That's awful! Just hearing how your son reacted (doing what the teacher asked, even though it hurt; being sad because he got in trouble & not so much that he was in pain) resonates with how awesome your son is. Yes, I know all mothers say their son/daughter is the best, but your son sounds like one of the (few) good ones.
Poor little man. I hope he heals soon.
You really should get an apology. Not bandaging the injured area could let in all sorts of bacteria! :(
To be honest, the only piece of background information that is really necessary is the first part - about the school's code of conduct, etc. The lengthy rambling about how your son is AWESOME and you're a FUN family really isn't relevant and doesn't add much to the story. It would have been enough to say that he doesn't get in trouble at school and tries to please others. That would have explained why he hurt himself so badly trying to remove the temporary tattoo
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Don't worry about it. There has been so many more ppl with unnessecary background info. And I think it's important to demonstrate that he did what he was told without back answering the teach, or being a naughty lil boy provoking him to lose her temper. The background sets the tone for my this poor kid felt so persecuted by the teacher. Leave it in. (But then again I'm a lazy stupid 11yr old who has no grasp of spelling or grammer u may not want to listen to me or u may be tarred with the same brush...).
Having said that, DEFINITELY make sure ur in the room if she apologises to him. I had a teacher be bullying to me when I was in yr 2 and her apology made me more uncomfortable than the act, she felt lots of hugs n back and butt pats were appropriate and I didn't want to cause any more problems... ( and she does need to apologise to him, she was so far in the wrong).
the long paragraphs numbered 2 and 3 weren't necessary, especially since no kid deserves to have such a thing happen, whether they're god's gift to the earth or a demon child.
But I felt she should be appropriately warned that I'm an idiot and my opinion doesn't have any credibility or count for anything and I have the mentality,spelling, and grammar (n presumably coherency) of and 11yr old.
That's only fair for her, I wouldn't want her to give my opinion any value if it doesn't conform to the majority here. I was helping her and giving her a heads up.
UGH, that is just horrible, as a mother myself I am seriously livid that something like this happened. I was the same sort of child in school and I ended up dislocating my knee cap because I followed my teachers instructions and wouldn't go against something that felt wrong to me. *hugs* I hope your son feels better soon and that his lip heals nicely.
I would call bull on the whole they can't tell you who your son's sub is today. I mean, it seems you should have the right to know who is in charge of your own son.
I think it's moreso to prevent an incident, I'm not a violent-yelly type, but if something like this happened with a parent who WAS a violent-yelly type, I can see telling me that they can't divulge that, because I can definitely see some parents going beyond complaint filing.
That makes sense. But in your should I'd keep pushing higher up. That he hurt himself like that isn't her fault, frankly it is just one of those awful things and I'm sure no one would ever think sending a kid to wash something off ( usually makeup from my school days and henna which doesn't) would result in blisters and blood but that she then didn't have him taken to the nurse is completely disgusting behaviour on her fault.
She's actually not even allowed to tell him to wash it off, if she had an issue he was supposed to be sent to the principal's office for them to deal with
And yeah, I was asked to wash off henna in school before. That stuff definitely does not just wash off! I ended up having to wear gloves.
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Poor little man. I hope he heals soon.
You really should get an apology. Not bandaging the injured area could let in all sorts of bacteria! :(
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I came in here prepared to say exactly the same, but no need to be repetitive.
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Seriously. That was a wall of unnecessary text.
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The background sets the tone for my this poor kid felt so persecuted by the teacher. Leave it in. (But then again I'm a lazy stupid 11yr old who has no grasp of spelling or grammer u may not want to listen to me or u may be tarred with the same brush...).
Having said that, DEFINITELY make sure ur in the room if she apologises to him. I had a teacher be bullying to me when I was in yr 2 and her apology made me more uncomfortable than the act, she felt lots of hugs n back and butt pats were appropriate and I didn't want to cause any more problems... ( and she does need to apologise to him, she was so far in the wrong).
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the long paragraphs numbered 2 and 3 weren't necessary, especially since no kid deserves to have such a thing happen, whether they're god's gift to the earth or a demon child.
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That's only fair for her, I wouldn't want her to give my opinion any value if it doesn't conform to the majority here. I was helping her and giving her a heads up.
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And yeah, I was asked to wash off henna in school before. That stuff definitely does not just wash off! I ended up having to wear gloves.
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