My sons teacher reached his boiling point today....?

Question

Teacher grabs my son by the neck and throws his off his chair on to the floor and restrains him with his hand around my sons neck. I called police, made an assault charge, but police says they don't like make these kind of report due to the schools is suppose to do the filling, but wont the school protect the teacher? We did have a meeting and they seamed to minimized the issue... what else can i do to make this issue NOT get lost in the world of miss-placed reports? Is there anyone who has dealt with this before? Any advise from those who have been through this would be helpful...Aloha Debra

Answer 1

Get hold of a lawyer immediately. Now. Do not waste a single second. Let the lawyer know what you want and also that you intend to sue the school unless that teacher is fired immediately.

Are there marks on your son's neck? Get pictures of them now.

There are some people who should not be teachers. This guy sounds like one of them.


The teacher doing this because the kid was acting up is no excuse. The kid would need to have been causing someone else physical harm to justify a teacher acting like this. If that were the case, you know that the school would have done quite a bit to punish the student. This was assault and it was a teacher on a power trip abusing students.

Answer 2

I'm not so sure about boiling a goat in milk, although it sounds delicious, but people lived much shorter lives right up until the 1800s. Even now, reaching 80 on a regular basis is something you only find happening in (comparatively) very wealthy countries. In countries like Sierra Leone and Somalia, the average life expectancy is about 45 to 50. Historically, people would generally live until about 40 or 45, so if you wanted babies you'd better start young. There wasn't time to put it off for the sake of your career. Over sixteen would have been way too old to start-- that's nearly half your life gone already when you could have been baby-making three or four years ago. Bear in mind that even "Romeo and Juliet", a good 2000 years later, is about thirteen-year-olds. That's really the whole point of the story; they're young teenagers who think that their love is more important than anything ever, just like young teenagers still do now, really. It's rather charming to realise that humans haven't changed significantly for hundreds or thousands of years. So that play is a tragedy, yes, but there is also supposed to be an element of black comedy in the idea of two melodramatic, hormone-ridden teenagers thinking that nothing will ever be as important as their relationship. Also consider that 20 was still considered really pushing it for a woman not to be married in the 1800s. That's why in "Pride and Prejudice" Charlotte is desperate to settle for any man who'll have her at 27; she's basically considered a spinster. Society would believe that she'd have no prospects whatsoever. These days, that's younger than the average age to get married in the US alone. Here in the UK our average age of marriage is 29 or 30. So that's why. Throughout history, people just didn't live such long lives, and there was a much greater chance of dying from disease or in childbirth. You got married young in order to have as many children as possible so that you'd have a chance of some of them surviving (and the older you got, the more chance you had of dying yourself). The exact age of marriage was down to parental judgement.

Answer 3

That was indeed an assault. Why don't you consult with a lawyer. I believe you can lodge a criminal complaint against the teacher, though I'm not sure how the criminal justice system works in your country. If that would be futile I'm sure you can always seek relief by filing a civil action for damages against the violent teacher. No matter what your child did to upset his teacher the latter has no right to lay his hands on your child. By the way, what kind of rule gives the school the discretion whether or not to file an action against its abusive employees? That's totally unreasonable! Don't rest until you have achieved justice for your child on this incident. Parents are the only ones children look up to for protection and support. Your son's experience with the ***-hole could adversely affect his moral development. But you can do something to help him regain his morale by showing him that you are willing to defend him at all cost.

Answer 4

I doubt you were there and saw this happen first hand. It is highly likely that your child is exaggerating and/or has not told you the whole story. Ask the school to interview other children in the class. If it's true, than the teacher did go too far. But if the principal finds that it isn't as outrageous as your child claims, than you really have one of two choices to make. You could:

1. accept what the administration of the school is saying. Teach your child to respect his teachers and not act out in class. Don't be so quick to believe the outlandish things he may say that happen in class...maintain close contact with his teachers and listen to what they say about how your son is behaving/performing in their classes.

2. Pull your child out of that school and find a different place to educate him. If you don't homeschool him, establish and maintain regular , respectful, and open communication with his new teachers.

Oftentimes children will lie or exaggerate when they know their parents will believe them because their parents have already indicated mistrust or dislike of a teacher. They think they can get away with it and avoid the natural consequences of not studying or behaving in class.

Answer 5

This is an easy one. You tell that school and the police department that if they do nothing you will contact all the local news stations, news papers, and retain a lawyer. Then you do just that. Make sure that your sons story is heard and that action takes place. It just irks me that the police have the nerve to stand by and do nothing because the school did not do the reporting.
Act today before this happens again, especially now that the school knows about it and the teacher knows he told you. You do not want him threatening your son into dropping this.

And to think, teachers are supose to help protect children.

How sad

Jennifer

Answer 6

Can we hear the other side of the story? What did your son do to provoke this from the teacher?

I'm not saying she should of done this or this is accepted, but would like to know what your son did and how old he is.

You have no idea what it's like being a teacher and dealing with spoiled abusive kids all while getting paid below the american average. I'm not a teacher but my mother was.

Answer 7

If you saw this..you can bring assault charges. If you didn't..report this to Child Protective Services. Let them do the investigation. If your child has identified Behavioral or Emotional Disabilities.. he is covered by special education laws as well. Call or contact parent advocacy in your state, under Department of Education.

Answer 8

Before you go around condemning the teacher, you might want to ask yourself what your son did to make the teacher go off like that. Was your son rude or disrespectful? Did he curse at the teacher? People just don't snap like that. If your son was a prick, you might want to let this go. Sometimes kids need a good roughing up to make them wake up. This generation is so disrespectful and rude and its largely because parents let them get away with murder without punishing them. If you're son had it coming, I'd let by gones be bygones. It'll be good for your son too because he'll know that he must be held accountable for his actions.

Answer 9

If this is something that happened and isnt embellished by your son, file a formal complaint with the school and call the STATE police if you havent already. sometimes local cops like to brush things under the rugs. You can also call department of social services to investigate.

Answer 10

You have the right to file against the teacher and quite possibly the school. No one can assault tour child and not be held accountable.