Voting kids out of class, Cam has no cows, scribbles at two a.m and cat saves railroad company

[misscam]

In today's major WTF:

Kindergarten teacher lets class vote 5-year old out of class.

After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn't like about Barton's 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher said they were going to take a vote, Barton said.
By a 14 to 2 margin, the class voted him out of the class. (...) Barton said her son is in the process of being diagnosed with Aspberger's.

...

WHUT. Teacher was apparently reassigned after this, but still I'm kinda speechless. *Five*?! I mean, I'd think shitty to do to even adult people, but WTF five? And what's with the reality Survivor-esque voting? I don't think life has enough commercial breaks to be reality TV, quite frankly.

Meanwhile, I've had a whole workday of PatDocs and Patentstyret stuff. My head hurts. I swear, bureaucracy is at least half-made to drive us all to semi-understanding of insanity. I remember once at school, we got taught various political systems as you have two cows - capitalism was you have two cows, and trade it in a bull, socialism was you have two cows, your neighbours has none, the state takes one of yours and give it to your neighbour etc etc. Bureaucracy was you had two cows. Only thing missing from that is ... and now you have to do the paperwork.

Long day, ow, and I have no cow.

Didn't help I got up five times last night to scribble fanfic stuff down. Brain, could you think less of BSG fic at least when I have to get up before 7 the next day? I'd be much obliged.

What I write at two a.m:

Tomorrow in Australia
(Or Five Things Laura Did on Her Last Day, and One Thing She Did the Day After)

I

Today, the fleet gets good news, Laura Roslin writes a list, Bill Adama gets laid - and on Earth, it's already tomorrow in Australia.

I

"Once the FTL is repaired, we'll be ready for the last jump. To Earth."

"And when will the FTL be repaired?"

"Tomorrow."

I

"Item number five. Bill," he reads, and stops, lifting his head to look at her. "Item number five is just 'Bill'?"

"Yes," she says. "Item number five is Bill. But it's never been just."

I

The sensation of her nipples hardening against his palm, the slight sharpness of nails as he traces the underside of her breast, the warmth of his mouth against her flesh.

I

The Earth tilts, keeping the illusion that the sun moves and lets light chase dark and dark catch the light, day and night like serpents eating each other. It's always tomorrow somewhere on Earth. Today, that's Australia.

Hmm-hmm. I think there's a fic in there, yes.

Finally, a cat is formally appointed station master and helps save a Japanese railroad company. Just goes to show cats rule the world, Y/Y?

Comments

[ashestothestars.livejournal.com]

WTF? That's just... unbelievable and unprofessional are the first words that really come to mind. Then, WTF?! Did she get her teaching degree at Matchbox U?

If you'll excuse me, I need to go pick up my jaw.

(Yes, cats do rule the world. My three would tell you that right away.)

[trialia]

Wanting that fic, my girl...

Also, that teacher should have been fired, not reassigned!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I DON'T KNOW. Okay, kid might have been a problem in the class, but WTF kind of way to deal with it is *that*?

My cat tells me on a daily basis, come to think of it.

[redoren.livejournal.com]

Yep, that needs to grow into a fully fledged fic ::nods:: It's just a gleam in it's authors eye right now. Need fic! :D

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Clearly, so does my brain, with making me get up and write more notes. I have the shape of it in my head too, just a matter of sitting down and writing it some time my ain't dead. (Yay weekends?)

Yeah, doing that sort of thing does sound fairly inexcusable. WTF, truly. At what point did that ever seem like a good idea to the teacher?

[ashestothestars.livejournal.com]

Okay, kid might have been a problem in the class, but WTF kind of way to deal with it is *that*?

Exactly. Kindergarten and primary school is "survivor" on the playground enough as it is.

It just baffles the mind that she wasn't fired.

[trialia]

Glad to hear it *G* and I know how you feel. Post-convention exhaustion, here, and I'd love to get whoever it was who gave me this stupid head cold at the con in a room alone with me and my broomstick for five minutes.

[manicr.livejournal.com]

WUT? I'm beyond words.

I wasn't aware of that I had any cows to begin with, so I'm now two cows richer.

Cats are the rulers of this world, deities even. Humans merely delude themselves in thinking that they are the superior being in this match.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I have another one finished sent to beta, so feeling quite productive ;)

Just have to deal with this week of deadlines at work. Bit hard to write Bill and Laura being awesome when you have search reports for all sorts of weird patents in your head. (Just today I had fishing nets. Hah.)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Paper said the incident was still being looked into, so maybe that ain't the end result.

And seriously, bullying and shit happens enough at that age if you aren't going to actually structure it for them, WTF.

[everysecondtues.livejournal.com]

D: Wow, that's some major fail on the part of the teacher.

Eee, the cat is incredibly cute. And considering how few people have the ability to have a cat in Japan, I can definitely understand the draw to the station.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Hehe. But at least you had a stimulating good time, right? :P

Colds in summer are just the worst ever.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

We all have metaphorical cows. Trust me.

Yes. Just like we all also delude ourselves thinking cats are our pets. They're just indulging us to get every whim catered to.

[trialia]

Oh, for sure! The talk on Saturday was hilarious, and I loved meeting the cast members. I just wear myself out afterwards, it's always the same. S'why I only do one convention every couple of months at most, I couldn't handle more. Especially if people go dislocating my frakking shoulders at the cons... *glares at the fellow cosplayer who did that* But if they get Mary over here, I may make an exception about going back to Expo!

Yeah. And it's raining here all of a sudden, despite having had a beautiful weekend...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Japanese consider cats to be lucky as well apparently, which would be another draw in addition to cute overwhelming and wee hat.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Only been to one con in my life, and that was a Babylon 5 one over a decade ago. I has envy :( But good to hear it was as smashing - rather makes it worth the exhaustion.

