Teacher as Kindergarten Bully
Teacher as Kindergarten Bully!
Kindergarten Bully is The Teacher?
Your child is in kindergarten and loving the class. Over time he comes home but seems not as happy as he used to be about school. Have you thought about what is going on in the classroom? Or have you looked into what is going on amongst the children? Is there a Kindergarten bully in the classroom? And then you discover the Kindergarten bully is the teacher…from another classrom?!
A Telling Headline in the News!
A headline caught my attention today that spoke to this issue. It was a bully, right? Yes, but the bully was bigger and older than you think. The teacher in this story felt the only way to deal with the kindergarten bully was to ‘command’ 24 children to hit the bully as he stood still to receive the smacks. Children that didn’t want to because he was their friend or even barely slapped at the bully were reprimanded and told to ‘hit him harder’. This teacher was not even the kindergarten teacher of the bully, but a second teacher who had the child come into her class for the ‘aggressive action’ to take place. Confusing?
You WILL Hit Him Again..and Harder
This was brought to media attention after one month. The parents want the bullying teacher to lose their teaching certificate, and are taking punitive action against the school. The school put the offending teacher on leave and will not rehire them next year.
It was a poor choice of actions toward a bully by the kindergarten teacher. You have to ask the question, had they done this before and no one brought it to the school’s attention? How would your child feel if they saw all this take place and had been involved? They’d probably lose trust in the teacher and possibly authority figures in the future. They might wonder how safe they would be if someone spitefully called them a bully and they really did nothing. They might even feel shame or guilt for striking another child like they were taught to not do by their parents.
This is Messed Up!
Messed up? You bet! Keep in mind when your child enters a school, it’s not with perfect human beings. It’s with regular humans that have baggage too. If your child shows signs of worry, sadness, upset, etc., check it out. Your child should be able to feel safe with the teacher, and safe in the classroom or on the playground. Be a responsible parent and keep an eye on your child’s welfare…home or away. You’re their first line of defense!
What are your thoughts on this? Leave your comments and then go to this link: Teacher allegedly orders students to slap 6-year-old ‘bully’
Oh my goodness. As a former teacher, I cannot comprehend this action. It hurts my heart!
Audra B recently posted..The War Within {There is Hope}
Audra,
You’re one of the better teachers of which there are many.
DonnaPerugini recently posted..Children’s Giveaway Where’s My Water? Disney App
Oh Donna, this just sickens me. This is indeed messed up! I can’t imagine what a terrible place the teacher must have been in for her to think that type of punishment was acceptable. Teachers are authority figures and little kindergarteners are so trusting. So sad.
Poor little one. Please post an update on this when/if your read one!
Linda Kinsman recently posted..Bon Appetit Parchment Meals Review
Linda,
It could have been the basic way she was raised. To bring this type of thinking into her work place with kindergarteners was either poor judgment or foundational ideas she believed were acceptable. What happens next will indeed be of public interest.
For all her training in this field with young children, how did she come to believe this behavior would not be noticed or even be ‘the right position to take’?
Donna Perugini recently posted..Children’s Giveaway Where’s My Water? Disney App
Teachers of any level, specially of a kindergarten school should act not as a bully but as a mentor and a friend. Young mind must perceived that their teachers are the ones that they can rely on and not someone who they think is a “monster” or a “terror teacher”
I agree. Teachers cannot push a bullied child to bully back as ‘a learning tool for the child’. All that’s taught at that point is ‘how to be a bully’. Bring in the parents of the bully and the school principal. Do not ever let bullying continue.