MorrisBird: When she finished, she put the student's pants on and went to the classroom, where she put a clean diaper on.

I'm sure she looked fetching in it.

Yeah. Why was she wearing the student's pants, weren't they soiled? Oh, maybe she put the diaper over them, ok.

I know that children sometimes have accidents but they don't belong in public school if they routinely need diapers.

z_gringo: Just as I suspected. It sounds like this was blown out of proportion. What is the problem here? Anyone who has had kids knows that sometimes an accident can be very messy and a hose does a fine job of cleaning them off, especially if there is no shower facility.

Common sense has no place in that state.

She should know that only parents and parish priests are allowed to strip and hose down young boys.

I'm ok with the teacher doing this.

What the hell is wrong with people nowadays?

I stopped reading at Teacher Strips... boy am I ever disappointed.

chewy7097: why did the teacher strip?

To get to the other side?

When ya really need to get the job done :



/Honestly, I don't see the problem with cleaning the child up the way she did. Better than the alternative of him sitting in the classroom vaporizing the rest of the day.

It reminds me of the good old days when I was in kindergarten, a friend of mine dare pee his pants 2 days in a row during nap-time. So he was taken to the front of the class, stripped and was made to wear a diaper in front of everyone.

I guess we have shiatty Bill's origin story.

Why is a pre-k student still in diapers? I would think being trained would be a prerequisite to enter pre-k. Maybe someone needs to hit the parents with a hose, water is optional.

cgraves67: She should know that only parents and parish priests are allowed to strip and hose down young boys.

you forgot Div 1 NCAA coaches
for they are the gods of america
teaching young boys and men how to be a mans man
forever giving of their time and values
loving young boys as only a coach can
making sure that no one speaks of the quiet times spent mentoring these young boys since each boy needs his own private life lesson.

yeah you forgot div 1 NCAA coaches from penn state and elsewhere.

This also works if it won't put the lotion on its skin.

And why do i get the feeling that the teacher previously had sent several notes home requesting spare clothing (as is typical for 3-4 year old children) and letting them know that their kid has accidents.

And let me guess. THe parents were

A: Unreachable
B: not responding to notes and did not send any spare clothing

So the teacher was forced to chose betweento keep the kid sitting in his/her own urine and feces for hours or trying the best to clean the kid up?

After 30 years of teaching these precious little snowflakes, maybe she go out to pasture.

Kid probably wouldn't fit in the toilet.

I don't think I'd have a problem with this if my four year old son's daycare did this. (We are still having training problems because of constipation, TMI). My son has no modesty at this age. Sounds like she used a garden hose without a nozzle. It's not like she turned a fire hose on him.

Unless more than what the article stated, this teacher seems far to intelligent and rational to be in Florida. I would council her to move to another state immediately where she won't be punished for being an elitist.

I used to work with a chick (bat-shiat crazy, BTW) who had a five year old that still wasn't potty-trained.

Sick, really.

chewy7097: why did the teacher strip?

To pay for college.

I don't have a problem with this. Doing the bare-minimum at jobs is obviously the solution for everything.

I used to be a para (teacher's aide) for a special ed classroom. Children (and these were 10 or 11 year olds) would routinely soil themselves and it would be EVERWHERE. All down their legs, down into their shoes, etc. Parents would refuse to allow their children to wear a diaper because they didn't want them labeled. Anyway, the nurse wouldn't clean them, that was our job and we'd just have to use wet paper towels. Had I been given the option to go outside and use a low pressure hose to clean them I would've done it in a heartbeat and not thought it was cruel or unusual. It just makes sense. You're going to get the kid naked to clean them anyway. A hose probably does less damage to the skin than being scrubbed with those rough brown school paper towels.

Eats, Shoots and Leaves?

did they at least partake in foreplay or did he just get blasted by her big wet load?

My wife is a Kindergarten teacher and has weekly tales of accidents and there are much more poo stories than I can handle. Just this past week a student crapped his pants twice in the same day (probably was sick but still). By the time you're 4 or 5 you shouldn't be having accidents and they certainly shouldn't be solid if they do happen.

allestelle: I used to be a para (teacher's aide) for a special ed classroom. Children (and these were 10 or 11 year olds) would routinely soil themselves and it would be EVERWHERE. All down their legs, down into their shoes, etc. Parents would refuse to allow their children to wear a diaper because they didn't want them labeled.

