Bullying At School (4 part series)

Part 2 - When Teachers Are Your Child's Bully

Thank you so very much for all your wonderful positive feedback about "Principals Being Bullies". It seems I opened a floodgate and  the stories came back to streetsmartkidz.ca in a absolute torrent of  frustration, anger and tears. I appreciate and need all of your 
feedback to make Street Smart Kidz carry on. We learn from you. Eight years. We still learn from you, the Parents and the Kids!We MUST also state very cleary, 95% of our Principals are awesome.

So lets talk about Teachers being Bullies!

This happens so much more than Principals. In fact, I feel very  comfortable making the following statement. Teachers are the second  biggest group of bullies in 75% of all schools in Canada. LET ME SAY IT AGAIN! Teachers are the second biggest group of 
bullies in Canada. Let's use the B.C. Teachers "job action" as a  example of our kids being bullied.

NO REPORT CARDS!
Now you can listen to the BC Fed of T, who have said many times,  since their latest attempt to disregard our childrens education, "  School Marks Are All Subjective" so by not providing them during our  "JOB ACTION", we haven't changed their future in the least. Roll that sentence three times in your mind. Do BC Teachers know or care that students want validation, progress  reports, advice on how to acheive better grades if they KNEW what their first Term Grade was?

Does that make sense anywhere other than B.C. ? Street Smart Kidz  of Canada has worked with Teachers, Parents and Unions across Canada  and I'm here to tell you, no one understands this Union Tactic! So lets call it what it is! The BC Teachers Federation are BULLYING  their students to get more cash. A BC Teacher starts at $45,239 and by 
10 years of service they are receiving $79,089 according to the Comox  Valley Echo newspaper. At twenty years of service, they are receiving  $117,343 !

World economies are falling, Occupy Wall Street is out there  fighting for the poor, yet our teachers need more?

Yet, BC Teachers are not the villians! The villians are the Parents  who are putting up with this. BC Teachers in the last 8 years have  elimanated both before school, after school activities, increased Pro D  Days, days off, pushed back school start times and shortened the  school year. Yet they are starting job action now, months away from  negotiations because they feel they can BULLY the BC Government.


THIS IS MY DEFINITION OF TEACHER BULLYING:

  1. A student asked what their first term grade is in math, grade 4,  the teacher replies " don't worry about it", the child ask's "why  shouldn't I worry?", teacher replies " your gonna fail if I don't get  a raise", child says " my Dad will ground me if I fail" teacher says " 
    your dismissed" * streetsmartkidz has this on tape from Prince George

  2. A grade 7 girl ask for clarification on a Math problem at the end  of class, 6 students hear the teacher respond, " thats your problem"  the young girl ask why it's her problem, the teacher responds "  because your parents voted for idiots" - Street Smart Kidz has video  and audio.

These are examples of Teachers Bullying Students over their  employment contracts. They love our kids! Yet use them as HOSTAGES at  their convenience.

Last but not least!


During my incredible job I get to hang out with many Principals and  Teachers all across this great land. This weeks focus on the BC FED of  T, was because of the THOUSANDS of letters and emails we have received  about the job action and very silly letters to the Editor, from  spouses of the sad and alone Teachers who agree with these tactics.
For your information, to all BC FED of T, 40% of all teachers in  this Province have sent out REPORT CARDS to parents giving kids their  grades, with tips to improve their marks. Those are what we Canadians  call, TEACHERS, we will remember them and we will remember the rest of  you!

Steven Baird
Street Smart Kidz
Canada