What Is The Difference Between 9-2j Tort Liability And Negligence
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Section 9-2 enumerates teachers’ rights and responsibilities. In a discussion thread, describe an area of caution that this material suggested to you as a teacher, and share any personal thoughts you might have on the issue.
An area of caution that I might have an issue for my rights and responsibilities is 9-2j Tort Liability and Negligence. I can relate to the example in the text about a teacher getting charged with negligence when a child fell from a playground structure while the teacher was attending to other children. No, I did not get charged with negligence, but I have been in the situation where I am tending to another child, either who has gotten hurt or has a conflict and another child who is around my duty spot is either breaking the rules or doing something they should not be doing. I either did not witness the incident because I was tending to the other child or I caught the end of the incident and it was too late to do …show more content…
anything about it.
It is easy for someone to blame teachers and point fingers about what teachers should be doing and say it is there responsibility, but it is a little unrealistic. At our school, we have over 207 kindergarteners between 9 teachers. One the playground, there are duty spots we rotate around for areas of the playground watching and guarding certain equipment. However, there are only 6 teachers on the actual playground leaving the teachers the responsibility to watch over an average of 34 kids a piece. We are not sensibly capable of witnessing everything that happens on the playground. There was one time when a parent got mad at her child for getting sand in his hair and we, teachers, were to blame for not watching him. First, he is old enough to know if he is not allowed to
do that then he should get blamed for his actions. Secondly, we cannot watch a certain child the entire time. We would then be neglecting the other 33 children we have to look after, but in the eyes of the parent, we would be neglecting her child. I was also a two-year-old teacher at a daycare. I had ten two year olds in my classroom, a phone to answer, a door to the foyer, door to the kitchen, door to the outside playground, door to the three-year-old room, and a door to the bathroom that did not have a lock on it. Needless to say, there was always something going on and I always had to be on my toes, not to mention, I was potty training taking everyone to the bathroom every fifteen minutes. We had two lofts and a baby slide where it was two steps and they could slide down. The two-year-olds loved the room, but they were also monkeys, loving to climb on anything and everything. One day, my afternoon teacher had come to relieve me after nap. Her afternoon did not end well. One of the boys had climbed on the slide and jumped off on the floor. (Granted, this was nothing new as they were wild and jumped off everything they could get on. However, they were also told not to jump off the slide, only slide down. Note, there was also a two-inch mat underneath the slide for protection.) My teacher said she was across the room when he jumped off and landed on his leg, but got up and was fine. She witnessed the accident, but could not stop it due to being across the room. The parent comes back and says he has a broken leg and a broken rib and the doctor insinuated it looked like someone had stomped on the child. It was preposterous. My teacher was the kindest girl I had ever met and knew that was not the case of negligence, but the parents ended up suing the daycare and the teacher wanted to get reimbursed for the medical bills and damages. Thankfully, our daycare had video cameras in our room to back-up my teacher's story. That leads to my next point. Having video cameras in the classrooms would help cases like these where students may accuse a teacher of such things and it is not the case at all. At our school, we use the video cameras in our hallways, outside, and cafeteria to our advantage telling the students that they should not break the rules or be on their best behavior because the principal can see them. I have gone as far to say when a child says they did not do something, "If I go put up the video tape on the camera (pointing to the camera), I am not going to see you....?" Then, the truth unfolds and teachers conquer. Secondly, 9.2g touches on Freedom of Expression. Personal thoughts I have on this issue is the nature or tone that is taken place in the conversation or statement. Just as text messages can be read in thousands of different ways, I believe words can be interpreted wrong as well. I would never intentionally bully a child. I feel I have a fun, joking relationship with my students for they know I am not the serious one and can have fun with them. I realize too much joking can lead to misinterpreting words or emotional abuse. Stating this, I believe people want there to be more to it than there is wanting to get a law suit out of the situation. If the child, however, is offended by what the teacher has said, that is one thing. I use sarcasm with my students, so I find this area of caution to be frightening to know my words can be twisted and used against me. Anyone who knows me as a person and teacher could vouch for me and know that was never my intentions, but it only takes that one parent to turn everything around.
