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Educators forced 7-year-old boy to eat his own vomit

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Educators forced 7-year-old boy to eat his own vomit

Five educators face charges after at least two of them forced a 7-year-old boy to eat his vomit, according to cops in Brownsburg, Indiana.

The allegation stems from an incident in February when Sara Seymour, 27, a life skills teacher at Brown Elementary School, allegedly told the victim that if he vomited, he would have to eat it up, officials said. Life skills teacher Julie Taylor, 48, allegedly gave a tray for the child to vomit on.

He vomited, and life skills instructional aid Debra Kanipe, 63, gave him a spoon, officers wrote. The 7-year-old was allegedly forced to consume some of what he retched up.

“Both Seymour and Kanipe stood at each side of the child while he consumed a portion of the vomit,” officers said.

The child was also forced to clean the rest with paper towels.
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Incredible! None of those involved should ever be permitted to work with children again!
 
The incident purportedly took place in the actual school lunch room rather than some small private facility, so there's quite likely to be multiple witnesses if it happened.
 
lionking said:
What on earth are “life skills teachers”?
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Maybe they teach you the things that your parents are supposed to teach you but don't because they're too ****** up on meth? I dunno. I never had more than one teacher in a classroom. And my parents were too busy chain smoking and watching TV to teach us much of anything. But who the hell tries to make a kid eat his own vomit? I suppose it could have been worse, it could have been somebody else's vomit.
 
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lionking said:
What on earth are “life skills teachers”?
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Back in my day probably what we called social studies, a single lesson a week that educated in things like voting, how to write a cheque, how banks work, what a mortgage is all the bits and pieces of everyday life.
 
Darat said:
Back in my day probably what we called social studies, a single lesson a week that educated in things like voting, how to write a cheque, how banks work, what a mortgage is all the bits and pieces of everyday life.
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Actually having read a bit about this role, it looks like what we used to call Integration Aides. Support staff employed to work with disabled students in schools. This was incorporated into the role of teachers long ago, and quite rightly I believe.

Disabled students do get more support in schools here, but not through designated teachers.
 
I have a memory of something very similar happening to me when I was at school, but since it was nearly 60 years ago I cannot state it was a fact and not an altered recollection. Nevertheless, I would still be unable to eat a ginger sponge pudding without wanting to throw up.
 
Darat said:
Back in my day probably what we called social studies, a single lesson a week that educated in things like voting, how to write a cheque, how banks work, what a mortgage is all the bits and pieces of everyday life.
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In the States, we would call that class Home Economics. Also would teach basic cooking and cleaning and sewing. To this day, I maintain it turned out to be the most valuable course I took, for a 17 yo about to go out on their own.

Life Skills instructors in my neck of the woods are generally taking care of special needs students, teaching how to just make it through the day.

ETA: what we called Social Studies was a combination of Civics and contemporary American History.
 
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Darat said:
Back in my day probably what we called social studies, a single lesson a week that educated in things like voting, how to write a cheque, how banks work, what a mortgage is all the bits and pieces of everyday life.
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No, these are special education teachers.

A life skills teacher often works in special education or with students who have disabilities, teaching life skills in addition to academic subjects. As a life skills instructor, your responsibilities include developing and implementing lesson plans for academic and life skills subjects, supervising groups of students, and managing behavioral challenges in the classroom. Life skills teachers work with all ages, including adults in day programs and residential facilities. Life skills teacher duties cover teaching topics like proper hygiene, cooking skills, money handling, and appropriate social interaction.
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Strange story; I wonder if the kid made himself puke. Not trying to find an excuse for the educators--obviously their conduct was out of line no matter what a seven-year-old kid did--just trying to understand what possessed them.
 
Thermal said:
In the States, we would call that class Home Economics. Also would teach basic cooking and cleaning and sewing. To this day, I maintain it turned out to be the most valuable course I took, for a 17 yo about to go out on their own.

Life Skills instructors in my neck of the woods are generally taking care of special needs students, teaching how to just make it through the day.

ETA: what we called Social Studies was a combination of Civics and contemporary American History.
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Pretty much the same here.
But taxes, voting, and check writing was covered in economics. I don't know if they covered it in home ec. We had to take either economics or consumer economics, both of which taught those items, but consumer focused more on day to day living than supply and demand stuff. Came out of econ wondering why anyone who didn't own a business, wasn't rich, and didn't have some weird tax situation would ever pay someone to do their taxes. Still wondering.
 
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