This teacher needs to be permanently suspended, not only for this behavior but for the poor example she sets in the classroom with her grammar - or lack of it.

It seems like the teacher was reacting (dramatically over reacting) to the perception that she was being set up. The fact that this was recorded may lead credibility to that claim. I would like to know what is going to happen to the other teacher that watched this happen for 14 minutes instead of stepping in and stopping it. This rant prevented any of the other children from accomplishing anything in class.

Wow! She absolutely should have handled this situation differently! She's an adult. She should know better. On a side note, for being a teacher, I'm really surprised at her incorrect use of the English language in her rant. I sure hope that's not the subject she teaches!

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Unbelievably unprofessional. Is this what passes for a 'teaching moment' in AA County schools? What's the phrase, 'praise in public, criticize in private'? Wow. The entire incident was wrong on so many levels. And as for being a 'set up'; the so-called teacher had 14 minutes to untarnish her alleged reputation. Instead she buried herself up to her neck in ungainly street-drama. Instead of acedemics, she engages in behavior usually reserved for a Jerry Springer episode. Our kids deserve a better example and definitely a better educator.

I meant 'academics'. Sorry 'bout that.

This woman obviously leaves a lot to be desired. However, I will say that teachers are fed up with good reason. There is so little discipline and so much "tolerance" and patronizing of poor student behavior and total lack of respect for teachers and authority figures, or anyone else for that matter. I feel for her. If the average person would see and hear what goes on daily in the schools they would be appalled. The CEOs, administrators, and the ACLU have so tied the teachers hands so much I'm surprised that we can even get anyone to still teach. The outright negligence and malpractice in the BCPPS is nothing less than criminal. These students are being failed by their parents and society and then by the school system. Where there is no discipline society crumbles. It has crumbled in the Baltimore schools. I don't know about AA county but both the student and the teacher in this situation should have shut up. My parents would have worn me out and I thank God for that. May God help us. I'm not impressed with this teacher but I'm very disappointed and disgusted the racist commentary and bashing of stereotypes following the article. Teachers should get combat pay. It's a jungle in those schools. Parents who fly off the handle to support their little "angles" under any circumstance are part of the problem and they're not doing their children any respect. Learning begins at home. In Baltimore, many of the students are more mature than their parents.

Everyone makes mistakes and ms. Blue is no different. As far as her grammar she's obviously upset and not a person alive can tell me their grammar is spotless when they are pissed.finally though she showed poor judgement less not forget there was another teacher there allowing this rant to go on for 15 minutes and then try to explain away what happened. They both should have lost their jobs.

Yes, putting up with middle schoolers is a challenge. Especially when the teacher mirrors the exact oppositional defiant behavior they complain about in the kids. Whatever the student did or did not do is not the issue. The immature, inappropriate narcisstic temper tantrum should be fired and the teacher who stood by and did nothing should be put on leave.

Wow-the BoE better be bringing her into a hearing.. Not sure how you do it in MD-in NY this would be grounds for it,- but this is over the top. Unfortunately this is just a snapshot of what happens in school districts throughout our country

The negative comments about Ms. Blue's behavior are not "racist"--except, perhaps, for the ones that Tim Lemke deleted, which I didn't see. The behavior of these two grown women is unacceptable--each for its own set of reasons--and yes, even with adult students, the prevalence of disrespect is shocking to someone who grew up when your parents automatically took the side of your teachers, if ever you got into trouble in school. Our teachers were on pedestals, and when they were really good, we aspired to be like them. Now they're just service personnel (or worse, free child-care attendants) who are expected to educate their students about manners and ethics and decency and respect and a whole host of things that are not directly related to "readin', writin', and 'rithmetic." But that is still no excuse for the behavior of this teacher, or her colleague. If you can't manage your anger--if you can't follow the accepted protocols (such as sending the child to the principal's office, or telling her you will defer your comments until you meet with her parents, and so on), and you don't know how to defuse such a situation without going banshee in front of the rest of the class, and engaging in a ridiculous tirade that robs them of the opportunity to learn---and if you are so "pissed" that you forget how to speak your native tongue, then you don't belong teaching middle school--no matter what race you are.

