Math teacher who slapped student transferred pending investigation - video clip angers parents

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Daily News Thai Caption: Teacher who slapped student transferred

 

Daily News followed up after a video clip secretly filmed by a student in a Math class at a school in Samut Prakan, central Thailand, showed a teacher slapping a student hard in the head.

 

The teacher then threatened a student with a stick. 

 

 

Reaction to the video was swift with parents questioning teachers who turn to violence in class. 

 

Parents were angry and demanded an investigation.

 

Daily News had been to the school but found their entry barred; attempts to contact the director were stonewalled. 

 

Later the deputy chief of the local primary school authority Phoom Phraraksa went to the school to reassure students and parents and hold a meeting.

 

The upshot was that the female teacher concerned was transferred to an inactive post at the education authority HQ pending an investigation.

 

She faces being put down a level, having a salary cut, or, most serious of all, being sacked.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The pupil concerned was still going to school and had not suffered any ill effects, said the media. 

 

In their earlier report Daily News said they had spoken to a senior figure who said that the teacher gets on well with the students.

 

 

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[lujanit]

The teacher should be charged with assault and the parents should take civil proceedings against her.  She should be sacked and stripped of her teaching license (if there is such a thing).  Teachers, like the BIB here have been a protected species for far too long.

[SoilSpoil]

Can of worms? Not condoning her actions, but a lot of Thai teachers are so stressed because of all the extra duties that come with their jobs, that they are non-stop on edge. At my previous school, most Thai teachers had to work 6 to 7 days a week, starting at 7.30 am and finishing at 6pm, without proper lunch break.  I've seen several Thai teachers break down in the classroom.  Needless to day that I quit and teach my own children at home. Lot of beach time now! 

[Celsius]

I told you slappers are no good

[edwinchester]

".....they had spoken to a senior figure who said that the teacher gets on well with the students."

 

You couldn't make this <deleted> up. Termination of employment should be the only action in cases such as this.

[bob smith]

25 minutes ago, SoilSpoil said:

Can of worms? Not condoning her actions, but a lot of Thai teachers are so stressed because of all the extra duties that come with their jobs,

find a new job then if they cant take the stress. sewing factories are always good.

 

don't take it out on the defenseless kids. 

[actonion]

Winding the clock back to  the early 1960's  with todays  rules and regulations  in  the classroom i could have made a fortune, taking teachers to court for a slap round the ear hole,    its a pity the parents don't do more of it...

[marin]

23 minutes ago, actonion said:

taking teachers to court for a slap round the ear hole,    its a pity the parents don't do more of it...

Hit their kids? ????

[BananaStrong]

I've seen this sooooooooooooooooooo many times I can't remember.  I've seen falangs (teacher from Africa) do this while I was observing him.  I've seen little kids get kid, over and over.

 

As I said earlier, once I reported it to the police.  Other times to the head teacher, and other times I'd just leave at the end of the semester.  NOTHING happened, it was "Thai culture."   There wasn't any thought of stopping it.  I do think this culture is changing, and every classroom should have a few video cameras.

 

I was at my last school for two years and never saw a kid getting hit.   

 

It's really scary how much power you have over these kids, and to abuse that power is EVIL.  no question.  

[markclover]

Fill out the child abuse form, pay the fine and supply 7 recent photos.

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The pupil concerned was still going to school and had not suffered any ill effects, said the media. 

No ill effects more by luck than judgment.

[toofarnorth]

1 hour ago, actonion said:

Winding the clock back to  the early 1960's  with todays  rules and regulations  in  the classroom i could have made a fortune, taking teachers to court for a slap round the ear hole,    its a pity the parents don't do more of it...

Agree , in about 1960 on my first day ay a private school I was given the cane for not eating my school dinner , gristle and fat. I am still fussy if given a meat pie.

[Bert got kinky]

 

Oh for God's sake, we are talking about a clip round the ear.

Has society really gotten so soft that we are punishing teachers for doing what has been done from the beginning of time?

Have we forgotten the meaning of 'spare the rod and spoil the child'.

 

I would be more concerned of why a student had his/her phone out during lesson time.

 

[xtrnuno41]

Well have seen another clip in AN which showed a teacher hitting way more harder to a child way more younger.

Surely dont approve, keep your hands to your self

[daveAustin]

3 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

Can of worms? Not condoning her actions, but a lot of Thai teachers are so stressed because of all the extra duties that come with their jobs, that they are non-stop on edge. At my previous school, most Thai teachers had to work 6 to 7 days a week, starting at 7.30 am and finishing at 6pm, without proper lunch break.  I've seen several Thai teachers break down in the classroom.  Needless to day that I quit and teach my own children at home. Lot of beach time now! 

