Brickbat: Spin the Wheel

Officials with Washington's Stevenson-Carson School District admit that teacher Kem Patteson's discipline methods were "inappropriate." But they say she was well intentioned, so they returned her to her Stevenson High School classroom. Patteson would have students who violated her rules spin a "wheel of misfortune" to determine their punishment. Among the possibilities was being pelted with Koosh balls by Patteson and the rest of the class.

Comments

[Fluffy]

Bust a deal, face the wheel.

[Lady Bertrum]

I'm failing to feel outraged. Seems like mild and fun punishment.

[Ted S.]

Pelts Lady Bertrum with Koosh Balls.

(Better that than Warty Balls.)

[Steve G]

Concur.

[Drake]

Is the brickbat supposed to be how the kids were treated or the teacher? I have the confusions on this underwhelming story.

[AlmightyJB]

Yeah, I'm guessing the kids probably think it's pretty funny. Sounds like they overeacted to begin with.

[UnCivilServant]

A teacher who has been on administrative leave for unusual and potentially damaging discipline techniques is back in the classroom. The chemistry teacher returned Thursday to Stevenson High School.

Potentially damaging to what? While the methods are ineffectual, you haven't sold me on your premise that they are any more harmfull than any of the other ineffectual methods employed by the district.

[Bob_R]

Teaching students that punishment is random - they should switch her to civics.

[Zombie Jimbo]

It would help if she looked like Tina Turner.

Maybe the district is worried that whatever Hollywood studio owns the rights to Beyond Thunderdome might sue,

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Unless Koosh balls are made of glass or steel or cement or something, I fail to see the problem here.

[Radioactive]

you have, obviously never been hit in the mush with a Koosh ball...'nuff to make a pussy cry...

[Fluffy]

To be fair, we shouldn't be institutionalizing the practice of singling one child out for (even mild) abuse at the hands of the other children acting in concert.

The whole Shirley Jackson thing.

[Roger the Shrubber]

It does have the feel of a Milgram experiment.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Bust a deal, face t-

Oh, someone did that one already?

[Steve G]

Slow day for news Brickbat

[BigT]

I can imagine that fun punishments might encourage misbehavior.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

A budding enterprising comedian in class may invite it to practice his skills!

[SugarFree]

Or that rare kid who has a Koosh ball fetish.

[GILMORE]

"Patteson would have students who violated her rules spin a "wheel of misfortune" to determine their punishment. Among the possibilities was being pelted with Koosh balls by Patteson and the rest of the class."

IOW, it teaches children about the logic and expediency of how actual Government functions on a daily basis.

What I want to know is = who is tasked with handing out and then collecting the 'Koosh balls'? and are they part of the union? And are these 'Koosh balls' hypoallergenic, and made in America?

[AlmightyJB]

If I were the teacher I would did them in peanut butter first.

[AlmightyJB]

Dip