First of all I don't think it is funny or professional to make fun of mental illness. I also think that the boys this woman works with have a right to privacy - a right to not be poked fun of in the media.
The article is titled: "My Story: Learning to love 'my little psychopaths'" by Shelby Scoffield. Of course 'my little psychopaths' is in quotes, so of course we can see that she doesn't really mean it. She is just joking, so it is allright - right? Are the boys she works with psychopaths in the true sense of the word? Possibly. However, that doesn't mean that giving them this label publicly is the right thing to do.
Definition of a psychopath:
| Also called: sociopath a person afflicted with a personality disorder characterized by a tendency to commit antisocial and sometimes violent acts and a failure to feel guilt for such acts. Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/psychopath I have met psychopaths. I would say that I probably lived with one while I was growing up. But it isn't a joke. Maybe I am just a bit sensitive because my own mental illness could cost me my job because people do not understand DID - they fear it. I do know that if I published stories of my students using their names and pictures in a way that violated FERPA laws, I would lose my job. I am shocked and saddened that this teacher did this. ***Edited to add: I see that the online news station changed the title of the story and took down the picture of the young men. I am glad, but I still think the story is awful. I can see that many of the comments express the same things I felt last night. | |
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