Totally Off Topic, sorry

[judydawn]

You got off lightly girls if your teacher only threw dusters.  In primary school our teacher pulled you up to the front of the room either by your ear or if you had a ponytail, she used that.  She would line us all up and go along belting us on the back of the legs with a cane then we would have to turn around and hold out our hands and she would wack us with the cane again.  I invariably pulled my hand away (well, wouldn't you??) which made her even angrier.  Oh what a b.... she was - she would be jailed today for what she did to us kids.  Is it any wonder my early childhood school years were not full of joy  

[obbie]

  Judy, i remember the cane at school.
boys got the cane, girls got the ruler.

Hally, I would talk to the teacher, not the mother.

That way it is up to the school to deal with it. I had a problem last year with a mother at school,the school had to deal with it.

Robyn

[dede]

Judy I have heard lots of stories about the cane from my dad. Although the cane was still in when I went to school but I was such a good girl I never got in trouble lol

[Halex]

Well went to see the teacher. She was unaware that it was such a big event. She thought the boy had knocked it off the bench.

She is doing a class investigation today.

So happy that she is looking into it.

H

[trudy]

Good for you Hally!!!

[jeninwa]

Glad to hear that the teacher is doing something about it. Hope it's all resolved soon.

I remember the cane, we had a teacher that would walk around the class room and all of a sudden wham the cane would hit your desk, scared the bejeevs out of you, I was terrified of that teacher, the worst and most humiliation was to spend your lunch hour standing under the clock in the hall way near the office. I remember one teacher picking a kid up by the shirt and slamming him into the wall. Also remember being hit by a flying buster more than once for talking to CP.

[cookie1]

You and CP talked at school  did you go to the same school?

We had a year 2 teacher who used to walk around with a wooden coat hanger and belt us with that as she went.

Hally I'm pleased that things went well.

[jeninwa]

You and CP talked at school   did you go to the same school?   Should I rephrase and say as well. Not same school  

We had a year 2 teacher who used to walk around with a wooden coat hanger and belt us with that as she went.

Hally I'm pleased that things went well.

[cookie1]

Ta.
 I was always in trouble for talking too. In high school we had a new principal and he decided that he would keep me after school for talking. I politely pointed out that I had to go on the bus and he couldn't keep me after school.(thinking I was being a smart alec) He insisted and at first I was upset that my parents would have to come into town to get me. I then realised that Dad wouldn't be very impressed at what had happened and settled down. About ½ hour after my brothers would have got home on the school bus Dad turned up. Boy did he tear strips of this principal from the city. He didn't say a word about me talking in class just put the fear of God into this guy. I don't think he ever kept anyone after school again. In fact he didn't last long in the town.

[jeninwa]

No wonder when we have a Perth catch up, there never have a quite moment with us 3 chatter boxes  
Hands up who else got into trouble at school for talking.

Sorry Hally I have hijacked your thread.

[dede]

Glad to hear Hally. Hope all works out. If you didn't say anything then the teacher and the boys parent would never have known about it.

[hools003]

Well done Hally for sorting it out.
Does anyone remember when school nurses used to be allowed to check hair for nits? We used to call ours, Nitty Nora the bug explorer!!!
It's a shame that kids aren't checked anymore as some parents don't seem too concerned and it is a big problem in schools.

[Halex]

I am not doing pick up this afternoon. So wont find out until next week. Ds has a different teacher on fridays.

H

[achookwoman]

Hally,  good on you.  You have done the right thing,  and it is not easy.  The school needs to know if this kid has a problem,  and they need to deal with it. So do this kids parents. 

[RosieB]

We have a lot of problems with DGS.  He attends a mainsteam school but for the first 4 years spent about 50% of his time in the Special Ed Unit to help him with his work.  And to help him with social interaction skills.
This year, Grade 4 he is in the mainstream about 95% of the time and with a teacher in the room 50% of the time.
He is constantly picked on an bullied, but because of the way he reacts seems to be blamed for a lot of the treatment.
He is very outspoken if he thinks 'the rules' are not being followed.  Tells of any one who crosses on a red light or walks on the grass and things like that.  Told one girl at the swimming pool he thought her tattoo was 'really ugly'.   
He doesn't run away etc.  and is very easy for other kids to make him the scapegoat for their escapades.
He was blamed for peeping over toilet walls (despite not being tall enough even if standing on the loo.)  It turned out he had gone in to find two boys being naughty and told them to stop it.  And this was their way of getting him back.
We are looking at taking him out of school and doing correspondence classes, but then risk the problem of him not getting any social interaction.
We recently had a meeting with the teachers and head-mistress over homework issues.   Seems we are always at the school for something. 
And we are both people who avoid conflict if at all possible, but if there are issues,  the school needs to know about it.