So today Tim spent a whole 15 minutes without me outside on the playground with the other kids, while I was inside waiting for him. Apparently he was ok in the start but towards the end he noticed that I wasn't there and started crying. But the nice German teacher was able to calm him down and when she brought him in, he seemed to be doing ok.
While I was waiting for him though I observed a Russian apprentice teacher (she looks like she's either in her teens or very early 20s) take a crying little girl from Tim's group to the toilet. The following dialogue followed, which I could hear from the corridor:
Apprentice teacher (AT): "So here we are, you can pee now!"
Little girl (LG): *crying*
AT: "Well - why aren't you peeing?!"
LG: "Ludaaaa" (calling the name of the regular Russian teacher from the group - the one that I don't like, but kids seem not to mind too much)
AT: "Oh, so you want to see Luda! Well are you going to pee or not?!"
LG: "no... Ludaaa"
AT: "Oh, so you don't want to pee?! Why did you tell Luda that you want to pee?! Were you lying?!"
LG: *confused and crying more*
AT: "Why were you lying?! Are you a little liar?!"
LG: *crying* "Ludaaaa"
AT: "Why did you tell Luda you wanted to pee?! Huh?!"
LG: "Ludaaaa"
AT: "Why were you lying?! I'll tell Luda that you're a liar and she won't be happy with you!"
LG: *crying*
AT: "Come on pee now!"
LG: *crying*
AT: "Are you going to pee?!"
LG: "no" *sobs*
AT: "Fine! We're going outside and I'm telling Luda that you're a little liar!"
*shivers* I don't think comments are necessary at this point, and needless to say that we're really thinking about pulling the plug on this kindergarten :(
That sounds really bad :( What's wrong with these people? I am not a trained professional but even I realise that treating a child this way is counterproductive and just plain mean
ReplyDeleteAh, the snakepit which is paid childcare! Hope the other two places are more what you are looking for.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a kids version of the script from Full Metal Jacket!
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