Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 14:11     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
Our child has been in the class and that is why he/she is nervous. The whistle was a regular thing in the past, according to parents. My guess is that perhaps school administrators or other teachers could hear the whistle outside the classroom and put an end to it. The other behaviors are not easily heard from outside the classroom.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 14:07     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
That sounds horrible. Teacher either needs to be retrained or let go.

Can you complain anonymously? Typed letter to the headmaster?
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 13:28     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
In our school, some of the language teachers were educated in different countries where school and expectations are very different. It seems harsh to my kids but it was a good cultural lesson for them to understand.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 13:22     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The misbehaving children are targeted, and my child, fortunately, is not one of them. But he/she is nervous about the way the discipline is carried out.


Nervous? Over a whistle? Your kid needs to toughen up!


NP. I wouldn’t want to deal with hearing a whistle in an enclosed space all the time either. Also, wtf is wrong with this lady that she can’t handle her classroom without stomping her feet and blowing a whistle in kids’ faces?


It sounds as though OP’s kid was in this teacher’s class for a year, and yet OP only heard about the whistle from another parent. That means it’s not happening all the time, and was perhaps part of a specific activity or game.


I read it as the child has not yet been in the teacher’s class, and that her reputation precedes her.


Then why would the child be scared?
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 13:12     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The misbehaving children are targeted, and my child, fortunately, is not one of them. But he/she is nervous about the way the discipline is carried out.


Nervous? Over a whistle? Your kid needs to toughen up!


NP. I wouldn’t want to deal with hearing a whistle in an enclosed space all the time either. Also, wtf is wrong with this lady that she can’t handle her classroom without stomping her feet and blowing a whistle in kids’ faces?


It sounds as though OP’s kid was in this teacher’s class for a year, and yet OP only heard about the whistle from another parent. That means it’s not happening all the time, and was perhaps part of a specific activity or game.


I read it as the child has not yet been in the teacher’s class, and that her reputation precedes her.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 13:09     Subject: Re:Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
OP, it sounds like a "special snowflake" situation. I think your best bet is to let it go.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 12:51     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The misbehaving children are targeted, and my child, fortunately, is not one of them. But he/she is nervous about the way the discipline is carried out.


Nervous? Over a whistle? Your kid needs to toughen up!


NP. I wouldn’t want to deal with hearing a whistle in an enclosed space all the time either. Also, wtf is wrong with this lady that she can’t handle her classroom without stomping her feet and blowing a whistle in kids’ faces?


It sounds as though OP’s kid was in this teacher’s class for a year, and yet OP only heard about the whistle from another parent. That means it’s not happening all the time, and was perhaps part of a specific activity or game.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 12:05     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
I remember the days when if you got in trouble at school you got in twice as much trouble at home. Many kids are intolerable in classrooms. It makes it difficult for all.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 09:59     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
No
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 09:19     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
Is this happening at Westminster?
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 09:19     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
We were hoping not to change schools from a commute perspective. Our child has had no problems with any of their other teachers. But you all may be correct.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 09:04     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it’s not an ideal classroom. Also sounds like the school either doesn’t think it’s an issue or does but things aren’t changing. So you have two choices- the first is to, as PPs suggested, use this as an opportunity to coach your child on dealing with people and building resilience. The second is to change schools. Only you know whether it’s so bad or your child had underling anxiety or something that would make the first option not feasible or too damaging.


Agree. The school either can’t or won’t change anything. And your complaining will cause harm to your child. So either learn to live with it or leave. You really have no other options.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 08:55     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it’s not an ideal classroom. Also sounds like the school either doesn’t think it’s an issue or does but things aren’t changing. So you have two choices- the first is to, as PPs suggested, use this as an opportunity to coach your child on dealing with people and building resilience. The second is to change schools. Only you know whether it’s so bad or your child had underling anxiety or something that would make the first option not feasible or too damaging.


+1

Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 08:32     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
Sounds like it’s not an ideal classroom. Also sounds like the school either doesn’t think it’s an issue or does but things aren’t changing. So you have two choices- the first is to, as PPs suggested, use this as an opportunity to coach your child on dealing with people and building resilience. The second is to change schools. Only you know whether it’s so bad or your child had underling anxiety or something that would make the first option not feasible or too damaging.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 08:22     Subject: Students Scared of Lower School Teacher
Team teacher. Everyone does things different.