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So, today I got a note in from parent whose child I had given writing to because he and another child were hitting one another in the yard. Said child is the one in my class who I've had several run ins with, including the incident where three different children (two of them no angels themselves, but in a giddy thoughtless but decent enough way, not in a lying sneaky way) came up to me to report that he was speaking of me in foul and vulgar terms. Said child had given me the whole "He hit me first" defence (which doesn't wash, because they know damn well the rule is that you don't hit at all, and if someone hits you, you tell the teacher on yard duty, you do not hit back, otherwise you get in trouble too) and both gave me the "It was just a tap, we were only messing" defence, which likewise doesn't wash, because one person's tap is another person's wallop.

The note, from the child's rather read as follows - Sorry, my child is not a boxing bag. He was only trying to protect himself followed by a signature. Needless to say, the child had no pages of punishment done, and had told the other child involved in the incident that he wasn't going to have to do them.

No, I did not throw note (and child) across the room, though was sorely tempted. For it is not just me, I have shown the note to other teachers, that was snotty, yes?

So, went to HelsinkiPrincipal, who rocks in these areas and is well apprised of child's previous behaviour, and gave out reams to him over the vulgar language incident. He agreed that that wasn't on, gave me carte blanche to deal with it my way, namely, I rip the child a new one give the child a stern talking to, the work is done on yard and note (equally snotty) sent back to the father. Reading, while I am aware that the other child hit your child first, the school rules are very clear; if you are hit, you must go to the teacher on the yard. Hitting back is not allowed, otherwise both children are equally culpable. Your child was aware of these rules and chose to break them. The punishment has been done in school

HelsinkiPrincipalso reamed the child out.

I fully expect the parent in tomorrow *le sigh* if for no other reason than the child's latest defence in the stern talking to was that "My dad said that if someone hits me I have to hit them back." *le double sigh*