what would you do if a teacher told your child to shut up at school?

@Fantabulous EXACTLY. I slipped and said it to the whole class ONCE. Almost felt bad, but as you stated, they dont understand " please be quiet, please do your work, please turn off your voices".

@iamnikki hats off to teachers these days. Kids are unruly when together and even worse these days because they know teachers can't do anything.
Nah don't feel bad, you only human and lets face it, sometimes the only way kids listen is when someone loses it a bit.

@iamnikki One time in first grade our teacher said she was going to the office, the kids got loud. I was afraid we were going to get in trouble if she came down the hallway and heard us. I said SHUT UP. One girl started crying, she was a crybaby. The teacher walked into the classroom and said “Patricia, what are you crying about?” She said “Patti told me to shut up”. The teacher said “You should shut up, I heard you from down the hall”. At least we didn’t get chewed out that time. I thought I was going to get in trouble but didn’t.

@Fantabulous So right. I have seen so many sensible answers to the original post.