After he tried to snatch his i.d. off his neck twice, he shoved my 9th grader. Then after my son shoved him back, the teacher balled his fist up, my son said "you hit me I will f*** you up", then went straight to the vp's office and told them what happened. We tried to get him out before, and they told us no. Teacher has been harrassing him since this school year started.
2007-01-25 10:19:23 · 13 answers · asked by Paul'sWife 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
no my son is not a brat, the teacher is an individual who has had numerous incidents with other students through the years, and just has issues, when his co-workers even know the man was wrong.
2007-01-25 11:58:57 · update #1
Sounds like your son is a brat. Lucky the teacher didn't take a full swing at the kid. If a teacher feels personally threatened he or she can defend themselves from a student. Your son obviously threatened the teacher so he used acceptable force for defensive purposes. Good luck proving the teacher has been harassing your son all year and not the other way around. You've got no case. I'd try to talk some sense into my kid.
2007-01-25 10:29:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a teacher in fifth grade; she was abusive and hostile, and eventually was suspended for throwing a stapler at a child.
I had a teacher in eigth grade; he was caring and awesome, but he took a tough-love approach -- getting a bat to the backside or a tennis ball to the side of the head was a possible occurance, but you had to REALLY go off the wall to trigger that kind of response, and he was always calm and relaxed about it, turning it into an object lesson for everyone. He retired as a beloved teacher.
So, remember that context is important here. No teacher walks up to a student and starts a physical confrontation. Was your son refusing to give up his ID? That's insubordination. Was your son shoved in anger, or did the teacher just get frustrated -- or did your son imagine the slight to justify his own hormonally-driven shove on the teacher? Finally, did the teacher ball his fist to punch your son, or to defend himself because your son shoved him so hard?
I say this, not as a teacher or a parent, but as a teenager-become-adult from a Chicago Public School: if there's a pattern of unwarranted violence from this teacher, something will be done, so register your complaint -- but odds are your son was causing trouble, because he's a teenager, and he's filled with hormones and bravado. That's just the way teenagers are, and I've seen many a fight provoked and escalated by a teenager on a teacher trying to defend themselves, where the teenager afterwards swears up and down they didn't do anything -- but I've only had one teacher who ever did the same thing to a student. The odds are against your son on this one.
At the end of the day, though, no matter who's causing the problem, your son should be moved to a different class. Sit down with the principal and say "look, my son and this teacher don't get along, and it's not only impacting my son's ability to learn, but it's impacting the teacher's ability to teach. If we split them up, it will be better for everyone concerned."
2007-01-25 10:33:45 · answer #2 · answered by daveowenville 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first rule of teachers is to never touch a student in anger unless the teacher must protect himself or another student. It doesn't matter if your son cursed or was insubordinate (It's obnoxious and disruptive for students to behave this way, but it's not an excuse for a teacher's physical violence.)
If he made no move to hurt the teacher, another student, or himself, the teacher should not have shoved him. You have a right to file assault charges against the teacher. The school has a responsibility to investigate the matter.
Chances are, if you go to the principal with your intention to file assault charges, the principal will take you seriously. He doesn't want his school to be on the six o'clock news. Then maybe you all can come up with a solution to your son's and his teacher's problems with anger that will satisfy you both and be of benefit to both your son and to the teacher.
2007-01-25 12:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, this teacher seems very violent. But why has the teacher harrassed your son this way? Listening to what your son said to him, can it be a possibility that your son had shown a negative attitude which the teacher could no longer happen? If it is not the case and the teacher is acting this way for now reason, then I suggest you take it up with the school district. The school will not want to have anything to do with negative things that go around the school. Try talking to them again to figure out a solution and if they do not, then make sure you go to the school district. [make sure you tell your school you will be going to the school district] but don't make a huge scene that the whole school staff will turn against your son.
2007-01-25 10:29:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what our gym teacher did. We had the same teacher from grades 2-9 and his punishment each time we screwed around was 15 push ups in elementary school, 25 in middle school and 40 in high school. He also happened to be our health teacher in middle school and again in high school. He used the push-ups then as well. It did a lot more than being sent to the principal's office or getting a detention. Our principal was major push over and our detentions were a joke, the teacher was never in there to enforce any rules. Our gym teacher knew this so he came up with his own punishment. Definitely kept us from goofing off.
2016-05-23 23:47:07 · answer #5 · answered by Barbara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A teacher should NEVER shove a student. The only time a teacher should lay hands on a student at all is to prevent them from hurting themselves or someone else, and even that should be limited to *restraining*, not pushing or hitting.
2007-01-25 10:34:08 · answer #6 · answered by teresathegreat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only reason a teacher should push a student is to get them away in self defense. I would talk with a good lawyer and the school board. Maybe even the police cause thats assault.
2007-01-25 10:27:39 · answer #7 · answered by me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is never. A teacher never has the right to lay his or her hand on any student and I repeat never. It is even less tolerable if is a child.
2007-01-25 17:01:12 · answer #8 · answered by SDSUman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is NEVER okay for a teacher to push a student.
Go to the prinicpal if that doesn't work, the school board,
and if that doesn't work, go to court.
2007-01-25 10:30:18 · answer #9 · answered by georgia_peach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is NEVER ok for a teacher to behave in such a manner!!
If the principal cannot resolve this issue, take it to your school board.
Namaste
2007-01-25 10:28:25 · answer #10 · answered by cudala 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