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I seriously doubt that a teacher- in 2009- would smack a kid, no matter how much h/she wanted to.
I can see it happening. A kid smarts off, gets your goat. He's close by. You smack the smartass. The worst thing I ever did when I was teacher was squeeze a kid's arm pretty hard as I was taking him to the principal's office. He was a 7th grader. He told me to stop squeezing his arm, and I stopped.
Well then he should have said "I got the paddle today and THIS (something I did WRONG) is why"....not "my teacher hit me." Bring back discipline.
You must have been blessed t attend schools where you weren't paddled for taking an extra few minutes in the bathroom as a middle school girl who just started her period and was figuring that out
Or maybe you didn't get paddled for requesting your teacher use your name and not simply call you "Yankee". And, in case you were wondering, the words used were, "Please don't call me Yankee, my name is Priscilla."
Or maybe you didn't get shoved into the lockers when you asked your PE teacher if you could go to the nurse because you were feeling nauseous and held against that locker until you were crying so hard that you did puke all over yourself because your teacher didn't send kids to the nurse unless he was sure they were really sick.
Must be nice to always assume that teachers are infallible and virtuous and children deceitful or had it coming to them.
You must have been blessed t attend schools where you weren't paddled for taking an extra few minutes in the bathroom as a middle school girl who just started her period and was figuring that out
Or maybe you didn't get paddled for requesting your teacher use your name and not simply call you "Yankee". And, in case you were wondering, the words used were, "Please don't call me Yankee, my name is Priscilla."
Or maybe you didn't get shoved into the lockers when you asked your PE teacher if you could go to the nurse because you were feeling nauseous and held against that locker until you were crying so hard that you did puke all over yourself because your teacher didn't send kids to the nurse unless he was sure they were really sick.
Must be nice to always assume that teachers are infallible and virtuous and children deceitful or had it coming to them.
I would look into it and in fact after making sure you understand the entire story your child has told you, I would corner the teacher when no one else is around to get in the way and ask her out right if that happened.
My daughters school has done some pretty appallling things and the principle has been MORE concerned with defending the teacher then making sure the rights of my daughter were defended.
I would LOOSE IT if a teacher smacked my daughter. I would contact DCF and report the school. They are there to make sure children are safe from everyone and that includes a wing nut teacher who feels they can slap around their pupils.
Actually no, it did happen in two different schools though. I was pulled out of the Christian school and sent to public school where it continued. I suppose though, if the stereotypes are true, my hands would have been smacked a lot if I went to Catholic school
I am looking for some advice on how to handle a situation about my son saying his teacher smacked him in the face.
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Personally I would have a meeting with my child and the teacher to get the truth out. I would side with the teacher and tell my child to respect adults. If I had an issue with the teacher I would address it without my child there. The teacher will spend a lot fo time with the child and if you don't let the child know that the teacher is in a position of authority then your child will think it is okay to do as they please. I do not condone what the teacher did but I wouldn't let my child know this too well.
The teacher can and willmake your child's life difficult and may not focus on educating like they should. If the teacher knows you are on their side they will bend over backwards to help you and your child.
There was a time when kids feared their teachers.....not a bad time in history IMO
You must have been blessed t attend schools where you weren't paddled for taking an extra few minutes in the bathroom as a middle school girl who just started her period and was figuring that out
Or maybe you didn't get paddled for requesting your teacher use your name and not simply call you "Yankee". And, in case you were wondering, the words used were, "Please don't call me Yankee, my name is Priscilla."
Or maybe you didn't get shoved into the lockers when you asked your PE teacher if you could go to the nurse because you were feeling nauseous and held against that locker until you were crying so hard that you did puke all over yourself because your teacher didn't send kids to the nurse unless he was sure they were really sick.
Must be nice to always assume that teachers are infallible and virtuous and children deceitful or had it coming to them.
3 teachers wrong vs. 1 child....something is missing here.....
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Personally I would have a meeting with my child and the teacher to get the truth out. I would side with the teacher and tell my child to respect adults. If I had an issue with the teacher I would address it without my child there. The teacher will spend a lot fo time with the child and if you don't let the child know that the teacher is in a position of authority then your child will think it is okay to do as they please. I do not condone what the teacher did but I wouldn't let my child know this too well.
The teacher can and willmake your child's life difficult and may not focus on educating like they should. If the teacher knows you are on their side they will bend over backwards to help you and your child.
There was a time when kids feared their teachers.....not a bad time in history IMO
3 teachers wrong vs. 1 child....something is missing here.....
yep, what is missing are some people opening their eyes to the truth of what goes on in some schools.
You mistakenly assume that because I have experienced bottom of the barrel teachers (and seriously, do you deny they exist? is that what you are implying?) that I have not experienced excellent teachers, I have. This post is not about excellent teachers however, it is about suspected abuse. Abuse needs to be taken seriously at all levels.
Or are you the type who thinks that all those Catholic school kids that were abused by respected Priests were making it up or somehow deserved it or that those children were the problem? Just wondering.
Some people have fantastic school experiences, some teachers and schools do a wonderful job educating children. Some don't have wonderful stories to share, don't get all hurt just because someone else's experiences don't match yours. Don't dismiss other people's experiences as untrue simply because they don't match yours.
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Personally I would have a meeting with my child and the teacher to get the truth out. I would side with the teacher and tell my child to respect adults. If I had an issue with the teacher I would address it without my child there. The teacher will spend a lot fo time with the child and if you don't let the child know that the teacher is in a position of authority then your child will think it is okay to do as they please. I do not condone what the teacher did but I wouldn't let my child know this too well.
The teacher can and willmake your child's life difficult and may not focus on educating like they should. If the teacher knows you are on their side they will bend over backwards to help you and your child.
There was a time when kids feared their teachers.....not a bad time in history IMO
This approach will set your children up for a lifetime of either victimhood or perpetuating the cycle of abuse as bully. But hey, if that is what floats your boat...
real parenting is hard work. It's easy to just hand the reigns over to the school system and let them deal with things but you have to keep in mind, we reap what we sow.
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