Was your daughter on a school trip at Alton towers today?

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Was she late for her bus? did the teacher lose his rag at her in the middle of the entrance area? If so is she ok?

Can’t believe what I saw today, two girls were 20 mins late back, yes they should be in trouble but they did not deserve some teacher screaming at them, I was 75 metres away and could hear everything I felt so sorry for the girls. I was in a queue and I wasn’t talking about it to the other people in the queue, I was about to go over, but another teacher did.

Would love the name of the school to make a complaint to. Heat is not an excuse, I have lived in hot countries and never saw a teacher lose it like he did.

I know it’s not Aibu but posted here for traffic....

I'm sure the OP would have loved me. I once took a school trip to Blackpool and on return to the coach discovered a pupil who'd been banned from the trip amongst our number. He'd truanted for the day and had joined the coach for a lift home as he'd run out of money. I got the coach to make a detour to Blackpool police station where I left him to await the arrival of one of his parents.
I didn't shout though.

As a parent who had to wait an hour for a bus to return from Alton Towers last year, I have every sympathy with that teacher. Last summer, 2 girls on DS' bus decided that they'd have another go on Oblivion before they left, and stopped to pick up a coffee on the way back. They were also "only" 20 mins late back to the bus, during which time they'd not been answering their phones so the staff had no idea where they were. Trip leader sent 2 staff back into the park to look for them, and they were found leaving Starbucks or whatever the coffee place in there is, drinks in hands, totally unconcerned.
The 20 mins delay in leaving meant they hit traffic on the way back, and arrived back a full hour after the other bus from school, which had left on time.
Sadly, though, it happens every fucking year as some kids just think the world stops for them.

so if someone makes you mad you shout at them?

Why not? We're not talking about caning here. Behaviour in schools is already abysmal. My friend is a primary school teacher and a year 6 boy told her to 'go fuck herself' the other day. Violence is a regular occurrence, often directed at teachers. What the bloody hell can you do then if you cannot in any way harm the feelings of the little snowflakes? My guess is that this is not the first time these girls have misbehaved, hence he lost his rag to such an extent. I saw that a lot when I was at school- teachers wouldn't shout for no reason or at people who were normally good- they had usually been wound up to breaking point.

I'm with the teacher. They must have been sick with worry!

Sounds like a well deserved bollocking. 20 minutes late is a piss take.

I wasn’t close enough to hear what the girls said, just what the teacher shouted because he was shouting so loudly.

I couldn’t see tears

Ok,as I said you’ve not heard the whole dialogue. You've heard the teacher shout & reprimand

20 minutes is huge. I’m with the teacher.

Poor little flowers making them cry, what ever next.

Can't believe the OP is going to potentially get some poor teacher reprimanded for this, as she says she has had a PM off someone whose kid was on the trip. OP, you should be fucking ashamed of yourself, you really really should.

I don't get what the problem is with being shouted at, at appropriate times for something that deserves a bollocking. When did it become unacceptable? It doesn't hurt, it doesn't leave a physical mark. Yes it may cause a small amount of humiliation but that's the deterrent surely? And make the recipient uncomfortable for a bit but surely that's the point? That if you indulge in x behavior then it will result in consequences, one of which is a shouting at. Clear lines of acceptable behaviour and consequence if you step out of line.
Lack of such is what's causing problems in society in my opinion, there's a general lack of respect and acceptance of personal responsibility.

I am not a teacher, but it sounds like a thankless task, for very little pay, and it times, little reward. Think before getting this poor teacher, who was probably scared shitless that these two had gone awol, without any contact. They could have been abducted, accident, run off.

I guess if husbands now say she was late and made my stressed it will be ok!

As a stand alone incident, if my husband shouted, because he was royally pissed off - meh, I’d get over it.

Goady bollocks

Ring the school, complain about the teacher.
All the teachers decide it's not worth the hassle taking children on trips. School cancels all trips for the foreseeable future.

If they were old enough to be given the freedom to wander, they should have been back on time. It must have been extremely stressful for the teacher. They should have got a row. Maybe he shouldn't have screamed but he is only human. It would be ridiculous to complain.

Yes I heard a teacher shout, very loudly, enough for me to hear over 75m away and that’s not an appropriate way for a teacher to deal with a situation. Everyone in the area could see what was going on.

Has anyone here ever been humiliated by a teacher/parent/whoever in public, how did it feel (even if a punishment was in order). Pretty sure it felt crap, maybe it will make them think about their actions in future, however I still don’t agree with it (and if any of the scouts are late back on a trip over the summer I will not deal with it by shouting so loudly everyone hears)

Dear God OP, who the judgemental fuck do you think you are? I feel so sorry for that teacher. Those girls could end up thinking their appalling behaviour is okay.

The person who suggested the way to deal with this was to get the girls to apologise to the rest of the bus has obviously no experience of managing a large groups of teenagers.

FGS.

Another one.

What is going on here atm with these over reacting princess threads?

fatmavis screaming/shouting at someone may have a far deeper impact than you think. What if the girl(s) receiving the abuse was already being abused at home and screaming/shouting are triggers for that child? I was abused and neglected to such an extent that when a teacher at school mistook me for another child and screamed in my face, I wet myself. I was 10. You have absolutely no idea the damage that shouting can have on children long term.

That poor bloody teacher, l have been looking at the graduate 'learn to reach's programs but threads like these always put me off!

Learn to Teach! Bloody corrective text!

Learn to reach... for the fucking bottle!

Clever autocorrect!