Hello- my dgd (11) came home from World Book Day very upset. The boy she sits next to had tied her up and put a mask on her. She said she asked him to stop but he said it was just a joke and anyway she was enjoying it really. When he finally untied her she told the teacher but the teacher just said to count herself lucky that he hadn't dressed up as a series killer or James Bond because then she might have had something to really tell tales about. The teacher then said that there was also a useful lesson in post- feminist irony to be learnt here and that next week the class would explore the concept of irony through Jane Austens novels. When my dd rang up to complain about the tying up, the teacher explained about how it was all jolly good fun and that WBD had proved its worth yet again as the class were now to be introduced to the work of Jane Austen . The teacher said last year WBD had also been useful as someone dressed up as a character from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and that had led onto the class reading the James Bond novels. AIBU to think that the school has not dealt with this well?
YANBU GrannyTwice, I wonder about some teachers. When my GD was punched in the stomach by a boy about two years ago at her school she was made to apologise to him by the deputy head because she interfered. She had told this boy to leave her friend alone. My SIL went to the school and told the deputy head he could apologise to my GD then 7. My DD also a teacher said there is no reason ever for a boy to punch a girl in the stomach. Since that incident this boy and my GD have become good friends. He was suspended by the school at the end of last year for punching a boy in the face. He is very well behaved at DD's house and visits regularly. He looks up to my SIL who has taken him under his wing. Pity the deputy head who made my GD apologise still has no idea on how to handle this boy.
I don't understand why some previous posters think it's okay for a boy to tie a girl up at school. No means No. I will join you also GT.
The book I happen to be reading now is Mansfield Park. It's lovely to be able to just click on a link and there are all of Jane Austen books to read for free.