What Is The Difference Between 9-2j Tort Liability And Negligence
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Section 9-2 enumerates teachers’ rights and responsibilities. In a discussion thread, describe an area of caution that this material suggested to you as a teacher, and share any personal thoughts you might have on the issue.
An area of caution that I might have an issue for my rights and responsibilities is 9-2j Tort Liability and Negligence. I can relate to the example in the text about a teacher getting charged with negligence when a child fell from a playground structure while the teacher was attending to other children. No, I did not get charged with negligence, but I have been in the situation where I am tending to another child, either who has gotten hurt or has a conflict and another child who is around my duty spot is either breaking the rules or doing something they should not be doing. I either did not witness the incident because I was tending to the other child or I caught the end of the incident and it was too late to do …show more content…
It is easy for someone to blame teachers and point fingers about what teachers should be doing and say it is there responsibility, but it is a little unrealistic. At our school, we have over 207 kindergarteners between 9 teachers. One the playground, there are duty spots we rotate around for areas of the playground watching and guarding certain equipment. However, there are only 6 teachers on the actual playground leaving the teachers the responsibility to watch over an average of 34 kids a piece. We are not sensibly capable of witnessing everything that happens on the playground. There was one time when a parent got mad at her child for getting sand in his hair and we, teachers, were to blame for not watching him. First, he is old enough to know if he is not allowed to
Section 9-2 enumerates teachers’ rights and responsibilities. In a discussion thread, describe an area of caution that this material suggested to you as a teacher, and share any personal thoughts you might have on the issue.
An area of caution that I might have an issue for my rights and responsibilities is 9-2j Tort Liability and Negligence. I can relate to the example in the text about a teacher getting charged with negligence when a child fell from a playground structure while the teacher was attending to other children. No, I did not get charged with negligence, but I have been in the situation where I am tending to another child, either who has gotten hurt or has a conflict and another child who is around my duty spot is either breaking the rules or doing something they should not be doing. I either did not witness the incident because I was tending to the other child or I caught the end of the incident and it was too late to do …show more content…
It is easy for someone to blame teachers and point fingers about what teachers should be doing and say it is there responsibility, but it is a little unrealistic. At our school, we have over 207 kindergarteners between 9 teachers. One the playground, there are duty spots we rotate around for areas of the playground watching and guarding certain equipment. However, there are only 6 teachers on the actual playground leaving the teachers the responsibility to watch over an average of 34 kids a piece. We are not sensibly capable of witnessing everything that happens on the playground. There was one time when a parent got mad at her child for getting sand in his hair and we, teachers, were to blame for not watching him. First, he is old enough to know if he is not allowed to