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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Bad Teachers
I just watched this video on Yahoo about a teacher and aide in a classroom talking about drinking too much and personal problems in a class of austistic children who have communication problems so they couldn't tell their parents. You can hear the teacher telling the child to shut up and also telling him that he won't be able to see his father and that he is a b@stard. It was heart-breaking to listen to and also to see how hurt his father was. I cannot imagine how hard it would be to have a child with special needs who cannot say what is wrong and have his teachers abusing the situation. I was in tears watching the video. I just cannot imagine why someone like that would ever want to become teacher.
Re: Bad Teachers
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Why are these people teaching if this is how they are going to act? Were the teachers you turned in genuinely remorseful or did they just get pissed they were caught and you turned them in?
I can't even imagine treating a child like that let alone one who can't communicate with words back. Awful awful awful.
2012 Reading Challenge
Now Nesting from Chicago, IL My nail blog:
It's sickening. I am from that town and can't believe the school didn't immediately fire both teachers in the class -- I think they've been fired by now, but only because of the public outcry. I'm even more outraged that a bunch of "friends of friends" on FB who are teachers have said that this type of abuse is COMMON!!! And that other teachers fear losing their jobs if they speak out against the offenders. Un-F$*%-ing believable.
There's a petition on change.org to get NJ to enact a law which would protect our kids from these "teachers' by firing them if they abuse a child in any way - physical, verbal or mental. I tried ot sign it, but it doesn't seem to take out-of-country addresses.
2012 Reading Challenge
Now Nesting from Chicago, IL My nail blog: