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In Reply to: 10,000 Maniacs, "What's The Matter Here?" posted by Luminator on September 30, 2023 at 10:13:39:
In the 4th Grade, I remember once of my classmates arriving to homeroom with a black eye and bruises on his arms. There was hushed gossip among my home room teacher and other teachers on that hall that morning. Then around 11 AM, when our class was scheduled to go to English class with a very strict and very elderly old man - who ordinarily ruled that class with an iron fist, there was a moment I remember.
The elderly teacher, who was always a strict and hard disciplinarian said in front of the whole class. "Kevin. You entire class and all your teachers are wondering about the black and blue marks all over your body. I'm going to ask you to trust all your Classmates and trust your educators with this question. Did someone in your family give these bruises to you. " They boy answered yes. And then the teacher took that boy by the arm and headed out the door. At the threshold of the door, he turned to the class and said "Kevin and I have some business up the Principal's office. I fully expect you all remain in the class while we are gone, and I'm going to ask you to Think about this very seriously!"
That's how the Old School Public School teachers in the 70s handled it. Class Act!
Many years later we learned that Kevin was taken in by an Aunt and Uncle several towns away. The parents lost custody of all their children and left town.
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Follow Ups
- RE: 10,000 Maniacs, "What's The Matter Here?" - Jim Doyle 10:53:21 09/30/23 (1)
- God Bless all the educators who did, and do, the right thing... and, a contra case - John Marks 15:14:39 10/01/23 (0)
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