This is a vent more than anything else. Saw a male teacher at a different school treat some kids badly and few times, and it really worried me. I spoke to him directly to ask about the class and he basically said the parents of these particular kids were losers, and sneered about the kids. I reported him to his school, and this was the first time I had ever reported a teacher, I really did feel he was out of line. Nothing happened. He then started spreading rumours about me, which I ignored. His dc is in my dc's class at primary school and his dc has for the last few weeks been trying to make my dc's life a misery, constant nasty comments and digs and put downs and sneering and nastiness and trying to exclude dc, trying to turn other dc against dc, talking a lot to dc's friends and asking them if they want play dates while excluding dc. The more I see, the more I think that the teacher I complained about is vile but at the same time he can be very charming. I am so annoyed that my dc has been dragged into it.