>> ^Quboid:

I don't tend to advocate litigation, but this guy should sue. Sue for damages and stress, and also sue for enough money to send Akian to the best special needs school around to try to undo some of the damage Cherry Hill caused.


There's a very good chance that the tape he made would not be allowed as evidence in a trial. There is an endless, complicated list of rules and regulations when it comes to recording another person without their knowledge. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if anyone who might lose or have lost their job over this sued the father and won. That's another reason why it's tricky to fire teachers. If they are accused of something, there better be rock solid evidence because civil lawsuits can be a lot quicker and easier then criminal trials. For example: if someone is accused of child abuse, it can be hard to convict them on witness testimony alone, because child abuse is a very serious crime, and people want to be sure that they're prosecuting the right guy. But in a civil trial, where that same abuser is suing the school system for firing him, the evidence can be minimal: "Did you fire Mr. Soandso?"..."Yes"..."was he convicted"..."no"... case closed.

Point being: if we fired everyone who we thought deserved it, we might actually be spending a ton more on litigation than we are on teacher's salaries.

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>> ^Yogi:

>> ^chilaxe:
New York city has a building where they send all the terrible teachers that they're unable to fire, and the teachers there get paid to just sit there everyday doing whatever they want.
Hopefully whatever area this guy lives in has something similar.

Umm what? You can't claim this without providing a citation and expect us to believe it.


Here's a New Yorker article about the Rubber Room.

@petpeeved thanks, I hadn't remembered that's what they call it.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^chilaxe:
New York city has a building where they send all the terrible teachers that they're unable to fire, and the teachers there get paid to just sit there everyday doing whatever they want.
Hopefully whatever area this guy lives in has something similar.

Umm what? You can't claim this without providing a citation and expect us to believe it.


Listen and weep: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/350/human-resources

It's Act 1: The Rubber Room.

>> ^chilaxe:

New York city has a building where they send all the terrible teachers that they're unable to fire, and the teachers there get paid to just sit there everyday doing whatever they want.
Hopefully whatever area this guy lives in has something similar.


Umm what? You can't claim this without providing a citation and expect us to believe it.

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>> ^zombieater:

>> ^Yogi:
>> ^zombieater:
I can't believe the other staff and teachers other than Jodi weren't fired. Such bullshit. They should all be fired and should never be able to teach again. Period.

I have a problem with firing every teacher...mostly that there aren't enough teachers and your forcing all the kids the suffer. I mean yes the shit they said was awful, but you have to approach these kinds of things with a scalpel not a hammer.
I like the idea of all policemen wearing wires like that one guy, this is an interesting idea. I'm starting to think maybe more and more people should do this.

Perhaps you're right, but as a teacher/professor this is truly disgusting to me. It's shit like this that makes people lose faith in the educational system. They feel it's systemic when it may just be asshats like this that need to be completely removed from the system.


I was gonna retort but you said I might be right. That's a foreign response to me...I don't like it take it back!

EDIT: Ok you can hate me now cause when she called him a bastard I laughed wayyyy to hard. Come ON! Bastard is a funny word!!!

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^zombieater:
I can't believe the other staff and teachers other than Jodi weren't fired. Such bullshit. They should all be fired and should never be able to teach again. Period.

I have a problem with firing every teacher...mostly that there aren't enough teachers and your forcing all the kids the suffer. I mean yes the shit they said was awful, but you have to approach these kinds of things with a scalpel not a hammer.
I like the idea of all policemen wearing wires like that one guy, this is an interesting idea. I'm starting to think maybe more and more people should do this.


Perhaps you're right, but as a teacher/professor this is truly disgusting to me. It's shit like this that makes people lose faith in the educational system. They feel it's systemic when it may just be asshats like this that need to be completely removed from the system.

>> ^zombieater:

I can't believe the other staff and teachers other than Jodi weren't fired. Such bullshit. They should all be fired and should never be able to teach again. Period.


I have a problem with firing every teacher...mostly that there aren't enough teachers and your forcing all the kids the suffer. I mean yes the shit they said was awful, but you have to approach these kinds of things with a scalpel not a hammer.

I like the idea of all policemen wearing wires like that one guy, this is an interesting idea. I'm starting to think maybe more and more people should do this.

What an amazing story. Reminds me of the documentary I saw recently called "Man on Wire". These guys are Nuckin' Futs!