Johnny Hammersticks

Being raised by good, god fearing Christians, Bob felt compelled to defend the bullied and proceeded to scissor kick Kelvin Benjamin in the forehead.

He was a mess. Truly one of the most emotionally disturbed children I have ever met in my 14 years practicing in schools. Strangely, he had a younger brother (1 year younger I believe) who was incredible well-adjusted. We used to call on him to help deescalate his brother sometimes. Resiliency is truly an amazing thing. I was called out to the classroom over the intercom (Mr. H bring the blue folder to room 26), which meant there was a crisis. When I arrived the class was evacuated and the teacher was holding students and crying. When I walked in the classroom was absolutely trashed. He had a 3-4 inch folding pocket knife, and was seated facing the wall sobbing with the knife blade held against his wrist. I had good rapport with him, and eventually got him to stand up and take the knife away from his wrist. I got him to smile a couple times and laugh, and I thought I could get the knife and get him out of the classroom. Without any sign of distress, he lunged at me and stuck the blade about 3/4” into my right shoulder just underneath my collar bone. Fight or flight kicked in, and I put him in a restraint and dropped to the floor screaming for help. I had him in the restraint, with the knife still in my shoulder, for about 5 minutes before one of the assistant principals and a contracted mental health practitioner came in to help. I was so jacked up I forgot the knife was in my shoulder until the teacher pointed it out when I walked outside the classroom. Freaky stuff....

Great set. My Brother Esau is one of my fav Dead tunes.

No idea. This was back in my first job in Charlotte. About 98% free/reduced lunch population. Gangs recruiting drug runners on the playground after school. I would suspect either dead or in jail (sadly). The prognosis for him was not good. Father in jail. Stepfather a slug and suspected drunk/abuser. Mom was more than likely cognitively challenged at best. At least I haven’t seen him on the news!

Good good, man! How do you listen to this stuff? To each his own, I guess.

I think these trends come and go, man.

If you didn’t notice, pretty much all of the posts following @BuffaloBill‘s were satirical in nature (e.g., holding a 9V battery to his tongue all day, death by 1000 cuts with toenail clippers). I believe this is what @Boyst62 was referring to. Nothing funny about what happened to the kid, obviously.

? My wife asked me if I wanted to go see Guster last week. Said tickets were only $40. I told her even if tickets were free, I’d rather have testicle surgery with no anesthesia. She didn’t think that was funny...

I would add Bob Dylan, Elvis, Michael Jackson, and Frank Sinatra to that list...just to name a few. One might even argue that Elvis’ influence helped to spurn the British rock and roll revolution.

Silver Stadium Rochester, NY 6/30/1988 Great show! Box of RainCold Rain and SnowNew Minglewood BluesRamble on RoseMe and My UncleMexicali BluesFar From MeQueen Jane ApproximatelyDon't Ease Me InChina Cat SunflowerI Know You RiderSamson and DelilahBelieve it or NotTruckin'He's GonedrumsThe Other OneWharf RatThrowin' StonesTurn on Your Love LightBrokedown Palace

Oh good lord!

Death of 1000 cuts using toenail clippers?

A lot of information missing from that article to pass judgment on the LEA (school district). Technically, when a student turns 18 they have the right to revoke consent for services, which some of them do because they no longer want the stigma of being “special ed.” If the district special ed team felt that a change of placement was warranted, they could have called a meeting with the parents to talk about least restrictive environment for that kid. Ultimately, there is an individual on that team who can make the intimate call, and then (in this case) the student would have been informed of their due process rights if he disagreed with the decision. If the student filed for due process with the state AOE, the “stay put” regulation would be instituted, whereby the student would be permitted to stay at his current school/placement until the hearing was finished and a judgement made. A lot of information missing likely due to the kid’s FERPA rights. The lack of provision of therapeutic services was an obvious misstep by the school, however, but the only thing that would happen would be that the school would be ordered to provide compensatory services Perhaps they did not. Perhaps they did, and ignored the risk. Reference my above example of the student who attacked the child with a kayak paddle while on a school field trip. This student had a prolonged history of severely violent behaviors. Never underestimate the possibility of people making stupid decisions.

Absolutely! I got stabbed by a 4th grade student why working in Charlotte-Mech. I was “advised” to not make a stink and not press charges, yet was encouraged by my supervisor to transport the kid and his mother to the psychiatric hospital for evaluation because his father could not bring him. Dad was “packing the car for a fishing trip,” and couldn’t be bothered. I was young and stupid back then. Would have handled the situation much differently today.

They played at Jay Peak Ski Resort last night, but I couldn’t go. Bummed. What show did they play at Frontier?

Indeed. And I will add that these kids aren’t flippantly placed in these self-contained programs. Due to lack of funding/resources there are limited spots, and thus, it is actually really challenging to get deserving kids in. Again, the criteria in my district is that the student needs to present a constant safety risk to self/others.

The article states that he was accompanied by a female “personal care attendant.” Clearly, they were well aware that this kid is crazy.

In my school district we have special programs for kiddos who are so emotionally/behaviorally challenged that they are simply unable to be educated with their peers. Essentially they are housed in separate buildings, have minimal academic expectations, and have regular access to therapeutic resources. These are the kids that present a constant risk of physical harm to self/others. Many of these kids, due to the nature of their disabilities, attend school over the summer months. Almost every day they take the kids out in the community to local parks and sometimes down to places like the Great Escape. Two summers ago, we had an incident where one of those kids (who I worked with and recommended a residential placement, but the state denied funding) attacked a young child with a kayak paddle (and beat him pretty soundly) before staff members were able to restrain him. Not sure if this was what happened here, but it certainly seems like it.

The kid is 18. Hopefully the sentence for this crime includes a stay at a lock-down mental health facility (e.g., state psychiatric facility). Clearly, this kid is capable of killing someone on a whim, and should be further evaluated and treated accordingly.

Great job by the criminal justice system and the Department of Social Services (or whatever it’s called) in Indiana. Sounds like this kid probably shouldn’t have been residing with his meth head, sex offender father.

I have been to camp probably 10 times over the past few years (morning and night sessions), and I have never, ever had to wait for a bus. They have 4 or 5 lined up ready to go both ways. A lot of folks stay to get autographs essentially until they are asked to leave the facility....well after practice has ended. Hence the cars still in the parking lot at that time.

“Questioned at the scene by police, Adams, who was in the park accompanied by a female professional personal care attendant, exhibited “some developmental disabilities,” Apple Valley Police Capt. Nick Francis tells PEOPLE.” He had a “handler” there. If I were the parent of the 8 year old I’d be suing the **** out of what ever agency or school district that “personal care attendant” was working for.

Looks like my front yard early on a Saturday morning. Except mine is covered with heroin addicts waiting to use my shower.

Yes they do. We went to an 8:45 session last week, and the buses ran from 7:00-12:00. We stayed for about 45 minutes after practice to get autographs, and still hopped a bus with no problem at 11:45. Check the website for specifics. The website is your friend.

The Fall Guy, Good Times, MASH, and Dukes of Hazzard were my favorites when I was a young child. Laugh Olympics was one of my fav cartoons on Saturday morning.