To think this teacher needs his head checked at the very least?

[AlecKid]

I am a PA to the head of our secondary school. Recently, there was an incident involving a teacher who apparantly lost his marbles during a history class.

Yesterday the head was interviewing the kids who was in the class to find out what happened.

Boy a replied:

"Well we we were just doing our work and some kids were on the school field. Mr R saw them and ran to the window and banged on it and shouted at them to get lost"

Head replied:

"and did they leave?"

boy a:

"They did, but they came back"

Head:

"and then what happened?"

boy a:

"Mr R*** just went nuts, threw his book on the floor, jumped up on Bradleys table and then hopped across the other tables to the window and then started banging on it really hard and shouting at them. The kids were laughing there heads off"

Anyway, when he'd left the head more or less said she had no doubt that the kid was making it up. I hoped she was right.

Girl a then came in to be interviewed:

"Mr R* saw some kids on the school field and he went crazy and jumped along all the tables shouting and going mad"

Head:

"he was actually stood ON the tables?"

girl a:

"yes, and he was going 'agggh' like he was really, really mad and the kids were just laughing at him"

So she left and the head called in normally very sensible boy b:

"Some kids were on the field and Mr R just told them to get lost"

head:

"Thats all that happened? Mr R just asked them to leave?"

boy b:

"yes"

Head:

"And where did he say it from? his desk or did he walk over to the window or anything?"

boy b:

"Sort of, he jumped across the tables" ??!!

Head by this point was getting really stressed out knowing full well all the kids wouldn't lie like this...The last boy that came in said that he'd jumped across the tables, was foaming at the mouth and screaming like a banshee and then when he got to the window he yanked a load of his own hair out. This ott version was only mentioned once however.

Thing is, the head has decided to "leave it" basically but this is not the first time this teacher has lost his temper. Just before christmas he grabbed hold of one girl's bag and lobbed it down the coridoor at full strengh because she wouldn't leave his class.

AIBU in thinking SOMETHING should be done or even just looked into??

I'm not a troll before anyone says it, I've namechanged because my usual name more or less reveals my real name and I don't want to identify the school.

Thanks.

xposted with pamelat - consider it please.

I can't believe the head interviewed the pupils, not a great way to manage the situation!

I am a teacher - I quite often walk on the desks, usually to act out a bit of Shakespeare or pretend I am the Iron Man falling down the cliff or something!

BUT I agree with previous posters tbh:

• the teacher needs some help
• you shouldn't be discussing this in so much detail on a public forum.

Sounds like the sort of incident we used to DREAM of when I was at school.

orginal poster either
a) troll or
b) wildly in breach of your confidentiality agreement.
which is it?

Can't comment on the teacher's behaviour as it's 3rd hand hearsay.

But the Head's PA is spectacularly in breach of contract, I'd've thought.

OP - how do you feel about explaining to your boss tomorrow that you discussed 'Mr R' at length on an internet forum?

Apart from anything else, did it not occur to you that there's a remarkably good chance that someone reading this will be able to identify 'Mr R' (& you), from a story their dc has told them about a recent remarkably lively History lesson?

I think you would be better asking for this tyhread to be deleted.

If this incident is being talked about by the pupils it will pass on to parents. It only talks one parent to be a MNetter and you, as the PA, are outted and your job could be at risk.

I think this is the ops first post .......

she said she named changed.
anyway - presumably us mn ladies are too nice to report her to school - arent we?

I posted my concerns on this very early in the thread and an hour later I am still worried.

How long have you been in this job?

I get to hear/see/witness all sorts of juicy/scary/bizarre things at my secondary school, and I know the PA of the HT will get to know far, far more than I do. But professionalism and confidentiality means that you just don't go discussing it with all and sundry. You just don't.

IMO the scenario you describe is not a 'major' one, but if you can't keep that to yourself I wonder whether you are in the right job.

I don't think it's real. It was also posted on TES about an hour ago under a diff name - it's been pulled now. Def a troll, I reckon.

Poor guy. He must be really struggling mental health wise. The head should offer to support him imo.

I know many many teachers who have lost the plot in a lesson.

The straw that breaks the camels back and all that...

Bit pedestrian then.

You'd think the fictional teacher would've at least have pissed in the bin or forgotten to switch the fume cupboard on, landing an entire class in A&E...

(Experienced both of these at a v reputable grammar school in the 80s - teacher lunacy has declined sadly since).

(that was to Feenie btw, agree if genuine poor bloke obv. at end of tether)

This can't be real. Surely the Head's PA would be able to type without spelling mistakes. More likely a pupil or a loon.

I thought that! There/their and at least 2 apostrophes missing

i didn't notice the sp (oops was speed reading thru)

" the head was interviewing the kids who was in the class"

Hmmmm