My son's teacher told the class to shut up. Should I contact the teacher or administration.?

Answer 1

AAAAAHHHHHHH no you shouldn't, maybe the kids should shut up. After all they are in school.

Answer 2

In most districts, the policy is that if an Administrator receives a parent complaint, they must direct the parent to the teacher before even listening to the complaint. This is supposed to help stop parents from creating an issue over something that could have been easily resolved with the teacher instead of wasting an Administrators time. And trust me, principals are busy, busy people. So, please, see the teacher first.

Answer 3

You should contact the administration and the teacher to tell what a good job this teacher is doing.

Answer 4

No. Sometimes saying, "okay class please be quite" just doesn't work. As teacher, I use a process. First, I tell my students, "okay bell rang lets get started". If that doesn't work I then raise my voice and something like "hey, the bell rang lets get it going". If that doesn't work then it's "HEY SHUT THE HELL UP, GET OUT A PIECE OF PAPER AND LETS GO!".

You see, sometimes being nice and professional does not work. As a teacher I will use the language that they use in the hallway, before school, during lunch, after school, what they see in the movies, what they text to each other, and the foul language that they use when they ARE NOT AROUND MOMMY AND DADDY. Guess what? They're quiet and on task. I guess foul words are the words that some students only know and when a teacher means business.

Answer 5

What were the kids doing? What had the teacher said up until this point? Only asking because I've been in a room with 30 9th graders, and somehow they never think that it's them who need to stop talking.

I'd talk to the teacher first and get the other side of the story before talking to the administration. I believe that you should always start with the person closest to the problem.

Answer 6

I wouldn't suggest that. If your child was severly offended by that, or if it happens a second time, then yes.
And you'll want to contact the teacher yourself. And be polite. Don't go off ranting like an angry parent, because that will get you absolutely nowhere. Just say something like, "Next time maybe say 'settle down' instead of such harsh wording such as 'shut up'? My son was somewhat offended when you said it, and he came home upset" and such. Tell the truth, and speak your mind, but do it in a polite manner.

My sister has had issues with her teacher many a time. Not with saying shut up, but the teacher's aid made her feel uncomfortable because she was just "weird" to my sister. And everything was taken care of because my mum stayed calm.

Answer 7

Don't bother the administration with this. The teacher is only human. He/she probably ask the kids to be quite and they did not listen and he/she got irritated. We all have done that. If you have a problem with it, you should schedule a parent-teacher conference and discuss the matter like adults.

Answer 8

How well do you know the teacher? If you talk to him in a calm manner it might do some good, but he or she may be inclined to justify this. SO, in this case I might go over the teacher and contact the administration. It is sometimes easier to overlook a parent than your boss. I would definitely tell your son to let you know if this behavior is a pattern. The teacher may have been having a bad day(not that would be a valid excuse) or this teacher may be someone who needs to go.

Answer 9

I would talk to the teacher about it. I am a teacher too. Sometimes teachers have just had enough, but telling the class to shut up really isn't appropriate. I am sure most parents have used words like this with their own children, but teachers are held to higher standards. Teachers just have to have 100% ccontrol over what they say and do 100% of the time.

Talk to the teacher, she should appoligize, there really is no excuse for it. If something like this happends againm then I would talk to the pronicipal about it.

Answer 10

Oh Please! The teacher probably should not have said this - but without actually being there it is difficult to judge. I am no longer a teacher, I am a principal. I certainly hope that you don't hop on top of all of the things your kid comes home whining about - I see parents like this and their kids are spoiled, coddled, and living in unrealistic world because mommy is going to jump every time they complain!

Answer 11

This is really lame!

This is exactly the reason why kids today are spoiled brats. Its bad enough us teachers have to raise your kids, but then when a teacher slips up people like you want to go run and tell on them.

Get a life!