Is this acceptable behaviour?.

I saw this on another forum. Having witnessed what teachers can be like, I have [no] difficulty believing the account to be true,

A woman was visiting a school in the course of her employment when she was shouted at by a teacher - "You girl! Come here!" The teacher then proceeded to berate her for not wearing school uniform - she was wearing jeans. When she tried to explain who she was, the teacher just shouted her down with "I don't want to hear your pathetic excuses, girl!"

The only person responding to the report claims that she deserved a "dressing down" because she wasn't wearing school uniform. He tries to excuse the teacher's action, saying the teacher must have mistaken her for a pupil. However, even if that were the case, surely teachers should show some respect for their pupils.

What do others here think?

EDIT. I omitted the word "no" in my second sentence. Now inserted in square brackets.

bijouxbroussard · F

Depends on the kind of school. In public schools someone like that would’ve been reported, or the incident would’ve been captured and appeared on YouTube. Then the teacher would’ve been receiving death threats.

Of course students deserve to be treated with basic human respect. But in an "online" world, actions have more unforeseen consequences than in times past.

Caroline259 · 56-60, F

@bijouxbroussard It was a UK school. I presume it was a state school rather than a private one but I could be wrong about that.