When Teaching Starts to Hurt

Let's talk about it: what our community said

Printed replies from readers on our page-2 conversation.

• “Blame the parentsAlso, those criminals need to be removed from the . campus”

  Gregorio De La Paz

• “Perhaps it’s time for parents to have insurance policies to send kids to school, if the kid hurts a teacher or does property damage, the teacher or school can file against insurance.”

  Vanessa Jackson

• “Don't forget about bus drivers/assistants that get hurt as well, especially in busses that deal with special needs”

  Jenna Gutierrez

• “I know the numbers must be higher. Most incidents are not documented”

  Lydia Lee Willis Reeves

• “Sorry, but getting hurt by the students is not part of the job . Teachers are there to teach , not to wrestle ! Students are there to learn , not to fight !”

  Rose Tovares

• “Things I didn’t learn in college to become a teacher.”

  Angela Casburn

• “I bet if hazard pay was to be issued in situations like this, the least restrictive environment would look a lot different.”

  Dixie Rose Gaspard

• “It’s the parents fault 100%. As parents we should be able to control our kids.”

  Nathan Silver

• “I agree, all kids should be held responsible for their actions, They need to go back to paddle spanking best believe they will learn.”

  Elizabeth Lopez

• “If the students put their hands on a teacher it should be assault and be able to defend themselves”

  Robert Bubba Huffman

• “Start holding parents responsible. Respect should be taught. If children are acting up, then parents should have to miss work and sit in with them.”

  Chris N Jen Mercado

• “I’ve seen plenty of general ed students who get violent on the regular.”

  Melissa Yearsley Harper

• “I’ve had shoes thrown at me. I have been chased around the classroom so as not to get hit all by a first grader. And all of this was going on while I was trying to teach a class with 20 plus students.”

  Gloria Ventura Sepulveda

• “We have become such a stupid society. This is what happens when people have no consequences for bad behaviors”

  Scott Sprowls

• “Yup, I've gotten stabbed in the shoulder. Luckily, not that bad, I just got an eraser thrown at my face near my eye so yes it's hard.”

  Janis Amador

• “Thank you for bringing this to light. People don’t know. Anyone in a school setting knows the struggle is real! \ Brian Christopher: ”Yea no they would find out real quick; I’d be like Morgan Freeman in the movie Lean on me”

  Jana Mercado

• “You think this is the only district it's happening in?”

  Lane G. Bertrand

• “Not only our teachers are at risk, so are the nurses and any other adults that work in a school. I’ve seen it firsthand. It is not only the school that has lost control. The parents have no control over their children either”

  Sandy Encina

• “It's parents fault.Those kids need to removed”

  Gregorio De La Paz

• “Bring back corporal punishment and start enforcing capital punishment more often. Robin T Bedolla:”Authority and discipline needs to be pushed onto kids. We have to be serious and tell them your not doing this right and show them that it's wrong”

  Shannon Russell

• “The problems started when parents began complaining about disciplinary paddles. The ‘time out’ generation has become the norm, and the blame lies entirely with the parents. That is why we now see so many people protesting in the streets. Anastacia Lopez:”Teachers deserve better “”

  Richard Cortez

• “Complex problem with no quick fix. Ironically, lack of education is the root of this problem, and most of America's current problems, going back several generations.”

  Herb Rockman

• “I blame it on the lack of parenting. People have kids & dont teach them anything. No respect, no discipline, nothing. Heck, most of the time the kids can't read or write!”

  Ida Minty