Cyberbaiting: a New Teen Trend That Humiliates Teachers

[Ravi]

If we brought back the paddle this wouldn't happen.

Children are childen. Once they get the idea that they can bait someone, it doesn't stop with teachers. One day they try it with the wrong person, and then it's a happy day.

Right, because bullies didn't exist when we allowed corporal punishment.

 

[Katzndogz]

If we brought back the paddle this wouldn't happen.

Children are childen. Once they get the idea that they can bait someone, it doesn't stop with teachers. One day they try it with the wrong person, and then it's a happy day.

Right, because bullies didn't exist when we allowed corporal punishment.

It certainly didn't exist for students to bully the teachers. Teacher abuse is relatively new. Bullies against other students were taken someplace nice and private by a group of other students and dealt with privately. Sometimes it was a few older brothers.

 

[editec]

Editec - I consider myself very fortunate to be able to send kids out. Apparently that's not the norm in many schools today.

Baloney.

I have a lot of sympathy for teachers but they are the adults in this situation. If they can't handle this they shouldn't be teaching.

And if a high school student chooses to disrupt your class, what exactly would YOU do about it?

 

[High_Gravity]

I used to get justifiably kicked out of class all the time.

LMAO! Me too.

 

[High_Gravity]

If we brought back the paddle this wouldn't happen.

Children are childen. Once they get the idea that they can bait someone, it doesn't stop with teachers. One day they try it with the wrong person, and then it's a happy day.

Its too late for that, try going to an inner city school in Los Angeles or Philadelphia and try using a paddle on those kids, that paddle will probably end up inside your ass cheeks.

 

[Sunshine]

There’s a brand new-phenomenon teachers should add to their “beware of” lists. It’s called cyberbaiting, and while the verb hasn’t yet made it into the dictionary, or even onto Wikipedia, the growing trend has already been documented by the Norton Online Family Report.

According to the study, cyberbaiting “is when students irritate or ‘bait’ a teacher until the teacher gets so frustrated they yell or have a breakdown. Students are ready for the teacher to crack and film the incident on cell phones so they can later post the footage online, causing further shame or trouble for the teacher or school.”

Cyberbaiting: a New Teen Trend That Humiliates Teachers | TakePart - News, Culture, Videos and Photos That Make the World Better

I have never been provoked enough to lose my cool, but that is simply because we have a supportive discipline policy, where disruptive students can be kicked out of class. Many schools do not have this, and all discipline issues must be handled exclusively by the teacher. You can imagine that kind of stress.

Cell phones in schools have changed the nature of teaching and learning - for the worse. What should be done, if anything?

The teacher is supposed to be in control of the classroom. All he/she has to do is to save 'questions' until the last 10 minutes or so. The kids are to a person going to get up and leave when the bell rings. Or she could just say, "I see you are having problems with the material. Get with me after class and I will help you." That was what I always did when a student tried to bait me. They shut up in one big hurry. And never came to my office.

 

[Sunshine]

Editec - I consider myself very fortunate to be able to send kids out. Apparently that's not the norm in many schools today.

Baloney.

I have a lot of sympathy for teachers but they are the adults in this situation. If they can't handle this they shouldn't be teaching.

And if a high school student chooses to disrupt your class, what exactly would YOU do about it?

That does not have to be tolerated. Send him/her to the principal's office for a little 'talk.' At my school that 'talk' was about 3 feet long and 1 foot wide, and had holes in it. Yes, I realize times have changed. It woudl help if the teacher was actually smarter than the students. Yes, a pipe dream, I know.

 

[Katzndogz]

If we brought back the paddle this wouldn't happen.

Children are childen. Once they get the idea that they can bait someone, it doesn't stop with teachers. One day they try it with the wrong person, and then it's a happy day.

Its too late for that, try going to an inner city school in Los Angeles or Philadelphia and try using a paddle on those kids, that paddle will probably end up inside your ass cheeks.

