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A teacher in Australia is facing charges for tying a student to a chair in front of his classmates. Credit: Getty Images
Tying children to chairs. It always seems like such a good idea at the time.
Before you succumb to temptation, however, consider the story coming out of Australia about a 5-year-old boy who, you might say, was "bound" to get his teacher in trouble.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports a teacher 60 miles northeast of Perth (on the west coast of Australia) faces criminal charges for tying a student to a chair in front of his classmates on April 19.
The teacher reportedly has been suspended with pay pending an investigation.
Sharyn O'Neill, director-general of Perth's Department Education and Training, tells the Herald the allegation is serious and will be treated "as a matter of urgency."
"There's no excuse to tie children to a chair, there is no occasion in which that is an OK way to deal with a behavioral issue," she tells the newspaper. "The teacher involved in this allegation, I understand, isn't a new teacher and has some years of experience.
"Regardless of experience ... it is simply not acceptable to tie a student to a chair," she adds. "Good common sense tells us you don't tie children to a chair."
The Herald reports the incident was reported by an assistant teacher. O'Neill tells the newspaper the child had been "difficult" on the day he was tied up.
"My understanding is the child had been not attending to their work, not getting down to what they had been asked to do and in some frustration the teacher has allegedly tied the child to the chair," she says.
The child was not injured, she adds.
O'Neill denies teachers lack training to handle misbehaving students.
"We have 25,000 teachers who look after students day in and day out and for the most part they do that with expertise and professionalism," she tells the Herald. "We've got this situation, we've had one previously and I think both situations are unacceptable, we don't condone it and we're moving swiftly to make sure that they're both dealt with."
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ReaderComments (Page 4 of 6)
4-27-2011 @ 7:01AM
KBGill said...I vividly remember being tied to a chair in 2nd grade...I remember being humiliated, spanked when I got home....and learning a lesson to stay in my seat!! Teachers have no support from parents these days....I applaud the teacher!! *side-note....had there been a fire, do you honestly think the child was tied so tightly he would have been left behind???
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4-26-2011 @ 3:38PM
Tom said...Tying a kid to a chair seems like it may be the answer and those that oppose this might want to look at the shape most of our schools are in right now. Teachers are scred to go to school because of gang activity and because of our crazy No Child Left Behind policy we keep the troble makeers in school and make it hard for those that want to learn. It is time that those that want to learn have a safe place to do it. If you have troble makers in school, kick them out.....they are most likley not going to amount to much to begin with and why should someone that wants to learn not be able to. So in short..........if tying them to a chair doesn't work tie them to a heavy object and toss them in the lake.
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4-26-2011 @ 3:47PM
Nicolett Darling said...How did Ms. O'Neill get to be director of anything if she doesn't know enough to refer to the child as "he" rather than "they" and "their"? Did she sleep through English class in college?
Also, I am a substitute teacher, and have often wondered why parents don't teach their obnoxious brats (of all ages) how to behave around other people.
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4-26-2011 @ 3:51PM
Linda Simmons said...Julie is very wise. Not all children are brats but some are. Teaching was once a respected profession but no longer; in many cases the parents act worse than the child! Paddlings should be brought back and if the parents disagree, let them pay out of pocket to educate their child privately. This teacher acted out of frustration. If the child could have been sent to the principal for a spanking, she would not have chosen to tie him to a chair.
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4-26-2011 @ 6:22PM
JC said...He is lucky to have only been tied to his chair. If I didn't stay seated at school and my mother found out, it would have been a long time before I was able to sit down in school or anywhere else. I'm glad spanking is no longer popular.
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4-26-2011 @ 4:45PM
dazee said...Was either 2nd or 3rd grade my daughter was warned that if she
didn't come in when the bell rang, the door would be locked &
she would tie her to the chair.She didn't come in & was tied to a chair..I was fit to be tied! I reported the teacher & all she said was
"she was tied with yarn & could of untied it at any time".
Nothing was done to the teacher..And yes, she was my
beautiful "WILDEST", of my four..So what..That did not make the
teacher right.
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4-26-2011 @ 4:37PM
John B said...The only thing this child learns from the experience is that he can be unruly anytime he wants to be because the CP crowd will excuse his behavior. The teacher did not tie hm to a chair because he behaved like he should be. He was disruptive in class and interfered with the other students. If any of my children would have come home with a complaint like that they would have received additional time-outs. Talk about damage to his phycological health is utter nonsense. If this teaches him to behave it was worth it.
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4-30-2011 @ 8:32PM
Mary Winebarger said...THE USE OF A PLURAL PRONOUN WITH A SINGULAR ANTECEDENT IS IMPROPER. THE PROPER PRONOUN TO USE WITH "THE CHILD" SHOULD HAVE BEEN "HE" OR "SHE"--
"HER" OR "HIS" (WHICHEVER WAS APPROPRIATE TO THE USAGE IN THE SENTENCE). MY CHILD WAS TIED TO HIS CHAIR IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL, AND NOTHING WAS DONE TO THE TEACHER.
