Reply #2: I am used to this out there in our world.... [View All]

[DemExpat]

but it still takes my breath away when I see it pertaining to a particular case like this one.

This poor child. I watched the video....

Yes, the child is troubled, yes, she was in control of those incompetent teachers (IMO) and enjoying the power, but I don't even see her behavior as a temper tamtrum! My children (son) had a couple of real temper tantrums, and they were much more explosive and uncontrolled than this little girl's.

The fact that a teacher now in the US cannot even touch a child to restrain her shows how nuts things have become.... a good teacher would have held her, taken her on their lap, distracted her with giving her something to do, squatted down to her level, looked her in the eyes to firmly tell her that this behavior is over now...etc.

Unbelievable that the police were called, unbelievable that the police went ahead and handcuffed her.

Totally bankrupt culture of powerlessness expressed in the over-use of power is what this scene depicts to me.

:puke:

:nuke:

Oh, yes, and the ones who agree with this approach are to me those who are frightened by the lack of control over this little girl, and have no answer within themselves on how they would deal with it....so to ease their fright, they condone calling the cops. IMHO.

DemEx