Should a teacher be allowed to tape her student's mouth shut?

I'm sure I'll be given a hundred negatives for this statement, but here goes. Times have changed. Today, people are outraged at this behavior and it is considered abusive to a child. Many also would add that it hurt's the child's psyche. All I can tell you is that I distinctly remember in elementary school, that we got our mouth's taped when we would not be quiet! I remember it happening almost daily to either myself or one of my friends! I consider myself okay and unharmed by the action and all of my friends are successful, normal people too! Today, we send kids to the guidance counselor, who talks to little joey and threatens him. Joey goes back to class, where he has missed the content (but is given the grade anyway) and usually continues to talk....because his 'daddy' is a lawyer and will sue if the school does anything more. What can we do differently? If taping the mouth doesn't work, having the child talk to the principal/guidance counselor doesn't work. I feel to suspend the child is ridiculous as then the child doesn't learn the material. At least, as we sat there with the tape on our mouths, we heard the material and learned it!!

There is absolutely no way that a teacher or anyone else should tape a child's mouth shut. That is awful and that teacher should never be allowed to teach again. I think that is a crime and should be arrested. Just because the student talks a lot, doesn't mean they should tape it shut. I would have sent the student to the principles office instead. That person should be fired and not suspended. I would say let the principal handle the situation so that the rest of class could go on and learn things.

I don't think a teacher should be allowed to tape her student's mouth shut.This is so because the student will feel embarrass. Which means the student will not learn that way. Perhaps the best way is to talk to the student after class.

OMG! if my kids teachers pulled a stunt like that suspension would be the LEAST of their damn worries...I think she was WAY out of line and I really hope the parents look into this farther to see if she has any other "incidents" like this in her teaching history....Omg I would so totally SNAP if it wre one of my children!

The teacher should be fired and charged with battery or assault. This isn't someone I would trust alone with a group of young children. Most parents would never dream of doing this themselves to their children. Why should they send them to school to be abused? What would happen if the teacher got this aggravated and was having a really bad day? Would she go further and perhaps hit a child? I don't know what I would suggest as far as how to get a classroom of kids to quiet down. The ideas of going to see the principal might work, but I don't know if that strikes the same fear in kids today that it did with us. I would think that part of a teacher's education would include some training on psychology and how to deal with behavior problems in children. If not, it should be mandated for licensure to teach.

it is okay to be a disciplinarian but not to the extent of taping your student's mouth thats against the code of ethics of teacher in any country.

That child might have been a real handsful, but tapeing it's mouth shut wasn't the answer. In my time, a long time ago, teachers did that. Today, it cannot be done. But the kids are so hard to teach, so many of my teacher friends have told me. I think the child should have been sent to the principals office and note sent home first.

No that teacher didnt have no right to put tape on the student. There is an easy answer. She should of sent that child to the principal office. I do believe she should be suspended for a good lenght of time. I think one year is fitting for the suspension. I dont know what gives the teachers the right and authority to put their hands on the student or any disciplinary action. The teacher was in the wrong their and glad that she got suspended. maybe the next time if she could teach, she will do something different.

i think that's too much bordering child abuse. teachers have to right to physically hurt or humiliate the kids. it is important that teachers be psychologically fit to handle kids and not to go extreme measures to discipline or teach them a lesson.

I think that was definitely too far. There are ways to "punish" a child at school. No recess usually worked on me...lol. Sitting in the "detention" area at lunchtime. Sitting by the teachers desk. Notes or calls home if the problem keeps up. But taping the mouth shut? Sorry that is too far.

I'm like you, I believe the teacher went a bit far taping the kids mouth shut. In,I'm pretty sure alot of parents eyes, they wouldn't see taping their own child mouth shut, their thought is what gives anyone else the right to do it...I know being a mother I would be the same way... I believe the teacher should of went to the principal before doing something like that... What may be a good solution for her, is not good form of discipline for a parents child.

I think it is not appropriate to do for this time or for this generation, teachers are not allowed to hit or to punish the children these days. If I am the teacher, I will tell the student that if he won't stop talking I'll call his/her mom or I'll send her out of my class.

What would you have done to try to stop kids from talking in class if you could not get them to be quiet? *Based on my experienced as a kindergarten teacher,whenever they are noisy while I am talking/discussing something, I called his/her attention once and if they still continue, I let him/her stay after the class, for us to talk about his being noisy in the class..rather than scolding and or shouting him/her during the discussion...

NO NO AND ABSOLUTELY NO!!! what kinda world are we living in? I mean, a teacher taping off a student's mouth? isnt that barbaric and totally nasty? There are better ways to keep a kid quiet. The best way is probably to keep him occupied. If he's too busy in his work, there is no way he will scream and shout. But taping? No, nah, nopsey

In Britain this would have been classed as child abuse. The problem now is that there are so many rules that protect the children that there is no longer any answer about how they can be disciplined. I've even been told that discipline is not a good word to use. Children should be protected from abuse but things have got out of hand and it seems that they can now do as they please. I wonder how they'll cope as adults.

No way. My mom would have a fit if a teacher did that to me, or anyone in my class for that matter. That's just not acceptable. If the student is really being a bother, send them to the principle's office.

Oh my god if a teacher ever taped my childs mouth shut she would wish she had never done it. I would would have had the biggest fit the school had ever seen. If a teacher can't control the children in the class then they should have to leave the class. They can be sent to the principal or guidence counselor. There are many ways to punish a child for talking in class with out abusing them. If the teacher lacks so much creativity that she has to resort to taping mouths then perhaps she is in the wrong profession. I am glad the teacher was suspended, perhaps if she gets her job back she will have learned a valuable lesson.

thats a tricky one my friend ...lol I think teachers don't have the disipline in their classes anymore and I am sure it is quite frustrating for them ..as for taping the students mouth it did no physical harm ..but I am sure that they were embarrassed ..so I am sure someone will say it was to much ...I have to say that I don't think it was to much ...she would have been better off to send the kid to the dean and let them deal with the problem ... As for how she was punished I feel it should go before the school board before she was suspended... to me that isn't an good enough reason to suspend her ...I feel that is very wrong ...BTW is it just a temporay suspension or what ???

Considering how they've taken away about all other forms of punishment, whats left?

well .... no she did a very bad thing ...but the student didn't do some thing nice ....she had to tell him to shut his mouth and if it didn't work the she hade to tell him to go out of the class:(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((