2.校長的理想特質檢核

2-2 Learn the Hard Way

Didn’t make the cheerleading squad? Might as well take your elementary-school principal to court

By Pat Wingert

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When he first started teaching, lawsuits didn’t loom large in Pizza’s imagination. Now, he says, schools get sued over anything, over nothing. Take the case of the group of fifth graders who were shooting hoops on the school playground one morning. The kids were breaking the rules—students aren’t allowed to play on school property without adult supervisors. But when one of the boys broke his arm, his mother, who had no insurance, sued the school and the parents of all her son’s playmates. She argued that her son deserved compensation because his injury meant he wouldn’t be able to play baseball that summer. “The kid was not Mickey Mantle,” Pizza said. Nonetheless, one of the parents’ insurance companies ended up paying some damages.

當他第一次開始教學，在Pizza的想像中訴訟案件沒有令他驚恐。現在，他說，學校被控告過任何事件。如案例，某天的早晨一群五年級的學生在學校操場上投籃。孩子們破壞了規則---不允許學生在學校玩沒有老師或其他大人在旁。但是，有個男孩手臂斷了，他的母親沒有保險，控訴學校和她兒子的玩伴們的家長。她認為，她兒子應該得到一些賠賞，因為他的受傷意味著那年夏天他將無法打棒球。“這孩子是不是Mickey Mantle，” Pizza說。儘管如此，一對父母的保險公司最終支付一些賠償。

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