pissed off

[alexisdefinedby]

Lili told me last night of an incident in which her teacher grabbed her face and shook her head back and forth because of a math problem that Lili did incorrectly (she answered it correctly, but didn't show her work). I am so incredibly pissed off about it and want to kick her teacher's ass. Lili said that she is not the only one this has happened

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WTF!?!?!?

[msmeliss]

that's horrible... i'm glad you stepped in right away
please keep us posted on the outcome, that woman should
be execu.... I mean fired, demoted, something

hugs
give a hug to lily for me as well

Re: WTF!?!?!?

[alexisdefinedby]

So the principal got back to me right away Friday morning, both emailing me and calling me. She apologized for the incident and said that the teacher was out sick but that she would be calling her to discuss. I find it interesting that the teacher is out sick because so is Lili. What if she got Lili sick from touching her face?!?!

Another thing she said has be kind of concerned, too. She was talking about how some teacher choose to "stand on a positive pedestal" and others, unfortunately, choose the negative route. And she understood that this was one of the teacher's weaknesses. She also said that she was sure that the teacher would be very remorseful because when they had discussed this in the past she was. IN THE PAST?!?! Has this happened before? Why is she still teaching?!?!

Re: WTF!?!?!?

[msmeliss]

WTFWTF??? in the past bullshit... that's NO EXCUSE!! and YES... why is
she still a teacher... I would take it up with a local parents group to
dicuss what action YOU can take as a parent.

I will do a little research on this end to, but something like the CPS
and some kind of teachers association would be very helpful in letting
them know of the situation.

I would also, not threaten the principle, she seems like she is a nice person, but confront ehr again and let her know she will NOT be the
only one who knows about this if the teacher has had a history of this
type of tratment and is STILL in the school system!

this is not right, as a teacher , I know she could get in a LOT of trouble for putting her hands on a child. There are also child advocates who could help you out there!

children have INCREDIBLE rights protecting them.

I will see what I can find but you shoudl ALSO do some research

good luck my friend
breathe
hugs
m~

Re: WTF!?!?!?

[alexisdefinedby]

I called a friend of mine who also has a daughter in Lili's class to let her know what's up and also because Lili had told me that this girl also receives a lot of verbal abuse. This ia another thing with this teacher, she yells at the kids a lot. I understand that you have to be strict sometimes but I think she goes about it in the wrong way, it's more belittling rather than instructing. Lili's 2nd grade teacher was really strict but in a way that the kids respected and he was never mean about it

Re: WTF!?!?!?

[alexisdefinedby]

Sorry for the late update. The result of our meeting with the teacher and principal is that Lili is remaining in her class. A very good point was made about teaching the lesson that adults can change their behavior and Lili's teacher has to prove to her that she can teach without harsh words or physical correction. She did take Lili aside and apologize to her and Lili was ok with going back to her class. I still wanted her out but I can understand how that wouldn't really help Lili in the long run. Things seem to be going well and Lili is happy to still be with her friends. I've told her (and had the principal reiterate it to her) that if anything happens to make her in the least bit uncomfortable that she is to get up and go to the principal's office immediately. I still think that we might move her to a different school next year anyway. The one that is a couple of blocks from our house has a lot more opportunities for arts and music than her current school.