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4-26-2011 @ 4:38PM
linda said...When I was in 1st and 2nd grade, my teacher Mrs. McHale often tied one girl to her desk - I will never forget that - don't really remember her being bad, I just think the teacher was too old to teach young children.
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4-26-2011 @ 4:40PM
irv86 said...i am a preschool teacher and have been for the last 5 years. Love the job for the most part, but until you spend 9 hours a day with 28 preschoolers and with five of those kids behaving badly, on a daily basis don't you dare add your two cents! I have acutually suggested a high chair for some of them, yes it can get that bad!
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4-26-2011 @ 4:55PM
V said...I will include this child in my prayers tonight. Thirty-five+ years ago that child was me. In "The good old days", it was socially acceptable for teachers to physically punish students, often in front of their peers. However, sharp is the knife that has no blade. No one ever paused to consider the long term, emotional consequences of those actions. Verbal abuse & public humiliation wound the soul, leaving scars that are slow to heal and have a nasty way of opening back up, when one least expects it. Taping a childs mouth shut with masking tape, making them kneel beside their desk or using the word "stupid", never should have been acceptable forms of punishment. But they were and they hurt. Having said that, I don't want people to think there shouldn't be any consequences for negative behavior, in the classroom. Ideally it should be carried out with the goal of teaching them how to become a better person. Mold and channel their spirit, don't break their will.
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4-26-2011 @ 4:46PM
elliott alper said...i was a hyper kid in school until the 4th grade i knew that i would change as i got older and it worked. laughing at all the news regarding kids is really outstandish to hear what happens to a bad kid.i had a idea in high school back in 1972 while watching comedy with the 3 stooges when moe who works at a cleaners presses a bad person. there is one way to stop a misbhaving kid just say the hot iron trick. that will work.
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4-26-2011 @ 5:03PM
jennie said...better than those 3 sided rulers! never tie a child to a chair! emotionally scared. I know how it feels. to this day, I would like to tie a teacher down and watch him or her sit still.
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4-26-2011 @ 5:15PM
GrandmaR said...When my children were in first grade the had the 'teacher from Hell".
That was her reputation for years...she not only tied children to their chairs...she also taped their mouths or put them in the closet. The public school system allowed her to teach til she decided to retire.
When my 4th child was given this teacher for first grade I asked the principal to allow her to have the 'other' first grade teacher, since my other 3 had the mean teacher. His reply was...'if we make an exception for you than we have to allow it for other parents'. I then took my children to a Catholic school.
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4-26-2011 @ 5:19PM
hus4154 said...Sharyn O'Neill, director-general of Perth's Department Education and Training, does not even know that a singular subject (the student) requires a singular pronoun (his or her, not their). Sharyn should be fired and replaced with someone with some command of the English language.
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4-26-2011 @ 5:24PM
yohan said...If that were my child the teacher would be getting an azz woopin
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4-26-2011 @ 5:31PM
dj said...Why is it wrong, the kid was disruptive and if this stops the disruption so be it. Why should all the other kids have to suffer because one kid whose parents have not done their job gets to take away the rights of all the others to learn.
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4-26-2011 @ 6:13PM
Brandy said...Let me tell you....if ANYONE ever ties my child to anything there will be hell to pay. All 5 year old boys are rambunctious...that does not mean you tie them up...good lord!!! I have two boys and would love to tie them up ever so often...however I do not. I can't imagine what would happen if my child had been abused...and that is a form of abuse !! All though I completely agree that Teachers are being abused as well...this child was 5 !! Reform is definitely in need. But tying a child to a chair...not acceptable
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4-26-2011 @ 5:50PM
Joe said...There will be no hell to pay except by you. If you have 5 boys who are rambunctiuous, keep them rowdy in your own home. If they act up in my home or classroom, I am knocking YOUR teeth down YOUR throat. It's a mother like you that is the root of all this. Your 5 SOB"s know you feel like this, and they know you will stick up for them, so they go ahead and create all kinds of havoc on purpose!!!! Your a real pile of sh**!!!!!!!
4-26-2011 @ 8:51PM
Cher said...Joe,
Let me be clear.....you're on here arguing the point that people, kids in this case, are creating havoc and as part of your argument you threaten to knock someone's teeth down their throat?! Really? Clearly your mother was one of the people you're bitching about because YOU are creating "all kinds of havoc on purpose". If you want to argue your point, then use your big boy words, Joe. Your threats are childish, ridiculous and a moot point sitting behind a keyboard.