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[quote=Anonymous]Ok, people....this is the OP. I am not minimizing what my kid did. It was completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated. He has received consequences at home for his behavior, which will continue until he comes home on "green" again. He usually has a "green" day, so we know he can do it and expect that he will control himself no matter the provocation. But, at the same time I am dishing out consequences, I am trying to find out what instigated the behavior because it IS out of character for him and I think a good parent should try to find out why her child suddenly starts lashing out at people. I am not unconcerned about the other kid involved, but I was told by the teacher that the other child was also hitting and kicking and those parents were also notified, too, so I don't believe my kid was the only bad actor in the situation. Nevertheless, the behavior has been addressed and will be addressed further if it continues.

Now I know that I came off as defensive and skeptical about how the teacher raised the issue. That stems from a lot of smaller issues with this particular teacher's professionalism and judgement throughout the year. Just a few examples: 
-early in the year, he showed the kids a couple of episodes of Goosebumps, featuring a vampire and a werewolf, which in my opinion is totally inappropriate for 1st graders. Since then, my DS sleeps with the light on and has had nightmares because the show scared the s*&t out of him.
-he lets the kids watch YouTube videos during free time and the kids have found some inappropriate content (violent video games, etc.) 
-apparently shows movies in the afternoon several times a week.  A movie every now and then is fine. Several times a week, however....
-gave a kid (not mine) an unflattering nickname at the beginning of the year still uses it. (calls the kid Lurch)
-has made snarky, sarcastic remarks about "can't wait for the weekend.." or "really looking forward to that school holiday" while rolling his eyes at the kids. He does this in front of parents. While we all make these kind of comments about our jobs, we usually have the good sense not to make them to our clients and customers. I can imagine it's nice to have a break fro a room full of 6 year olds, it's probably best to pretend that you enjoy your job when you are talking to those kids' parents.

I've addressed with him the issues that affected my kid over the year and have avoided going to the administration to make a big deal out of anything because my kid is doing well academically and seems generally happy at school. I figure we just got a bad roll in the teacher lotto this year and will hope for better next year. But, given all this, I think I had cause to be a bit skeptical about the actual events and whether or not he was laying it on a bit thick.  I may say something to the teacher directly about not discussing YDS's discipline issues with his older brother but probably won't go to the admin at this late stage in the year. But I do think it's unprofessional and inappropriate to discuss that kind of stuff with anyone other than the parents, much less other kids. [/quote]

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