Teachers who encourage student bullying

[Anonymous]

"It's so sad when a child comes home and says teachers pay attention to the kids who hae "important parents" ..."

I highly doubt your child knows who has "important parents".

Quit your teacher hating trolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"It's so sad when a child comes home and says teachers pay attention to the kids who hae "important parents" ..."

I highly doubt your child knows who has "important parents".

Quit your teacher hating trolling.

Oh, yes, students do discuss these things, just the same way they discuss how much each parent donated to the school (especially in Charters). Teachers look up the address of the student's house/condo and can find out how much the worth is.

Been in the field of education for 12 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's unfortunate but not uncommon at all.

For certain teachers, the classroom is the only place they feel in control. I tutor 2 students in the same school, and the same classroom. Recently, one of them got a "4" on her work (superior work), while the other only received a "2" (below grade level work).

This was a photo analysis activity, where there is no right or wrong answer. The photos were different but the way they were analyzed were quite similar to each other.
Tried to get an explanation from the teacher, t no avail.
It's her territory and she uses her power as she pleases.
So sad.

You're a tutor and you expect a teacher to cater to you?

LOL!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"It's so sad when a child comes home and says teachers pay attention to the kids who hae "important parents" ..."

I highly doubt your child knows who has "important parents".

Quit your teacher hating trolling.

Oh, yes, students do discuss these things, just the same way they discuss how much each parent donated to the school (especially in Charters). Teachers look up the address of the student's house/condo and can find out how much the worth is.

Been in the field of education for 12 years.

Um, what?

I'm a teacher and I can honestly say I have never heard of teachers looking up student addresses to find out how much their house was worth. This has never even occurred to me. What would be the purpose of this? Even if I was nicer to the "rich" kids, it's not like the parents are giving me kickbacks or something. I get paid the same regardless of how much the parents make.

What is it you do in the "field of education"?

[Anonymous]

pp, are you saying teachers treat students equally??? Kudos for those who do!

Even at the elementary level, teachers help certain kids more than others. Same goes with grades, especially if the school is project based, and things are graded subjectively.
I have translated for several years during parent teacher conferences. The teacher would spend over 30 minutes with certain parents (nicely dressed, English speaking couples) and not even 10 minutes with the ones I translated for, mostly single mothers. And I am not talking about one or two incidents. So very sad ...

[Anonymous]

Is it possible that the "nicely dressed" parents kept asking question after question? I highly doubt a teacher would want to extend a conference unnecessarily. --another teacher

[Anonymous]

"Same goes with grades, especially if the school is project based, and things are graded subjectively. "

No. Project based classrooms are not graded more subjectively than any other assignment. While there is a certain amount of subjectivity anytime anyone is asked to judge anything, most teachers are required to have learning objectives that must be met for every project. Further, most teachers are required to have their standards and benchmark measures available to parents. Many even have rubrics to distribute that detail the grading policy.

Of course, you probably wouldn't know this in your role as a translator, so perhaps you want to avoid uninformed judgments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:pp, are you saying teachers treat students equally??? Kudos for those who do!

Even at the elementary level, teachers help certain kids more than others. Same goes with grades, especially if the school is project based, and things are graded subjectively.
I have translated for several years during parent teacher conferences. The teacher would spend over 30 minutes with certain parents (nicely dressed, English speaking couples) and not even 10 minutes with the ones I translated for, mostly single mothers. And I am not talking about one or two incidents. So very sad ...

This has NOT been my experience at my school, which has high FARM's and high ESOL.

Please don't generalize.

[Anonymous]

OP, honestly...is there a point where you can step back and say to him that it doesn't bother you to be joked about like this and you'd like him to laugh it off too?

I have a low bullying threshhold, but I also think kids need to learn to roll with the punches a little bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, honestly...is there a point where you can step back and say to him that it doesn't bother you to be joked about like this and you'd like him to laugh it off too?

I have a low bullying threshhold, but I also think kids need to learn to roll with the punches a little bit.

I totally agree with you. I told him it did not bother me. It seems teachers let certain students get away with anything as long as they are not being physically aggressive. It's unfortunate that he had been called all kinds of names in the presence of the teacher during the DC CAS, just because he did not finish early (gave his papers right before time was up). This happened because a few students were upset they did not get free time.

BTW, I never got a reply from anyone in the school. Will go there this afternoon.

[Anonymous]

Although I too chuckled. But I don't think of it is of an encouragement but a possibility of ignoring the issue. I can say that students can say the darndest things and it can almost put you in that in between stages. Also, a good teacher sometimes have to weigh the options as this is April and previous incidents probably were similiar and outcomes were all favorable.

A quick wit and response does come in handy just well as a the ability to defend oneself with the fisticuffs.

[Anonymous]

Playin the doz or yo momma jokes are just as old my momma.

[Anonymous]

I was bullied by teachers in Southern Lehigh when I was a young boy. I t was a football school and bullying was encouraged so don't say it doesn't happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was bullied by teachers in Southern Lehigh when I was a young boy. I t was a football school and bullying was encouraged so don't say it doesn't happen.

No said it doesn't happen. In fact, no one has said anything for 2 and a half years on this old thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, honestly...is there a point where you can step back and say to him that it doesn't bother you to be joked about like this and you'd like him to laugh it off too?

I have a low bullying threshhold, but I also think kids need to learn to roll with the punches a little bit. [/quot