Comments on: Handcuffs in Middle School? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:15:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: hmmm http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/comment-page-1/#comment-565734 hmmm Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:10:30 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/handcuffs-in-middle-school/#comment-565734 Once police are involved, the school is not. I agree that it may not have been the best way to handle it, but we can not discourage schools from getting police involved when they feel they need to. I have seen some crazy things in school buildings and teachers are very hesitant to call the police for anything. I am sure it was becoming a tense situation. Remember, not all kids are like your kids... some students see another student distracting the teacher and decide that it is a good time to start a fight. What do you do if you have a few students like that and one who will not leave and will not stop. It is a tough situation. Once police are involved, the school is not. I agree that it may not have been the best way to handle it, but we can not discourage schools from getting police involved when they feel they need to. I have seen some crazy things in school buildings and teachers are very hesitant to call the police for anything. I am sure it was becoming a tense situation. Remember, not all kids are like your kids… some students see another student distracting the teacher and decide that it is a good time to start a fight. What do you do if you have a few students like that and one who will not leave and will not stop. It is a tough situation.

]]> By: Annemarie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/comment-page-1/#comment-565492 Annemarie Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:52:56 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/handcuffs-in-middle-school/#comment-565492 OMG!!! LIES!!! I WAS THERE HE WAS YELLING WHILE DOING WARMUPS AND NO ONE WAS TALKING!!! OMG!!! LIES!!! I WAS THERE HE WAS YELLING WHILE DOING WARMUPS AND NO ONE WAS TALKING!!!

]]> By: David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/comment-page-1/#comment-559655 David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:33:39 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/handcuffs-in-middle-school/#comment-559655 Quote: “I specifically asked the officer, ‘did he threaten you?’ She said no. I said, ‘did he threaten any other child?’ And she said no. Why the fuck were handcuffs being used? And in a bloody school, of all places?! In it just me thinking this is so, or is the world becoming a more bloody ridiculously stupid place than it previously was? Quote: “I specifically asked the officer, ‘did he threaten you?’ She said no. I said, ‘did he threaten any other child?’ And she said no.

Why the fuck were handcuffs being used? And in a bloody school, of all places?!

In it just me thinking this is so, or is the world becoming a more bloody ridiculously stupid place than it previously was?

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/comment-page-1/#comment-552473 Justthisguy Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:48:39 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/handcuffs-in-middle-school/#comment-552473 Oh yeah, and if I were Principal (unlike the scary Nazi-like principals I had) I would allow him to hide under my desk until Mom or Dad arrived. Oh yeah, and if I were Principal (unlike the scary Nazi-like principals I had) I would allow him to hide under my desk until Mom or Dad arrived.

]]> By: Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/comment-page-1/#comment-543322 Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:40:22 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/handcuffs-in-middle-school/#comment-543322 Hell honey, that's how it would have gone down when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. Hell honey, that’s how it would have gone down when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s.

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/comment-page-1/#comment-543318 Justthisguy Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:13:57 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/handcuffs-in-middle-school/#comment-543318 Ok, anonymous, I'll stipulate that he was getting on the other kids' nerves. He didn't stop doing so, after being told to stop several times. Still no excuse for a cop. The teacher should have hoicked him up by the back of the shirt, hauled him to the Principal's office, and called Mom and Dad to come get him, then talk about it with them later. I think that's how it would have gone down when I was a kid, in the fifties and sixties. Ok, anonymous, I’ll stipulate that he was getting on the other kids’ nerves. He didn’t stop doing so, after being told to stop several times. Still no excuse for a cop. The teacher should have hoicked him up by the back of the shirt, hauled him to the Principal’s office, and called Mom and Dad to come get him, then talk about it with them later. I think that’s how it would have gone down when I was a kid, in the fifties and sixties.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/comment-page-1/#comment-543209 Anonymous Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:44:57 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/handcuffs-in-middle-school/#comment-543209 There IS more to the story. I was a student in his PE class when this happened. I do believe that the police officer was wrong in handcuffing Gunnar, but still the story is a tad twisted here. First of all, we were stretching when this happened. No one was talking except him, he was singing (i guess you could call it humming) at the top of his lungs. The teacher asked calmly if he would go outside, because that is what the teacher ws instructed to do. Gunnar refused every time the teacher asked (which was about 5 times). Finally the teacher asked him if he would go to L12 (the responsibility center aka detention during the class period) but Gunnar persisted. The teacher then contacted somebody at L12 (who we found out was a police officer when she entered the room ). She then asked Gunnar, GENTLEY, if he would come with her. She repeated this numerous times but he did not respond. She then warned him that if neccessary she would handcuff him and embarrass him in front of all his classmates.He still decided to be stubborn. After that the story is the same, but I just feel like the interview most people saw on the news was misleading. There IS more to the story. I was a student in his PE class when this happened. I do believe that the police officer was wrong in handcuffing Gunnar, but still the story is a tad twisted here. First of all, we were stretching when this happened. No one was talking except him, he was singing (i guess you could call it humming) at the top of his lungs. The teacher asked calmly if he would go outside, because that is what the teacher ws instructed to do. Gunnar refused every time the teacher asked (which was about 5 times). Finally the teacher asked him if he would go to L12 (the responsibility center aka detention during the class period) but Gunnar persisted. The teacher then contacted somebody at L12 (who we found out was a police officer when she entered the room
). She then asked Gunnar, GENTLEY, if he would come with her. She repeated this numerous times but he did not respond. She then warned him that if neccessary she would handcuff him and embarrass him in front of all his classmates.He still decided to be stubborn. After that the story is the same, but I just feel like the interview most people saw on the news was misleading.

]]> By: Double The Sanity This Saturday! http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/comment-page-1/#comment-544649 Double The Sanity This Saturday! Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:05:39 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/handcuffs-in-middle-school/#comment-544649 [...] Handcuffs in Middle School? Fellow b5media blogger Kristina Chew certainly has an interesting discussion going on over at Autism Vox - one no self-respecting parent, teacher, school administrator, police officer, or anyone interested in mental health should miss. [...] [...] Handcuffs in Middle School? Fellow b5media blogger Kristina Chew certainly has an interesting discussion going on over at Autism Vox – one no self-respecting parent, teacher, school administrator, police officer, or anyone interested in mental health should miss. [...]

]]> By: Gunnar's Sister http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/comment-page-1/#comment-543208 Gunnar's Sister Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:26:37 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/handcuffs-in-middle-school/#comment-543208 There is no more to the story... the news said it all, well minus the few other comments SJUSD said as well as the police officier. Gunnar would never hurt a fly, he is the kindest most gentle 11 year old. This is not the last you will hear of this case. There is no more to the story… the news said it all, well minus the few other comments SJUSD said as well as the police officier. Gunnar would never hurt a fly, he is the kindest most gentle 11 year old. This is not the last you will hear of this case.

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/handcuffs-in-middle-school/comment-page-1/#comment-549604 Kristina Chew, PhD Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:37:07 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/handcuffs-in-middle-school/#comment-549604 Police are certainly a regular part of the schools in Jersey City where I teach, not in the district where we live. (I have family in the SJ area----but don't know a lot myself about the area.) Police are certainly a regular part of the schools in Jersey City where I teach, not in the district where we live. (I have family in the SJ area—-but don’t know a lot myself about the area.)

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