Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher - The Firearms Forum

Suwannee Tim · 08-05-2009, 09:36 PM

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Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher Accused of Forcing Child to Eat from Trash Can

Bridgeport, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut kindergarten teacher accused of forcing a 5-year-old student to eat food from a garbage can in her Bridgeport classroom has had criminal charges against her dropped.

The case against 67-year-old Anne O'Donnell of Fairfield was dismissed Tuesday after state prosecutor Donal Collimore told the judge he didn't believe he could prove the case.

O'Donnell was charged with risk of injury to a minor in March. Police say she was upset that the boy threw out most of his hot lunch, and she made him eat chicken nuggets and a banana from the garbage can.

The boy's mother objected to the dismissal of the case, saying she promised her son she would fight for him.

O'Donnell declined to comment after the court hearing. Her lawyer says she retired in June.

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/conten...x?RsrcID=52079

Several things about this interest me.

First, I wonder if maybe this happened to 358winchester decades ago which warped his psyche with respect to food?

Second, I can see one of my teachers doing such to me back in 1963. I don't remember for sure but I really doubt I ever threw food in the garbage can.

Third, I can see me doing it to some child in 2009.

armedandsafe · 08-05-2009, 09:45 PM

Sounds like something I would have undergone in my youth. I remember the evening when the dog refused to eat my green beans. I had to pick them up off the floor and eat them. OR, get whomped.

Pops

cycloneman · 08-05-2009, 10:08 PM

aw man don't be dissin on 358

heck i hear ya. its a matter of respect for food. this kid probably deserved it. that is the problem today with kids they dont respect squat. that is why we be in the world we be in. you know

Alpo · 08-05-2009, 10:22 PM

While I might make my kid eat the food he threw in the garbage or on the floor (had a kid tell me one time that she was gonna get sick if she had to eat that, and I told her that if she puked on the table she was gonna eat it), but if the school teacher has got my kid eating out of the garbage can, there is gonna be problems.

Mr. Nameless · 08-06-2009, 12:41 AM

Okay let me get this straight. This woman ADMITS to making the child eat out of the trash can, and she still get's off with a tap on the wrist??

flannelman · 08-06-2009, 01:54 AM

If it had been me wasting food like that my Grandma would have whacked me over the head with a lunchroom tray. She worked in the cafeteria when I was in elementary school.

Gabob · 08-06-2009, 10:24 AM

358 Winchester was eating dog food at my son's house.
(Ask him about the time my DIL and son took him out to Golden Corral for dinner. That was the only time I ever heard of him being embarrassed)

358 winchester · 08-06-2009, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Gabob

358 Winchester was eating dog food at my son's house.
(Ask him about the time my DIL and son took him out to Golden Corral for dinner. That was the only time I ever heard of him being embarrassed)

Some dry dog food or dog treats are just plain good (CAUTION stay away from the cat treats they cause gas)

Bob the Golden Corral story has got to die only two times in my life that I felt my self blush and that was the worst of the two. When she stated rather loudly " IF HE CARPS HIS PANTS AGAIN IT IS YOUR TURN TO CLEAN HIM I DID IT LAST TIME" I almost left without finishing lunch. But that is OK because she and Hardball are younger and will live to regret the day they took me to the Golden Corral in Albany Ga.

4EvrLearning · 08-06-2009, 11:52 AM

I'm thinking there is a lot we don't know about this story....BUT....bottom line, for me, is that there had to be a better way to handle it than making a child eat out of a garbage can.

Trouble 45-70 · 08-06-2009, 11:53 AM

Had a friend who had been a prisoner of the Japs in China. He would have risked a beating to get at the Jap mess trash cans. As a crewman on a B-25 he never was allowed in the area. 2 of his buddies were nearly beaten to death for raiding a garbage can. Kid got off easy. Remember, millions of Africans are starving to death.

4EvrLearning · 08-06-2009, 12:27 PM

Trouble 45-70: I'm not condoning the 5-year-old throwing away perfectly good food. There are hungry people everywhere. But he's 5...she's 67. My point was, IF she did what's alleged (I still think there's too much missing information), I think she could have been a little more creative in getting her point across about wasting food.

08-05-2009, 09:45 PM	#2
armedandsafe Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Moses Lake, WA Posts: 10,344	Re: Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher Sounds like something I would have undergone in my youth. I remember the evening when the dog refused to eat my green beans. I had to pick them up off the floor and eat them. OR, get whomped. Pops

08-05-2009, 10:08 PM	#3
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,407	Re: Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher aw man don't be dissin on 358 heck i hear ya. its a matter of respect for food. this kid probably deserved it. that is the problem today with kids they dont respect squat. that is why we be in the world we be in. you know __________________ Who are you going to serve today?

08-05-2009, 10:22 PM	#4
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,662	Re: Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher While I might make my kid eat the food he threw in the garbage or on the floor (had a kid tell me one time that she was gonna get sick if she had to eat that, and I told her that if she puked on the table she was gonna eat it), but if the school teacher has got my kid eating out of the garbage can, there is gonna be problems. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy, and taste good with catsup - George of Lod, Year of Our Lord 297 I always take precautions. Beware the Evil Bullet Fairies.

08-06-2009, 12:41 AM	#5
Mr. Nameless Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Coast of N.C. Posts: 1,264	Re: Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher Okay let me get this straight. This woman ADMITS to making the child eat out of the trash can, and she still get's off with a tap on the wrist?? __________________ Signed ~BMP Two classifications of terrorist dead and not dead enough

08-06-2009, 01:54 AM	#6
flannelman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rural Arkansas. But isn't all of Arkansas rural? Posts: 1,176	Re: Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher If it had been me wasting food like that my Grandma would have whacked me over the head with a lunchroom tray. She worked in the cafeteria when I was in elementary school. __________________ What we do in life echoes in eternity! **** Liberals, they make about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine. If you want to be a looser the best way to get there is to hang around with other loosers.

08-06-2009, 10:24 AM	#7
Gabob Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW GA CSA Posts: 1,161	Re: Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher 358 Winchester was eating dog food at my son's house. (Ask him about the time my DIL and son took him out to Golden Corral for dinner. That was the only time I ever heard of him being embarrassed) __________________ NRA Endowment Member Keep Your Powder Dry

08-06-2009, 11:52 AM	#9
4EvrLearning Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Left Coast Posts: 1,449	Re: Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher I'm thinking there is a lot we don't know about this story....BUT....bottom line, for me, is that there had to be a better way to handle it than making a child eat out of a garbage can. __________________ *"Until God is finished with me, I am immortal." Jonathan Edwards, American Theologian (1703-1758)*

08-06-2009, 11:53 AM	#10
Trouble 45-70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NE Ar. W. of Black River Contributor Posts: 2,703	Re: Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher Had a friend who had been a prisoner of the Japs in China. He would have risked a beating to get at the Jap mess trash cans. As a crewman on a B-25 he never was allowed in the area. 2 of his buddies were nearly beaten to death for raiding a garbage can. Kid got off easy. Remember, millions of Africans are starving to death.

08-06-2009, 12:27 PM	#11
4EvrLearning Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Left Coast Posts: 1,449	Re: Charges Dropped Against Kindergarten Teacher Trouble 45-70: I'm not condoning the 5-year-old throwing away perfectly good food. There are hungry people everywhere. But he's 5...she's 67. My point was, IF she did what's alleged (I still think there's too much missing information), I think she could have been a little more creative in getting her point across about wasting food. __________________ *"Until God is finished with me, I am immortal." Jonathan Edwards, American Theologian (1703-1758)*