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Trust me...kids can cause LOTS of emotional stress, especially if you're dealing with them every day. My mother once had her life threatened by a student. This brought on a bout of post-traumatic stress syndrome (she was beaten by an ex-husband) which spiralled into depression. She ended up in the mental ward for a week, because of one button this kid pushed. Yes, my mother's case is a little extreme, but even now that she's recovered, she still works with children, and I still see how they can cause you such stress.
For instance, some kids treat my mother in such a manner that in normal society we would call it harassment, but because our school system is too tolerant, they get away with it. These kids are bullies. They bully other children, they bully their teachers, they bully the aides who are trying to help them. Schools are just starting to wise up to what bullying can cause other children to do.
Perhaps this lady is being a little rash by suing, but we don't know all the circumstances, and we certainly weren't in her shoes. I've had terrible teachers and I've had great ones. But there's no doubt in my mind that that woman did not need that child in her classroom, and no teacher, good or bad, deserves that. Not only was he making life miserable for her, he was ruining the learning experience for other children.
The one good thing I see coming out of all of this is that perhaps the school systems of the United States will wake up and realize that bullying extends beyond children v. children. Kids can bully their teachers as well.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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