I'm still shaking!
About 3 weeks ago I witnessed an "assistant" who I do NOT know, who was in my son's Montessori 3-4-5 yo class, push my son into his seat during lunch, wag a finger in his face and yell at him for not eating properly. She looked up and saw me. I thought, "Okay. Everyone has a bad day. She knows I'm pissed. I'll let it slide."
Later that week I witnessed her harassing (for lack of a better word) kids for not doing as she expected. She's not a M teacher. She's horrible with the kids, she seems totally freaked and stressed and her head is always spinning around looking at the kids running around her like she's possessed or something! She talks in a harsh voice, ordering kids around. So, finally I talk to ds's lead teacher. It just so happens that this woman is leaving her classroom, lead teacher can't stand her either.
Today (1 week later) I go to pick up ds. Notice lead teacher leaving early; she's sick. Go to get ds and that B*^$! is there. She's grabbing a kid's fork, telling him he needs to learn to eat. He takes the fork. Makes a face. B&^?! grabs the fork and pokes it into kid's food and yells at him to do it right. Leaves him, head spinning around looking at the other kids who aren't in control. Power walks to 3 kids in a corner, bends over, shakes finger in face and yells at one of the kids, "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?? You don't act like that!!" Etc. Etc. Goes back to fork-kid, harasses him. MY ds tries to get past her to wash hands and face, gets physically moved out of the way, told to "WAIT A MINUTE!" At this point I enter the class and tell the montessori-trained assistant (my voice was shaking) "I can't WATCH HER talk to these kids this way!!!" Run out, down the hall to directors office. Tell her I need to talk, NOW. Young asst who she was talking to is asked to give us privacy. I tell the director - "The woman in my son's classroom right now is HORRIBLE!" I explain what I've witnessed and tell her I will NOT bring my son to the school any more if that woman is in there. She doesn't know why B!(*% is in there since she was moved to a class less stressful. I tell her, "That woman has no business working with children - much less in a Montessori environment. If I wanted my son in that situation he'd be in government sponsored daycare, and even there that kind of behavior wouldn't be tolerated - and shouldn't be, anywhere!" (no offense, I realize gov't daycares are probably fine but I was just flipping out.)
SO - was I totally out of line? The director went straight to the room and pulled that lady out, then went to call the head of school. I feel a little bad because I don't want anyone to lose their job in this economy - I don't know that this is what will happen but you never know. She has NO BUSINESS working with kids, though!!!!!
About 3 weeks ago I witnessed an "assistant" who I do NOT know, who was in my son's Montessori 3-4-5 yo class, push my son into his seat during lunch, wag a finger in his face and yell at him for not eating properly. She looked up and saw me. I thought, "Okay. Everyone has a bad day. She knows I'm pissed. I'll let it slide."
Later that week I witnessed her harassing (for lack of a better word) kids for not doing as she expected. She's not a M teacher. She's horrible with the kids, she seems totally freaked and stressed and her head is always spinning around looking at the kids running around her like she's possessed or something! She talks in a harsh voice, ordering kids around. So, finally I talk to ds's lead teacher. It just so happens that this woman is leaving her classroom, lead teacher can't stand her either.
Today (1 week later) I go to pick up ds. Notice lead teacher leaving early; she's sick. Go to get ds and that B*^$! is there. She's grabbing a kid's fork, telling him he needs to learn to eat. He takes the fork. Makes a face. B&^?! grabs the fork and pokes it into kid's food and yells at him to do it right. Leaves him, head spinning around looking at the other kids who aren't in control. Power walks to 3 kids in a corner, bends over, shakes finger in face and yells at one of the kids, "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?? You don't act like that!!" Etc. Etc. Goes back to fork-kid, harasses him. MY ds tries to get past her to wash hands and face, gets physically moved out of the way, told to "WAIT A MINUTE!" At this point I enter the class and tell the montessori-trained assistant (my voice was shaking) "I can't WATCH HER talk to these kids this way!!!" Run out, down the hall to directors office. Tell her I need to talk, NOW. Young asst who she was talking to is asked to give us privacy. I tell the director - "The woman in my son's classroom right now is HORRIBLE!" I explain what I've witnessed and tell her I will NOT bring my son to the school any more if that woman is in there. She doesn't know why B!(*% is in there since she was moved to a class less stressful. I tell her, "That woman has no business working with children - much less in a Montessori environment. If I wanted my son in that situation he'd be in government sponsored daycare, and even there that kind of behavior wouldn't be tolerated - and shouldn't be, anywhere!" (no offense, I realize gov't daycares are probably fine but I was just flipping out.)
SO - was I totally out of line? The director went straight to the room and pulled that lady out, then went to call the head of school. I feel a little bad because I don't want anyone to lose their job in this economy - I don't know that this is what will happen but you never know. She has NO BUSINESS working with kids, though!!!!!
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he didn't go hungry and wouldn't have.
