To be annoyed that my DD teacher did this

[DramaLama0]

Waiting to be dismissed at end of the day and it was raining heavy. Teacher had a very large umbrella. A few children were there including my DD. DD and some others moved and starting moving towards the umbrella to go under and all of a sudden teacher saw and did a turn so that the other children were under it but not my DD. It didn't matter too much as she was going to be dismissed soon anyway but not until she had seen me. I felt sad that she was the only one not under it and the teacher seemed to move with purpose so she couldn't be under it, but the other children left to be dismissed were?

She probably did this for reasons that are not obvious to you, such as having to suddenly look and see what another child was doing. Don't you think that is a lot more likely than "She has an evil vendetta against my child and is deliberately trying to get her wet"?

I feel sorry for teachers.

And this is why I no longer teach. Ridiculous!

I have a mental image of a 5 year old teacher spinning around on the spot. I need to go to sleep

I agree.

I can dismiss children from the door without going outside. If I did have to I wouldn't want any of them under the brolly. It is mine! They should have their own or at least be suitably dressed.

If you spoke to a teacher like that at our school, you would be spoken to by SLT. I will also say that when parents are rude to a teacher, it is always their child that pays the price.

Copperoliverbear · Yesterday 23:59
I'd just mention it to her on the quiet, I'd say I saw what happened you purposely moved away from her, and I don't care wether you have bonded with her or not but you do not treat her any differently from the other children, I will be watching closely to make sure this doesn't happen again and I may also pick her up early sometimes just to check things are going well.
But one thing you should know my child will not be made to feel uncomfortable and will not be treated any differently to any other child, you will remain professional at all times.
Before anyone starts mentioning about the message seeming a little threatening, I work in a school, sometimes people have their favourites and make it clear, there's no way I'd put up with it, 100% it happens I see it all the time

Sometimes I utterly despair. Unless this ludicrously OTT rant is a joke. FFS...trust your child's teachers or f*king well homeschool them. They do not have the time not the energy for this shit. I bled for my students for 47 years, and encountered just a handful of entitled parents like you. Their precious little snowflakes who were never wrong, were deliberately ignored or slighted, achieved a mark below their perceived competence, would never lie etc. No wonder the education system in the UK is a shitshow. Excellent teachers just refuse to tolerate such crap.

Go to Musk! 😂

I will also say that when parents are rude to a teacher, it is always their child that pays the price.

Whilst I think that poster was ridiculous with her threatening attitude, I find your comment worrying that teachers take their dislike of a parent out on the child. I am glad my kids have left school. I work in the NHS and when a relative is rude, I wouldn’t dream of treating the patient badly. Not in a million years.

That wasn't what was meant.

The child misses out as the parent is then subject to things like sanctions so cannot be on the school site for assemblies or the nativity etc. They didn't mean the teachers then go off beating the child up because they are pissed off with the parent.

It wasn’t your comment so how on earth are you certain that’s not what the pp meant?!

For what it’s worth, I interpreted the comment in the same way as @WashingDryingForEver.

If you watched this happen OP, why weren’t you collecting your child? On rainy days, if you can see your child is ready, I’d think it was perfectly acceptable to say ‘excuse me Miss Holly, may I take Jessica?’ and she’d be thrilled to have one less to watch. Try not to make yourself ‘that’ parent, it’s not a good look and will embarrass your child as they get older.

So she spun around and ended up in the exact same position?

Because I work in schools and that is how the child suffers when there are parents who do this. The poster said about SLT being informed which means that as a rule when there are intimidating parents they are sanctioned which then impacts on the child. You're as dramatic as the OP in assuming they meant harming the child.

Playing the - but they said it too card is what children do to deflect when challenged. Think logically about what the impact would be to the child if the parents are sanctioned by the school.

You have no idea what was meant.

And I didn’t think teachers would physically hurt the child btw.

And yet you do and went for the most ludicrous option!

I do as I work in a school and see the impact on children when they have parents like this. Being the only kid who doesn't have someone to watch their nativity has a big impact. Knowing their parents can't come to the school fair etc impacts on the child.

BUt you clearly thought they would harm the child in some way which again is not a common thing in schools but sanctions on parents and this impacting on children is a common thing.

Sounds like you may be thinking the worst of the teacher’s intentions. They were probably distracted by the stress of a busy day settling kids back in school and all the work they had to do after school. So perhaps distracted.

People go into teaching because they love working with kids. It’s very unlikely the teacher excluded your DD on purpose. Even if a kid is a complete PITA, it’s highly unlikely they’d do that vindictively to a 5 year old.

I assume you were there and saw this, so your DD was about to be collected by her mum. If so, kids can cope with a few minutes of heavy rain, especially if they have a warm coat and hood. Perhaps the teacher was trying to cover kids who usually have to wait longer to be collected.

However, if there have been other incidents with this teacher, or your DD doesn’t seem happy with them, suggest having a chat with them.

I don’t think I had a ‘ludicrous’ interpretation of: ‘Their child pays the price’.

Gosh, you're really over analysing this non event. Do you suffer from anxiety? Is everything okay in your life?

And people wander why teachers are leaving the profession in droves...

It's not her job to keep your kid dry get her a coat

She was gathering children under her brolly. That says she’s a kind person. She didn’t need to do that. It’s not on her job description. A brolly can’t shelter the whole class so yes, you’re over thinking I feel.

@DramaLama0 Feeling sorry for your daughter and yourself after reading about the teacher's spiteful behaviour 💗
I hope your daughter didn't notice what actually happened and that it seems she was picked on by the teacher.
No matter how many people here say that a teacher is not capable of such horrid behaviour - yes they are!

I'm really interested to know how many of the people who have commented here are teachers/work in a school or are related to/are friends with teachers!
It's so very strange that the commenters just can't seem to accept that a teacher could have a nasty, spiteful mind and choose to bully a child or several children.

Anyhow, like I said earlier, I hope your daughter didn't realise how horridly the teacher behaved towards her and that she's not affected by it. Best wishes to you both 💗💗

Well if she did a 360, she would be in the same place, so your dd would be protected.
Perhaps you meant a 180?

She picked on your child, deliberately allowing her to get wet?
Ok, did you report her to the Head Teacher or similar?
Did you challenge her?
Ask her why she did this?
No, you came here to tell us your tale. If you thought your child was being picked on, why not fight to protect her?