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Posted: Jun 6 2008, 04:53 PM
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You've heard of the TV show Survivor? Now imagine if it were played in real life - and wound up with a five-year-old boy being voted out of kindergarten by his peers. The mother of little Alex Barton has decided to sue authorities in St. Lucie, Florida over what she sees as a bizarre and unfair judgment on the part of a teacher and her class.

The youngster (top left) was constantly getting in trouble in class on May 21st, wearing his shoes on the wrong feet, throwing crayons, hiding under a desk and being generally disruptive. His teacher, Wendy Portillo, sent him to the principal's office several times, hoping it would scare some sense back into the little boy.

But when he returned again and again and his behaviour didn't improve, the Morningside Elementary School teacher called the child up to the front of the class and announced there would be a vote on whether young Alex would be allowed to stay with the other kids.

"She stood him up at the front of the classroom and asked each child, in her words, to tell Alex what we don't like about him," angry mom Melissa Barton relates. "It must have been so crushing for him to hear you're annoying, you're disgusting. We don't want you here."

Portillo readily admits that's what happened but insists she was simply trying to show the youngster how irritating his behaviour was to others and give his classmates the option to say whether he' should be allowed back into class that day.

And she then held the bizarre Survivor-like vote. It wasn't a surprise when the rest of his peers effectively voted him off the 'school island.' Alex was sent home, much to the chagrin of his outraged parents. Not long after, they learned the roots of the youngster's problems - their son had autism, a syndrome that affects the ability to relate to others and communicate in a normal way.

Alex has been home ever since, with no place to go and no one to teach him. And the local school board has since moved Portillo to other non-teaching duties as the probe into what really happened that day continues.

That wasn't enough for the family, who have now sued the board for civil damages. "It's not Survivor," asserts Melissa. "This is kindergarten. This is reality."

It's still not clear what school Alex will be going back to in the fall, but the family is sure of one thing - for this Survivor of the local education system, it won't be Morningside.


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I could understand if she gave a warning first and suspended him if he continued; but that's terrible! unsure.gif


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Posted: Jun 6 2008, 05:15 PM
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This might be wrong, but I agree with having his classmates telling him how annoying he was. I know a kid who is very rambunctuous and annoying, so I'd understand how she'd feel.


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Posted: Jun 6 2008, 05:38 PM
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I think it's terrible that she held the vote, but I don't know if I would say it's a horrible thing that she had people tell the kid what they didn't like about him.

Sure it's cruel, but sometimes it's what a kid needs to hear.


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Man, Teachers like this need to be fired. Fo'seriously.


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QUOTE (Chippermonkey @ Jun 6 2008, 06:38 PM)
I think it's terrible that she held the vote, but I don't know if I would say it's a horrible thing that she had people tell the kid what they didn't like about him.

If you read the whole story, the teacher LITREALY sent the student out of class.

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Awesome. Good to know SOME of the worlds youth are learning the truth about what the world is like.


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QUOTE (Twistendo @ Jun 6 2008, 05:42 PM)
If you read the whole story, the teacher LITREALY sent the student out of class.

I did read. And I knew that. Which was why I said it was horrible that she held the vote.

Sorry, figured everyone would fill in the rest of that by themselves. ohmy.gif


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More teachers should be like this.


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Posted: Jun 6 2008, 06:15 PM
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I saw the story on CNN about a week ago... freaking asshole teacher.

I thought I had an asshole first grade teacher, this takes the cake.


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Posted: Jun 6 2008, 06:21 PM
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I don't think you understand the situation, guys.

This was a drastic measure, yes, but it was for drastic times. The kid, afaik, is a complete brat; it says that he was sent to the principal's office countless times. What would you do if even the principal couldn't straighten him out?

This is justice at its finest. If the kid's a brat he needs to know it.


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But was that really needed?

Methinks no.


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Posted: Jun 6 2008, 06:31 PM
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QUOTE (Spritanium @ Jun 6 2008, 06:15 PM)
More teachers should be like this.

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So the teacher pretty much had all of the kids say rude things, then she didn't allow him into the class?

Good god, I hate our public education system.


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QUOTE (Madam Ki @ Jun 6 2008, 06:34 PM)
So the teacher pretty much had all of the kids say rude things, then she didn't allow him into the class?

Good god, I hate our public education system.

You obviously have never expirenced some dumbass screaming his head-off while throwing school supplies at other students and teachers, There was this one kid in my class who did that and the teachers...
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QUOTE (Madam Ki @ Jun 6 2008, 06:34 PM)
So the teacher pretty much had all of the kids say rude things, then she didn't allow him into the class?

Good god, I hate our public education system.

it was in an attempt to set the kid straight


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The kid was 5 give him a break


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It's not the kids fault he has autism, that ***** had no right of kicking him out of class, SHE should be the one kicked out.


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Ok, I think both the kid and the teacher were at fault here. The kid shouldn't have acted so..."bratty" like and the teacher shouldn't have held the voting thing. Also, the kids who where there "voting" shouldn't have been so harsh.

What should have happen was the teacher should have told the other kids to tell the boy why he was annoying/bugging/bothing them. No Voting thing.

Anyways, this is nothing compared what my elementary school was like. A teacher throw a metal stapler at a 9 year old. It hit the 9 yr old. The teacher quit, not fired, but she quit.


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Well, I think that the people at fault are the school board and/or the parents themselves. The kid has autism. It was up to the parents to tell the school about this so that they don't put him in a class where he would be disruptive.

Second, if the parents did make this aware to the school, then the school shouldn't have put this kid into that class, or at least let the teacher know that he has autism.

If all of the above was actually done, than it is the teacher's fault for not knowing exactly how to deal with children who have autism. My guess is that the first or second option is what happened because most people would not treat an autistic child this way.


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