SHUT UP! Mrs. Blue is my avid teacher and she would never act like this! That girl was disrespectful and needs to be suspended! This is ridiculous! Mrs. Blue is staying! Please!

Wow. Just watched video. Shame on the teacher and shame on the other adult in the room. This is awful! Unprofessional in 1 million ways for both adults. As teachers we are role models. This is not how you talk to a middle schooler or anybody for that matter.

"ya'll ain't"??
Really??
Arguing with a child, LIKE a child?? Hand to the kid's face?
This lady needs to go back to the 6th grade playground to argue with her peers.

Good job to the kid who videoed the incident. The other teacher in the room really needed to call the principal and have him come in and break up this situation. This is wasting all of those kids' education time.
Ridiculous. I hope she is let go.

I believe the teacher was wrong to a point.. But in the schools now days teachers do nothing but babysit these kids..f this was my child that made their teacher go off like this I would completely agree with the teacher... There in no way should a child talk to an adult like that.. Yes in a way the teacher could have handled it a little different but I believe she still was not out of line.. This is what the world is coming to now since parents can't seem to raise their children with respect!!!!

Takes respect to earn it!!! These kids think their entitled and guess what ....They are not! !! No one owes them anything!!!

Please Google African American Vernacular Language (AAL) or any of the many terms associated with the recognized language. These are dialects the same way Southern American English is a dialect. It is unfair, and dare I say racist, to imply this teacher is somehow uneducated or does not know Standard English. Few people express their frustration in dialect-free standard english.

Plz release the video I wanna show ppl I witnessed this I was there

My child was selected for the Avid program in the fifth grade. And had Ms. Blue for 2 years and dropped the class this year. My child felt Ms. Blue was putting him down couldn't do anything right. Last year in the last quarter Ms. Blue was out on leave. And my child did very well in the class. It is bad enough the students bully each other but is unacceptable from teachers.

This video shows just how much teachers, staff members, abuse, threaten our kids while in school. I've been inside these schools & have seen and heard how "the educators" act. The past principal of this school was infamous of playing favoritism to students of the same race. I say they should all grow up & act like adults.

I don't condone Ms. Blue's arguing with a child for such an extensive period of time. That said, why is it acceptable for CHILDREN to talk back and be disrespectful to teachers? I'm in my 40's and I remember teachers getting in our faces, but at the same time we respected them. Kids today are have no respect for authority figures. It's obvious by the reaction on these kids. And again, why are phones allowed in the classroom???

sadworldwelivin you dear sir are an idiot so stay off the internet. The teacher was obviously frustrated and approached the situation in the wrong manner but from what i gather the student was no angel by any means. As a parent of a student at this school (AND IN THIS CLASS) I have heard nothing but good things about Ms Blue and she was given this class recently to clean up a prior issue with a teacher and student in the same class (that teacher was relocated). Perhaps the parents should take some of the brunt in rearing you child to be respectful and not be a constant disruption in the classroom for others. Another issue is the class size and the fact that they are grossly overcrowded and a lot for one teacher to attempt to instruct and have to discipline a bunch of out of control adolescents. Ms Blue should be reprimanded along with the other teacher but by no means should she lose her job.

It is hard enough to teach and be second guessed Teacher today can be insulted by student cursed at and video taped by snot nosed children who car ruin a good teachers career.Its seems that a teacher has to teach with both hands tied behind their backs and children have no consequences just the teacher who by one lapse of judgement can lose their careers

I agree with Carol. Nevertheless, teachers have an impossible task in today's environment. So many are at their wits end. The state board is pushing for reduction in suspensions in all the districts at all cost. They are negligently harboring juvenile criminals in the name of budget allocations and graduations statistics while endangering teachers and other students. I am pleased that Tim removed the ignorant comments. They were very offensive and embarrassing. I am a Caucasian and I'm not a teacher but I call it how I see it.

I'm sorry but angel or not this child was flat out taunted by the teacher! Really back off you were spitting in her face!

