Elizabeth Shea worked for the Jersey City schools since 1966.
On December 15, 1995. Elizabeth Shea was walking to pick up her students in the courtyard of PS 30. Something she has done since 1966.
As children have been doing for decades, children were running in the courtyard. They ran into her. Not deliberately but accidentally. Pulling and tugging on her coat causing her to lose her balance from this and went flying up into the air...doing a "pratfall".
She landed and hit everything imaginable from her head to the soles of her feet.
The principal came over and said
"She fell ?" He ordered the guard to "get her out of here".
Principal didn't call the medical officer...ELIZABETH WAS NOT TRYING TO GET UP BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO HURT TO MOVE...principal and the guard simply began pulling her up by her wrists. As she begain to scream, begging them not to do this, they let her go and she dropped 4 feet back onto the frozen courtyard. Again hitting everything from her head to her heels.
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I think that this is very sad because someone who has been working in the school district should be treated with respect. The principal should be punished.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
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I definetly believe that the principle of this school should be punished or even suspended because of this action. The president had no right to use the amount of force that she did.
Firstly, what the heck is wrong with the principal and school guard ?!?! If you already see that she can't move and is in serious pain why on earth would you PULL her up by her WRISTS?! Isn't that the first thing you're NOT supposed to do when someone has fallen or collapsed..in order to prevent the victim from getting paralyzed? anyway .. I think that the principal and guard should totally be punished in some sort of way because their reaction to her fall was pretty ridiculous.
Reading this article has angered me because the teacher should have had the medical attention not be treated like a criminal. She did not simply stumble,which still should have merited concern, but fell hitting all the areas of a body from a full standing position. Although teachers are required to put the safety of the students first, they should be treated with respect and care they deserve in such cases.
I don't understand what rights are being violated in this situation. I can see how wrong the principal and guard's decision on how to handle the fallen teacher, but its all about the matter of respect not rights.
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