Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d also wait to hear facts. There was an allegation at our school that turned out to be 100% unsupported.
It’s good they separated the teacher from the child since either way they won’t have a productive working relationship but I wouldn’t automatically assume the teacher was Islamophobic just because CAIR says she is.

The part about bathroom access seems questionable to me — many many teachers limit bathroom access. It’s my daughter’s number 1 complaint about MS. Every day she comes home complaining about a teacher that didn’t let her or some other girl use the restroom when they asked. It’s a big problem in my opinion, but seems very widespread, not targeted. Kids are very quick to say “that teacher hates me!” when they get a result they don’t like.

LOVE, love, love how you give the school and the teacher a wide array of the benefit of the doubt and none to the Muslim 8 year old girl.

There are literally no examples of the teacher's so called harassing behavior in the article, only very vague assertions. So, yeah, forgive us if we wait to be outraged.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d also wait to hear facts. There was an allegation at our school that turned out to be 100% unsupported.
It’s good they separated the teacher from the child since either way they won’t have a productive working relationship but I wouldn’t automatically assume the teacher was Islamophobic just because CAIR says she is.

The part about bathroom access seems questionable to me — many many teachers limit bathroom access. It’s my daughter’s number 1 complaint about MS. Every day she comes home complaining about a teacher that didn’t let her or some other girl use the restroom when they asked. It’s a big problem in my opinion, but seems very widespread, not targeted. Kids are very quick to say “that teacher hates me!” when they get a result they don’t like.

LOVE, love, love how you give the school and the teacher a wide array of the benefit of the doubt and none to the Muslim 8 year old girl.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a little surprised that this hasn’t gotten more play, apart from a few places. This is a clear-cut situation here. I’m shocked (\sarcasm) that administration didn’t get, equally, in trouble for not resolving this before it had to be escalated.

Anonymous wrote:The media tends to downplay Islamophobic incidents and give a ton of press to antisemitic incidents. Not surprising that this incident hasn’t been picked up by the mainstream press

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know. As an elementary teacher, I can tell you that all kinds of things are said. We had a student claim a teacher choked him this year. The teacher did nothing of the sort and luckily there were 2 other teachers in the room at the time, but the teacher still had to go through the disciplinary process and was on leave for a week during the investigation. The teacher was humiliated, and the case was found to be completely unfounded- just a student trying to be "funny."

We have had other situations as well where there is an investigation, but it turns out that it was just a misunderstanding or miscommunication.

I am not doubting the 8-year-old, but as a teacher and a parent, I know how often things are misunderstood or something goes home and is blown WAY out of proportion. Again, this is not to say this is what happened here, but I have been around long enough to know that you need to wait for the investigation.

If this did happen, I hope appropriate education will happen.

I’m glad you’re so obviously not doubting the 8 year old.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know. As an elementary teacher, I can tell you that all kinds of things are said. We had a student claim a teacher choked him this year. The teacher did nothing of the sort and luckily there were 2 other teachers in the room at the time, but the teacher still had to go through the disciplinary process and was on leave for a week during the investigation. The teacher was humiliated, and the case was found to be completely unfounded- just a student trying to be "funny."

We have had other situations as well where there is an investigation, but it turns out that it was just a misunderstanding or miscommunication.

I am not doubting the 8-year-old, but as a teacher and a parent, I know how often things are misunderstood or something goes home and is blown WAY out of proportion. Again, this is not to say this is what happened here, but I have been around long enough to know that you need to wait for the investigation.

If this did happen, I hope appropriate education will happen.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d also wait to hear facts. There was an allegation at our school that turned out to be 100% unsupported.
It’s good they separated the teacher from the child since either way they won’t have a productive working relationship but I wouldn’t automatically assume the teacher was Islamophobic just because CAIR says she is.

The part about bathroom access seems questionable to me — many many teachers limit bathroom access. It’s my daughter’s number 1 complaint about MS. Every day she comes home complaining about a teacher that didn’t let her or some other girl use the restroom when they asked. It’s a big problem in my opinion, but seems very widespread, not targeted. Kids are very quick to say “that teacher hates me!” when they get a result they don’t like.

LOVE, love, love how you give the school and the teacher a wide array of the benefit of the doubt and none to the Muslim 8 year old girl.

I’m giving both the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it happened, maybe it didn’t. I don’t know either person so I don’t give either one more credibility than the other.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a little surprised that this hasn’t gotten more play, apart from a few places. This is a clear-cut situation here. I’m shocked (\sarcasm) that administration didn’t get, equally, in trouble for not resolving this before it had to be escalated.

Anonymous wrote:The kindergarten teachers at my children’s school tell the parents at BTSN, “If you all promis to not believe half the things your child says happen at school, we will promise to not believe half the things they say happen at home.”

Words born of years of experience teaching young children.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know. As an elementary teacher, I can tell you that all kinds of things are said. We had a student claim a teacher choked him this year. The teacher did nothing of the sort and luckily there were 2 other teachers in the room at the time, but the teacher still had to go through the disciplinary process and was on leave for a week during the investigation. The teacher was humiliated, and the case was found to be completely unfounded- just a student trying to be "funny."

We have had other situations as well where there is an investigation, but it turns out that it was just a misunderstanding or miscommunication.

I am not doubting the 8-year-old, but as a teacher and a parent, I know how often things are misunderstood or something goes home and is blown WAY out of proportion. Again, this is not to say this is what happened here, but I have been around long enough to know that you need to wait for the investigation.

If this did happen, I hope appropriate education will happen.

I’m glad you’re so obviously not doubting the 8 year old.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know. As an elementary teacher, I can tell you that all kinds of things are said. We had a student claim a teacher choked him this year. The teacher did nothing of the sort and luckily there were 2 other teachers in the room at the time, but the teacher still had to go through the disciplinary process and was on leave for a week during the investigation. The teacher was humiliated, and the case was found to be completely unfounded- just a student trying to be "funny."

We have had other situations as well where there is an investigation, but it turns out that it was just a misunderstanding or miscommunication.

I am not doubting the 8-year-old, but as a teacher and a parent, I know how often things are misunderstood or something goes home and is blown WAY out of proportion. Again, this is not to say this is what happened here, but I have been around long enough to know that you need to wait for the investigation.

If this did happen, I hope appropriate education will happen.