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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Bruh, I don't care if the kid is nonverbal. You don't let kids scream for two hours, let alone one. I get that teaching is hard, but you need to be figuring out what's happening, FFS.

Even nonverbal kids can still communicate, and it's the teachers' faults for not at least calling the parents sooner at a minimum.

I would rather the school interrupt my work day multiple times to potentially help them with something minor, rather than wait two hours for what turns out to be a medical emergency.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 days ago

rather than wait two hours for what turns out to be a medical emergency.

I broke my wrist only a little younger than this poor kids. It was horrible. And that was with immediate care with my mother, a former nurse, making a sling out of my jacket before driving me to the hospital. What agony he must have been in.

[–] Jumi 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In my country not helping when someone can't help themselves is a crime.

[–] toynbee 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Was the Seinfeld finale based on your country?

edit: I didn't really consider the context of this post. Trying to be funny / make references here wasn't appropriate. I apologize.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 4 days ago

“What do they [school employees] do? They just leave him on the ground, they leave him on the ground for two hours while they’re sitting around. They’re talking, they’re laughing, they’re eating lunch, they’re ordering orange chicken,” Matthew said.

Jfc. They lost their jobs, but this screams for more than just getting rid of the incompetent employees. This needs sweeping training for all staff.

[–] reddig33 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I wonder how well funded this school is. Are they able to afford qualified instructors? Or did they cut corners and this is the result?

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Wouldn't surprise me if the instructors were brand new or temporary. Even the caretakers at my son's daycare know enough about his behavior to tell when a meltdown is more than a meltdown. I can't imagine a child willingly crying, on the floor, for 30 mins without at least calling the parents who would know for sure if this is unusual behavior.

This is all to say funding might be a core issue if they can't afford to pay the good ones to stick around.

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] reddig33 2 points 4 days ago

We’ll have to see if their replacements are any better. If they even bother to hire replacements.

Gotta give the kid credit for being this committed to the nonverbal thing. Even most mimes would probably crack in such a situation.

-Quail Valley Principal

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago

That is absolutely disgusting and outrageous, and so are many of the comments on the OP, but sadly neither is surprising. Fuck anyone making excuses for this ableist abuse.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago

You know that these employees have done this before and got away with it. Nobody with any sense of CYA would leave the kid for two hours, even if they were heartless fuckfaces, unless they were confident the powers that be would do nothing.

[–] RizzRustbolt 7 points 5 days ago

Looks like I need to go down to Missouri City and slap some motherfuckers.