Originally Posted By pecos bill Look, having no more information than what I have read here, I cannot come to conclusions, only suggestions. She says what happened was inappropriate, she also happened to be there. On the other hand, the possibility exists that her accusations are unjustified, and have unfairly put this child in a terrible situation, in which case, one can only hope that she is detected and exposed as the insane person she must surely be.
Originally Posted By jonvn "She says what happened was inappropriate" It was a four year old. It is this sort of thing that makes people consider actual accusations of harrassment and abuse as less serious. It also what makes people think teachers are morons. Some people have no common sense.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Finally, we have struck upon some common ground jonvn. I could not agree more on all points.
Originally Posted By DAR No moronic teachers are morons. The good teachers fly under the radar as they should.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle this kid might have put her in an extremely difficult or embarrasing situation? I was doing teacher's prac and got numerous hugs from the students (seven-year-olds - always instigated by the students, not by me). If any of them got a little too clingy or did anything I thought might look inappropriate I would gently step back and tell them to go and do whatever the rest of the class was doing (whether it was going out to lunch or packing up their bags). I did that to avoid anyone such as my host teacher thinking *I* was doing anything inappropriate. I certainly never would have dreamed, and still don't believe, that the kids were doing anything "wrong" or sexual; my only concern was that it might appear that way to someone else.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Sorry, the first sentence was meant to have quotes around it. My point was that if the teacher did feel compromised/embarrassed, she could have done something similar to what I did.
