Kindergarten teacher suspended over "shocking" Facebook comments about students (W/Pics)
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By HUGO GYE PUBLISHED: 10:47 EST, 29 October 2012 |
A kindergarten teacher has been suspended after she repeatedly insulted her students and their parents in shocking Facebook posts. Tamika Gatewood took to social media to accuse young children of having 'nappy' hair and '? clothes' and apparently threatened to assault their parents. Parents described their shock at the extraordinary messages, which led to the teacher being suspended without pay after they were exposed by a local television station.
Gatewood, a teacher at Rainshaven Elementary School in Memphis, has been taking to Facebook to express her frustration over the children in her charge, according to WMC-TV. She wrote about breaking up a fight involving two children who had accused another of uncleanliness: 'How bout I blasted both of them.
'The girl in my class hair is nappy almost every day and the boy wears ? clothes, face nasty and can't even read. They didn't bother nobody else when I got through with them.' Another aggressive post is apparently a threat against students' parents, saying: 'If another parent tell me it's my job to teach their children, it's gonna be po po [i.e. police] time.'
The message concludes: 'All I gotta say is Father ? , forgive them for they should not have conceived.'
Gatewood also hinted at violent tendencies in a message discussing the saying 'turn the other cheek'.
'What do you think you're supposed to do?', she wrote. 'Bang! Bang! Shoot 'em up dammit! Just kidding!! For real tho - slap their ass back then bang! Bang! Shoot 'em up dammit.' Memphis school officials do not routinely monitor teachers' online activities, and were alerted to Gatewood's posts only after WMC-TV unearthed them. School board commissioner Kenneth Whalum slammed authorities for their slow response to the scandal, saying, 'It's a much bigger issue than Facebook. It's a much bigger issue than a teacher saying a kid has nappy hair.'
Administrators released a statement saying: 'We take this very seriously. When made aware of inappropriate online posts, once the person is identified as an MCS employee, swift appropriate action is taken according to board policy and law.' Local parents were unanimous in saying that Gatewood ought to lose her job over the controversial Facebook posts.
'Stuff like this shouldn't go on in school,' one parent told WMC-TV, while another added: 'How can you do your job when that's what you think about students?'
This is not the first time Gatewood has faced disciplinary action over her behaviour in school.10 years ago, the principal of the school where she was employed as a clerical worker sent a letter pleading, 'How many times does a person have to be insubordinate before action is taken?'
Gatewood has refused to comment on her suspension, and has since deleted her Facebook page.
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She's fat, and therefore at fault.
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She look like she talk ? to kids
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i wish you didnt post the pic
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Lol @ "they can't read"
Fat hoe thats why they n kindergarten -
That looks like rasputia from norbit
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Good thing they don't learn subject/verb agreement till later, this lady damn sure can't teach it.
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Ether @ lil ? being ? n cant read
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This Bruce Bruce looking ?
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The message concludes: 'All I gotta say is Father ? , forgive them for they should not have conceived.'
Thats funny^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -
SMH at this story.
SMH at the Huffington Post using this picture of Monica Watson, a concerned parent.
They didn't have to do us like that.
What you mean us, fat people are their own breed. -
man don't throw me into a group with that fat ?
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There's your problem......Who is breeding with these fat ? ???
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I met this white chic on tagged that talks ? like that about her students. Smh she basically has a crush on one too, atleast I think she does. People are crazy.
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hahahaha
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Dead @ tha ripples on that ? 's gown being stretch marks though.
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well we know she isn't the gym teacher
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She could not suck my ?
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Young_Chitlin wrote: »
damn, who left the zoo gate open tho?
she looks half grizzly bear, half gorilla & half hungry
? look like, she escaped the zoo, and ate the professor. then posed for graduation pics with his degrees.
but on the real, how does she have the heart to call ppl ugly???
does she own any mirrors??? i bet she don't believe in mirrors, to her mirrors are evil & deceptive
? so ugly, she don't even look real. something this ugly can't exist, only thought of.
her face looks as if it's used, as practice course for mack trucks.
the last time she had a cold, her big ass nostrils damn near bankrupted nasonex
if u wanna talk ? about the next person looks, @ least look okay
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Fat ppl smh
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Smh what a loser.
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she said that ? was ? and couldnt read
watch this ? drop a classic album
"fat ? told me in kindergarten i was ? n couldnt read
she was mad cuz she forgot her sammiches and couldnt eat"
aight nvm i tried. i'm going to lunch -
The fat ? does have a point. If a parent doesnt even care enough 2 comb their kids hair u know they dont care enough 2 help the kid w/homework. Teachers have the kids 7 hours out the day and the parents have them for the other 17. If the parents dont even care enough to bathe the kids before sending them to school wtf you expect the teacher to do when they get there. It all starts at home.
With that said ? that fat ?