I'd rather be labelled "the kid who wears a diaper" than "the kid who shiat all down his legs in the library"

Not seeing a problem with this.

I'm pretty sure the article is at least double the length the fark mob needs to march forward with a correct assessment of the whole situation. I'm just going to be erecting my mobile pitch fork, torch, and tie-dye t-shirt kiosk over here on the side.

What a terrible way to learn about shrinkage.

Daddy's Big Pink Man-Squirrel: WilsBadKarma: Why is a pre-k student still in diapers? I would think being trained would be a prerequisite to enter pre-k. Maybe someone needs to hit the parents with a hose, water is optional.

Maybe he didn't need diapers and wasn't wearing them when he had his accident, and the teacher was being a dick by making him wear one. Might make the results more sensible.

Not that adults responsible for children ever do anything assholey...

Yeah it's possible, but its just so much easier for me to jump to conclusions.

I crapped my pants in 1st grade, I had a fear of public restrooms without stall doors. I went and cleaned myself after the teacher recommended to do so. 40 years later i still remember it. lol

My grandfather frequently hosed off us boys in the front yard after we had mud ball fights, it was in the country though, good times.

I don't blame the teacher at all, at 58 years old she probably didn't see a problem at the time either.

/farking world of snowflakes and their over bearing parental units that cant read a farking book to their kids.

AbbeySomeone: I know that children sometimes have accidents but they don't belong in public school if they routinely need diapers.

THIS. There's a reason why "First grade" is called that.

z_gringo: Just as I suspected. It sounds like this was blown out of proportion. What is the problem here? Anyone who has had kids knows that sometimes an accident can be very messy and a hose does a fine job of cleaning them off, especially if there is no shower facility.

I am with you here. I do not see a problem with this at all.

Now if the teacher brought out the whole class and ridiculed the child who shat themselves then I would have a big issue with it.

jtown: I guess we have shiatty Bill's origin story.

I stopped trying to keep up with Batman's sidekicks years ago.

According to district records, Wilson told the child's parent she hosed the child, apologized repeatedly and said she used poor judgment.

According to district records, Wilson told the child's parent she hosed the child, apologized repeatedly and said she used poor judgment.

According to district records, Wilson told the child's parent she hosed the child, apologized repeatedly and said she used poor judgment.

allestelle: Had I been given the option to go outside and use a low pressure hose to clean them I would've done it in a heartbeat and not thought it was cruel or unusual. It just makes sense. You're going to get the kid naked to clean them anyway. A hose probably does less damage to the skin than being scrubbed with those rough brown school paper towels.

Does it make a difference if the hose is in full view outside? Maybe this is the issue here. I'm okay with school personnel helping clean the child up, but isn't there a bathroom or a storage closet with a hose attachment instead of taking the kid outside and stripping him naked where potentially many others could witness this?

Kazrath
z_gringo: Just as I suspected. It sounds like this was blown out of proportion. What is the problem here? Anyone who has had kids knows that sometimes an accident can be very messy and a hose does a fine job of cleaning them off, especially if there is no shower facility.

I am with you here. I do not see a problem with this at all.

Now if the teacher brought out the whole class and ridiculed the child who shat themselves then I would have a big issue with it.

Now lets say a teacher did that to a 14 year old girl, do you sing the same tune?

My first thought when I read the headline: "Man, it's a good thing my dad never carried through on his threat to do this to my brother and me." Whenever my mom got a little steamed up over how filthy we'd gotten (again), he'd just suggest that while doing a pantomime, my mom would crack up, and my bro and I would stop complaining about a *bath* because at least that water would be warm.

Also:

Dissident Sheep: It reminds me of the good old days when I was in kindergarten, a friend of mine dare pee his pants 2 days in a row during nap-time. So he was taken to the front of the class, stripped and was made to wear a diaper in front of everyone.

That's child abuse. You think *you* remember that event? Think of how the poor kid felt! Toilet training difficulties are no excuse for abuse because there is no excuse for abuse.

As for those who jump on the kid's parents for failing to potty train properly: some kids just dig in their little heels and make that a point of rebellion. After all, it doesn't take much to figure out that Mommy and Daddy get really bothered by public accidents. And then some kids are just... slow.

Also, it's pre-K. Those kids are still struggling with the idea that smacking each other over the head and screaming incoherently are not valid problem-solving strategies. Sort of like those who prowl the Politics tab.