I believe that this is a metaphor for what is happening now in our schools:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-south-carolina-school-employee-tosses-student-in-classroom-20151026-story.html
Therefore, any small spark of humanness that we can bring to our schools, however we do it, through CI or grammar translation or the audio lingual method, whatever gets the job in any small way done to make school have more value and meaning to children like this one, will be a help.
We are not all about teaching languages. We are not separate from those around us in our buildings. If one person hurts, we all hurt. Par contre, if one kid feels a bit better about their life upon leaving our classroom, because we tried so hard to teach in a meaningful way that is not boring, then we all benefit.
We must continue to love our kids and make them feel the opposite of what this kid was made to feel like. It’s a moral showdown and we must play our part in it by teaching well and by standing up to all forms of bullying in our buildings, and be forever on watch for the non-physical versions of this event, which happen so much more often.
Sorry, a mini rant. Couldn’t help it. That’s my state. Go Go Gamecocks.