Re: Teacher threatened my daughter

Posted by Mr. Chandler on 6/07/06

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I am so glad that you have gotten this taken care of! I am
an elementary education major from CO and would NEVER treat
a child this way. This woman is truly in the wrong
profession.


On 10/21/05, Amanda wrote:
> 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.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Teacher threatened my daughter, 10/21/05, by Amanda.
• Re: Teacher threatened my daughter, 12/12/05, by AM.
• Re: Teacher threatened my daughter, 12/16/05, by ally.
• Re: Teacher threatened my daughter, 12/16/05, by from georgia.
• Re: Teacher threatened my daughter, 12/16/05, by Amanda.
• Re: Teacher threatened my daughter, 1/28/06, by AM.
• Re: Teacher threatened my daughter, 6/07/06, by Mr. Chandler.