Discipline

[Paul]

Himitsu, personal opinion here, find another school.

Ok now why did I say that? Your school and the principal have every right to have the kid arrested and taken into custody for his actions. Sounds like he needs to get the crap scared out of him in the municipal detention center. They are turning their eyes away from the problem and sound like just waiting on the kid to graduate to pass him off to the next school.

I'm sure they all can sit there and give you reasons why they do this or that, but any kid that violent needs attention other than what the teachers are willing to or can give. This kid is going to be a problem in society unless he gets the attention and counselling he needs to learn anger management.

It can be helped and they are just running away from it.

[himitsu]

I know, you are right of course.
Well, I also have two ESs, one of them being the best school I`ve ever taught at (and I`ve taught at over 50). And the 1st year of the jh is not bad either (I teach 1st and 2nd), and the English club students are nice, a bit like a family. It`s my 2nd year in this town, and thus it`s been my most stable job to date (haken tho), so I`m not that confident to look for a different place (who knows what I`d get there..).

[Otaku]

...all about the 'wa', it sounds.

...and a bunch of pussies.

[Kanashibari]

F U C K wa!!!!

In one of my past JHS, our math teacher (a 21 year old woman who wouldn't hurt a fly) was sent to the hospital with a detached retina after one of the 3rd grade boys hit her in the head with a shoe after she told him and his friend to stop throwing random students' shoes out of the shoe box.
Did anything happen to him?? not at all.....
Their excuse was "he isn't normally violent, just when someone makes him angry....." His parents weren't even informed. COWARDS!!!

Another female teacher at the same school was sent to the hospital a week later after one of the bad kids in the first grade quite literally beat her up in the hallway. She had to quit due to muscle damage. The kid and his parents both lied to the police and they believed him, and thus he wasn't punished.

Believe me, I refuse to work at a public school ever again, until they take drastic measures to terminate wa from their legal system and replace it with justice!!!!

[azuhlLt.]

F U C K wa!!!!

In one of my past JHS, our math teacher (a 21 year old woman who wouldn't hurt a fly) was sent to the hospital with a detached retina after one of the 3rd grade boys hit her in the head with a shoe after she told him and his friend to stop throwing random students' shoes out of the shoe box.
Did anything happen to him?? not at all.....
Their excuse was "he isn't normally violent, just when someone makes him angry....." His parents weren't even informed. COWARDS!!!

Another female teacher at the same school was sent to the hospital a week later after one of the bad kids in the first grade quite literally beat her up in the hallway. She had to quit due to muscle damage. The kid and his parents both lied to the police and they believed him, and thus he wasn't punished.

Believe me, I refuse to work at a public school ever again, until they take drastic measures to terminate wa from their legal system and replace it with justice!!!!

Not on my MEXTing watch. Anything like that, and someone is going down some stairs..the fast way.

[moolooman]

What is wa?

[Richard_BenoitEnglipedia Drone]

I can imagine all the politics involved in addition to said cowardace. Sounds like the last thing the Kocho would want in the news. "Teacher presses charges against violent student from problem school..." Sure there was lots of "gaman" surrounding that situation. Nauseating.

[himitsu]

yeah, my jhs isn't any different...

@mooloo

wa is the jp kanji for harmony (and Japan itself sometimes)

[moolooman]

和 ???

[jeisensei]

That would be wa, yes.

[moolooman]

Few weeks ago, our JHS biggest furyo ran amok again. Two (normal) football club students had a fight (actually one, who was crying, was hit with a broom stick by the other one) and were in the teachers` room where some teachers were talking with them, and suddenly our baddie (also foorball club) slams the door open, rushes in screaming at the victim(!) and trying to attack him. 3 male teachers tried to stop him and were dragging him through the room towards the other exit, on the way he was kicking and hitting everything in the way and yelling at the teachers that it`s not their business (apparently it wasn`t his either, he was just using it as an excuse to freak out). After they finally managed to get him out of the room, you could still hear him for about 20 minutes hitting and kicking school inventory. Just another normal day in our madhouse..
Few days ago I asked a teacher if that incident had any consequences for him, but as suspected she said no, it can`t be helped. When I asked how teachers manage to keep their calm when he scream at them in their faces and freaks out like that, she said that they decided not to use violence against him (it`s not like they ever do with any student), because he often gets hit by his uncle. Talk about "trickle down effect".. you hit me, I hit him, he hits her.... how fair, everyone gets his share..
When I asked what about the other students, wouldn`t they be scared or disturbed, she said they understand that he is different and ignore him. Ok... I`m not really sure that a 13 year-old girl who sees a big violent student beating teachers, students, destroying things, will think "he`s different, I`ll just ignore him and everything`s fine"...

[himitsu]

though I guess in that case it should be called "high-four", if it`s a normal type chair

[Richard_BenoitEnglipedia Drone]

Today a troubled half Japanese kid spend a period pushing around, and yelling at about 6 fair sized Japanese teachers. What a country.

[jeisensei]

Today a troubled half Japanese kid spend a period pushing around, and yelling at about 6 fair sized Japanese teachers. What a country.

It's got to be those damn gaijin genes in him that make him do it.

[himitsu]

Today a troubled half Japanese kid spend a period pushing around, and yelling at about 6 fair sized Japanese teachers. What a country.

It's got to be those damn gaijin genes in him that make him do it.

I feel sorry for Richard, all teachers must have been thinking "that's YOUR (race's) fault" ^^'

[Richard_BenoitEnglipedia Drone]

Heh! Well joking or not, many kids at my school have family issues more than they have race issues. So many single mamas, and skin tone just compounds family issues I guess, making it that much harder to fit in...

[Paul]

skin tone just compounds family issues I guess, making it that much harder to fit in...

Something (altruistically hoping) people the world around would finally understand.....

[jeisensei]

that image is awesome man.

[Richard_BenoitEnglipedia Drone]

Thought the same thing! (single tear running down the cheek.)