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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle school, I have a very open relationship with my child. Child came home and told me that there was an incident with a teacher suspecting watching videos on a laptop. He told me the story, his side was that a tab was open but he was only watching when allowed (between classes).

Then I see the email. Very very long email from his teacher basically tearing into my son. He's unethical, a liar, the whole nine. As a result of him being a liar, I'm sending him to detention and writing him up to the school.

I thought it was a total over reaction by the teacher. But also, who engages in a tear down of a kid like that.

I've never dealt with a teacher having that strong of reaction. He's never had discipline issues outside of this specific teacher. He's above grade level in everything.

How would you handle as a parent?[/quote]

Kids need consequences and I suspect your son is not telling you the truth.

I would also request a meeting with the teacher to get more information on what is going on.  There might be a lot more than this 1 incident.

Frankly, I would believe the teacher over my son.  Middle schoolers do lots of stupid things.[/quote]

This might be good advice if the teacher had stayed professional. She didn't. I would forward the email to the principal or VP, note that it feels like an overreaction to the situation based on the facts and what your son has told you, and request a meeting with the teacher AND an administrator or school guidance counselor to discuss the situation. I'd want to make sure the teacher could remain objective towards my child moving forward.

Yes, middle schoolers do lots of stupid things, which is why a teacher who flips out and accuses one student of being "a liar" and "unethical" in a long email to a parent raises a lot of red flags for me about whether that teacher is treating my student fairly. I wouldn't have an issue with my kid being disciplined for having a video on his computer even if it was a misunderstanding and he hadn't been watching during class -- I'd tell him the easy way to fix this is to simply not bring videos up on his computer at school. But I also wouldn't just accept that the teacher is being truthful and my son is lying, when my son is calmly reporting the event and the teacher is sending long angry screeds based on ONE incident.[/quote]

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