@Hunt you make a great point. No situation is black and white. We only see what was actually videotaped. What about all the class time wasted by this student’s refusal to obey the teacher? Several rational attempts seem to have been made to talk and reason with the student to comply before escalating to the resource officer.
The education system in America is weighed down by a combination of funding issues, political correctness, physical safety issues, and red tape regulations that hinder a teacher’s ability to teach the students who actually do want to learn.
We are not going to solve the country’s educational system problems with any one simple solution. I am glad to have the freedom to choose alternatives to the public education system, but am saddened that so many kids are trapped in it with no practical/financial means to escape.
Do we keep on pretending we can educate every kid, or do we let those who aren’t interested in learning slip through the cracks? How do we keep good teachers coming into the system if we don’t give them the authority to remove disruptive kids from their classrooms?
This incident could be the opportunity to shine a light on some of the big picture troubles in our government education system. Will anything change, or will we just dump on this one officer and go on about our business and pretend we are doing enough for the kids trapped in the system?
Unfortunately, the system was broken before this officer stepped into that classroom, and the system will remain broken long after he has been forgotten by social media. But those kids, who is going to care about them having any hope of a brighter future?