I don't know about Philadelphia, but it Los Angeles, the teachers are trained in how to take a beating from the students. They are instructed to lay on the floor curled into a fetal position to protect vital organs with their hands on the back of their neck and stay there until help arrives.

Teachers who engage in any effort of self defense whatsoever are dealt with very harshly. Abusing "children" isn't tolerated. So it is not at all unexpected that students would expect that they wouldn't be hustled off by a couple of burly security guards, held down while their pants are pulled to their ankles and the principle beating their naked ass with a ping pong paddle. Although today, it would be appropriate to post the paddling on You Tube for effect.

 

[Sunshine]

Editec - I consider myself very fortunate to be able to send kids out. Apparently that's not the norm in many schools today.

Baloney.

I have a lot of sympathy for teachers but they are the adults in this situation. If they can't handle this they shouldn't be teaching.

And if a high school student chooses to disrupt your class, what exactly would YOU do about it?

If we brought back the paddle this wouldn't happen.

Children are childen. Once they get the idea that they can bait someone, it doesn't stop with teachers. One day they try it with the wrong person, and then it's a happy day.

Its too late for that, try going to an inner city school in Los Angeles or Philadelphia and try using a paddle on those kids, that paddle will probably end up inside your ass cheeks.

I don't know about Philadelphia, but it Los Angeles, the teachers are trained in how to take a beating from the students. They are instructed to lay on the floor curled into a fetal position to protect vital organs with their hands on the back of their neck and stay there until help arrives.

Teachers who engage in any effort of self defense whatsoever are dealt with very harshly. Abusing "children" isn't tolerated. So it is not at all unexpected that students would expect that they wouldn't be hustled off by a couple of burly security guards, held down while their pants are pulled to their ankles and the principle beating their naked ass with a ping pong paddle. Although today, it would be appropriate to post the paddling on You Tube for effect.

Wow. I didn't know that. In psychiatry we are taught similar measures to protect ourselves without attacking back. BUT, we actually are allowed to take down the out of control patient and medicate him or her.

 

[Synthaholic]

Cell phones must be left in lockers during the school day here.

 

[High_Gravity]

If we brought back the paddle this wouldn't happen.

Children are childen. Once they get the idea that they can bait someone, it doesn't stop with teachers. One day they try it with the wrong person, and then it's a happy day.

Its too late for that, try going to an inner city school in Los Angeles or Philadelphia and try using a paddle on those kids, that paddle will probably end up inside your ass cheeks.

I don't know about Philadelphia, but it Los Angeles, the teachers are trained in how to take a beating from the students. They are instructed to lay on the floor curled into a fetal position to protect vital organs with their hands on the back of their neck and stay there until help arrives.

Teachers who engage in any effort of self defense whatsoever are dealt with very harshly. Abusing "children" isn't tolerated. So it is not at all unexpected that students would expect that they wouldn't be hustled off by a couple of burly security guards, held down while their pants are pulled to their ankles and the principle beating their naked ass with a ping pong paddle. Although today, it would be appropriate to post the paddling on You Tube for effect.

Thats just sad, it sounds like these days being a teacher is no different than being a prison guard, actually it sounds worse. At least the prison guards are allowed to protect themselves.

 

[Katzndogz]

Baloney.

I have a lot of sympathy for teachers but they are the adults in this situation. If they can't handle this they shouldn't be teaching.

And if a high school student chooses to disrupt your class, what exactly would YOU do about it?

Its too late for that, try going to an inner city school in Los Angeles or Philadelphia and try using a paddle on those kids, that paddle will probably end up inside your ass cheeks.

I don't know about Philadelphia, but it Los Angeles, the teachers are trained in how to take a beating from the students. They are instructed to lay on the floor curled into a fetal position to protect vital organs with their hands on the back of their neck and stay there until help arrives.

Teachers who engage in any effort of self defense whatsoever are dealt with very harshly. Abusing "children" isn't tolerated. So it is not at all unexpected that students would expect that they wouldn't be hustled off by a couple of burly security guards, held down while their pants are pulled to their ankles and the principle beating their naked ass with a ping pong paddle. Although today, it would be appropriate to post the paddling on You Tube for effect.

