Originally Posted By Mr X BELLMEAD- A four-year-old hugged his teachers aide and was put into in-school suspension, according to the father. But La Vega school administrators have a different story. Damarcus Blackwell's four-year-old son was lining-up to get on the bus after school last month, when he was accused of rubbing his face in the chest of a female employee. The prinicipal of La Vega Primary School sent a letter to the Blackwells that said the pre-kindergartener demonstrated "inappropriate physical behavior interpreted as sexual contact and/or sexual harassment."
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Originally Posted By melekalikimaka How can people who work with children think that the average 4 year old can even comprehend sexually harassing a teacher. So stupid.
Originally Posted By debtee This story is weird! If it's true, I would say the teacher is the one that shouldn't be around kids and should be suspended, as she has problems if she thinks a four year old sexually harrassed her!
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Children under the age of seven are deemed not to have the capacity to legally determine the difference between right and wrong, nor form the necessary intent for a criminal act. Any adult party to an accusation of sexual harassment against a four year old should be investigated and/or disciplined themselves. Utterly disgusting.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost And we wonder why the youth of today think that adults are stupid. It's because they are! No reason or common sense is available, only over the top "political correctness". What an idiot!
Originally Posted By DAR <<when he was accused of rubbing his face in the chest of a female employee.>> Aren't a few four year olds about chest level at that age, especially if the adult is about 5'1 or so? I told my dad this story and he said it just confirms his motto that he tells his teachers, let's all not try to make ourselves look like idiots.
Originally Posted By DAR By the way, this is a teacher's aide. There's a reason why she's not a teacher. Her job is to get the milk cartons ready.
Originally Posted By jonvn um...ok. Meanwhile, kids are graduating high school illiterate. I'm sure that most people who work in teaching are good people. But there is just this whacko strain running through these people that is just incredible.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Oh for heaven's sake. A joke about mother's milk gets admined? Loosen up a little.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 There was an episode of South Park on last week that had this kind of topic. One of the kid's little brothers who is in preschool basically had an affair with his teacher. It was very over the top, but made a few good points. This story is about as silly as the South Park episode though. What kind of message does it send to the kid? Is he going to comprehend why he was suspended? And what, exactly, is in-school suspension?
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka That means the kid goes to school each day but doesn't go to class. Like a full-day detention. My kid has had LOTS of 'em...never for feeling up his teachers though.
Originally Posted By pecos bill I dont think its entirely unreasonable to say that this kid may have done something truly wrong. With the constant bombardment of sexually explicit material that is now mainstream entertainment, isnt it possible that this kid might have put her in an extremely difficult or embarrasing situation? Granted, the reaction seems over the top, but this innocent little angel may well have crossed the line.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I so hesitated to post in this thread due to the initial reaction. My sister is a teacher and she tells stories all the time of what kids at her school mimic from behavior and or things seen at home and on TV. You'd be surprised what a 4 year old can pick up on. Does that mean it was intentional, who knows? Does it mean the child knew it was sexual, who knows? It's still very over the top that an adult would react this way to the situation but one never knows in this day in age. I do believe that MOST 4 year olds are innocent of this type of action but it's not something that would shock me either if it did happen considering all the imagery and things that happen in people's home lives today. A sad state I'm afraid.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka If a kid truly groped a teacher in a sexual way, it would show that the child quite possibly was sexually abused. I just can't imagine a 4 year old able to truly harass someone. I think the problem is with how this was handled.
Originally Posted By jonvn The kid is four? Then yes, it is unreasonable to suggest he did something sexual.
Originally Posted By pecos bill Perhaps not intentionally sexual, but certainly wrong. In the past, a teacher who found herself in a similar situation had the option of paddling the little perpetrator's butt, however, that is no longer an option. The teacher can scold the child, and risk the possible wrath of the parents for being unusually cruel, or she can go strictly by the book, which is what seems to be the case here.
Originally Posted By jonvn "Perhaps not intentionally sexual, but certainly wrong." Hugging someone is not wrong.
