Comments on: Georgia Fifth-Grader Asked to Draw Scary Mask and Then Suspended For It

By: steadycat

steadycat — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:03:23 +0000

I’m from Georgia and I instantly knew that the little kid was black (male) and the hysterics were from a white (female) teacher. When do we change in Georgia? And the sad part about it is, the school will continue thinking they did nothing wrong. the teacher probably got a pat on the back too.

By: Mike Spindell

Mike Spindell — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:44:18 +0000

JC,
Thank you for establishing as true my first though on reading this.
The “Bloods” thing was a giveaway. The first operative problem here is racism. Secondarily, the proliferation of children being diagnosed with pathologies like ADHD and dosed with medication reflects more on the incompetence of educators, than problems with children. Unfortunately, education like many other fields goes through periods categorized by current popular wisdom, rather than evidenced based approaches. As a retired psychiatric professional, my own field had been wrong so many times it’s both pitiful and disheartening.

Staninga,
I think you need to repeat fifth grade.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:21:11 +0000

For the record, Jordan Hood is African American. If he had been white, I am positively sure this wouldn´t have reached this ridiculously out of control reaction. And notice how quickly they escalated the panic to imply the kid was a gang member. Would Ms. Pevey had panicked and accused the kids of being a “gang member” if Jordan was Caucasian? Somehow, I doubt it.

This was an innocent drawing by a kid, as part of a school assignment for Halloween. The rest is hysterics.

By: staninga

staninga — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:09:44 +0000

God save us from these Government Schools(indoctrination camps)

By: staninga

staninga — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:08:58 +0000

God save us from these Government Schools(indoctrination camps)
We lost our American culture to the ILLEGAL MEXICANS and thier ilk!!!

By: staninga

staninga — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:05:28 +0000

barrow is a sanctuary county..they will arrest a us citizen befor they will arrest a ILLEGAL MEXICAN…th county is chock full of them!!!

By: seamus

seamus — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:37:21 +0000

No way. I don’t believe this happened in Georgia.

By: Former Federal LEO

Former Federal LEO — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:52:17 +0000

I am glad I went to grade school in the 1950s.

This forum documents many instances of the school systems’ disallowing current-day children the opportunity to act their age with innocence and wonderment while exploring age-appropriate life experiences that are important to mental growth and social development.

I wonder what phobias their generation will exhibit when they reach adulthood because of their early encounters with such “adult mentors.” Now that thought is far “scarier” that the Dracula drawing.

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:31:05 +0000

That is a genuinely scary story. It really does remind me of things that were said during witch trials in Europe and the US. It’s a very cruel way to treat a child. I think training and an apology are the minimum requried in this case.

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:02:03 +0000

Wow! I guess that I am lucky that I didn’t have these teachers and administrators when I was in 5th grade. Where have these two been hiding? It is not unusual for children to draw extreme pictures. Especially when they are asked to in the assignment. Someone in that school district needs to stop forward and ask about these two hypersensitive individuals and whether they should be in their respective positions.