Wow. I didn't know that. In psychiatry we are taught similar measures to protect ourselves without attacking back. BUT, we actually are allowed to take down the out of control patient and medicate him or her.

Teachers can't administer any kind of medication! They have to wait for help. The instruction is to survive until help arrives.

Unfortunately what the students learn is that there are no consequences to their behavior and continue it way beyond the school setting.

 

[Sunshine]

And if a high school student chooses to disrupt your class, what exactly would YOU do about it?

I don't know about Philadelphia, but it Los Angeles, the teachers are trained in how to take a beating from the students. They are instructed to lay on the floor curled into a fetal position to protect vital organs with their hands on the back of their neck and stay there until help arrives.

Teachers who engage in any effort of self defense whatsoever are dealt with very harshly. Abusing "children" isn't tolerated. So it is not at all unexpected that students would expect that they wouldn't be hustled off by a couple of burly security guards, held down while their pants are pulled to their ankles and the principle beating their naked ass with a ping pong paddle. Although today, it would be appropriate to post the paddling on You Tube for effect.

Wow. I didn't know that. In psychiatry we are taught similar measures to protect ourselves without attacking back. BUT, we actually are allowed to take down the out of control patient and medicate him or her.

Teachers can't administer any kind of medication! They have to wait for help. The instruction is to survive until help arrives.

Unfortunately what the students learn is that there are no consequences to their behavior and continue it way beyond the school setting.

Where did I say they were?

 

[Katzndogz]

Wow. I didn't know that. In psychiatry we are taught similar measures to protect ourselves without attacking back. BUT, we actually are allowed to take down the out of control patient and medicate him or her.

Teachers can't administer any kind of medication! They have to wait for help. The instruction is to survive until help arrives.

Unfortunately what the students learn is that there are no consequences to their behavior and continue it way beyond the school setting.

Where did I say they were?

Where did I say you DID! It's what has happened nonetheless.

 

[IndependntLogic]

There’s a brand new-phenomenon teachers should add to their “beware of” lists. It’s called cyberbaiting, and while the verb hasn’t yet made it into the dictionary, or even onto Wikipedia, the growing trend has already been documented by the Norton Online Family Report.

According to the study, cyberbaiting “is when students irritate or ‘bait’ a teacher until the teacher gets so frustrated they yell or have a breakdown. Students are ready for the teacher to crack and film the incident on cell phones so they can later post the footage online, causing further shame or trouble for the teacher or school.”

Cyberbaiting: a New Teen Trend That Humiliates Teachers | TakePart - News, Culture, Videos and Photos That Make the World Better

I have never been provoked enough to lose my cool, but that is simply because we have a supportive discipline policy, where disruptive students can be kicked out of class. Many schools do not have this, and all discipline issues must be handled exclusively by the teacher. You can imagine that kind of stress.

Cell phones in schools have changed the nature of teaching and learning - for the worse. What should be done, if anything?

WTF? These teachers are pretty bad if they can't handle things better than that. I don't know of a school anywhere, that doesn't allow teachers to set certain reasonable rules (i.e. no phones, no talking when the teacher is talking etc...) for their classroom and expel those who don't follow them. A kid is talking while you're talking? Point and expel. If he doesn't leave, get campus security and have his ass escorted out.

I LOVE that my daughter has a cell phone.

 

[Sunshine]

There’s a brand new-phenomenon teachers should add to their “beware of” lists. It’s called cyberbaiting, and while the verb hasn’t yet made it into the dictionary, or even onto Wikipedia, the growing trend has already been documented by the Norton Online Family Report.

According to the study, cyberbaiting “is when students irritate or ‘bait’ a teacher until the teacher gets so frustrated they yell or have a breakdown. Students are ready for the teacher to crack and film the incident on cell phones so they can later post the footage online, causing further shame or trouble for the teacher or school.”

