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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the second year my boys go to Catholic school.  I was iffy after the first year, but I wanted to keep it stable for my first grader who has made wonderful friends, a new school can be stressful for little ones that have already made friends.  But I should have grabbed my boys and ran the moment my first grader crucified my kindergartner to a construction paper cross, complete with blood on the hands, feet and forehead courtesy of red marker.  My kindergartner mentioned he was going to hell because the teacher told a friend he was going there if he didn't behave.  I kid you not, really, really?  I volunteer a bit at the school on my free days (I only work part-time.)  One day I was sorting papers for an activity in the Kinder classroom.   A kindergartner was particularly bouncy on his seat, he was really struggling to remain seated, which I think is normal in 5 and 6 year old boys.  He wasn't making noise, just kept bouncing up of his chair.  I personally would have let him work standing up, what's the harm, right?  But then I'm not a teacher, so don't lynch me.  Well the teacher told him to stay on his chair like 10 times, and she was getting so frustrated, and the little guy obviously struggled to do so for a long period of time.  Finally, she called him to the front, and announced that the whole class could thank little boy for not having recess that day.   Little boy started to cry and I was so mortified.  The assistant teacher acted like it was the most normal thing.  I asked my son and he told me they miss recess all the time because that little boy and another boy  "suck."   I reprimanded him for using the word and explained that not all children that little have an easy time staying in their seat and that it is not their fault.  But to him, it was their fault because the teacher made it that way.  She pinned the whole class against these children.  I just want to cry.  I wrote a letter to the principal, her response was the rules of the class apply to all (in  a nicely written email.)  My first grader keeps coming home and bolting to the bathroom because the teacher does not allow them to use the bathroom more than twice a day, even though I have emailed her about it and so have other parents.  Sooo, it is public school for us next year, thank goodness we have a great one in our neighborhood. [/quote]

That's a shitty teacher but that isn't Catholic school specific.[/quote]

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