What To Do About An Evil Teacher???

[YMC]

I don't even know where to start with this thread

Last year my daughter had the nastiest and most evil teacher I've ever come across in my life

Without using her name we'll go by what we called her

Sgt. "O"

From what I hear she's got more time in than any other teacher in our city

And from what I've seen and heard she seems to think she's untouchable

She's known for her militant style

Her MO is that if you have a child who's perfect you'll have no trouble, but god help you if your child isn't perfect

And the more problems your child has in her class the worse the problems are with Sgt. "O"

Many parents over the last few year have either taken their kids out of her class or moved their kids to another school because they were going to have Sgt "O" the following year

It's frustrating because once a teacher has tenure they can pretty much get away with just about anything

I was told by a high ranking individual at the school board that it takes like 15 different complaints about a specific teacher before anyone even talks to this person

How retarded!!!

And after talking to many parent who've had Sgt. "O" most are afraid for their kids to even lodge a complaint

They feel if things are terrible now for their kid what would it be like if they filed a complaint

OMG, what a messed up system we have when a teacher has a 40 year history of torture in her class

I can't help but wonder how many kids she's messed up in one way or another over the years

I got a call the other day from a mother who just pulled her kid out of school because it's gotten out of hand with Sgt. "O"

The last straw was when the kid came home and was crying asking her mother if something was wrong with her because the teacher is always telling her how bad she's doing

My daughter had Sgt. "O" last year

This evil woman told my daughter who brought up a paper that had some stuff wrong on it "that her brain was wrong"

My daughter came home crying wanting to know what was wrong with her brain

I can't express how upset I was

I'll make a confession most men wouldn't

Since I've been married there has been only a handful of times I've ever cried

But, after my little girl came home and told me what her teacher said and she starting crying, and then to ask if there was something wrong with her brain!!!

It affected me in a way that nothing ever has in my life and I had to go sit out in my garage for about an hour by myself

It hurt my heart to see my little girl affected in such a way

I've never wanted to hurt a person as much as I did that teacher

To make such a tender heart as my daughter is in such a way

So, what do we do about such an evil person?

How bout some help from our school board member

Trying to help the woman I mentioned with this teacher and time is very important considering she refusing to bring her kid back to school until she sits down in a meeting with this teacher and someone from the school board

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[Cherub]

It's amazing to me to think that once a teacher has tenure they can do just about anything they want

So, torture all the kids and parents they want with no worries

[Harrison]

Man, can I sympathize and RELATE!!!

My three sons went to Taylor schools in the 80s and 90s and I hated that school district, but I lived where I could afford. My sons had a couple of teachers that were so hateful it was just unbelievable. One in particular had it in for my oldest son and hated him so much that when she got my next two sons, she made their lives a living he__ until I had to step in and have them transferred out of her class.

Their union is a formidable one. This is why teachers hated Engler so much, because he wanted them re-tested on a regular basis to "re-qualify" their teaching abilities.

Being able to change schools is much easier now. Before, you were stuck and pretty much couldn't do anything about it.

I totally agree with the fact that if you file a complaint against this teacher, this child will get it even worse. There will be no learning--only resentment, and maybe even failure in the class. This child needs protection and be removed from this teacher's class AND file the complaint! I might even go further and ask around the parents of the others in his/her class. Maybe if you can get enough people to sign the complaint, the board will finally listen.

I wish you well in this---it won't be easy no matter what you do. But if this child isn't to be "left behind,", you will need to take the difficult steps.

I've come across enough bitter, useless teachers protected by tenure to last me a lifetime. Thank God my boys are out of school and I don't have to worry about that anymore.

Harrison

[Aimee Lee]

That's really sad about your daughter and I feel your pain. I hope your daughter knows there's nothing wrong with her brain.
I have a unique experience to share because aside from being
a student I am the daughter of one of my high school teachers. She was my morality teacher LOL!

My mother has taught a variety of subjects for over 20 years including history, morality, religion and english. I have seen my mother treat all her students with the golden rule all the while being tortured by those same students. She has had the spit balls, smoke bombs and crank scary phone calls on the home phone. She has also been recognized in Who's Who and many of her students have gone on to teach the same subjects she taught giving her the credit for their inspiration to do so. She even student taught some of those kids who became teachers.

My mother has had at least one student every year who gives her grief beyond belief and some of the parents see it and some of them don't. My mother is the type of teacher who encourages but is very strict as well. Some parents have pulled their children because of my mother and some parents have switched their children's school to get my mother.

I think this teacher who is torturing your child should be investigated. I would file the complaint and I would continue to follow up on it. While your child may have a hard time due to this action your child needs to know you are sticking up for them. Also you can go to the school board regardless of what the school says to you, it's your right as a taxpayer and a concerned citizen. Being proactive is the first role to getting this teacher straightened out. She must love her job to some extent otherwise she wouldn't be there.
I hope I am never in your shoes my daughter starts kindergarten next year.

If this teacher has a history of this sort of thing it shouldn't be difficult to get this fixed it's just a matter of saying enough is enough.

[Cherub]

That's really sad about your daughter and I feel your pain. I hope your daughter knows there's nothing wrong with her brain.
I have a unique experience to share because aside from being
a student I am the daughter of one of my high school teachers. She was my morality teacher LOL!

My mother has taught a variety of subjects for over 20 years including history, morality, religion and english. I have seen my mother treat all her students with the golden rule all the while being tortured by those same students. She has had the spit balls, smoke bombs and crank scary phone calls on the home phone. She has also been recognized in Who's Who and many of her students have gone on to teach the same subjects she taught giving her the credit for their inspiration to do so. She even student taught some of those kids who became teachers.

My mother has had at least one student every year who gives her grief beyond belief and some of the parents see it and some of them don't. My mother is the type of teacher who encourages but is very strict as well. Some parents have pulled their children because of my mother and some parents have switched their children's school to get my mother.

I think this teacher who is torturing your child should be investigated. I would file the complaint and I would continue to follow up on it. While your child may have a hard time due to this action your child needs to know you are sticking up for them. Also you can go to the school board regardless of what the school says to you, it's your right as a taxpayer and a concerned citizen. Being proactive is the first role to getting this teacher straightened out. She must love her job to some extent otherwise she wouldn't be there.
I hope I am never in your shoes my daughter starts kindergarten next year.

If this teacher has a history of this sort of thing it shouldn't be difficult to get this fixed it's just a matter of saying enough is enough.

Thanx Aimee

This is my original thread and yes my daughter is ok now

It took just about half the year with another teacher that's amazing to undo the damage done last year

Unfortunately with any teacher with tenure, and especially one with the greatest amount of time in the district, they can't be touched no matter what they do unless it's not legal

It's hard to believe but is true