Cyberbaiting: a New Teen Trend That Humiliates Teachers | TakePart - News, Culture, Videos and Photos That Make the World Better

I have never been provoked enough to lose my cool, but that is simply because we have a supportive discipline policy, where disruptive students can be kicked out of class. Many schools do not have this, and all discipline issues must be handled exclusively by the teacher. You can imagine that kind of stress.

Cell phones in schools have changed the nature of teaching and learning - for the worse. What should be done, if anything?

WTF? These teachers are pretty bad if they can't handle things better than that. I don't know of a school anywhere, that doesn't allow teachers to set certain reasonable rules (i.e. no phones, no talking when the teacher is talking etc...) for their classroom and expel those who don't follow them. A kid is talking while you're talking? Point and expel. If he doesn't leave, get campus security and have his ass escorted out.

I LOVE that my daughter has a cell phone.

When I was the director of nursing in a psych hospital, I told the student nurese they would not be allowed to bring their cell phones in. Talk about melt downs! I thought one was going to come unglued. She said, 'what if my children try to call?' I assured her that I had gone to nursing school AND done clinical in a day when there were no cell phones and that my children are grown up and alive and well. Then she had the audacity to get pissed off because the doctors had them. Some people just don't know their place. I invited her to choose another facility in which to do her clinical. Of course she didn't, but one day she did go to lunch and didn't return. So I ratted her out to her instructor and made sure she got an unsatisfactory for the day!

 

[jillian]

Bones - videotaping students is not permitted here in NJ so cameras in the classroom are not an option. And frankly, being filmed 7 hours a day would have a chilling effect on my "quirky" personality and teaching style.

Jillian - we had a similar policy that was never enforced. Consequently, the administration gave up. Students are permitted to use their phones in all areas of the school except in academic classes where the teachers forbid it. I am one of the few that do - hence my nickname - "the cell phone Nazi". Cheating is rampant but no one seems to care. Except me.

Well, good for you for being the cell phone nazi. my son's school has a no tolerance policy.... so did his middle school. if they catch a kid with a cell phone, it's confiscated and mom or dad has to come to school to get it.

 

[jillian]

Teachers can't administer any kind of medication! They have to wait for help. The instruction is to survive until help arrives.

Unfortunately what the students learn is that there are no consequences to their behavior and continue it way beyond the school setting.

maybe where you went to school.... but not in any school i've ever been in or any school my son has gone to.

more nonsense from you...

 

[chanel]

Kids need rules that are ENFORCED fairly and consistently. When some teachers don't enforce the rules, or some kids don't get the same
punishment, students get confused and angry. It's not rocket science, but it requires
everyone to be on the same page. Unfortunately that's rarely the case.

 

[JakeStarkey]

There’s a brand new-phenomenon teachers should add to their “beware of” lists. It’s called cyberbaiting, and while the verb hasn’t yet made it into the dictionary, or even onto Wikipedia, the growing trend has already been documented by the Norton Online Family Report. According to the study, cyberbaiting “is when students irritate or ‘bait’ a teacher until the teacher gets so frustrated they yell or have a breakdown. Students are ready for the teacher to crack and film the incident on cell phones so they can later post the footage online, causing further shame or trouble for the teacher or school.”

Cyberbaiting: a New Teen Trend That Humiliates Teachers | TakePart - News, Culture, Videos and Photos That Make the World Better I have never been provoked enough to lose my cool, but that is simply because we have a supportive discipline policy, where disruptive students can be kicked out of class. Many schools do not have this, and all discipline issues must be handled exclusively by the teacher. You can imagine that kind of stress. Cell phones in schools have changed the nature of teaching and learning - for the worse. What should be done, if anything?

We established a no-cell-tolerance policy about four years ago. No cell is on ever during class and never out of the backpack, never on the desk or table while the class is in session. Confiscation is mandatory and $15 to pick it up from the front office. Any student in our system who even attempted to cyberbait a teacher would be suspended for two days. A repeat attempt would put the student in alternative school. Such behavior is simply not tolerated, and the parents support it almost 100%.