Last Wednesday, I was on CNN looking for something to write my cultural event on and I came across this article.
After reading this article, I was in shock. This article is about a curious father, Stuart Chaifetz, who bugs his autistic son before school to see what goes on at his school. He became very curious as to what was happening at school after receiving many reports from teachers saying he has been hitting teachers. When his son, Akian, comes home from school, he learns that the teachers have been bullying his son and talking inappropriately to the class. They had brought up topics about alcohol, complaining about their husbands, complaining about parents, and lying to their own parents. While Akian's father was listening to the recording, he could hear the teachers telling his son to "shut your mouth" and calling him a "bastard".
After watching two videos about this incident, one provided on CNN, and the other that Akian's father posted on YouTube, I got very angry about this happening. I could not believe that there are teachers out there bullying other kids, especially a class full of autistic children. They practically took advantage of their job. I cannot believe that an adult teacher could be so shallow to talk to kids in such a way. Here is Chaifetz's video he posted.
I think that Akian's father reacted in an acceptable way, by talking to the school district about this incident. I'm sure that there are many other kids who are bullied in the same way in their class. I'm glad that the school found out eventually because I'm sure that many other kids' parents must be curious to what happens at their child's school. However, I don't know how I feel about him posting this video all over YouTube. It is a very big issue that he wanted others to be aware of, but I think that he could have just left it with the district's hands. But I do agree with Chaifetz that the other teachers that were working in that classroom should be fired. No parent aware of this incident will ever feel comfortable letting their child in the same classroom as those teacher bullies.
This article made me very angry that people really do talk this way to kids. I don't like it at all.
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