Teachers Placed on Leave for Letting 20 Students Line Up to Hit the Bully
Two teachers in Texas have been suspended for standing up for kids that were being bullied. The way they stood up for the kids was the problem, since the teachers allowed 20 students to line up and hit a boy who’d been identified as bullying the other children. The teachers in the Judson Independent School District felt that they were teaching the bully a lesson with such an unusual punishment.
The teacher came up with the idea to have the bully get beat down after looking for suggestions on how to deal with Aiden Neely, a kindergartner who loved to bully the other kids. She not only told the kids to hit him, but she told them to hit him harder.
Prosecutors in San Antonio are reviewing the case and may file formal charges against the teacher if there is sufficient evidence. Amy Neely, the boy’s mother, has filed an oppression complaint against the teacher with the police department, according to district spokesman Steve Linscomb.
“I don’t want this teacher to be teaching anymore,” the mother said.
“She doesn’t need to be around any children,”
The mother is adamant that her son is not a bully, even though it seems that nearly everyone in the classroom disagrees. Some of the kids said that they didn’t want to hit the boy, but were afraid not to hit him.
“Twenty-four of those kids hit him and he said that most of them hit him twice,” Neely said in interviews.
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It may seem a bit extreme, but I wish we had more teacher that would come to the defense of a student that had been bullied. My son is now being homeschooled per the ongoing bullying he received in 5 different schools.
I promise you it will teach the bully a lesson. Parents needs to teach their children not to fight other children. This is a bad behavior that needs to stop. My son should not have to suffer socially per the continued abuse received while trying to get an education.
I support the teachers efforts, although, I believe it was too extreme. Maybe having 2 or 3 to hit him each time he bullied other students. Bullies needs to learn a lesson, seeing that; their parents are not correcting their behavior.
Not to be rude or anything, but perhaps that is why your son is being bullied because you are teaching him NOT to fight other kids. To each its own of course, but I taught my son to mind his business and don’t fight if necessary, but, if someone does put their hands on him, he’s to commerce to whooping their b**t. I’ll deal with the teacher and school officials later.
So we teach children not to bully by encouraging them to bully the bully? Seems vengeful and backwards. It’s really gratifying on an emotional level to see a bully get theirs, but it doesn’t take much to see how problematic this kind of thing is. Bullies learn how to be bullies in the home, it is encouraged by peers. If the schools are going to truly address this problem lining up kids to hit a bully won’t help much. This is void of any comprehensive understanding of the problem or the solution.
I think more issues should be handled this way. Yes teach him what he is doing is not acceptable. but what is straight out astounding to me is that the son never told his mom. the school told his mom and then she confronted her son with the news. HMMM makes u think clearly he deserved it or he would have told his mom. why would a kid let this happen and never say nothing to his protector??? cuz hes a bully and more than likely learned from this experience.