Comments on: Port St. Lucie kindergarten student earns ‘dolphin dollars’ cleaning bathroom, mom complains

By: G

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:38:08 +0000

cj, go cry me a river.

By: cj

cj — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:23:03 +0000

Wrong-wrong-wrong!!! In these days of multiple diseases a child should never be forced to clean another kids urine or anything else.

By: G

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:04:04 +0000

I would have to agree with Richard G. Kids who haven’t been trained to use the restrooms by the time they are in kindergarten need additional training before being sent into a full classroom. A teacher does not have the time to go clean up a restroom while watching a room full of 5 year olds. Wouldn’t everyone have been equally appalled if the teacher had left the room to go check out the restroom? This is a lose, lose situation for the teacher. Maybe the restrooms should be patroled on a regular basis by the janitors and the parents of kids in the schools can pay extra for this additional service. Also, to I. Maze, who finds it so degrading to be a janitor. Aren’t you arrogant. It is an honest job that needs to be done. Get off your high horse.

By: l. Maze

l. Maze — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:50:08 +0000

How degrading, i can only imagine how this mother felt. who sends their children to school to “aspire to become ajanitor” Sending a child of any age to clean up the restrooms at school is a “horror without second guessing”. What is more applauding is the fact that she did not look at the mess FIRST!! Honestly, she deserves to be suspended immediately. a 6year old WOW!

By: Hall Monitor

Hall Monitor — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:12 +0000

This story made http://detentionslip.org ! Check it out for all the crazy headlines from our schools.

By: COME ON!

COME ON! — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:37:34 +0000

What is it going to take to get the Saint Lucie County School Board to WAKE the F UP????? Clean house of these poor quality teachers already Or are you waiting for some kindergartner to do it for you?

By: Boy, urine trouble now | Worth Reading

Boy, urine trouble now | Worth Reading — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:39:41 +0000

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By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:32:41 +0000

The teacher did show poor judgment; you don’t have a small child clean anyone’s urine, how well does a 6 year old clean, seriously. I agree with the post stating that this is the opportunity to teach the child that if their own parent wouldn’t make them do it, then to say “no thank you” when asked to perform a duty mom or dad would normally do. The teacher should have taken the 2 minutes away from the lesson she was teaching (afterall, its not likely they are actually learning geometry)and clean it herself or have the child who had the accident help her. No- she shouldn’t be fired or suspended; but maybe she should be leaving the cleaning duties to adults.

By: Tabatha

Tabatha — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:54:14 +0000

The teacher should have checked the extent of the mess and called a janitor. That is the janitors job not a six year old childs job. All I request for my six year old child to do is GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN NOT TO CLEAN UP PEE FROM SOME KID THAT MAY BE INFECTED AND WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. If my child came home with some illness contracted by cleaning up another persons urine because the teacher was too damn lazy to go look at the mess in the bathroom I would freak out. I dont understand some people, the teacher should have looked and if THE TEACHER didnt want to clean it call a janitor its his job to clean the school that is why he gets paid

By: Benotts

Benotts — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:35:54 +0000

You know it’s not like she voted any students out of the classroom. She simply asked a child to clean up a mess. Granted she showed poor judgement in not ensuring the child had adequate safety equipment that really is no reason for this whole thing to be “investigated”. What is there to “investigate”? The teacher admitted to a lapse in judgement. I just love how our tax payer dollars get wasted and how we throw our teachers to the wolves instead of supporting them and helping them.