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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The OP, who is the only one to know the child, believes the stories are not true.

But DCUM, who has no knowledge of the student or the teacher, decided to condemn the teacher anyway. Because that’s how we roll here, right?

Imagine being a teacher these days, knowing that parents quickly and gleefully jump on the teacher-take down train.

Innocent until proven guilty, unless you’re a teacher, that is. [/quote]

No, sorry, I believe my kid when they tell me things. I think we found the abuser in the thread! "Don't bother telling your mom, she won't believe you." But I WILL. [/quote]

I’ve been teaching 25 years. I’ve had almost 3,000 students. Experience tells me most students are unreliable narrators.

And I’ve had to show plenty of parents the proof that their children’s stories aren’t true.

And call me an abuser? Come on, now.

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You're a teacher? No one is saying the teacher in the OP is abusive. Posters have been relating their own experiences, or their kids', with teachers who overshare. That's normal and par for the course. Teachers are entitled to their feelings and idiosyncrasies. It makes them human and relatable.

Why are you feeling so triggered?  This was one thread where teachers were not flagellated, and here you are, whining.

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Nobody called the teacher abusive. **I** was called an abuser for sticking up for the teacher. So when you ask why I'm triggered, it's because my character was questioned simply because I (gasp) thought it's reasonable to give the teacher the benefit of the doubt. Several parents on this thread have said they will always believe their child. [b]I"m here to say that occasionally, teens lie[/b]. I've had plenty of experience dealing with it over the years.

So, as the teacher who was actually flagellated (as you put it), I feel it's necessary to speak up. And... oh, I'm not "whining." Disagreeing with you is not "whining." [/quote]

Except… that isn’t at all what you said. What you said is [b]most[/b] students are unreliable narrators. Which is at odds with the actual data on children reporting abusive behavior— the statistics are between 1.8-10% By absolutely no means “most”.

So please get more training so you can be a safer person for these parents to entrust their children to.[/quote]

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