Utter insanity
The child that punched my coworker last year is in my class this year. On Wednesday, I was telling the kids how saying mean things was toxic and not something that makes you feel good. This student turns to me and says, "If you say anything to me, I'm going to smack the shit out of you." I responded by saying, "If you react as such, then you have an anger problem and you need to deal with it in a more constructive way." I write the incident up, and give it to the dean.
The next day the student asks for the bathroom pass. I said, "Finish your do now (beginning assigment) first." He finishes his do now and then I give him the bathroom pass. I say, "The time is 9:43, please be back by 9:48." He arrives at 10:00 and I say to him, "What took you so long?" As yesterday was the first day of the new marking period, I decided to have the kids change seats, so that I could curtail on the talking and so beginner ESL kids could have new partners to work with. We changed seats while he was in the bathroom. When he gets back he goes to his old seat and says, "Get out of my seat, Miguel." I explain to Brayan that his new seat is in the back and "thank you for moving." He says, "I'm not going to move." He just stands in place behind Miguel. I said, "Fine, stand there." He then goes to my desk, grabs a handful of paper clips and then sits in his new seat. I say to him, "What are you doing with those?" "I'm going to throw them." I say to him, "That's not going to happen today." He says, "I'm not going to fucking listen to you." I then ask a school aide to come over. I explain to the school aide the situation. Brayan says, "I didn't say I was going to throw the paper clips. She's lying." The school aid responds, "I can see by your face that you're lying." He then starts telling us both to "Shut the fuck up" and insists he's not going to go with the security guard.
The killer is that when I talked with my Assistant Principal she said that she thought that I was "being abusive" to the student by telling him to "stand there." Saying to a student, "stand there" is corporal punishment. Hello, I was the one being abused. I also read to her the referral from the day before, which she claims she wasn't aware of. She said that in that case the student should be suspended. So, apparently he is going to be suspended next week for threatening me, but not also for telling me to "shut the fuck up" (because I was "abusing" him that day). What was I supposed to say when he didn't want to move to his seat?
The next day the student asks for the bathroom pass. I said, "Finish your do now (beginning assigment) first." He finishes his do now and then I give him the bathroom pass. I say, "The time is 9:43, please be back by 9:48." He arrives at 10:00 and I say to him, "What took you so long?" As yesterday was the first day of the new marking period, I decided to have the kids change seats, so that I could curtail on the talking and so beginner ESL kids could have new partners to work with. We changed seats while he was in the bathroom. When he gets back he goes to his old seat and says, "Get out of my seat, Miguel." I explain to Brayan that his new seat is in the back and "thank you for moving." He says, "I'm not going to move." He just stands in place behind Miguel. I said, "Fine, stand there." He then goes to my desk, grabs a handful of paper clips and then sits in his new seat. I say to him, "What are you doing with those?" "I'm going to throw them." I say to him, "That's not going to happen today." He says, "I'm not going to fucking listen to you." I then ask a school aide to come over. I explain to the school aide the situation. Brayan says, "I didn't say I was going to throw the paper clips. She's lying." The school aid responds, "I can see by your face that you're lying." He then starts telling us both to "Shut the fuck up" and insists he's not going to go with the security guard.
The killer is that when I talked with my Assistant Principal she said that she thought that I was "being abusive" to the student by telling him to "stand there." Saying to a student, "stand there" is corporal punishment. Hello, I was the one being abused. I also read to her the referral from the day before, which she claims she wasn't aware of. She said that in that case the student should be suspended. So, apparently he is going to be suspended next week for threatening me, but not also for telling me to "shut the fuck up" (because I was "abusing" him that day). What was I supposed to say when he didn't want to move to his seat?