There is a very sound, logical reason for that...
Posted on 08/24/2018 10:55:52 AM PDT by Simon Green
Parents of a fifth grader are concerned after their child was punished for referring to his teacher as "ma'am."
Teretha Wilson said she noticed something was wrong Tuesday when her 10-year old son Tamarion got off the school bus from North East Carolina Preparatory School.
"I asked him what happened. He said he got in trouble for saying 'yes ma'am'," explained Wilson.
Confused by his response, Tamarion pulled out a sheet of paper with the word "ma'am" written on it four times per line on both sides. He says his teacher told him to write the word on the sheet because he kept referring to her as "ma'am" despite her instruction not to. As part of his punishment, Tamarion had to have the paper signed by a parent.
"He had a look on his face of disappointment, shame," said his father, McArthur Bryant.
Wilson and Bryant said their children were taught to refer to elders as "ma'am" and "sir," and that Tamarion was not intending to be disrespectful.
"At the end of the day as a father, to feel kind of responsible for that...knowing that I have been raising him and doing the best that I can, it's not acceptable," said Bryant.
They added that Tamarion was hospitalized last month for a seizure-related activity, which included memory loss and hallucinations, something the teacher was unaware of.
Wilson said the punishment was completed in class. She was concerned that Tamarion was missing an opportunity to work during that time.
During the encounter, Wilson said the teacher also told Tamarion that "if she had something, she would have thrown it at him."
"It wasn't right. It wasn't professional. As a teacher, it wasn't appropriate. And I asked her why she thought it was okay to do that," said Wilson.
Wednesday, Wilson met with the teacher and principal to discuss the incident and punishment. During that meeting, Wilson said the teacher acknowledged saying that, but was not serious and believed Tamarion was aware of that.
When Wilson returned the signed punishment sheet, she also included a second sheet, which included Tamarion writing the definition of the word "ma'am."
Following the meeting, Wilson requested her son be moved to a different classroom, which the principal agreed to do.
While Wilson and Bryant are happy the school took action, they want to make sure a future incident doesn't happen again.
"If it happened to my son, I'm pretty sure if not a week, a day, a month, a year, it will occur to somebody else's child," said Bryant.
A family member posted a picture of Tamarion's sheet full of "ma'am" on Facebook Wednesday afternoon. It has since received more than 1,000 comments, and hundreds of shares and reactions.
This is Tamarion's second year at North East Carolina Preparatory School, and Wilson said the teacher has several years of experience.
An official with the school released a short statement regarding the handling of the incident:
"This is a personnel matter which has been handled appropriately by the K-7 principal."
It’s sad, but I’m not surprised.
Never again will I say “Yes Ma’am” or “Yes Sir” to anyone from the North. I’m tired of being treated poorly like a sub-par human merely for being polite.
LOL. Main character @ 10 o’clock looks like Al Bundy.
I found the same link. If it was one of the two with pictures, I wonder which one. My bet would be the one on the right.
It amazes me that the school in question is not in Berkeley, Calif., Boulder, Colo. Greenwich Village or Georgetown, DC but in rural North Carolina.
He does look exactly like Al Bundy.
I hope Drudge picks up the story. This needs a broad audience: Very shameful bullying and punishment of an innocent child by his teacher for simply responding with respectful behavior. The teacher and the school need to be exposed and condemned for allowing this bullying to occur.
This nation is cooked. The freaks control the media, the public schools, Hollywood, social media, etc. Unless we get the culture back by fighting instead of hiding, we lose.
Connie Wells?
Whatever species this "teacher" is, it is not to be respected as a lady.
Would she prefer “school marm?”
Reminds me of a bit in an old movie; Can’t remember which one, goes something like this:
Woman:(angrily) “Don’t call me Madam!”
Reply: “My apologies. I should have realized that you were just one of the Madam’s girls.”
There is a very sound, logical reason for that...
Weird thing is that this happened in Tarboro which is not at all like Charlotte or Raleigh. Tarboro area is not affluent, and it is far, far removed from any big city.
Was this a Negro school? From the names of the participants it could be.
:)
Not nearly enough people have woken up to the fact that public schools are tantamount to child abuse.
There are far more egregious examples of abuse, mostly to boys, all over the country. Not to mention the lgbtq indoctrination and stealth teaching of islm.
Today it is borderline insane to send your kids to a public school.
This is not a 'personnel matter'....this teacher is a bully and a narcissist...plus showing respect goes both ways, no matter the age. Fire Her!
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