On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline?
For an American public school? Unfortunately, probably the latter. Pray forgive my cynicism... On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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]