Glad the teacher is being disciplined but this kid is real piece of work too...her parents should be VERY embarrassed about what they have raised. These kids are disgusting and this is why we can't get good teachers (or keep good teachers) in our area middle schools. I would have never DREAMED of talking back to a teacher and threatening a teacher that my mom will get her fired. If that was my kid they would have severe consequences at home for this behavior.

You all have no right to judge unless you are a classroom teacher...try it for a day and then get back to me!

Imagine if the teacher was white and student black, then it would of been a Racist video...i still stand behind the Teacher, kids and Mostly parents are Idiots today..most parents back their kid when they do wrong like some of you on here..kids know that and thats why they act up..cuz todays parents are morons most of them shouldnt b havn kids

My oldest son is 8 and we are (hopefully) raising him to respect/obey his elders. (With that in mind, we have delicately explained the exception to that rule in regards to sexual predators who tend to seek out "obedient" children.) If my child was talking back to a teacher, regardless of the teachers behavior, he would be in hot water! My son knows the proper channels to take if he has issues with a teacher that are unprovoked. This could have been an ongoing issue with this student (which is perhaps why the other teacher didn't step in) that the principal and/or parents have failed to correct. As always, the video only shows the result of the initial offense. Sure, two wrongs don't make a right but I don't blame Ms. Blue one bit for finally loosing her cool. There always seems to be one or two disruptive kids in every classroom and it ticks me off that the teacher has to continually address these students and therefore wasting valuable time that should be used educating MY child. Yes, Ms. Blue spent 14 minutes trying to make an example of this student but how much time has this girl wasted of Ms. Blue's (and the other students) in the past? A middle schooler darn we'll knows they shouldn't be talking in class.

The ONLY lesson that will be learned if Ms. Blue is permanently let go is that the students now know they can behave any way they want and not be disciplined! Some of these parents won't get involved when their child is the problem but as soon as someone else attempts to correct their behavior mom and dad would come to the rescue to defend their sweet innocent child. Those are probably the same parents that would slap their child if they ever talked back to them and the same parents that would look for a way to sue the school for "parenting" their child. No, I'm not suggesting that anything I stated is true for that girl or her family but in general, disruptive students are a real issue in schools today because of the lack of discipline due to this lawsuit happy society.

I've deleted another racist comment. It's easier and faster for me to delete such comments than for people to write them.

@ Tracy....that is what I heard happened to. The child may have been disrespectful...I don't know the whole story, or what was said between the 2 of them "off camera"....but I heard it all started when the student asked to move her seat because she couldn't see. Why wouldn't the teacher let her move? My son's classrooms get moved around all the time. And what kid asks to be moved to the front of a room, unless they CANNOT honestly see the information? I asked to have my son moved because he was having trouble concentrating in the back of the room due to other students talking, poking him, etc. The teachers moved him the next day. Sounds like a simple request that should have been handled a lot differently. It was just so disturbing to see the teacher act this way. The student kept saying, "What did I do wrong?". The students are suffering....and my son is one of them....this is the 6th teacher for that Language Arts class this school year....ridiculous.

Teachers have it hard. Having to deal with (rude) kids all day. I can't imagine the stress. God bless them all.

I don't know what prompted this, but it may have been justified. There is no disciple in schools any more and not much more in their homes. Things are going downhill fast if you can't give a 6th grader a stern lecture. Send the kid to the principal's office and get back to actually teaching the rest of the kids.

Teresa-
Have you read ANY of the facts listed above? There is a HUGE difference between a 'stern lecture' and public humiliation. As I stated earlier; She came into ANOTHER teacher's classroom and confronted the student, after having a confrontation with the SAME student the day before. She apologized to the student's parents the prior evening for her THROWING THE STUDENT'S ONTO THE FLOOR. She came there looking for a fight. Tell me, what part of this was justified? The moment she entered someone elses class to initiate a confrontation with this kid, the fault lies fully on the 'teacher'.

my child goes to AMS and has been chastised similar to the way this teacher did only not as long by four teachers. The BOE knows that there are issues with AMS but don't do anything about it. It's time for Dr. Maxwell to take some sort of action. When is the school town hall meeting?

