How to Deal With an Abusive Teacher

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Watch for your teacher yelling or calling you names.. Look out for hitting, grabbing, poking, or shoving.. Ask yourself if your teacher ever makes you feel scared or embarrassed.

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Watch for your teacher yelling or calling you names.

Step 1

Watch for your teacher yelling or calling you names.

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Look out for hitting, grabbing, poking, or shoving.

Step 2

Look out for hitting, grabbing, poking, or shoving.

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Ask yourself if your teacher ever makes you feel scared or embarrassed.

Step 3

Ask yourself if your teacher ever makes you feel scared or embarrassed.

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Get help right away if your teacher touches you inappropriately.

Step 4

Get help right away if your teacher touches you inappropriately.

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Note whether your teacher ignores your needs.

Step 5

Note whether your teacher ignores your needs.

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Tell your parents or another teacher right away.

Step 6

Tell your parents or another teacher right away.

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Keep a record of the things your teacher does.

Step 7

Keep a record of the things your teacher does.

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Explain clearly what your teacher has been doing.

Step 8

Explain clearly what your teacher has been doing.

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Get other kids in your class to back you up if you can.

Step 9

Get other kids in your class to back you up if you can.

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Call a help hotline if nobody will listen to you.

Step 10

Call a help hotline if nobody will listen to you.

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Document any incidents your child tells you about.

Step 11

Document any incidents your child tells you about.

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Research local laws on abuse and bullying so you know what violates the law.

Step 12

Research local laws on abuse and bullying so you know what violates the law.

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Look for other parents and kids at the school who can back you up.

Step 13

Look for other parents and kids at the school who can back you up.

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Try talking to the teacher if their behavior doesn't seem too extreme.

Step 14

Try talking to the teacher if their behavior doesn't seem too extreme.

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Approach the school administration with your concerns if necessary.

Step 15

Approach the school administration with your concerns if necessary.

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Contact the local press if the school doesn't take you seriously.

Step 16

Contact the local press if the school doesn't take you seriously.

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Remove your child from the class if the administration won't take action.

Step 17

Remove your child from the class if the administration won't take action.

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Let your child know that you are there for them.

Step 18

Let your child know that you are there for them.

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