Should a teacher be allowed to say bad things about a student

OF COURSE , I advocate bullying in any form (sarcasm) :) But srsly , this teacher doesn't even understand the meaning of "being professional". He(im assuming that he is a he), lacks all the qualities that would make him an approachable and effective teacher.He isn't empathetic; he's lower than low -___ -OMFG? picking on a student because there is no probable chance of retaliation. Coward , I say. Teachers should be kind and understanding that every student has different abilities. He's a hypocrite as well. Teachers stop bullies and yet he bullies students. So no , a teacher shouldn't be allowed to say bad things 'bout a student. Give this dog a taste of his own medicine :)

Hi Virgie, No that teacher should not be talking about your son or his friend like that in an attempt to motivate other students. He has no business dropping your son's name like that regardless of the reason that your son struggled. Even if he were a lazy student, he should not be using him as an example. You should go to the principle with this. it is very unprofessional.

definitely not... a teacher should act in a professional manner and never look down or make nasty remarks about the students... i will never tolerate it if a teacher do this to my child... i will definitely go to the teacher to demand for an apology and report this teacher to the principal... it is unbelievable that a teacher can do this kind of thing to the student... i feel sorry for your child... take care and have a nice day...

That's horrible. I would definately complain to the principle about that. Why don't he use it the other way around.. instead of as a threat to the kids.. say "see.. this kid had problems but he worked them through and kept up with his studies and he graduated inspite of things that kept knocking him down. You can too" or something like that. Kids these days have so much negative things to deal with in life, they need all the little positive things they can get. I had dealings with teachers when my kids were in school. Once a teacher had students grade papers and all she did was record the grade. I kept my daughters papers and followed her grades. When tests came home I'd review them. Turns out the student grading just marked ones wrong that werent and things like that. I asked my daughter but she said she didn't know the person grading the papers. I went to the teacher and complained and she said that she doesn't have time to grade all the papers. I said, "so that is your reason for giving my daughter a D instead of probably a B on this test?" )she did have some answers wrong) She just went back to "I don't have time" So I went to the Director of Teachers....showed him the test and papers and he had to agree with me. We had a meeting with the teacher and although he tried to "support" his teacher/co-worker, I held my ground and neither of them could validate why the student was marking things wrong that were right. I would pull the question and say the answer my daughter gave and say "why is that wrong?" and they both said "it isn't". I said "why was it marked wrong?" Neitheer could answer other than the teachers "I don't have time". LOng story short, she had to stop having students grade papers. I kept watching after that and things were right and my daughters grade came up to a B+ in that course. Seems she found time to do her job!

Teachers have unions, and through them have tenure. My father was part of that union. Teachers can do pretty much whatever they want. The only chance would be a private school where you are a valued customer, instead of just another bothersome parent. The only other possibility is the school board, but that's a nightmare by itself.

It is not whether a teacher should be allowed to say things about another student it is that this teacher is not a professional and obviousley very poorly trained. That is not the correct way to motivate others and only demonstartes to other students that the teacher is not trustworthy. Examples for motivation should be historical or abstract. We see professionals in all walks of life do this but those folks did not go to school to becames professional trainers of others. This kind of educator needs to find another profession. This is professionally lazy.

That Teacher must got fired , Teacher = someone who teach , if he/she act like that that,s mean he/she don,t really know what is the meaning for being teacher , i have same problem too , i am a foreign student from Indonesia ,i study @ malaysia now , on new year i was very2 sad because my parents force me to leave my wife , they don,t like her , so i cry till i fall to sleep after that i can,t move my hand , so i go to hospital and the doctor said that my nerve / my back bone nerve got problem , i must do a treatment he cost me 4000Rinngit is about 12 million rupiah! or about 1200usd!, i am shock how can i got that much?, so i told my collage about this situation , and... with very easy they say i must follow my course like another student!, I take culinary course , i can,t move / even bend my finger and She just said like nothing happen ?, so i said to her will you give me a mark if i attend practical test and doing nothing there? she can,t say a word ,sometimes teacher act like they doing right thing , ok NO EXCEPTION ALL SAME!,and i said again who want to get illness or disorder? , she can,t say anything , I agree if you shoo that teacher , we must teach this kind of teacher even if they can teach other

Thats definitely not a good concept to follow. I myself a teacher too and i did not do that. I used to be friendly with the students at the same time keeping some distance no to get too close. If we want to motivate the student also we have to used positive attitude like umm Jason was one of the best, he was sincere this and that and he got high mark also you should also be studying like him. Instead of he was bad she was bad you shouldn't be like him. The most important thing is teacher apart from there educational qualification should be train properly. Then only teacher will know the exact ingredients to motivate students.

Teacher should say that to her student. Student absent if he has illness or something felt that he cannot go to school.The teacher should not say bad words for it can cause inferioty to them. She should ask and find out what makes his absences more and such. If that is the case she should consider because he had health problems. Examine first the student whats the main hindrance that he cannot report to school. She must encourage him to get well soon rather than saying unpleasant words.

Saying bad things about a student might just simply make the student lose faith in studies though...however sometimes it might also motivate the student to study harder. Well my teacher cursed me in class before though...

Well, i think that the duty of a teacher is to teach, to make his student's learn. I see that teacher is giving him examples of "how you shouldn't be", and i don't think he is wrong. In the case that those other students had health issues too,....well....it's pretty obvius that the teacher is wrong and that is talking without knowing.

Teachers should not allowed to say bad things to their students. Maybe you can complain about this because they have guidelines to be followed before rendering services. Teachers must be a role model not only in the school so as to our community. Children followed mostly what teacher say and we also consider them as a second mother.Therefore, they should show all the goodness, calmness and understanding to their students who have different behaviors and must treat equally.

Teachers should not do so.. even if she does it has to be done in a positive approach..

In my opinion this is totally unprofessional behaviour. I think teachers should be totally honest with students and their parents and if there was a problem with your son he should have talked it over with you. Then maybe something constructive could have been done to help your son - like arranging extra lessons or giving him work to do at home. But to criticise him in front of other students is appalling. I don't see anything wrong in using former students as an encouragement or warning - as long as they are not identified. In any case, if a student is "lazy" it's up to the teacher to motivate them.

It is not right! I think you should talk to that teacher, what that teacher is doing is certainly not right. I won't let anyone to do that on my child, especially if he had some health issues. Or I think you should report it to the higher positions in the school.

I think that it is definitely wrong for the teacher to insert names into the comments. I don't think, however, that there is anything wrong with something like this if they were to use a generic name for the student and never connect them in any other way with the year that they were in the class. I know when I was a junior in high school I dealt with some issues health wise that caused me to miss school several times. I had a teacher tell me point blank that I wouldn't be able to get better than C in her class unless I came to school more often. I only missed her class when I had doctor's appointments.

I think it is ok to use past students as examples to motivate present student, so long as names are not mentioned and no specific details that may identify the student are used.

I don't think teachers should. First and foremost they should serve as good examples to their students, and have the role of inspiring students, not bringing them down.

NO they shoudnt!! you should stand up for your child go talk to the principal tel him your situation and that you dont like what the teacher is saying about your child and have someone that proves that the teacher said those things. i think that is very direspetful to you and youre child there is alot of people out there that think its no big deal but it is! hope everything works out

I dont think thats a good idea to say at all. Just as most people would say teachers should be serving as a role model as well, the second parents of the kids that their teaching .Instead of saying such cruel statement they should be the ones providing positive values and teaching their students how to encourage others as well. Not making them feel bad bout their failures.