I agree that teachers have a very difficult job, especially middle school teachers. I couldn't do it. What I don't understand is why those who can't handle it stay in the profession. This woman obviously does not have the patience that it requires. At Crofton Middle, one of my daughters science teachers told the class she couldn't wait to retire and that she hated kids. Seriously? We had an issue with another science teacher and I asked for a conference. This teacher also liked getting in the kids faces and would spray them with her saliva. This teacher sat across from me, in front of the principal and rolled her eyes. Talk about disrespect. Most teachers are great, just like most people are great, but some teachers and some people are just jerks, plain and simple. Just because they become a teacher doesn't all of a sudden make them a good person if they are not.

@ Tracy, I based my opinion/comment on the information provided in the article which is "missing a big part of the story." You alleged several things that weren't even stated here. Yes, I know that there is more to the story and that is why I wrote: "No, I'm not suggesting that anything I stated is true for that girl or her family but in general, disruptive students are a real issue in schools today because of the lack of discipline due to this lawsuit happy society."

I teach and because of this video I have to be vigilant and even more careful of what I say to a student no matter what the discipline problem is because I will not know when I am being filmed by students who have an axe to grind with the teacher and all this does is give the students more leverage to behave knowing that the teacher can say nothing but document the behavior write it down and build a case against offending students and go to the adminstration and the results will be with documentation the student will have to explain and then more severe consequences will be handed to the student rather then letting the teacher handle the problem in the classroom the teacher will be more aware of their liability and learning will be hurt because some children think they are classroom lawyers and they know the law and the rules. Before I do anything I think twice act once and when it doubt ask a supervisior

The story is shocking and disheartening.
I'm not sure what the "racist" comments Lemke deleted were, but that's unfortunate.
I believe that to be unable to consider the idea that race and cultural differences may be a factor in disagreements in our culture today may \well in itself be ... racist.

I think it's obtuse to ignore that, in our "culture of entitlement" today, many people believe they are justified in being extremely overly-aggressive in their reactions.

There are good kids and not so good kids; that tends to be a matter of childish inexperience. There are good adults and bad adults; that tends to be a matter of willful choice.

At the risk of being deleted ((small joke ... chuckle)) my life experience tells me that Ms. Blue's over-reaction and - let's be honest - aggressive and abusive verbal and physical assault on the young girl and other kids in the class - very likely has at least some of its roots in her feeling that she is entitled to such over-reaction, language, and behavior ... because she is black.

You can agree. You can disagree. The fact of the matter is the behavior by both the adult teacher and the student(s) was just plain wrong. It is, I would suggest, "more" wrong for the adult than the kids.

For anyone to think that such outrageous behavior by a teacher should in any way be excusable because of her race is - quite simply - racist twaddle.

Clearly friction exist between the student and the teacher that has not been properly dealt with at this time.. Based on the video, the teacher did not shed a positive light on herself. While preaching about respect to the students she showed a lack of it for her co-worker when disrupting her class. WIthout all the facts, I think firing the teacher may be premature. It's easy to be horrified by what we viewed, but imagine an UNKNOWING eye watching your every move while at work and showing it to the world to see.. I would imagine at some point it may not be so flattering. Taking it a step further, place that UNKNOWING eye on the students and I think we will quickly find out that they are not the angels they portray themselves to be. In the video you can see one student dancing at his desk. Why is this not seen as inappropriate behavior? Perhaps the solution is creating a even playing field and placing cameras in all of the rooms. This way inappropriate behavior by either the teacher or student can be dealt with accordingly.

Sum of it all in my opinion: I believe that if we teach our children respect, self discipline and how to deal with adult confrontation (by informing another adult or parent and letting them handle the situation) instead of blaming someone else for parental shortfall, then maybe teachers can actually do their job, which is to TEACH and not be forced to do OUR job which is to DISCIPLINE. These days parents are too quick to say they are so busy that properly "RAISEing" their children comes far behind 1st. So when they wind up 30 still living at home with a resume that couldn't get them a Management job at McDonalds it winds up the fault of the School System....Sad. Was the teach OVER the top? Yes. However had she been able to do her job (TEACH) then maybe she wouldn't have been so aggravated in the first place.

The teacher moved into the girl's personal space several times. That's threatening and intimidation.

