For the second time this week, a ghastly-sounding story of a teacher verbally abusing a five-year-old child. And this time, it’s on tape. The parents of an Indiana kindergartener sent the child to school with a tape recorder in his pocket after suspecting problems:
I’ve been more than nice to you all year long and you’ve been ignorant, selfish, self-absorbed, the whole thing! I’m done!” Indiana teacher Kristen Woodward says to Gabriel on the tape. She continues: “Something needs to be done because you are pathetic! If me saying these words to you hurt, I hope it does because you’re hurting everyone else around you.”
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I’ve heard worse from teachers. And from administrators. And from parents.
I work in a preschool, and even here children are belittled right to their faces.
“Don’t be a baby!” “You can’t sit in the chair right ’cause you’re to big for your pants.” ( the child this was said to had a weight problem. And after that comment, his attitude changed drastically, he stopped eating and became withdrawn.)
“These kids have no respect! especially that one!” The teacher would point out a child and give him/her a bad look.
I know there is a lack of knowledge and more training needs to take place. War may be on the priority list of some of these higher ups,
but Education, Teacher trainings and up keeping of health findings in our children need to be added to that list at the TOP because it’s the CHILDREN that will be taking over the WORLD!!!!!!
What the heck is the PROBLEM with people??? Seriously, what the heck is the problem? However disruptive and dreadful any child might be, there is no excuse for a teacher to treat them in this fashion. NONE.