hey teachers leave our kids alone
our son’s teacher- the one who told him to shut up- bragged to me that she uses sarcasm in the classroom to keep kids (like mine) in line. I said “oh that would be bad- he’d give it right back to you” and she replied “oh but I’d win”. She’s nothing but a big bully, sanctioned by school administrators.
I thought we’d gotten away from that in schools- away from the days when intimidation, humiliation, fear were supposed to ‘motivate’ the kids to tow the line. Not learn, mind you, or want to behave, but stay quiet so the teacher could talk. It’s so disappointing to find out that’s not the case. Should I pull him out? Homeschool? Or does he need to learn to put up with jackasses because he’ll have to face them sometime in life? She’s one of 2 in his school… but he’s in trouble w/her weekly.
No, pulling him out won’t accomplish anything. If everytime he can’t properly deal with a superior as an adult, you bail him out, he will never learn how to deal with these situations himself.
Every time an employer is a jerk he could quit and find a new job, or he could learn how to perservere through difficult circumstances and succeed in the face of adversity.
And if you want to help, which you clearly do, I’m not suggesting ignore the problem. Help him figure out how to deal with these situations. Give him your experiences and tell him how they worked or didn’t. If he wants to learn from you, great. If he wants to do it himself, that’s fine too. But he has to learn to deal with difficult people and situations.
Hang in there!!!
By: newhoosier on April 13, 2007
at 7:45 pm