Post: Teacher threatened my daughter

Posted by Amanda on 10/21/05

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Thursday was the 1st grade music program. My mom went and
dropped my daughter off in the classroom and was suprised
when the teacher called my daughter by the wrong name.
She has done this before and has even sent notes home with
the wrong name on it. My mom also noticed that her desk
was at the front of the classroom, facing and against the
wall underneath the whiteboard. There is no way for my
daughter to even see the board from this location. After
the performance, my sister, daughter and I went to the
class to see for ourselves. I asked my daughter why her
desk was against the wall. She said 'that teacher got mad
because my pencil box kept falling out of my desk.' I
went and looked at her desk and as soon as I moved the
chair the box fell out again. There were so many books in
there that there was no room for the box. I cleaned out
the desk and fit everything back inside. My daughter then
decided to go to the bathroom. After a few minutes, the
teacher walks in. I am assuming it was the teacher
because I had never met her and she neither introduced
herself or asked my identity. When I asked why the desk
was in the front of the room, she said 'I could have
strung that kid up today.' She then went on an spoke
about all the problem she had with my daughter that day
and wanted to know if I had ever considered treating her
for ADD. She then went on and told me that she had the
last straw when my daughter dropped her pencil for the
third time that day and got angry and moved her to the
front. She said, 'I must have scared her because she
started to behave.' I was so offended by her comments
that I could not hold a conversation. The next morning, I
spoke to the school counselor about my concerns and she
said that she would talk to the teacher. After talking to
people at work, who happen to be psycologists, they
insisted that I call the prinicpal immediately and tell
her. After leaving a message two hours earlier, the
principal calls back. She listens to my complaints and
asks me what I want done about it. I tell her that I want
it to stop and that no student should ever have a teacher
talk about them that way. I told her that I wanted to
bring it to her attention so in case this happens again, I
will take this matter as far as it needs to go. My dad
then decides to go and observe the class at the end of the
day, figuring that if a child is going to misbehave Friday
afternoon would probably be a good time to witness it. He
stood outside in the hall listening to the conversations
while the teacher made the students clean their desks. He
peeked around the corner and saw that my daughter had
already cleaned her desk and was sitting quietly with a
look on her face that broke his heart. She looked as
though all she wanted was for someone to pay attention to
her and notice that she was done already. No one said a
word, since she was still at the front of the classroom.
The principal told my dad that is was at MY request that
she be moved to the front of the room. So, now the
teacher and/or the principal is lying and I just don't
know what to do! Please help me, am I overreacting, or do
I need to react more. What should I do? Conversations
with the school just don't seem to help.

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Teacher threatened my daughter, 10/21/05, by Amanda.

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