Archive for June 15th, 2009
So here is what a teacher did. She decided to play the Reality TV game Survivor with her students.
By a vote of 14 to 2, Alex Barton’s kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class last Wednesday. The 5-year-old boy was made to stand in front of the class as classmates were invited to tell him what they didn’t like about him. The other children called Alex “disgusting” and “annoying.” Alex’s mother, Melissa Barton, says she is considering legal action.
After the vote, teacher Wendy Portillo asked Alex how he felt. “Sad,” he replied. The Florida State Attorney’s office concluded the matter did not meet criteria for emotional child abuse, so no charges will be filed against Portillo.