Section 9-2 enumerates teachers’ rights and responsibilities. In a discussion thread, describe an area of caution that this material suggested to you as a teacher, and share any personal thoughts you might have on the issue.
An area of caution that I might have an issue for my rights and responsibilities is 9-2j Tort Liability and Negligence. I can relate to the example in the text about a teacher getting charged with negligence when a child fell from a playground structure while the teacher was attending to other children. No, I did not get charged with negligence, but I have been in the situation where I am tending to another child, either who has gotten hurt or has a conflict and another child who is around my duty spot is either breaking the rules or doing something they should not be doing. I either did not witness the incident because I was tending to the other child or I caught the end of the incident and it was too late to do …show more content…
anything about it.
It is easy for someone to blame teachers and point fingers about what teachers should be doing and say it is there responsibility, but it is a little unrealistic. At our school, we have over 207 kindergarteners between 9 teachers. One the playground, there are duty spots we rotate around for areas of the playground watching and guarding certain equipment. However, there are only 6 teachers on the actual playground leaving the teachers the responsibility to watch over an average of 34 kids a piece. We are not sensibly capable of witnessing everything that happens on the playground. There was one time when a parent got mad at her child for getting sand in his hair and we, teachers, were to blame for not watching him. First, he is old enough to know if he is not allowed to
do that then he should get blamed for his actions. Secondly, we cannot watch a certain child the entire time. We would then be neglecting the other 33 children we have to look after, but in the eyes of the parent, we would be neglecting her child. I was also a two-year-old teacher at a daycare. I had ten two year olds in my classroom, a phone to answer, a door to the foyer, door to the kitchen, door to the outside playground, door to the three-year-old room, and a door to the bathroom that did not have a lock on it. Needless to say, there was always something going on and I always had to be on my toes, not to mention, I was potty training taking everyone to the bathroom every fifteen minutes. We had two lofts and a baby slide where it was two steps and they could slide down. The two-year-olds loved the room, but they were also monkeys, loving to climb on anything and everything. One day, my afternoon teacher had come to relieve me after nap. Her afternoon did not end well. One of the boys had climbed on the slide and jumped off on the floor. (Granted, this was nothing new as they were wild and jumped off everything they could get on. However, they were also told not to jump off the slide, only slide down. Note, there was also a two-inch mat underneath the slide for protection.) My teacher said she was across the room when he jumped off and landed on his leg, but got up and was fine. She witnessed the accident, but could not stop it due to being across the room. The parent comes back and says he has a broken leg and a broken rib and the doctor insinuated it looked like someone had stomped on the child. It was preposterous. My teacher was the kindest girl I had ever met and knew that was not the case of negligence, but the parents ended up suing the daycare and the teacher wanted to get reimbursed for the medical bills and damages. Thankfully, our daycare had video cameras in our room to back-up my teacher's story. That leads to my next point. Having video cameras in the classrooms would help cases like these where students may accuse a teacher of such things and it is not the case at all. At our school, we use the video cameras in our hallways, outside, and cafeteria to our advantage telling the students that they should not break the rules or be on their best behavior because the principal can see them. I have gone as far to say when a child says they did not do something, "If I go put up the video tape on the camera (pointing to the camera), I am not going to see you....?" Then, the truth unfolds and teachers conquer. Secondly, 9.2g touches on Freedom of Expression. Personal thoughts I have on this issue is the nature or tone that is taken place in the conversation or statement. Just as text messages can be read in thousands of different ways, I believe words can be interpreted wrong as well. I would never intentionally bully a child. I feel I have a fun, joking relationship with my students for they know I am not the serious one and can have fun with them. I realize too much joking can lead to misinterpreting words or emotional abuse. Stating this, I believe people want there to be more to it than there is wanting to get a law suit out of the situation. If the child, however, is offended by what the teacher has said, that is one thing. I use sarcasm with my students, so I find this area of caution to be frightening to know my words can be twisted and used against me. Anyone who knows me as a person and teacher could vouch for me and know that was never my intentions, but it only takes that one parent to turn everything around.