I do agree that there could well be much more to the story. Even so, I maintain the mother’s behavior was at best counterproductive, and at worst inexcusable.
If she felt the teacher was being unfair, she could have brought that up in the scheduled meetings she had with the school’s principal and Director of Elementary Education earlier that day. Maybe she wouldn’t have gotten the answers she wanted, but she didn’t even *try* to resolve the issue with them. Instead, she canceled the meetings and chose to physically confront the teacher in front of her class. That solved nothing for the child, and got herself arrested.
If she believed the teacher was putting her child in danger or at risk for physical harm with her efforts to discipline the child, then she should have called the police. By getting herself arrested for assault, she again solved nothing, and arguably weakened her position against the teacher’s actions(if indeed inappropriate behavior existed).
I agree.