May 28 2008
This isn’t Survivor!
[CBS]
Port St. Lucie, Fla., mother is outraged and considering legal action after her son’s kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class.
Melissa Barton says Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy Portillo had her son’s classmates say what they didn’t like about 5-year-old Alex. She says the teacher then had the students vote, and voted Alex, who is being evaluated for Asperger’s syndrome — an autism spectrum disorder — out of the class by a 14-2 margin.
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[From me]
How sad. It sounds like the teacher needs some therapy. That poor little boy needs a hug not a vote off. If it were up to me I would vote the teacher off.
What do you think?
[HT] Bill Grandi (Cycle Guy)
7 responses so far
The teacher has my vote also…to be off!
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I’ve got my charcoal pen ready…My vote of casting off is…
Wendy…:)
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Holy cow. Another good reason to homeschool.
How incredibly sad for this boy… and for the other kids. At such a tender young age, these kids are being taught to ridicule and exclude others. Wait! I thought schools taught political correctness? What about tolerance? Ha!
When will parents wake up and smell the coffee and realize what a disaster our educational system as become?
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Why does God allow autism? Because Adam sinned? Watch the video again - why should this little boy suffer because someone else sinned?
OH MY. When I read the first blurb, I thought it was going to be like having Survivor in the classroom at the end of the year. But to actually say you don’t like a child and then vote the student out, WHAT WAS THIS TEACHER THINKING? That is a crock to me that the teacher doesn’t think she did anything wrong. Perhaps she thought people wouldn’t believe the boy. What is this school district thinking keeping such an unqualified teacher? Clearly the nurse knew this teacher was in the wrong. Granted it is Florida which has masterminded the coverup. I would like to hear if the school has anything valid to say (cause this is just one side of the story and she did try to pull a political card.) Hopefully, the other parent’s children will realize that this shouldn’t be said about a child even if they too wish the special needs child wasn’t included in that classroom.
As a former teacher, I am appalled at this behavior.
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