aibu to want this teacher to apologise to my son.

[wfrances]

ds age 12 takes a packed lunch to school,during 2nd lesson he notices drink has leaked in his bag {all of it}his lunch is ruined,and now has no drink.
he tells his teacher who says "i dont care, its not my problem, sit down."
im fuming, he didnt eat all day,no drink and what a wicked way to respond to a child.
phoned head of year straight away ,who totally agreed with my reaction.
but i think she should apologise to him-what do you think?

Yep, kids should have basic respect, if not how are we supposed to teach them to respect others?

claw3

So lets take the "apology" from your perspective.
the teacher has not been forced to apologise yet the HoY knows exactly what she said and has reported it back to the OP.

this says several things to me

the op doesn't trust the teacher yet she trusts the HoY
the teacher has been forced to make an apology
the HoY has had a sensible discussion with the teacher

or the HoY is lying.

from my POV the above still stands (with the exception of the HoY lying) but has been verified by the OPs son.

As for understanding language difficulties, I do understand them and I know that they are once again part of a wide ranging spectrum.

Im sure that the OP stated earlier in the thread that her ds has difficulties with his understanding of language, not his expressive language, so he may have well been able to report to her a conversation. As you have an understanding of language difficulties, im surprised by your earlier comment of being shocked by this.

The OP trusts her son's version of events and it would appear that his version of events was confirmed by the head teacher and the teacher concerned, as she apologised!

Its not rocket science, if i went to the HOY and reported something a teacher did, I would expected the HOY to speak to the teacher. If the teacher reported that this did not happen or it happened but differently to how my son described. I would then expect the HOY to get back to me and tell me that my ds must be confused as this did not happen.

The OP is lucky to have such an honest teacher, some of the teachers i have encountered, lie through their teeth to cover their arses.

shocked is your term not mine, i said impressive.

Oh, so you were sincerely impressed by this? it read like a sarky comment, not praise.

Apologies if i was wrong.

Ditto, some of the views on here have shocked me, they haven't made me but they have made me :( especially the teachers.

Don't apologise wfrances for posting in AIBU, it has been an eye opener but forewarned is forearmed.