The above is the excited utterance of DH when he learned of an incident involving our dear sweet 11 year old daughter AND the dreaded infamous school bully, Mr. M, the only male teacher in our small Catholic school who has wandered the halls for over 25 years tormenting the 6th, 7th and 8th graders over things like correct participle verb tenses and whether or not a pencil has a blunt point. He's about 6'2", 275 pounds, and his "uniform" is a solid color dress shirt with a sweater vest (from early Sept to late May).
(Please note that first sentence is probably a long run-on fragment of sorts, dedicated to Mr. M.)
The particulars of the incident are vague and unclear because the girl was too upset to get it all out. It involves something about the teacher of her class just prior sent her on an errand, making her late to Mr. M's class. The test had already started, and she was unclear and asked a classmate. She was yelled at for talking, proceeded to finish the test as she thought, didn't underline something. He then publicly embarrassed her in class, saying she got it all wrong, and didn't she know anything. (Funny thing is this is my brightest - off the charts smart - child).
Round 2 involved her pulling her aside when they were in the bus line. All my kids were there, and the one thing we've done right as parents is create a certain solidarity amongst our offspring. You had better not mess with any one of the *M* kids, because there are four others to stand up for them. My 3rd grader said when the teacher saw all the sibs staring at him when he was yelling at her again, he quieted his voice and said to one of the littler kids "Make sure your mother gets her here by 7:20 tomorrow to retake the test."
I don't really think that there is much to do. I've heard people have complained about this guy without much success. I had a Mr. M of my own in high school. DH said just looking at Mr. M makes him nervous.
It is costing us exactly $420 a month for this abuse.
"We're paying how much per year for this #$$@%^& to torment our daughter?!"
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He has zero social grace. At my dad's FUNERAL, he said to my sister "It's a shame you never got married."
What a guy!
November 2nd, 2010 at 05:20 pm 1288718455
Thrifto, that sadly leads me to believe that people like this will NEVER change. DH took the opportunity to give daughter a pep-talk during the ride to school this AM and tried to encourage her to stand up for herself. Unfortunately 7th grader added he is Mussolini and she should probably not challenge his authority. We'll see how today went before I go in. DH is afraid if we make waves, Mr. M. will take it out on her further. I don't know.
I would personally find some satisfaction seeing your Mr. in the local home improvement store!
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