I accept at face value your daughter's report - they knocked her down on the playground and kicked her, in full view of a teacher who did nothing to stop it.

My personal view of such an event is - that this single act (of omission) on Any teacher's part, should be grounds for dismissal, once proven. It is an act which gives credence to the mob, to the bullying of those who disagree.. to the mindset of Lord of the Flies ignorant children who are acting from rote and without any comprehension. THIS is what that 'teacher' taught these empty young minds, that day.

I hope you will be able to force (school-wide? depending upon the nature of your local PTA) a detailed confrontation of what exactly was Wrong, and why it must not recur. Were it my child and were the school milieu such that they would Not face these issues - I'd look for a cub reporter and any similar means of getting this story into the public consciousness.

You may not like some of what crawls out from the woodwork, but you will at least know more about your 'community' - and you will have faced an issue particularly germane to current events. The entire small 'play' is indeed a Parable, deserving of frequent reenactment. Lest we forget.. WTF it is, we think is worth defending about our 'community', state, nation (?) Or not worth defending.


Good luck,

Ashton