tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post357644714310243869..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Teachers In Physical Danger?Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-75761095804893546492008-01-29T16:59:00.000-08:002008-01-29T16:59:00.000-08:00Teachers are denied due process all the time. An e...Teachers are denied due process all the time. An elderly substitute was knocked over by a student in a middle school in a Dallas suburb. She was placed in juvenile prison after her mother claimed she was 'too busy to monitor her daughter's activities'. What ended up happening is that a local minority oriented station staged a picket of the school district and the judge let her out despite the ongoing injuries of the teacher, now on disability. In Dallas, a teacher was similarly tripped on a stairway by two students in a high school. She is still fighting to get the district to pay for her medical and rehab. I have very little faith in schools when injuries occur because there are too many people willing to make the injury into a political cause rather than a civil one.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-56653111096279559442008-01-29T08:50:00.000-08:002008-01-29T08:50:00.000-08:00I teach with someone who, several years ago, was p...I teach with someone who, several years ago, was physically assaulted in much the same manner as that substitute teacher. She took a several year break from teaching and then returned, but to work with younger (and less physically strong) kids. Left lasting scars (emotionally).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-73148048355702873852008-01-29T06:33:00.000-08:002008-01-29T06:33:00.000-08:00One would think.One would think.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-21972064119111191822008-01-29T05:46:00.000-08:002008-01-29T05:46:00.000-08:00Why isn't this sort of thing actionable? Doesn't t...Why isn't this sort of thing actionable? Doesn't the school district have some responsibility to maintain order and protect its employees? I understand about immunity but immunity has limitations. Wouldn't an pattern of irresponsibility, as typified by numerous assaults and injuries, puncture immunity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com