Teachers are bullies too

Saw this and thought it was pretty sad that teachers are doing this kind of thing, probably every day, in every school.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=18594318

 

I would have been in the office complaining too!

 

My first thought was, I bet that girl's self esteem is completely shattered.

I know it may be "cool" for kids to call each other losers, but a teacher? Very immature and not appropriate at all. If I were that girls mother I would pull my daughter out immedietly so the verbal abuse would stop. No child deserves to be called that. Ever. Especially not by an adult.

 

Why in the world would any sane adult think it was okay to call a child a loser? He thought this helped him relate to the kids? That is just beyond being a bully. That is mental abuse in my opinion.

 

My nephew had a teacher who called him stupid or stupid idiot in front of the class.
The teacher's excuse was that he/she was having a bad day.

 

I bet your nephew's day was no picnic either with a teacher like that.

 

He always struggled in the class so my sister told him that he needed to ask questions. So he did just that. He kept raising his hand to ask the teacher to explain. Finally the teacher got so upset because he kept "interrupting" every time he had a question. So I guess the teacher thought it would help by calling him names in front of the class.

 

And why is he still teaching? And how could some parents defend that?

 

Embassy that is my question. How could parents defend that?! In what universe is it ok for a teacher to call a student a loser?! If I was that mom I would have my child out of that school before you could blink.

 

I am assuming that the people whom are defending him (although none publically) have children whom he does not call names.
He is probably one of the "cool" teachers. Male 6th grade teachers often are.
There is no excuse for bullying and by a person in authority LESS. We all know there are kids the teachers like more than others. The kids know too...but to parade it around is wrong.
I would have been in the classroom the first incident and said to this man. "what the heck are you thinking?" for it to stop and then start again? So now he is mean AND lacks self control.?? (and a "loser" for 80%...I mean the paper said minus 20%, so that is 80..a B right?)

 

I agree.

 

Yes, you are probably right that he is one of the "popular" teachers. It is sad how teachers can destroy children's self esteem.

 

What kind of enforcement is that?!?! I saw the article too this morning, and I was shocked. I have never called my son that, and I will never come out of my mouth either! It's just the same as called someone a "retard", or something! I take high offense to things of that sort, sincemy brother has autism. What in the world are people thinking these days?

 

This is just beyond words.

 

I had a popular teacher humiliate me in front of the whole class. I never told my parents about it either. I wonder how often this goes on.

 

Kevin's first grade teacher is on Facebook. She's the pig that dumped his messy desk in the middle of math class and had him stand by while she made classmates clean it up. She's the one who told me the other teachers ask her how she 'stomachs' Kevin. In reality, she was a very new teacher that must have never had an ADD kid, and I'm not positive he was really ADD. She and I went to school together, and she was just as snotty then as she is now.
I would love to tell her she's one of the largest reasons I decided to homeschool. What purpose would that serve, though? She'd never apologize. I feel like she needs to understand that her comments and behavior were rude, juvenile, and out of line for a teacher.

 

I read that the other day. I would of blowed the roof off the place.

 

Yes, they can be. Teachers can also be loving and affirming. There are "bad apples" out there that get the publicity while the good teachers just go on teaching to the best of their abilities and loving their students.

 

We had an issue like this when our fourth child was going through elementary school.

Let me say, first of all, that we chose to send our children to that PS because it is very good. We know many of the teachers, get along very well with them, they understand our priorities, and our children had great experiences. (We homeschooled during middle school years, not elementary.)

But there is one teacher there who, quite frankly, is a teacher just to have a job. We feel sorry for her because she has a hard life, with a physically challenged daughter, but that's still no excuse for her attitude. At the end of the school year, she worked with the children to come up with adjectives, beginning with a certain letter, to describe their classmates. For our son, she chose W and wrote 'Wears glasses' and 'Whiner'. This was on the sheet of paper our son brought home, and he was quite upset.

OK, this particular son doesn't concentrate when he doesn't like a subject and does complain unduly. But that is no excuse for humiliating him in front of his classmates. It's not as if it's difficult to come up with positive adjectives for the letter W.

It was one of very few bad experiences we had at the school, but we went out of our way to ensure that the two younger children did not have that teacher. We also let friends know so they could steer their children to other teachers as well.

 

Steve, I think I would have just told him she's too dumb to know how to spell Winner properly...