Expulsion from school - fair or extreme?

8/11/2012

A girl with special needs was recently expelled from her school due to her challenging behaviour and psychological problems. Read the full article here.

Do you think the girl deserved to be expelled from her school? Give your opinion in the comments section.

14 Comments

luke fox

9/11/2012 01:18:37 am

I agree the child should of been expelled.the child was disrupting the education of many children. One kids education should not be put above the rest of the class.Even if she went back she would do nothing but drag the class down with her.It sounds like she has no interest in education so if she went back and finished school she would leave a failure just as if she did not do school at all.

Alison

9/11/2012 01:18:48 am

Yes, I do agree with the decision of the school. The girl was putting other pupils in danger therefore she should be put into a school where she can be minded properly in a safe and careful environment, this would be for her good and the good of others. She obviously caused a lot of harm in the school to make the school even think of expelling her. I don't think the court case is going to go her way because the court has to think of all the other children that are in the school. Her needs are very challenging I understand that she suffers from many illnesses. I think Ireland are lacking in facilities for people with needs like this. If Ireland had these facilities we would not be facing problems such as this.

Algirde

9/11/2012 01:20:27 am

I do think its fair because her behaviour is dangerious towards others. She could harm someone in the school. Her condition isn't her fault but the fact that she has it and can't control it is a problem.

I don't think her parents should of brought the school to court though. The school were doing the job, looking out for the other kids. It's not fair on the school. The HSE wasn't able to provide extra help for this girl. The HSE should have provided her with the help because she does have a lot of illnesses, and she was intitled to the help.

Janet

9/11/2012 01:20:33 am

I agree with the decision of the school because the girl's disability is more than they can handle. The teachers in the school are trained to deal with curtain types of disability but if it's beyond what they can handle or what they trained for then they where right to expel her.

Another reason why I agree with this is because if her behavior is extremely bad, it will affect the other children's study and they might not be able to pay attention in class. I also think her parents should consider home schooling.

kaitlin

9/11/2012 01:22:34 am

I do not agree with the decision of the school,I dont tghink that it is fair even though she has sevral disorders she should not be expelled because she needs her education too.
It might be a better idea to get the girl maybe a one on one teacher to give her a chance of education i know the government will not be able to fund it because of the cutback.
I think it is a disgrace that they accepted her to the school in the first place because she should have been tested before she was accepted to the school. Now she is expelled for her problem that she can not control it.
Every child deserves a chance of education so i think it is unfair that her chance was ruined because of her disability.

dannielle

9/11/2012 01:22:45 am

I do not, agree with this article as this girl has special needs and the teacher should have been able to take control of this girl, as she was in a special needs school. Although if she was dangerous and caused the other students danger and fear well in this case I would agree. This poor girl is suffering various illnesses such as ADHD, moderate intelleatual disability, mixed emotional and conduct disorder, a history of attachment disorder and possible foetal alcoholic syndrome. She should not have been expelled for any bad behaviour as it is not her fault she has these illnesses. The school was strongly out of control for their behaviour

Àjiri Osauzou

9/11/2012 01:22:59 am

I certainly and most deffinately do not agree witth the school for expelling the young girl.
Even though she did put another student in danger.
She should have at least been suspended.
If they knew what way she would be acting up they should not have accepted her into the school.
I am not saying it is the schools fault but they could have at least suspended her.

Clare

9/11/2012 01:23:41 am

I disagree with the decision of the school because this girl has several disabilities such as attentin deficit hyperactivity disoder mixed emotional and conduct disorder.It's nother fault for her behavour. They should have the facilities and teachers to help her calm down in the school.
The school must of known about the girls disabilities and should been prepared for her.This school was probably the only school she could go to as she needs extra help, so this school is ruining her chance of an education, just because of a disability she can't control.
In my opinion, If this is the way that school .Instead of expelling her they should have tried to help her, or calm her down , or explained to her that her behavour is unexceptable. I think this is a disgrace and she should be allowed back in the school.

keeva

9/11/2012 01:26:36 am

I do agree with the decision of the school. My reason why I agree with this is because the girl was disrupting the other students in the class. She had challenging behavior so she was a threat to the rest of the students. If the school decided to not expel her it could be to big of a threat to the teachers.
Even if she had one to one teaching it would be nearly impossible to handle her with all the disabilities she had. If her mother wanted her to be well looked after maybe she should go to a different place. She is in a school. It is not the teacher job to babysit her.
You have to think about the other children in her class. Do they want to see someone going mad in the middle of class time? Will it make them react similar to the way the girl is reacting? We have to look at these things . She could be putting everybody at risk.

eimear

9/11/2012 01:38:34 am

In my opinion, i don't agree with the decision of the school. I think it is very unfair to the girl who suffers a moderate intellectual disability and several others. I think their in the wrong to expell the girl who suffers with these illnesses when she needs the help the most. She enetered a school which was deemed the most suitable for her and therefore i don't think they should of have expelled her, when they accepted her in the first place. The schools well aware of her several illnesses. I don't think its fair at all.

Nikola

9/11/2012 01:41:38 am

In my opinion if the 14 year old girl is destroying property belonging to the school or harming other students the school is completely entitled to expell herdue to her behaviour.
Her challanging behaviour due to her dissabilities disrupts other s other from education and best attempt of sucess. If students are in this type of enviroment, it’s not fair on them.
By reading about her disabilities it shows in what type of enviroment she has grown up. Its says a lot about her parents.

Andrew

9/11/2012 01:42:34 am

I agree with the schools decision to expel the special needs student because she was a danger to her teachers and other children the girl has several disorders leading to “very challenging” behaviour and a history of assaulting members of her family which shows that if she would assault members of her own family she would assault the teachers or even the other kids. The girl disrupts the education of the other children around her by acting up in class the school should not be sacrificing the education of the other children just to suit one child needs. If the school felt the need to expel the student the student must have been constantly disrupting the others around her and getting into trouble the school would only expel her if it was deemed necessary. If the school were to let her back in she would still be the same child with bad behavioural issues, this is why I agree with the schools decision.

Tara

9/11/2012 01:43:18 am

No, i dont agree with the decision of the school as I think that everybody deserves the right to an education. The Government school do whatever it takes to give her that.
Its not her fault, she didnt choose to be handycaped. Teachers in her school should feel sorry for her, more then want to kick her out of the only education she will get in her life,
Although, on the other hand i do agree that she is disturbing the rest of the students trying to learn. That is why I think she should be taught on their own in a seperate class room or in an office, maybe even for half the day.
People get paid for helping these type of people with special needs. Peoples taxes pay their wages,

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8/7/2013 01:06:45 am

In my opinion, the decision taken by the school authorities are correct. The above said student's activities are affecting the studies of all other children in the school. That situation is not acceptable. So I agree with the same. Regards.

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