Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: My Son's Teacher I have a 3 year old son in Pre-K. When I first enrolled him in this school everything seemed fined. He liked his teacher and started gaining a lot of friends. One day while I was visiting his class I noticed that his teacher was ignoring a white student sitting in the back of the classroom. I didn't say anything because I assumed he was in time out. As time passed she kept ignoring him. Whenever he wanted to participate with the class she just smiled and said nothing. Story time she made him sit in the back. He's already the only white male in the class, there's a female but she treats her the same. I'm not sure why she treats him like this but I know this isn't right. I don't want to cause any problems but I cannot sit back and continue to let her treat that innocent boy that way. What can I do to help him? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) As a parent, he/she may feel like they do not have the authority to question the teacher on this situation however something should be said in a professional manner. The parent could ask the teacher in private to have a one-on-one meeting. The parent could nicely discuss her concern with the teacher and why this is happening. In some cases, the teacher may not know that they are neglecting the student. If this is the case then the teacher should become more aware of the student by encouraging his participation in class and acknowledging him as he/she does any other student. If the case is more serious and the teacher is just showing bias towards certain students for personal reasons then something should be done immediately. The parent may need to contact other school administrators to address this conflict if the teacher-parent meeting does not solve anything.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Rated On: February 12, 2013 3:56 pm Rated By: Nicole Strenkowski                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Rated On: February 26, 2013 10:12 am Rated By:                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Very helpful. This is a tough case. Rated On: October 18, 2014 5:55 pm Rated By: uJasuX                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Great solution. The parent should express her concerns to the teacher. Rated On: October 19, 2014 3:34 pm Rated By: Megan Lee                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: It is always a great idea to address the problem right away. Rated On: February 25, 2015 1:51 am Rated By: Jen                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Your solution appeared to cover all the same concerns I would have if I had witnessed this. Rated On: February 26, 2015 8:54 pm Rated By: BeMyDu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Good idea! Rated On: March 2, 2015 1:39 am Rated By: Tana Bill                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: . Rated On: November 3, 2015 8:40 pm Rated By: yDyjuB                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Agreed. Rated On: March 6, 2016 2:09 am Rated By:                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This is an interesting in that the teacher might not even know they are neglecting a student. Rated On: March 5, 2017 9:06 pm Rated By: uheVaX