Nate Bargmann said... > * Sam Kuper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Dec 10 06:54 -0600]: > > 2008/12/10 Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > My feeling is that she should have investigated whether this really > > was a "disturbance" before intervening. It is not clear to me that the > > action she took was "needed". Hence my comment. > > Like me you're probably not an authority figure, there fore our > reaction would be quite different. Her training and mindset are that > of authority figure and her actions as described were consistent with > authority figures as I recall from my youth. But she is, above all, an educator. That trumps authority, at least it does in schools; after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline? And if educators these days are scared of the new, then heaven help us. -- Cheers, Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
