This past week we literally saw (thanks to social media) how a classroom situation can accelerate. A student refuses to follow the directions given by a teacher, ignores the administrator's direction, and ultimately, the SRO (School Resource Officer)  is called to a classroom at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina. When the student doesn't respond to his direction, he removes her from her chair and the room, setting off a flurry of reaction by those who witnessed it on site and on video. He is fired and, students are arrested and the debate ignites. The act of the police officer was labeled assault and evaluated as to police protocol. His termination came quickly. What a difference a day makes. But far less attention was given by social media and main stream media to the actions of the teacher and administrator. Something else went wrong that day, in that classroom. We wonder about the back story and the relationships that didn't work to serve a reportedly newly orphaned student nor anyone else in that room. There are, however, few absolutes, rather just reflections and questions.  Read more...