Reply #176: I've taught 14 year olds. Those kids weren't that bad. [View All]

[knitter4democracy]

They weren't super helpful and respectful, but they weren't yelling at the guy, they weren't in his personal space, and they actually weren't anywhere near as bad as I've had kids get with me. The cop escalated the situation from the first minute of the encounter. If he'd changed his tone, kept repeating his demands in a calm voice (almost robot-like), and if he'd stayed out of the kids' physical space, the situation would've been nothing. The kids would've moved on, realizing they weren't going to get a rise out of him. That cop was itching for a fight, and that wasn't the kids' fault.

I found the tape very unsettling. That guy lost it. I've seen fellow teachers lose it, and it's very scary in person.