Louisiana pastor who taped children's mouths defends action, says students bullied teacher

[brooklynite]

USA Today

LAFAYETTE, La. — A Louisiana pastor, "Survivor" contestant and Republican politician was arrested last week and charged with three counts of cruelty to juveniles after taping children's mounts shut for talking too much in class. He defended his actions Monday.

The Rev. John Raymond, founder and headmaster of Slidell's Lakeside Christian Academy, issued a 1,100-word statement on the school's website blaming the students for bullying a teacher and insisting none of the children was harmed.

Raymond, who is an elected member of the Louisiana Republican Party governing board, said a teacher approached him in tears threatening to quit because a group of students was continually disrupting her class by talking.

"We have a zero-tolerance bully policy at Lakeside," Raymond said in his statement. "This means students cannot bully each other or bully the teachers. We are serious about protecting both our students and our teachers."

Raymond said he gave five children a choice of having their mouths closed with Scotch brand packing tape or school suspensions. He said all five volunteered to have their mouths taped shut.

[LiberalFighter]

1. What would a public school do in that case?

1) Call in the parents
2) Send the student(s) to the principal
3) Put them in detention
4) Expel them

[House of Roberts]

2. If you expel the students,

then you can't groom them to be wretched, intolerant little assholes.

[walkingman]

3. 1, 2, 3 and if that didn't work 4.

[Takket]

4. It is assault, even if they volunteered

[leftieNanner]

5. So your lesson about bullying

Is to bully the kids?

SMDH

[Flash953]

6. Being a teacher can be a thankless job especially if you have some unruly students.

A friend of mine works as a sixth grade teacher in California.
She had a couple of students in her sixth grade class who would disrupt the class every day in the morning.
When the kids would get to hard to handle she would have to fill out a form and send them to the principals office

The principal would send the kids back 30 minutes later and there was no punishing of the kid. This kind of behavior was allowed to happen until eventually my friend resigned and almost had a nervous breakdown. Now she's working as a helper for a 2nd grade class. My friend has six years of college invested in becoming a teacher and she's getting her second credential. The kid that disrupted her class is not the victim here. She teaches in a low income area and the kids definitely do not have the best family life. Some children need to be disciplined either by the principal or their parents. The kid who disrupted her class everyday wasn't expelled or disciplined and someone else will have to deal with the disruptive kid.