Teacher Allegedly Ties 5-Year-Old to Chair in Front of Class

Yes! Yes!! and YES!!!!

Sondra,
I absolutely cannot believe you are so cold hearted!!!! Apparently, you do not have kids. If you had any compassion, you would understand that children should not be abused in school or any where else for that matter. You like someone here in the Clark County School District has automatically blamed a child and did not even get both sides of the story. You never and I mean never tie a child up!!! maybe the teacher was having a bad day and yes maybe the boy was being rambunctious, but, you never let you temper get the better of you. Especially when you are working and dealing with children!!

Would you want your child tied to a chair? Think for a moment, you don't know what is going on in that child's mind or the impact that teacher can have on the child. It was not right and in no way or form was it a good idea

I find this article rather amusing. My five year old son, back in 1964, was tied to his chair, in public school, in Yorktown Heights, New York. Never thought of getting excited and stiring the 'pot'. I knew I had an active child who enjoyed helping everyone and getting up and about. Found it difficult to follow teachers orders to stay seated. She took the liberty to putting him in his chair and making sure he stayed there. Tied was the answer. I do admit, that since public school had a problem with controling students, I removed him and placed him in Catholic School. He quickly learned the Nuns had BETTER rules and regulations. I appreciated their system much better.

I'm 64 years old and still remember Miss Straw. She was tall, slender, elderly lady with white hair who taught us 1st grade. Back then, few kids misbehaved because neither their parents nor the schools tolerated bad behavior. A trip to the principal's office meant a paddling.

We had a boy in our class named Bobby who was always misbehaving. One day when he was out of control, Miss Straw sat him in in the corner. But, he kept getting out of the chair and disrupting class,so she tied him in the chair with a jumprope. Just like the child in the story, Bobby was not injured. That was the 1st and last time Bobby was tied to a chair because from that time on, he was well behaved like the rest of us.

Those were the good old days when no one would even think to file criminal charges against a teacher for disciplining their child when no physical harm was done and parents supported the teacher rather than making excuses for their little monsters. I really feel sorry for teachers today. It's ok for someone's little darling to repeatedly kick a teacher in the shins but heaven forbid if the teacher does anything to stop him.

I had this done to me when I was in 4th grade, that was about 8-9 years old (about 43 years ago). I was hyper, now they call that ADHD, but then they just called it "being a problem child". My teacher tied me to the chair. I was so humiliated, as you can see all these years later I still remember it. This should have been handled differently so that the kid won't have that in his memory for the rest of their life. I didn't turn out so bad, I became an electrical engineer.

Tie them ALL to chairs. How do YOU know the kid was not a BRAT? Lets all watch the smartarses trying to comment on this.

Wow- that is a little harsh. As a Social Worker that works with abused, developmentally disabled and medically fragile children, the first thing you need to realize is that a child does not behave bad just to behave bad! There is a reason behind every human behavior. I am not agreeing with the tying of a child to the desk but don't be so quick to state that physical restraint is "what he needed". You don't know where that boy came from or what he is dealing with in his home life or if he has an undiagnosed mental condition!!

It's funny how i turned on my computer to see what's new and came across this story, because just before spring break my son was told by a teacher that he should be tied to a chair with sand bags on both feet and hands. Like they did in schools back in the past when kids didn't behave. I reported it, and was told by that person, that they will take care of it. As of yet i haven't heard anything else.

DT

Emir, you asked Sondra and "OK..." if they would tie their children to a chair--YES THEY WOULD!!! Why wouldn't they treat their own differently? I guess you two would put their feet to burning coals, too. Right? Is this what your parents did to you when you misbehaved--tie you to chairs, lock you in closets, etc?

I don't care what a child does, there's always a way to discipline a child without tying them to chairs. The teacher presented himself/herself as a bully. That poor child will be marked for life.

I was tied to a chair when I was in elementary school. It was very upsetting and absolutely wrong. No one realized I was deaf in one ear and had only 20% hearing in the other ear. Everyone thought I was a bad kid and I was not. I never told my parents about it for fear that I would be in even further trouble with them. That teacher should never teach again. Kids learn from all the adults they interact with. What could that possibly teach a child except that it's okay to be cruel to someone when you're mad?

Like I said in a comment I just posted, this same thing happened to me in elementary school. It was so wrong and I felt like the biggest loser ever. This teacher was convinced I was a bad child but no one realized that I was deaf with only 20% hearing in one ear. It's cruel and not acceptable. You don't lash out at people when you are annoyed or angry. Teachers are role models and should be teaching the kids how to respect one another.

I too had a 2nd grade teacher whose punishments were uncalled for.
She tied a kid to his chair with his hands restrained MY jumprope, put tape over his mouth. He had to use the restroom and had mo way to communicate this to her in his present situation, so he worked his shoelace loose and lobbed his shoe about 2 " from her head while she was writing on the board. When she turned and glared at him he peed and pood all down the chair with big tears streaming down his face.
This same teacher kept me after school and paddled me for getting out of my seat, till I peed in my boots. I had to walk home in the cold this way. This only reason I got up from my chair was to get closer to the board to read the assignment be cause I needed glasses.
What is worse I waited to tell my father this when I was over 40 years old. He always told me if I was in trouble in school I was in trouble at home. so I begged my sitter to never tell.

what is the kid went crazy and stabbed the teacher through the heart?

Doubt that. He was 5 and there was an assistant teacher there in the room. If 1 or 2 teachers could let that happenand not control him something is wrong. The article didn't say he was violent, only that he wasn't doing his work. If he was violent, then I could maybe understand what you are saying.

Tieing to a chair sounds better then those 3 sided ruler.