I read a story today that really ticked me off.

The headline read "Kentucky school teacher caught dragging 6-year-old along school floor is fired and rehired again."At first glance, one might be tempted to be angry with the teacher.In fact, many are rather enraged about it.Along with the online article was a video that very clearly showed the incident.According to the story, which occurred Oct. 29, 2014, the child had become disruptive in the classroom and was threatening other students.The teacher, Ashley Silas, states that she had no choice but to "drag" him to the office since the child refused to cooperate and walk there on his own two feet.She was fired immediately thereafter but then was reinstated after an appeal to a tribunal.It wasn't the "dragging" that elevated my blood pressure a bit; it was the fact that the teacher was actually fired over the situation.When you look at the video of the incident, which, by the way, didn't "catch" her doing anything as she "dragged" the child an estimated 160 feet in clear view of everyone in the hallway (other teachers included) and then everyone in the office, it is clear to see that at no time was the child in any duress, let alone in any danger. It is also very clear to see that she did not "drag" the child across the floor, she slid him.She had the child's arm in one hand, and what appears to be a cellphone in the other.Both child and teacher appeared to be completely calm, (Silas later stated that the child enjoyed begin the "center of attention" and sliding through the hallway) and at one point the teacher stopped to get a better grip on the child's arm, at which point (or at any point for that matter), the child could have chosen to stand up and walk: which he did not.The incident reminded me of a visit with my granddaughter last year when I took hold of her leg and proceeded to "drag" her around the kitchen floor and then began dragging her in circles and spinning her around.This went on for about 15 minutes straight because every time I tried to stop (as it killed my back and made me dizzy), the little lady kept yelling, "More Mimi, more!"So if this teacher is as horrible as people are making her out to be, then I must be equally as horrible for "dragging" my granddaughter around the kitchen floor!It was noted that the school did not want to hire Silas back, but that they had no other choice but to do so as dictated by the tribunal.Silas may also face a fourth-degree assault charge.How ridiculous!According to the parents, the child has been diagnosed with ADHD but does not take the appropriate medicine to control it due to the medication's side effects, which means the teacher, who has an entire classroom of children to deal with (and protect) also has to deal with outbursts of the ADHD student, which, if you have ever seen one, is beyond challenging.She calmly removed him from the situation to place him in the hands of the principal's office so that she could get back to what she is paid to do: TEACH.Aside from carrying him, which may have caused him to become combative and put him at risk of her dropping him during a struggle, how else would one recommend she get him from point A to point B if he refused to walk there on his own?So what if she decided not to "drag" him to the principal's office but let him stay in the room and he decided to carry out whatever threats he made to other students?How would she stop him?Should she grab him and hold him down?Would not that have drawn an equal amount of ire and put him at a greater risk of injury (or her even)?I think the changes in education laws relating to children with any type of special needs or behavior issues has made the task of simply teaching students more and more difficult and has placed educators in a position that in my opinion, they should never be in.I have a friend who is a high school teacher, and the protocol in her school when a student becomes disruptive, acts out or becomes out of control is that she is to stop teaching and remove all of the other students from the classroom!Now if this only happens on a rare occasion, the idea of everyone else having to stop their learning process for one individual might be somewhat acceptable; but the problem is, it isn't a rare occasion: It's all too common.In my opinion, Silas did the right thing and no charges should be brought against her.If the "dragging" were on concrete or even grass, my thoughts on this would be much different due to the likeliness of injury to the child, but this is not the case here.It is also my opinion that if those parents do not wish to have their child on the appropriate medication to help curb problem behavior, then perhaps one of them should sit in the classroom on a daily basis to deal with any behavior issues and to ensure that EVERYONE can have a positive learning experience.