Assuming no one forced her to do that job, if she can’t hack it, perhaps choose a profession more inline with her personality type… like packing fruit in a factory. 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

In their earlier report Daily News said they had spoken to a senior figure who said that the teacher gets on well with the students.

As evident in the video.. pull the other one it's got bells on.

[Guderian]

When I was a kid in school in the UK, we were often slapped about the head and other parts of the anatomy. I won't say it built character, but it did teach you to show the teachers some respect and I don't recall it ever causing any long-term damage. I realise this has very much gone out of fashion now, and probably a good thing too, but it must make life much more difficult when dealing with a certain type of pupil.

[Confuscious]

3 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

but a lot of Thai teachers are so stressed because of all the extra duties that come with their jobs, that they are non-stop on edge.

Strange ......

My view on the Teachers in Thailand is quite the opposite of yours.
And I can state my point of view with the teachers at the school of my daughter.
An English Program school.

The teacher, no difference between Thai or foreigner teachers, spend their days in school with giving the students a printer page to color, or a printed page with worthless questions taken out of the Internet.

After the tremestrial test, or the semi-year test, most students had a very low result and the teacher advised the parents to left their kids take "special classes" with her/him for a good price per hour.

[SoilSpoil]

3 hours ago, bob smith said:

find a new job then if they cant take the stress. sewing factories are always good.

 

don't take it out on the defenseless kids. 

As if teachers, eyeballs in debt, have much choice. Agree with nit taking it out on kids.

[SoilSpoil]

18 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Assuming no one forced her to do that job, if she can’t hack it, perhaps choose a profession more inline with her personality type… like packing fruit in a factory. 

You cant be serious.

[SoilSpoil]

4 minutes ago, Confuscious said:

Strange ......

My view on the Teachers in Thailand is quite the opposite of yours.
And I can state my point of view with the teachers at the school of my daughter.
An English Program school.

The teacher, no difference between Thai or foreigner teachers, spend their days in school with giving the students a printer page to color, or a printed page with worthless questions taken out of the Internet.

After the tremestrial test, or the semi-year test, most students had a very low result and the teacher advised the parents to left their kids take "special classes" with her/him for a good price per hour.

Maybe time to find a new school? 

[DJ54]

Speaking of schools …what is it with all the holidays? Of for Christmas, off for New Year, off this week 1 week for Teachers day…. Probably off for Chines New Year…

[FritsSikkink]

2 hours ago, markclover said:

Fill out the child abuse form, pay the fine and supply 7 recent photos.

Tell the teacher that if he / she does it one more time, they end up in hospital.

[keithkarmann]

15 minutes ago, DJ54 said:

Speaking of schools …what is it with all the holidays? Of for Christmas, off for New Year, off this week 1 week for Teachers day…. Probably off for Chines New Year…

Just what I have been saying, but we know the government do not want an educated population. 

[AussieinThaiJim]

In one ear and out the other! 
a little corporate punishment is not a bad thing.

[kwilco]

38 minutes ago, AussieinThaiJim said:

a little corporate punishment is not a bad thing.

So it looks as if the teacher hit you around the head a bit during your English lesson? either damaged you hearing or your spelling?

[Velisbef]

Im all against physical punishment, not only for students but for all people. But tbh, this isn't really that bad of a punishment. I've seen students get punished way worse, some couldnt even write for a few days. Sometimes I could hear them getting the cane from our office! Is it a good idea to do what she did? The answer is no. But I don't think she deserves to be sacked just for that!

[HappyExpat57]

Having been teaching in Thailand on and off for the last 15 years, I've seen some pretty rough acts. The worst was a lesbian Thai teacher who honestly hated males. She took this one boy, 8 years old, out to a secluded hallway, had him drop his trousers, then squeezed his nutsack until he was wailing from the pain. There were two of us shocked foreign teachers who witnessed this, and when we immediately brought it to the attention of the director, she told us dismissively to mind our own business, it was just a Thai thing.

 

Thailand really needs to address issues like these. There is NEVER any acceptable reason to hit a student, mild as it may seem. The lesson of "might makes right" is subhuman.

[kwilco]

2 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Oh for God's sake, we are talking about a clip round the ear.

Has society really gotten so soft that we are punishing teachers for doing what has been done from the beginning of time?

Have we forgotten the meaning of 'spare the rod and spoil the child'.

 

I would be more concerned of why a student had his/her phone out during lesson time.

 

Well what have or haven't you learned?

You think a plea from antiquity justifies violence upon children?

you obviously haven't learned that a simple clip on the head can cause serious damage to the ear.

I'd say you are a product of the violence administered to you as a child.

 

 

[decline]

I see this a lot, usually with a ruler though