Teacher Question

[valentinebaby]

One of my daughters had an "incident" in school with one of the more well-known boys in her class. He was always picking on her. At first thought I assumed he was being a jerk just to get her attention (she's a very beautiful girl), but then he started calling her names I can't repeat here and then threatened her with a pencil. She told me in tears what had happened as I was dropping her off at school. I immediately dialed the school office and asked to speak to the principal. It was amazing how quickly the whole matter was addressed and then cleared up. I did find out that this supposedly upstanding kid had a record of disciplinary problems and his parents had been asked to come in and discuss the matter both with the teacher and the principal. Our school system has a zero tolerance policy on threats. And the boy never bothered her again. I still think he was saying those things to get her attention and to impress the crowd of boys around him, but even so, you've got to stop it dead in its track.

The principal must be involved.

 

[Billyj]

Ok first let me say that I am a teacher in middle school. I hate to think that this teacher is calling a student an idiot in fron of the other students. Now by saying that, I am going to say this. I have on numerous occasions, I had parents confront me about saying things to the kids that they did not "like" when of fact I never said it. Kids do not always tell the truth when they are at fault. It is always someone elses fault. I agree with most of the other posts and think your neighbor needs to get both sides of the story before doing anything that they will regret later. Of course, I do not know any of the parties involved, but as a teacher, I am sick and tired of the mentality of parents who say " My child does not do this at home, and would not do it here!" Unless a parent is with the child 24-7, they do not know what they would do especially around peers. The so called "good" kids do just as much as the so called "bad" kids, but get away with more because of title of being "good". I am sorry if I sound as if I am on a soap box or something, but when are the kids going to be held accountable for their actions.

 

[maizey]

Sounds like teacher is calling it like it is. May not be the most professional thing to say but if your acting like an idiot you should be prepared to be called one. I for one think we need to stop sugar coating and act more like a place of educating and less like social services. Talk to the teacher, she had probably dealt with this crap all day instead of actually doing what she was hired to do...which is teach.

 

[ranchhand]

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[HarlansHollowFarms]

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[Sonoran Silkies]

Yes, there are two sides, but I would not necessarily just dismiss it and say that the kid is covering himself and really is at fault--that is the same as jumping in and suppporting the kid's side without knowing that other side. There are two other concurrent threads here that mention unreasonable teachers. Are unreasonable or biased teachers the norm, or even common? Of course not, but they DO exist, unfortunately.

I would assume that either the kid or his parent brought it up with the OP and asked their opinion or assistance. That said, unless the parent is unwilling or unable to stand up for the kid, or requests the OP's aid in doing so, it should be discussed between the parent, the child, the other kids who were present, the teacher and the principal.

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

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She does not even know what grade he is in...clearly none of her business.

 

[GaNewChick]

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I don't see where the OP stated that it was her business, nor did she state that she was going to confront the kid, the parents, the teacher, the principal or anyone else.

She relayed the info that her neighbor gave her, and asked what would we do in that situation. Jumping to conclusions about someone's motive for starting a thread can become tricky.

 

[GaNewChick]

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Other than sharing the story here and asking "What would you do" ~ where did the OP state she was getting involved? I didn't read anywhere in her post that leads us to the assumption that she is going to contact anyone.

 

[redhen]

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