What should we do with a child that hit a teacher?

I would go for the principle’s option. Really, throwing him out of the school actually contributes to the problem. That is what schools are for, teaching children to behave. Denying proper education only encourage the boy to further misbehave and become a criminal, something society has already had enough.

The problem with evaluating this is not enough information. No explanation about what prompted the student to hit the teacher, no statements about if the student wa sprovoked or just acting out in anger over something else, or just a bad character. Not statement about remorse from anyone.

So it is hard to say what the best way to handle this is. And why a one size fits all approach usually increases injustice in the world.

If you consider him a criminal I’m not sure how giving them unlimited time on the streets to be more of a criminal works. Getting the boot from school is probably exactly what they wanted.

To be honest I have know idea what could help the kid.

@zenvelo You’re right about that, it’s what another person pointed out as well. No one said what made him do it.

I would consider homeschooling.

While agreeing with @zenvelo and not really knowing enough of the circumstances prior to the assault, I would be inclined to give the kid another chance. Your teen years are tough sometimes; raging hormones, mental confusion, trying to determine your place and relationship with others around you, school pressures, social anxiety, on again/off again relationships. It can be difficult and some are prone to act before thinking. If this is the case, hopefully the second chance will give him both time to grow up a little and the opportunity to prove to himself that he is capable of being an adult.

@RedDeerGuy1 That is the solution we have made. My grandson hit a teacher, ran away from the monitor, threw pencils and erasers at other students, and simply refused to do his work. I am now homeschooling him.

My kid would have been thrown out long ago, but he was in first and second grade so we all got some help except for the so called expert that is now is school principal. But your story happens at university level. As an adult, the student can be charged with assault. The professor and school could waive the right to press charges and pursue disciplinary action after all parties are spoken with. Pulling the kid out so he doesn’t have to face the consequences of his actions is a dick parental move.

Just saying, but where and when I grew up that teacher would have called either the principle or the gym teacher to put another notch on their paddle. They would have made sure the rest of the class heard it, marched the red faced kid back to class and promptly started teaching again.

Since this was high school…it’s a little harder but at minimum suspension and if it was a particularly brutal attack then expulsion and potential charges.

I would have to assume the circumstances of the incident were such that the principal under his review of the circumstances was able to make an informed decision to give this boy a second chance. I would further assume there was sufficient remorse provided by this student as well.

I give another chance after some punishment.

I don’t know all the details so it’s difficult to give a pat answer, but I’m pretty sure I would have the kid talk to a counselor. I’d want to rule out abuse in the home, or at minimum bad examples in the home. I don’t mean I’d be calling the department of child services, but I’d just want to know what’s causing the anger level.

I’d switch him to another school most likely too, but not definitely. Switching schools can be such a burden on the parents though. I’d need to know the entire story really. The biggest problem is it’s a high schooler, not a young child. There’s really no excuse for a teenager to do such a thing.

@rojo “Your teen years are tough sometimes; raging hormones, mental confusion, trying to determine your place and relationship with others around you, school pressures, social anxiety, on again/off again relationships.”

What does that have to do with hitting the teacher? It’s not like she was to blame for his hormone imbalance or whatever happened in his life.

@Sneki95 As a parent of 2 sons that went through so far 14 years of public afforded education in the US I am amazed neither is the subject of this thread. I can count on one hand a number of truly douchbage teachers I myself had to refrain from going Rocky on and have a front seat to the emotions my kids have expressed as to the douchiness these “teachers” expressed or directly assaulted my kids with. The title of Teacher here in the US is anything but a free pass to be an asshat when in and around our kids yet it happens more often that we know about. It IMHO is rarely a simple matter of a kid going off on a teacher because they need more meds to calm down….it in reality is a matter of a teacher being in an environment they are not mentally equipped to manage in a mature manner. Their black eye is evidence of this sad fact.

@Sneki95 It is not an attempt to justify assault. It has to do with looking at circumstance and giving people second chances.
As the father of someone who was once a teen and having been a teen myself I am aware of how difficult and confusing this time period can be.

Here in the US they would suggest a time out until the kid realized what he done was bad. ~~

^^Just the opposite HC. In the US schools are full of zero tolerance policies.

There are also a few schools with corporal punishment that would get out the paddle.

^ There are also a few schools with corporal punishment that would get out the paddle.
guess one would need an electron microscope to find those. ~~

^^Nope. Mississippi was still doling out corporal punishment when I lived in TN, I assume they still do. I moved from TN about 3 years ago. I’m sure there are more examples inside those 20 odd states that still have corporal punishment legal in schools.

A total embarrassment for our nation if you ask me.

One news report I remember an elementary age child going home with welts on his bottom from the beating he took at school.

Dispicable.

Edit: link for you.

^ A total embarrassment for our nation if you ask me.
wow, swatting a kid who disobeyed is an embarrassment but killing a child whose only crime is needing the womb of its mother to develop in until nature, or higher, dictates it lives on its own outside in the real world, that is truly an embarrassment. Go figure. But that is a different conversation……

I am quite confused. In the details you said, ”One highschool teacher hit his professor during a lesson. ” But in the question you said it was a child. So was it an adult, a high school teacher, or a child? How old?

@Dutchess_III It’s a highschooler, so I assume he is 15–19 yo. They didn’t specify in the article. I wrote “teacher” by mistake, I meant to say “one highschool student”.

Oh. Well, what other behaviors does he exhibit?

I don’t know. I read about this event in an article in local newspapers. As I wrote above, a student hit a teacher, and his parents signed him out if that school, and he got transfered into another one. I don’t know any details about the event besides that he hit her.

Well, it’s really hard to come to a conclusion when you don’t know the kid. If one of my kids hit a teacher just becasue they were mad about something (not self defense)....oh boy. They’d be scared to come home, I can tell you that.

(Also, for the future, if you ever want to edit your question you can. Just flag it under other, and write a note that you want to edit.)