I was there at the sports carnival when you yelled at that boy.
I was looking for my son and heard yelling from behind me. I saw you, red in the face, bending menacingly over the child who was sitting on the ground and you were yelling at him like a deranged lunatic.
You had obviously lost control of yourself. You had completely lost your temper.
Just who the hell do you think you are? You can’t treat kids like that!
You are a grown up and that is a child. You are in a postion of responsibility. You have power over those kids.
That day you abused your position in the worst way.
I love my children’s teachers. I can’t believe how many amazing teachers there are at that school. These are teachers who love their jobs, who love our kids, who respect them and teach them and calmly guide them.
You should go and work as a prison officer or somewhere that keeps you away from kids. You need a job where you can you can yell and scream and rant and rave as much as you like.
Some teachers say terrible things. Article continues after this video.
Teachers have an important job to do with our most vulnerable, and that is a position of privilige and responsiblity that demands a much higher standard of behaviour from you.
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"Teachers who yell at children should be fired and it is my hope that you eventually are."
Hmm, tough call. I am a teacher and I am NOT a yeller. However, I'll never forget the one day I DID yell.
Two boys had another smaller boy pinned up against the wall. They were laying into him, punch after punch, while he cried in pain and fear. To stop this, I had to literally pull the bigger boys off him and protect him with my body.
They only stopped when I yelled at them and demanded they leave the classroom.
If a parent had seen me at that moment, I imagine they'd have wanted me sacked too. I certainly was not kind or calm in that moment.
I don't know if the teacher in this story had any provocation like that, but sometimes there IS more to the story.
As a general rule, I speak calmly and kindly at all times, but I've never regretted letting the children see how angry I was during the above incidence. I think they needed to see my anger, to know how very wrong it was.
Having said that, I would never yell at one child for a prolonged period of time, and in fact I have not yelled even once since that one time more than two years ago. And it does sound like the teacher in this story behaved inappropriately.
Teaching is a tough gig sometimes!
I think in this incident you were a hero, however what the article is about is a completely different situation. Unfortunately there are teachers who constantly yell at students as part of their style of teaching. This is not acceptable. The principal and other teachers should not allow it.