dee-lite
08-11-2006, 05:45 PM
I am a 4th grade teacher. At the beginning of the year students are asked to bring kleenex(2 boxes). I keep track of those who have brought their tissue and those who have not, and remind those students who have not brought them. At the end of the 3rd weeks, 3 students still had not brought their boxes so I wrote in ther agenda as a reminder to their parents. Well a parent came up to the school to talk to my AP about the kleenex, saying that I embarrassed her child by asking her to bring the kleenex. Then she went on and stated that I had said to wipe her nose on her shirt. I know for a fact that I never said this to her child. Then the next day came and this particular child was acting very suspicious during class during an exam. She was holding up her test paper and showing it to another student. I called on her and the other student and talked to them about it. At first the child said she wasnt doing anything and gave me an attitude, and then she finally admitted it to me. I looked at her test paper and she had been scribbling on it and writing "I love Roger." I called her mother and spoke to her about the situation and asked her if she could talk to her about testing procedures. Well she said she would speak to her. Then she said she wanted to speak to me about how uncomfortable her child is in my class because of the kleenex issue. She then accused me of saying the quote about the shirt. I advised her I never said that to her child, but she did not believe me and said she would like to take her daughter out of my class. She was very rude, talking down to me and there was nothing I could say to change her mind. Then she said she had an anonymous witness who had heard me say this quote. So I said that she could remove her child from my class if she felt that it was necessary. I think this made her more upset because then she said she wanted to talk to the principal. I am trying to figure out if the child is lying to her mother about me or if the mother is blowing the whole thing out of proportion. I have had no previuos issues/incidents with this child. She participates in class. and comes to my desk if she has a question about something. This is very upsetting to me and I would like some advice on how to handle this situation. It really upsets me that the mother talked to me in that manner and also that I am being lied about to administration. Please help!
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