[blparent] sheer terror

[Veronica Smith]

I have mixed emotions about this teacher.  There are many things he does
that I am not happy with, this topping that list.  When school started I was
hahppy my daughter was put into his class.  He is a hard teacher and demands
a lot of stuff from his class.  Much more than other teachers and since Gab
needs to be challenged, I thought it was a good thing.  My opinion has since
changed.  He is for sure, the home-work king.  Way too much for my likes,
but my daughter is thriving and still making straight A's.
One of the things that upsets me about this man is when a child has a messy
desk, notebooks where  books should be and vise versa, he flips the desk,
throwing all onto the floor.  The tipping teacher is what he is known as.
Well, this just teaches a child that is okay to vandalize other people's
property if you don't like what it looks like.  
School work disappears left and right and gab has had to do her work over
and over again.  I asked him if the basket was eating the work?  He didn't
like this and scolded the kids for not putting their names on the papers.
He also dings them if parents don't sign the papers he sends home.
Like I said, I could go on and on.  I try not to complain too much as
everytime I do, gab's desk get thrown over or another paper disappears.
Grrrrrrrr!
He also is one of the funnest teachers, he has the kids perform inactments
of history.  Gab was a General in the  Spanish American war, a wagon leader
on the Oregon trail and now a spy for the civil war.  He plays jeopardy with
the  kids once a week and gives out prizes and he gives lots of compliments
and gold tickets  for special assignments.  
Bitter sweet! V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Brandy W
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 7:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] sheer terror

That is unacceptable, and I'd be demanding what goal he had by showing it.
Also an apology is one thing, but he should have never shown it and there
for never upset her, or needed to apologize. What a mess and as a teacher
I'm mad for you.


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-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] sheer terror

Why in the world would a teacher need to show a video like that to school
age kids anyway?  I mean, for what educational purpose?  Usually movies like
that have ratings that restrict the viewing audience to adults and
teenagers.

Jo Elizabeth

"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that never
were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 2:40 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] sheer terror

> Gab came home in tears yesterday.  At first I thought someone had hurt 
> her on the way home from the bus, then I thought the boy up the street 
> was being mean again.  She cried and cried and I couldn't understand a 
> thing she was saying.  Finally, she mumbled something about a video at 
> school.
> Finally after she calmed down, we got out of her that her teacher had 
> shown a realistic video that a grim reaper appeared to jump off the 
> screen into the classroom.  Well for some kids it might have been a 
> funny video, but to my child it was terrifying.
> The teacher called me shortly after Gab got home.  He said all the 
> kids were laughing and then he looked at Gab... sheer terror.  The 
> bell rang and she darted quickly from the room.  He knew that he had 
> made a giant mistake showing it to the sensitive kids.
> He apologized over and over to me and then talked to Gab for some time 
> on the phone until she finally calmed down.  It took some time.
> V
>
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