This is just one incident of a teacher not able to control her teaching environment. I had 4 children go through AMS and AHS and you had bad teachers and good teachers. This is just one incident that we were able to see, just think about all the others that we were not able to see. I'm so GLAD cell phones are in the classroom for just this reason. Keep the teachers accountable. We are trusting them with our children 8 hours a day. If this was your child being yelled at how would you feel. I'm also glad cell phones are in the classroom for emergency situations that have been occurring in schools around the country. Camera's should be in every classroom and school in the county and monitored.

This is amazing how very few of you comment on the inappropriate behavior shown byt the kids...the one boy, John, dancing, and the other kids adopting their attitudes. Yes, I understand that perhaps the teacher went too far, and I agree. I am also a teacher and I do not choose to have such banter with disrespectful students because I am not going to listen to the trash that many of them think is okay to spew out of their undisciplined mouths. Anne Arundel County has instituted a 50% grade minimum policy...wake UP, people! We have to give a child 50% who did NOTHING in our classes. Students of mine have earned a 2%, 6% for the marking period, and they get a 50%? It is because they are not being taught at home that school is important, that school work is NOT an option, and that respecting adults is mandatory. I deal with students walking past my hallway CURSING at least 20 times a day, throwing things at my doors, drawing male genitals on the walls with Sharpies...trust me, it is just the start of things I could tell you. NO respect, NO effort, and this ridiculous sense of entitilement. Disgusting. These kids who are 12 and 13 cannot write a complete sentence, and berate me for expecting proper capitalization and punctuation. I have been insulted, sexually harassed, hit, cursed at, and had property I buy for the classroom STOLEN on a daily basis. And yet phones are not allowed to be on in class; what about the person videoing this? Where is the consequence for him?

I agree with Scott Smolen that this looks like a setup given the fact it was recorded by a student, and agree that this all went on way to long. That girl should have been bounced out of the class in less than 2 minutes, and then let everyone get back to work. This kid is not the teacher's peer. You don't allow a dialogue with these little punks. This whole incident and the comments from other teachers on what's really happening in the schools, is just another example of the out-of-touch leadership of Superintendent Maxwell and his crew and the unelected Board of Education that has been keeping him there. We won't get stuff like this to change until we get some accountability at the top to the taxpayers who are providing the funds for this.

Cameras in the classroom are a good idea for many reasons. Most of you seem to be ignoring the information as to Blue taking over the other teacher's class to perform this action. That point, if true, makes the action premeditated and therefore inexcusable.
Points are being raised about the pressures on teachers, the incompetence of many teachers, and the lack of respect shown by students. I agree that all three exist.
But fixing all of that is not a prerequisite making a call as to whether this teacher and the by standing teacher acted inappropriatly. I think both did and that Blue should be dismissed and the bystander should be suspended. The student did nothing wrong that I could see.
Again, cameras in the classroom are a good idea for a society such as ours where adults cannot be trusted to act like civilized adults without universal scrutiny. And perhaps cameras would prove to a child's hyper individualistic, selfish, and entitlement expecting parents that their child is not perfect.

The fact that she didn't call an advocate or have an administrator take care of the incident immediately is what confuses me. Taking time away from not one but TWO classes just to prove a point to a child. Any administrator could have called home and talked to the child -- usually straighten your attitude or go home is whats said. But to cause commotion and get within the child's face is premature.

I'm not agreeing that what the teacher did was OK, but I'm really surprised this video is still up. I haven't watch the whole thing, but at any moment does she realize or is she told that she is being recorded? Maryland has some pretty strict wire-tapping laws.

My children go to Anne Arundel County Public Schools. This is not the first time this has happened with a teacher however just the first time caught on tape. I would never want to have the job as a teacher. They are to teach our children however more and more they are babysitting our out of control children. I would not tolerate a teacher talking to my child like that but again I would tolerate my child talking to a teacher like this. I wish we had the full story on what caused this. I feel sorry for all in this matter the children, the teachers and now the school.

All things considered, I think the BOE could use this video for new teachers on how NOT to resolve a dispute with a student

Hey TEACHERS leave them kids ALONE! :-)

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