in the household) that are in charge, that
can block the use of that phone as needed.
They certainly can call and check in on the girl. Text the girl, they
can take appropriate measures to still parent.
That is done by explaining the responsibility of kids and
adults. Teachers are there to teach, and students are there to learn. That is
her responsibility to learn. That’s in. You’re a child. You do not have rights.
You are at school to learn. Adults are to be respected. Authority figures are
to be respected. Even if you don’t agree with their opinions, you respect them.
Even as adults, this mantra has disappeared. Someone says something we don’t
like and people get offended. All hell breaks loose. This society is falling
apart and it starts in the home. If we as parents do not respect our children’s
teachers, our kids will not respect their teachers. We blame teachers for our kid’s short comings,
but how often do we simply sit down with our kids and try to help them overcome
those shortcomings? We don’t. Rather we blame the teacher that they aren’t
doing enough, question their personal education and slander them as human
beings. Then we complain that there is too much school work or the teaching methods
have changed so much that learning is too difficult. Figure it out. A child’s
education starts AND ends at home. So
where does this put the teachers. A rock and a hard spot. That’s where.
We parent our kids. Again I am not perfect, Zach is not
perfect, and Logan whines CONSTANTLY. I
work 50 hours a week. But we still read books, talk about his day, do preschool
and have a great time on the weekends. We have a few sayings in our house that
I just have to start now and Zach will finish because we bring them up all the
time. Always always be nice, always always listen and always always have
patience. He listens when asked to do
something, knows that if he argues, a time out ensues. He knows what NO means
and is asked EVERYDAY if he was nice and if he listened to his teacher or
babysitter. If he isn’t, he apologies and says for what he is apologizing for.
He threw a little temper tantrum a few weeks ago and said, “ I hate…..blahblah”.
All hell broke loose. He was immediately
in trouble, apologized, wrote a note, yes I made my 4 year old hand write a
note to this person, and he had to pick 2 of his brand new birthday toys to
give back. He got the point. He got the point so well that two days ago when I
said “oh I hate this…it was a food or something, I got in trouble for saying
hate. “Mom, we don’t say hate.” THEY LEARN!
So parents step up and teach your kids. Lead by example!
Just make sure that it is a good example. I understand kids and teens will act how they
want to act. They are their own free thinking creatures. You can’t prevent all
their actions. But you can be a good example. All in all, we do our best. That’s
all we can do. They will do what they want, but if you are my kid and you are
living in my house, it’s my rules. I am the Boss. Zach has lots of bosses in
his life. In our house, its mom and dad. When he is at the sitters, she is the
boss. At preschool, the teacher is the boss. We respect the boss. We listen to
the boss. As parents, we also need to respect our kids other bosses. And back
them up. Our kids’ teachers are a resource. They are a good resource. Please be
on the same team. You don’t have to like the teacher, or even agree with them,
but they are the boss. Their domain is the classroom and if they are going to
deal with our bratty kids all day long, they deserve our respect and support. Kids will eventually become adults and have
real bosses they work for. They aren’t going to agree with their boss all the
time, and may even have a real toolbag for a boss. But that’s their boss; they
need to figure it out.
All in all, this girl is an idiot and will learn nothing
more than her actions of disrespect were justified and she will not be
punished. I am assuming she will not be punished because she certainly has not
concept of consequences. She will be rewarded though. Parents will sue, probably
win, she will get her 15 min of fame blah blah blah, I am tired of talking
about it. There you go. A long rant on how I am raising my kids correctly and
how perfect I am and how I am out to offend everyone else about how shitty and
irresponsible our society has become. There is no personal accountability and
everyone is entitled to whatever they want.
