My son had gone in to school as normal, i was watching through the window whilst waiting for one of my friends, my son came out of the cloakroom crying he had lost his book bag and was worried he would be in trouble, he came towards the doors to see me, he was met with a human wall of teachers stopping him from going out of the school (understandably) the head then came out of a room near to the doors and grabbed him by the arm and walked him down the corridor, he broke free and headed back to the cloakroom, she again grabbed him by the wrist this time and pulled him back towards her, he screamed and i went into school to find out what the hell was going on, she let go of him when she saw me and i sorted his problem out, he wasn't being a s**t or having a pop at anyone, he hadn't done anything wrong he just lost his book bag, got upset and wanted me to help him find it but wasn't allowed to get to me but was instead marched off by the arm then grabbed and pulled by his wrist.
2006-11-30 09:35:46 · 16 answers · asked by cadjin 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
If any one treated my child like that I would have flattened them on the spot.
2006-11-30 09:39:37 · answer #1 · answered by stone 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
She stopped him leaving the school premises, and she immediately backed off when she saw you storming in. She sounds ok. At the start of the school day she wouldn't have had time to sit him down, make him a cup of tea and find out what the problem was, and since he was able to pull free so easily, she cannot have been using much force at all.
It is unfortunate that she managed to scare the s**t out of him at the very moment when he was already expecting a telling off, but that can be sorted. I hope you have explained to him that the teach acted that way because she didn't want him leaving the school. If he had discovered his book bag was missing a few hours later and sneaked off at playtime it could have been a different story, these things do happen.
If you ask, he will probably say he screamed because he thought the teacher was cross with him. If he was hurt he would have screamed sooner.
2006-11-30 10:12:14 · answer #2 · answered by Tertia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all calm down. What is the head's explanation of this? Was your child physically hurt? Was the situation actually caused by your son seeing you at the window, something that the teachers hadn't accounted for, did they think your son was trying to run out of the school?
A lot of people are giving advice which could lead to serious consequences, both for the school and for your son's education.
The correct course of action is to discuss the matter informally with the head. If you wish to take it further then you request a meeting with the chairman of the governors with the head present. If still unhappy you go to the LEA with your complaint and look for another school, or consider home schooling.
2006-12-02 22:44:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may have been acceptable 100 years ago but I would seriously consider legal action over this. Nobody should be allowed to treat a child like this - especially not somebody who has a responsiblity towards the child as a person in a position of trust. If you accept this sort of thing you are in effect endorsing it - you must make a stand on this matter or it WILL happen again, perhaps to your child perhaps to someone else's child.
Children are people and respond better to reason than physical restraint and teachers should know this without having to be told.
2006-11-30 09:51:03 · answer #4 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make an official complaint to the school board of governors and let them take the right action. It is of no benefit to get involved in aggressive action without going through the right channels.
What you must understand is that while your child is within the school gates, your child is the responsibility of the school authorities. And lost bags are their bag.
2006-11-30 10:05:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This behavior by that teacher is totally unacceptable. Report it at once. Your son should have had the opportunity to explain the situation fully, without being man handled by BIG BERTHA! If the school has cameras, get a copy of the tapes, post haste! Lest they be erased, and this problem just swept under the rug. Good luck to you, and your son. I wouldn't blame him, if he never wanted to go back to that school. EVER!
2006-12-02 15:31:55 · answer #6 · answered by knownothing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has anything like this happened before? From what you say he doesn't appear to have been endangering himself or others so there wouldn't seem to have been a need for this situation to have developed. I would write a letter to the Chair of Governors requesting an investigation into this issue especially if any other child has been treated like this as well.
2006-11-30 09:51:02 · answer #7 · answered by Purple 8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was grabbed like this when i was at school many moons ago, and to this day i remember it very well. My crime was i walked it to assembly trying to find my form tutor to tell her i was back from the swimming baths after she had sent me back to get my bag which i left behind. the male teacher holding the Assembly was not happy i walked into his Assembly and made an example of me in front of the whole school and dragged me to the headmaster and i was given detention. i hate that teacher to this day and i was never given chance to explain nor did the teacher who sent me back stand up for me. Strangely enough i hated school for a long time after that. Go to the school and stand up for your kid and make sure that the teacher is disciplined for what they did.
2006-11-30 09:49:49 · answer #8 · answered by Airhammer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st make a copy of what you have wrote on here you may need to refer to it later
2ND make a formal complaint to the schools welfare
3rd if you feel this was some kind of assault on your child contact your local police station and ask Them for advice
4th get in touch with the local teaching authority and speak to them about the matter
people may say its nothing but this is your child if nothing is done and something like this happens to another child questions will be asked why you didn't come forward sooner
i hope you get the matter sorted out
2006-11-30 09:56:35 · answer #9 · answered by ironstu3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This teacher was well out of order,and if I was in your position then i would report her,she had no right to upset your son or grab him in the way that she did,this could actually be classed as child abuse these days.
2006-11-30 09:40:46 · answer #10 · answered by shell.7. 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Report it and go as far up the chain as needed. And try and get the tape becuase most schools have security cameras. Like in digital clocks and such. It may take legal action but hope not.
2006-11-30 10:40:52 · answer #11 · answered by Kayla [(Adam)] 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