To not find this funny

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Teacher boasting about making a child cry.

Why would you think that is something to be proud of??

What do you mean?

How did the teacher make your child cry?

And then how did they boast about it?

Who were they boasting to?

Boasting to me ... the conversation although it wasn’t really, they spoke, I listened, went:

I made X cry ha ha ha ... the other kids were really shocked, I said, I always make one cry a month.

Not funny and I hope you told him or her so

Your friend is a cunt

I agree with LEM.

What a coward, feeling big making a child cry.
I would like to make your friend cry.

If it's a colleague I would speak to the Head

It’s no friend of mine but thanks.

Yanbu, they shouldn't be working with children

Did you call them on it at the time?

I’ve heard it a few times over the years. Boasting about how nasty they are. Really, it’s best to ignore.

If they are not your friend then you may not know this but what age children?

How did the conversation come up? Were there other people there?

Was this the first time you had met this person?

How well do you know this person maple?
Could it have been some sort of sick joke that normal people just don’t get?

Sorry xpost.
If they’ve said it many times over the years then it’s obviously not any kind of joke.
I too think this person should not be working with children.

YANBU to not find this funny, somewhere in the ‘joke’ may lie an element of truth. YABU to ignore this though, there is potentially an adult in a position of trust abusing bith the position & trust, not to mention the children in their care.

Unless this is someone you know well enough to believe that s/he a) teaches children and b) was telling the truth about his/her teaching practices, may I suggest you get a hobby instead of listening to other people's conversations?

This sounds like the sort of black humour teachers (like medics and emergency service personnel) sometimes share with colleagues as a way of dealing with job stress. And none of your business.

That’s me told. FYI I wasn’t listening in. They were speaking to me.

Report them.

Vile, absolutely vile. If this is a colleague you are talking about I would report to SMT. This person needs to be scrutinised and probably should not be working with children. Sadly, I've met a few like this. Just horrible.

This sounds like the sort of black humour teachers (like medics and emergency service personnel) sometimes share with colleagues as a way of dealing with job stress. And none of your business.

Except the person isn't a colleague or a friend and drew the OP into conversation so made it make it the OP's business.