She Laughed At Her Son’s Teacher When She Explained The Reason Her Son Got Detention
This 36-year-old woman has an 11-year-old son named Preston, who is currently in the sixth grade.
Now, Preston is pretty jumpy and skittish and is always easily startled by noises or voices he isn’t expecting, especially if any of those noises or voices are loud.
Preston’s teacher at school, Susan, is a middle-aged woman with a very loud voice bordering on thunderous.
She has never heard Susan yell, though Preston says when she does, it makes him jump. The other parents and teachers at school have mentioned that Susan has a reputation for being super loud.
So, she works from home, and the other day, she received a voicemail on her phone from Preston.
Preston had called using the school’s phone, and he told her on the voicemail that he had gotten detention because Susan yelled at some kids who were clowning around in class, and it startled him.
Susan had noticed and then made him leave the room to do his work in the hallway before placing his call.
“I did not believe that was the reason he got detention at all because that sounds really dumb, and assumed he was just minimizing his role (he does tend to do that when explaining his side when in trouble), so I thought I’d get Susan’s side at recess while I went to lunch,” she explained.
“I call her, and I was completely caught off guard when what she said lined up with everything Preston said to a T. I wasn’t sure what to say at first, but I ended up just laughing on the phone before any words could come out.”
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“Susan was irritated and asked what was so funny, and I just responded that I was so sure that Preston was lying to me because that was such a ridiculous reason to give anyone detention and that he is not serving detention just for being startled.”
Susan insisted that the detention was mandatory, but she stood her ground. She tried to get Susan to understand how ridiculous she was being by asking if she thought it would be appropriate for her boss to dock her pay or punish her if she got startled when her boss yelled at some teachers.
Susan grew quiet, so she figured she had gotten through to her, but Susan then said if Preston didn’t show up for detention, he would get suspended from school or worse.
She pointed out to Susan that she had no problem fighting her and the school on Preston’s detention if she had to before hanging up on her.
“I do not intend to punish Preston just for getting startled; we all do it, and it’s nothing worth making any issue out of,” she said.
“…I vented to my friend about this later, and she actually did not side with me, saying that I was kind of being [a jerk] to laugh at Susan, and that teachers don’t get paid enough to deal with the things I said, so I want to hear what unbiased people think.”
Do you think she’s right, or do you think Susan is right?
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