Reprimand in schools=Child Abuse?

[Malcolm Tucker]

OK This was a product of mine and a friend's boredom in German class today, but, do you think when teachers hold you or others in for the even slightest reasons (Dropped pen, chair not put back "in the proper manner" etc.) it is a small, form of Child Abuse, or detainment. I disagree, I wanted to see what y'all think?

[Sapphire]

No, it isn't a form of child abuse.

[Sugaree]

I don't see how it's child abuse. I could see telling the student to put the chair in the right position or to pick up a dropped pen but I don't see it as abuse. Now, if a teacher gets angry at a student and starts to hit them then I can see that as abuse.

[Dolphus Raymond]

Being a jerk isn't a form of child abuse, no. However, chastising someone for accidentally dropping a pen once is stupid. It's a sign of a bad teacher. Unless she's verbally abusing or hitting him, it's not child abuse.

[ShatteredWings]

Well for dropping things is STUIPD, and i'd report that to a princapel. even my hardest teacher doesn't get upset over that.

But, no, that's not abuse. i hope this is a joke michale

[Zephyr]

It depends on the severity of what the kid has done.

The pen or chair concept, that's a bit harsh.
I'd report that teacher to the principal,
But if their behavior is purposefully interuptive/destructive/disrespectful,
Then it's appropriate.

[Malcolm Tucker]

Gwyn read this:

OK This was a product of mine and a friend's boredom in German class today, but, do you think when teachers hold you or others in for the even slightest reasons (Dropped pen, chair not put back "in the proper manner" etc.) it is a small, form of Child Abuse, or detainment. I disagree, I wanted to see what y'all think?

It's not a joke. Why the heck would it be. And why would it be when I DIDN'T COME UP WITH THE IDEA. This was the conversation in German yesterday...: (Whispered in class)

Friend (F) - "OMG That's so unfair [Referring to my german teacher threataning to hold a guy back when he had a perfectly good excuse for being late]. It's like a case of Child Abuse"

Me (M) - "WHAT?! How the f*** is it child abuse?! She has every right to hold him back!"

F- No she doesnt! She cant keep someone back 'cause she doesn't like him.

M-She's the teacher, yes she does. And who said she doesnt like him anyway. Ha child abuse my a**

F-She doesnt like him. Its obvious. Look, when teachers keep you in like when you gotta go to the dentist (story from 1st year) or when there's no good reason, I honestly think it's child abuse!

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OK So. AGAIN I NEVER AGREED. I DON'T THINK IT IS.

It depends on the severity of what the kid has done.

The pen or chair concept, that's a bit harsh.
I'd report that teacher to the principal,
But if their behavior is purposefully interuptive/destructive/disrespectful,
Then it's appropriate.

That I agree with, but it's not a form of child abuse.

Unless she's verbally abusing or hitting him, it's not child abuse.

That also has occourred in our school before. I think her exact words were "YOU! (Not me) Would you stop being so f*****g useless and stupid and pay attention. GET OUT!"

She was reported

[Callwaiting]

What about when a kid has to go to the bathroom and the teacher doesn't allow them to? This happens all the time at my school for no reason, which to me seems like borderline abuse, even if it only happens for a period, if a kid happened to wet his/her pants imagine how that would end.
I can't imagine this happening at my school, but in primary the kids are more intimidated by teachers.

[Zazu]

It's not abuse to keep someone behind after a class. It's a teacher asserting their authority, and if a kid has been mucking about then a teacher has a right to place some authority on the student. If there was no authority then there would be chaos imho.

[Malcolm Tucker]

It's not abuse to keep someone behind after a class. It's a teacher asserting their authority, and if a kid has been mucking about then a teacher has a right to place some authority on the student. If there was no authority then there would be chaos imho.

What if no one's been mucking around. That's my point.

[Sapphire]

What if no one's been mucking around. That's my point.

Then it would unfair and unjust (at most it would be abuse of the teachers authority), but definitively not child abuse.