Principal gets tough on disruptive pupils
The Principal of South Peninsula High School in Diep River, Brian Isaacs, recently refused to admit 5 kids to the school because they have been disruptive in the past. He says that he is prepared to lose his job rather than have them back in order to instill discipline at his school.
The parents are irate and are threatening to report him to the Human Rights Commission and have now accused him of using foul language while talking to their children.
Isaacs has the backing of the school’s Parent, Teacher and Student Association and is widely seen as a man who puts eduction as a priority.
“Education is serious business. Teachers are here to teach, not to discipline children. That must be done at home,” said Isaacs.
“I know it’s illegal and it’s not education policy to throw them out but it’s in the interest of the other pupils and the school.
“We as teachers want to be respected. You can’t teach at a school where there is no discipline,” he said.
Personally I agree with him 100%. It is about time that the disruptive, abusive and in some cases criminal kids realise that life is not a free ride. Society doesn’t owe them anything when they are the cause of problems in society.
In addition the parents should take responsibility for their own kids discipline. Since all manner of discipline was stripped away from teachers by the state, it can not be left up to them to discipline children. Teachers are there to teach and parents are there to discipline.
In this day and age we have so many problems at schools. Kids selling drugs, being addicted to drugs, under-age sex and kids killing kids. In order to protect our children we need to exclude the troublemakers, out-of-control kids and bullies from the system - the same way we are meant to remove criminals from society at large. And the sooner these kids learn this, the better for them.
The right to education is fine, but then the government must make alternate plans for those children who do not participate in the school socity. Maybe they should have special schools for these pupils. The right to education does not supersede the other rights guaranteed in both the Bill of Rights or the so-called Childrens Bill of Rights.
Remove these brats from the school for the good of the school and those pupils who actually make a contribution to society … or at least play to societies rules. These anti-social kids need to learn that their actions have consequences. This is the biggest problem today - these kids think that they can do as they please without repercussions.
So I fully support Brian Isaacs in his quest to provide not only a decent education for the kids under his care, but also a safe and wholesome environment for those who choose to play by the rules.
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January 18th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Al wat ek kan se oor dit is dit: Bliksim hulle! Ek weet die regering wil dit nie he nie, maar dis brood en konfyt. Pakslae het eeue heen die ding gedoen, dis net vandat ons slim regering met hierdie nonsens begin het, dat daar nou “omstandighede” in die skole is.
January 19th, 2008 at 6:07 am
Hallo Vaa,
‘n Pak op sy tyd is soos brood en konfyn. Wat ‘n pragtige een! en hoe ongelooflike waar. Maar hierdie tipe kinders, kry nie meer skoon brood nie wat nog van die res.
Brain Isaacs is 100% reg. Die skole het nie meer tyd om daardie kinders te sukkel nie. Verwyder hulle want elkeen het reg op onderwys, nie net die stoutes nie. Die ander kan nie met werk voort gaan nie, die onderwysers word getart ens. ens. Haal hulle uit. Hulle gaan waarskynlik geen verbetering toon nie, nie binne die skool nie en nie daar buite nie. Hulle gaan ook waarskynlik nie slaag nie, maar word deurgesit. Hier plaaslik is kinders met punte so laag soos onder 20% deurgesit om maar net weer die volgende jaar weereens nie te slaag nie en die klasse te ontwrig.
Maar bygese, daar is streng reels en regulasies wat gevolg moet word. Indien die skole dit nie 100% volg nie, weier die departement om die kinders uit te sit. Met die regte prosedure volgens die skolewet, moet hulle uitgesit word. So, Mr Isaacs, sorg net dat jou kant van die saak reg is en die departement mag nie toelaat dat die kinders weer terug op jou skool se banke kom nie. Dit is wetgewing wat dan inskop en nie eens die departement mag die wet sommer net buig nie (nie dat hulle dit nie soms doen nie maar dan is dit hofsake).
En ja, ordentlikheid en maniere en aanvaarbare optrede moet in die ouerhuis vasgele word. Die onderwysers is oorwerk en het nie nog tyd daarvoor nie. Ouers met hulle kinders die basis gee waarop die onderwysers moet voorbou. Ek weet ouers is ook besig maar sjoe, waarvoor kry jy kinders? Om te se jy het nie tyd vir hulle nie.
Ek raak moerig hieroor want dis of elkeen hulle hande in onskuld wil was oor hulle eie nalatenskappe. Waar is ons verantwoordelikheid. Met elke ding wat my kind doen wat ek dink is verkeerd wonder ek waar ek verkeerd gedoen het. Jy behoort nie te wonder waar die onderwyser verkeerd gedoen het nie.
‘n Kind kan in elkgeval slegs goed funksioneer wanneer daar goeie grense is. Binne vasgesteld grense weet die kind waar pligte en vryhede is en dan voel hy veilig om homself met oorgawe te ontwikkel. Indien grense nie daargestel word nie, soek die kind so hard na daardie grense dat hy nooit volkome ontwikkel nie. So, sukses in kinderopvoelding le in baie liefde en sekuriteit en sekuriteit binne opvoeding is grense (en dit = dissipline X 1000).
10/10 Mnr Isaacs. Ek staan bankvas agter jou!