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Raine

(30,540 posts)
31. Happened to me in 4th grade
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 04:33 PM
Nov 2019

when my parents found out the teacher was bullying me they put me into a private school. My father had to work overtime to be able to pay my tuition but changing schools made all the difference in the world and saved me psychological problems.

People really do suck Bettie Nov 2019 #1
I hope the school and the involved teachers get the book thrown at them!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #2
There will be a big lawsuit. At least there should be. Ah, I see there is. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #14
Apparently this poor child didn't tell his parents right away, Hortensis Nov 2019 #3
Yep, the teachers involved definitely do not belong in this environment!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #4
The school called police, incidentally jberryhill Nov 2019 #6
Thanks for the additional information!!! RKP5637 Nov 2019 #8
This is where the Charles Mansons, Ted Bundys and Parkland Shooters come from. lpbk2713 Nov 2019 #5
Exactly!!! Crap like this can be severely emotionally devastating, lasting a lifetime and morphing RKP5637 Nov 2019 #7
Yeah, no obamanut2012 Nov 2019 #22
Seems it's more like this is where the Charles Mansons,Ted Bundies and Parkland shooters AJT Nov 2019 #26
There is incompetence in every profession. Teaching is no different. nt UniteFightBack Nov 2019 #9
But the long term effects of teaching children is very different defacto7 Nov 2019 #11
This is cruel and humiliating behavior, not incompetentcy, FFS!! OMGWTF Nov 2019 #15
More educational dollars Turbineguy Nov 2019 #10
We are seriously going to hell. Initech Nov 2019 #12
It's really getting concerning/frightening - crazies coming out all over the place!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #13
My 3rd grade teacher would make one of the kids in her class a goat Marthe48 Nov 2019 #16
my son's 3rd grade teacher was the same. barbtries Nov 2019 #25
Happened to me in 4th grade Raine Nov 2019 #31
a faculty full of sadists?? WTF is right. BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2019 #17
Just based on the Mother's last name I would guess this is also a racist issue. flying_wahini Nov 2019 #18
What is wrong with some people? smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #19
Jobs and teaching licenses should go away forever. TNNurse Nov 2019 #20
Where did this teacher get her Scarsdale Nov 2019 #21
Unbelievably cruel karin_sj Nov 2019 #23
Decades of hate radio and blatant lies from Fox are turning people into uncaring monsters. Lonestarblue Nov 2019 #24
Well said!!! Agree very much!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #30
How awful... Mike Nelson Nov 2019 #27
When I was in 2nd grade we had a boy who was Turbineguy Nov 2019 #28
Good for the teacher Marthe48 Nov 2019 #37
The Betsy DeVos model of public education. LakeArenal Nov 2019 #29
I went to Catholic school for eight years oswaldactedalone Nov 2019 #32
Horrible!!! Fortunately, I never ran into anything like this, so glad!!! Worst I had that sticks RKP5637 Nov 2019 #33
Sometimes a kid is so disruptive, and teachers have had all authority taken away, that they snap. Doodley Nov 2019 #34
I was wondering about that too. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #35
This child could have a health issue, like diabetes, or pre-diabetes, Ilsa Nov 2019 #36
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