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'Ideally, schools would prefer to offer intensive one-to-one support, but if resources are limited - which they usually are - then we're pushed into a choice between medication or exclusion,' says Tim Bown, assistant head at Queen's Park school.
'Hearing a student say that a drug "takes away his soul" doesn't sit comfortably with us as a school, but permanent exclusion doesn't, either. There is no doubt his behaviour becomes more aggressive and disruptive when he comes off.'
What does it say about our school system when teachers try to control unruly pupils with drugs?
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What does it say about our school system when teachers try to control unruly pupils with drugs?
It says the schools are acting like the kids' parents.
Can't handle little Suzy or Jimmy? Just give them some Ritalin.
#1 - Sat May 15, 2010 3:45 PM EDTWhen responsibility & control is given to an entity without any more than a legal obligation to be ethical in their choices, ruled by committee with no clear standardized leadership focus then there ISN'T any sense of individual ethics beyond the job requirements.
When you put pharma's deep pockets into these situations, it creates a "perfect storm" of ethical temptations which put our children into the delivery stream of those deep pockets.
I wouldn't allow my kid to be put into those scenarios.
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