do teacher have the right to do whatever they want to your child as long as there in school?

Question

my daughter summer school teacher, grabbed her by her hand bent her wrist untell she started crying than walked away, she than ran to the office. for help - it started because she was walking to slow comeing back from the bathroom break .She said, he was like! your moveing to slow, so he grabbed her hand put it in a hold position and walk her to her sit, and didnt let go!!sqeezing untell she started crying.. she sayed she reapetedly told him your hurting me.. let go. he didn't , no one at the school called the house or anything i had to hear it when she got home. she sayed the princapel told her to forget what happend and go to class. we took her to the hospital because she sayed her wrist still hurts she was diagnose with a sprung wrist because of what he done but when talking to a lawyer they say he is a B.D. TEACHER he has the right to do so..''WHAT'' the hell. is the true teacher are allowed to do whatever they wish to kids and nothing can be done.??

Answer 1

i'm going to play devil's advocate here and share a little story. a boy went home one day after a stressful day at school that resulted in a teacher phone call home. before dad could tear into his son, the son told a story about a teacher who had choked him in the hallway days earlier. he said she grabbed him for wandering the halls and pinned him against the wall by the neck. he then showed his father the resulting bruises. he said the stress of the situation caused him to lash out at other teachers in other classrooms. the enraged father contacted the school immediately and demanded the resignation of the violent teacher. it was over a month later that i found out about the incident from a fellow teacher. it seems the student had pointed at me as the violator. no charges were ever brought against me because he lacked witnesses and his story never held up in the principal's office. after questioning it was discovered he had made up the story and had a friend choke him to leave marks. he was angry at me for stopping him in the hallway when he was chatting with friends.
i'm only telling you this because children can be quite convincing, especially when we love them. please research the situation carefully. you are absolutely right to contact an attorney and question the incident. but please keep in mind that the teacher is a professional for a reason. give him/her an opportunity to present another scenario for the injury. my principal stood by me because she knew i was incapable of such a disgusting crime. that teacher's principal may be prepared to do the same for an upstanding teacher who deserves the opportunity to defend himself.

Answer 2

No teacher has the right to do whatever he or she "wants" to any child. From your description, it sounds like this teacher stepped over the line, and should be removed from the classroom, either temporarily for counselling, or permanantly. You should also be compensated.

However, I hope you are not one of those people who push every tiny little thing way out of proportion. As I said, from your description, things sound bad and the teacher sounds like he is completely in the wrong, but I've witnessed events that the student and parent have twisted into something it was not. As a result, we live in a world where teachers cannot pat a child on the shoulder to show support. They cannot talk to students individually even in a hallway full of other students without fear that they will be accused of something. Students can curse a blue storm in the classroom, but the teacher's response, no matter how much by the book, must be examined and reexamined. Some students are out of control because they believe, because their parents and society has made them believe, that the teacher has no authority over them. That's just wrong and poor practice. Students are children and teachers are adults, and well-raised children who will one day become contributing members to society, not burdens on them, understand that there is a difference and they are not equal in authority to teachers.

To Sevenn, actually, corporal punishment is or was legal in Louisiana in public schools when I taught there. No special permission was needed and it was assumed everyone had foreknowledge because it was a legal practice. However, it did have to be done under very prescribed conditions. The paddle could only measure such and such, etc. There had to be so many witnesses, etc. It didn't work. I once had a student ask to leave class to go pick up a notebook he had left in another part of the school. He said he would, "take his licks." It was a joke and students much preferred to be paddled than to be assigned to detention.

Answer 3

First of all, the child/student's story is always more sympathetic. Second, you have not heard the teacher's or principal's point-of-views. Instead of automatically assuming faults. Contact the teacher and principal and get their side of the situation before doing anything else. All sides of the situation needs to be presented.

In the US, if what your daughter said holds up, then it would be wrong. But if this happened in other countries where there is more discipline, then this is probably normal disciplining. In fact, the parents in other countries might even support the teacher by telling the daughter, you need to move faster and not hold up the rest of the class. I've been spanked before by elementary school teachers thru middle school, and in all cases, my parents said "I probably deserved more than what I got". And I thank my parents for that because I learned to not act up, and maintained discipline throughout high school and college and probably for the rest of my life.

Kids in the US today have no fear of the teachers, and in many cases no fear of their own parents because of the Child Protective Services (CPS). In which case, why should the kids in the US listen to the parents or the teachers?

Answer 4

My advice? Find a new lawyer.

Take your daughter (and her medical records) down to the police station, make a police report. (Be sure to mention not only the teachers actions, but also that of the principal, as the principal acted wrongly also. If a child comes to a school administrator claiming a teacher has hurt him/her, the administrator should investigate and at the very least contact a parent!!!!) Then contact your local school board, make it very clear this is not acceptable. Because it isnt. BD teacher or not, he does NOT have the right to lay hands on your child ESPECIALLY in such a way that causes physical harm. If the local school board does nothing contact the state school board. At the very least request that your child be transferred to another class.

If none of this helps, contact a child abuse hotline. Contact the media. Contact a local child rights organisation.

THis is not okay. You have been lied to, straight out.

Edited to add: BTW someone mentioned that corporal punishment is sometimes legal in private schools... Legally speaking ONLY with permission (usually in writing) and foreknowledge of a parent. NO ONE has the legal right to hurt your child like that. ESPECIALLY without informing you.

And yeah it's "corporal" punishment, lol, not "capital" punishment. Noone executed the kid.

Answer 5

No they can't, but you have to understand that this is a child that you are listening too. There could be another side to it. Children will make up stories or elaborate on ones afraid that they are going to get in trouble. Before blowing things out of proportion you should calmly ask the teacher and Principal about the situation.
This is how witch hunts start.....

Answer 6

I don't know what a "B.D." teacher is, but this sounds horrible. I hope you find a supportive lawyer or some other way to settle this.

NOTE: I'm assuming your child attends a public school. I know that capital punishment is acceptable in some private schools. Also, if you are not in the U.S. then I have no idea.

Answer 7

What sevenn said. That should really be your best answer. But anyway, also keep in mind whether your daughter has a history of lying about things like this. Maybe to keep out of trouble or something? Keep your eyes open to that maybe not being the whole story, but never discount your child based on what someone else tells you either.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

No.
Disciplinary action is different from abusing little children in school.
The school and teacher were having miscommunication and communication failures.
That explain why the first gunshot was first heard from US school and later spreads to all schools world -wide on planet earth.
Was able to trace the human errors back to the schools out there on planet earth.
Trace the little children after independence were all at loss with the missing x-files for their survival on planet earth.

Answer 10

Oh Hell no, you need to to go the school Board for that one,and make sure that there are no complaints against that person, If there is not get one filed and make sure that it is solved, follow up with it to make sure action is taken. They ahve no right to do that period...I don't think so. No teacher has that right