Teacher Problem

[tiggerlover]

DS came home from an afterschool activity and said that his teacher slapped him in the belly. I asked for DS to explain and he said that he was acting silly on two seperate ocassions and the teacher slapped him in the belly (slap in as when you slap your belly when you have had a good meal and you are full) both times.

I was speaking with a friend of mine who has a child in this teachers class and she was not surprised because her daughter has been slapped in the head, lightly. I was shocked that this has happened to others, and apparently it has happened with other students and this teacher was reprimanded before. According to my friend the teacher said it was habit and hard to stop. HELLO....is there something wrong with this picture?

Also, during soccer season this fall my DH saw this teacher physically grab a student by the shoulder. DH said if it had been our son he would have been right in her face about it, so it must have been brusque enough for DH to react this way.

So now my dilemna.....what do I do? (First I will talk to DH, he is at school tonight and I haven't seen him since I found out). There is a good chance this teacher will be my son's 2nd grade teacher next year because right now she is the only 2nd grade teacher in the school. I can't believe she has been reprimanded before and it still continues!

ARGH!

 

[4greatboys]

That teacher has no business slapping you child or any other child. I would def tell her she is NOT to hit your child in any manner. I would also speak with the prinipal to let them know what has happened. maybe if enough parents speak up they will get rid of her and find another teacher.

 

[Mermaid02]

Sounds like somebody needs to lose their job.....

 

[dianeschlicht]

(slap in as when you slap your belly when you have had a good meal and you are full)

daughter has been slapped in the head, lightly.

Is this something this teacher thinks is an expression of affection? You know, like love taps? How lightly? Not sure how to interpret this.

 

[DawnCt]

Originally posted by dianeschlicht
Is this something this teacher thinks is an expression of affection? You know, like love taps? How lightly? Not sure how to interpret this.

That is how I would intepret it from the way it was originally written. Some people are just tactile in their approach to others and it doesn't always mean that it is inappropriate. I would probably down play it with the child and if the situation recurrs, then I would inquire. When my 3rd DH was 8, the bus driver slapped him full across the face because he snuck his halloween candy on the bus and was eating some. He didn't have a chance to report it to the principal because the other children on the bus beat him to it!. I would like to tell you that the principal called me as soon as he found out but I didn't hear a word from him until school had closed and the children were on the bus and on the way home. He referred it to the superintendant and wouldn't address the issue with me. The superintendant refused to discuss it with me (bus drivers are unionized) but the police were happy to listen. After that, the superintendant invited us to a meeting with the bus driver, a representative of the bus company and a union leader. I brought my lawyer.

 

[Tiiiigergirl]

Child protective services would also take a report. If they continue to get reports on the same person, then they are in a position to file charges etc. People who are in charge of children have a special trust and can't afford to have those kinds of habits that are hard to break!

 

[gepetto]

I would suggest you talk to the teacher and try to find out exactly what happened. Getting someone fired, bringing in police, lawyers or child protective services is the wrong thing to do until you have all your facts.

 

[lisajl]

Oh my goodness...we sure have had a lot of these threads!

I would talk to the teacher and see what happened. Not that I don't believe your child, but get both sides of the story.
I do that with my kids when stuff happens at school.

Then go from there. But, everyone is right. That teacher has no right slapping anyones child. Plus, I remember talking to a teacher and she said they can't even hug kids anymore due to the problems it might create.
So, talk to the teacher.

Good luck...anyone for homeschooling? (just kidding).