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.

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HootyTheNightOwl

That was common at my school. Parts of it were of such an age where it would be red hot in summer and freezing cold in winter.

On hot days, the windows could only be opened by two inches at best from the top - so there was no real breeze.

On cold days... you might as well be outside - we either didn't want to be in the room at all or we wanted to be bundled up in our coats to be as warm as possible. Teachers would yell and scream until hats, scarves and coats were off - and ties were on depending on the weather.

Caroline259 · 56-60, F

@HootyTheNightOwl I seen that type of behaviour from teachers when I've had attend schools to help injured students.

HootyTheNightOwl

@Caroline259 That's the same school where I almost passed out on sports day because it was red hot - and some idiot thought it would be funny to make me run in the first two races.

We had no shade that day... and they didn't even provide water or anything to drink. I wouldn't have minded as much if they'd wheeled the tuck shop cart out and sold soda or something - just to stop us from dehydrating. There was nothing at all by way of refreshments.

Caroline259 · 56-60, F

@HootyTheNightOwl I've had to attend students who have passed out due to dehydration or heat exhaustion thanks to bullying teachers and unreasonable rules. I recently had to attend a school where a boy had passed out in extreme heat because he was required by school rules to wear a blazer, have his top button done up and his tie "tightly tied".

HootyTheNightOwl

@Caroline259 Looking back now... I firmly believe that this was my first incidence of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

I mean, sure, it was hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk - but I never felt how I felt that day before (and I'd been out in hotter weather with my mum), I wouldn't feel that way again until 20 years later when I developed the symptoms of what I believe to be Chronic Fatigue. The only difference is that it now happens in all weathers instead of just boiling hot days.

I just can't seem to get a diagnosis, that's all.