All your sun must have come to us and you got our rain. Hah!

[bex245.livejournal.com]

I love that fic idea!! Can't wait to read it!! *hint hint* :P

And WTF with the schoolteacher?! Since when was school a reality TV show. Fucking hell. I swear sometimes this world is SOO messed up.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I shall try my best :P Got another one finished to post first though, which is merrily with beta.

It does make you wonder if someone's watched Survivor a bit too much, yeah. One thing is if the kids did it - kids can be truly cruel, so I could see that happen - but WTF teacher?

[redoren.livejournal.com]

Best of luck with all of those reports. When you do get around to that fic, I'll certainly read it :)

[cassie5squared.livejournal.com]

I'm agreeing with everyone who says that teacher should have been fired.

There is never, ever an excuse for publicly humiliating a child like that. I know several people who commented on the story elsewhere have said that the little boy should have just accepted it, and that we should not mollycoddle children who are "too old to be so upset".

During my first few days of high school, having been legally home educated for over six years, I felt confident enough to correct a teacher who claimed that home education was illegal. She immediately declared to the entire class that my parents should have been arrested and locked up, and that I should have been taught to keep my opinions to myself. I was eleven and completely unused to this sort of reaction. My mother immediately threatened the school with legal action when I informed her about it. The teacher was removed from the school, and a formal apology was made. Fair enough?

No. For a long time afterwards, I was afraid to take part in discussions or even say what I thought about something, for fear that I would be subjected to that humiliation again. I still feel mild panic when I speak up in a face-to-face discussion, although I am getting better at controlling it.

You are never too old to be humiliated.

[bex245.livejournal.com]

Ooh, awesome!! I look forward to it!! =D

Oh, yeah, totally. Kids do things like that, just because, well, they're kids. But the thought of an adult, cleared to work with children, thought that was a good idea... Jesus. So worrying.

[karaotter.livejournal.com]

That teacher- ugh. I'm not a teacher, but I do work in a school and deal with more than my fair share of kids that are either disruptive in one way shape or form, or just the kind of kid that nobody likes for whatever reason. But I would never even think about voting the kid out of class. (Odds are. I'd more than likely get fired because of it if I did something as stupid as that, but you just don't do that sort of thing.)

[sinneahtes.livejournal.com]

classmates were allowed to tell Alex what they didn't like about him

Even if it had just been that, I'd still be seeing red. WTF. I'd be pissed off if I were the parent of another kid in that class, as well. I'd think kids would need to learn much more constructive ways of dealing with an unpopular classmate than that.

[celebestel.livejournal.com]

:-0 Obviously it hurt her pride that she couldn't control him, so she lashed out as hard as she could. What a reptiile. THey need to fire her right now -- no second chances for child abuse.

[herbgurl82.livejournal.com]

That teacher needs to be fired, and never allowed to work in education again. I am speechless.

[kunenk.livejournal.com]

…Because a five-year-old is perfectly equipped to deal with his classmates all putting him down. Of course. *puts away the sarcasm* What an introduction to social life. Which doesn't necessarily get better, but that's best left for when some skills've been developed.

Of course cats rule the world. They get us to feed them, don't they?

[elvenpiratelady.livejournal.com]

ABSOLUTE FAIL. Yoda does not approve.

Hey, I remember the two cows analogy from OFUM! Fic sounds interesting, and the cat story is adorable.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

But the state attorney's office concluded the matter did not meet the criteria for emotional child abuse

Those criteria need to be revised. I understand what might have driven her to it, all teachers have had that one kid that they just couldn't deal with... but tough shit. You're the adult, they're the kid, and dealing with it is your JOB. Deal, or get out.

Also, there are hundreds of "you have two cows" jokes, and they never get old:

Bureaucracy
You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.

I am almost done with season2 of BSG. Sadly I don't like Roslin yet--though I did sniffle a lot for her when Billy got shot. And you are sending them to Australia? *vbg* Starbuck/Apollo smut under a gun tree, pretty please? But not camping, 'cos they drop their branches. ;)

[kittycatness.livejournal.com]

Say what?

Alright. I get that she did what she did. But what was the point of allowing that? WHY let a bunch of five year olds say what they don't like about their classmate? There is no sense and no real purpose to it, in my opinion.
Please to smack the teacher, yes?


In other news:
There is definitely a fic in your notes/lines/whatever right there.



And I don't need cows because I have chickens.



♥

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

Oh My God! That is AWFUL! In what part of her head did she think that that would be a good idea. One of the first things you learn on a teaching course is not to pull this kind of shit, especially not with little kids.

[jessickuh.livejournal.com]

I work in a preschool, and my class does have one child who is a little more difficult to deal with, enough so that the majority of the children don't like him. But I would never do that. What does that solve? Why not talk to the parents. Why is it up to a bunch of five-year-olds to solve the problem? Clearly, the teacher had no idea what to do, so she puts the responsibility on a bunch of children. Not to mention that the kid in my class, a lot of times, he's been complained about by one kid or another, and then in the next second, he's best friends with them. Kids in my experience hate one kid one second, and love them the next. How awful it must be for them when/if they realized they made a mistake voting him out.

[(Anonymous)]

That teacher's an idiot. She should be fired. That just seemed like a bad reality TV show, therefore... The Failboat has arrived, and she's the newest passenger! (http://images.istheshit.net/rlpflekq.jpg) Image from a Google search.
On an unrelated note, when is OFUM's second year going to get an update? It's been three years since the last chapter. No updates usually means the death of a 'fic, which is a Bad Thing.