Re: [Phys-l] Should teachers blog???

["John Clement" <clement@hal-pc.org>]

There was never any obvious evidence, just niggling little things that might
point in that direction.  Unfortunately in that case the decision is
difficult to make.  Indeed now there is very strong evidence that a number
of people have been convicted of abusing a baby by shaking them, but the
symptoms could have been produced by other things.  Indeed there was a study
on a simulated baby that showed internal forces too low to produce traumatic
symptoms by just shaking.

One seldom has a smoking gun.  It is like the movie with Meryl Streep where
she plays a scrupulous nun who drives out a priest because she believes him
to be an abuser.  But in the end she even admits she might be wrong, and the
viewer never knows.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX

 
> On 2011, Feb 18, , at 14:04, John Clement wrote:
>
> >  This is
> > the sign of a possible abuser, but nobody would rat on him.
>
>
> >  The admin would never listen to me and were more likely to turn
> > on me.  I would normally not report a colleague, but in this case maybe
> I
> > should have done it.
>
>
> In Calif. failure to report obvious abuse (reported by student or visible
> trauma) is a criminal offense.
>
> bc here's this from retired teacher spouse.
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