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At work, there was a discussion in the classroom about bullying. The teacher was encouraging them to speak up against bullies. A girl put her hand up and said that someone is bullying her, the teacher told the girl to come and speak to her later about it.
Later, during P.E, I asked the girl whether she had spoken to 'Miss' yet. She told me that she hadn't but that she can tell me if I would like her to. She told me about how a boy in her class calls her names, I repeated what the teacher had told the class earlier about how 'you must always tell someone'.
I asked the girl "have you told your parents?", she replied "Yes, i told my dad".
I said, "good."....she said, out of the blue, "My dad sleeps in my bed sometimes he does"
I replied calmly, didn't ask any leading questions, I actually found it difficult to look at her but eventually did. The strange thing was she paused for ages, looked at me and then carried on talking about random things i.e. her pets etc.
I reported it to the teacher, even though I wasn't sure what to think. The teacher told me that she reported it to social services and then told me later on that the girl cannot go home because it is being investigated. I felt so awkward and really wished that it was totally innocent. After that the teacher never mentioned it again, she seemed angry with the girl and in the following weeks the girl kept complaining about feeling sick, pains etc. The teacher ignored it. She had told me earlier that she knows the girl's parents and that they seem really nice.
On sports day, the girl's mum showed up. The girl skipped over to me and introduced me to her mum - I think her mum knows it was me that made the report. The mum looked very embarrassed and instead of being angry was red in the face and very cowardly. The girl obviously, thankfully, is unaware of all of this.
I sense that something is wrong and that somewhere along the line there has been a cover up, but obviously I can't prove it and it's not my place to get involved. I was working as an assistant but will have a more involved role as of next term. The teacher I told has been given the sack, I dont know why. No one else at the school appears to know about the 'disclosure' and obviously it's not something you go around mentioning because it's confidential. Everyday, I worry about whether it ever was reported or whether the teacher had a quiet word with the girl's mum. The teacher was going to keep in touch with me as a 'friend', we swapped numbers but I never heard from her again. She's gone back to her own country now. Any thoughts on this?
Later, during P.E, I asked the girl whether she had spoken to 'Miss' yet. She told me that she hadn't but that she can tell me if I would like her to. She told me about how a boy in her class calls her names, I repeated what the teacher had told the class earlier about how 'you must always tell someone'.
I asked the girl "have you told your parents?", she replied "Yes, i told my dad".
I said, "good."....she said, out of the blue, "My dad sleeps in my bed sometimes he does"
I replied calmly, didn't ask any leading questions, I actually found it difficult to look at her but eventually did. The strange thing was she paused for ages, looked at me and then carried on talking about random things i.e. her pets etc.
I reported it to the teacher, even though I wasn't sure what to think. The teacher told me that she reported it to social services and then told me later on that the girl cannot go home because it is being investigated. I felt so awkward and really wished that it was totally innocent. After that the teacher never mentioned it again, she seemed angry with the girl and in the following weeks the girl kept complaining about feeling sick, pains etc. The teacher ignored it. She had told me earlier that she knows the girl's parents and that they seem really nice.
On sports day, the girl's mum showed up. The girl skipped over to me and introduced me to her mum - I think her mum knows it was me that made the report. The mum looked very embarrassed and instead of being angry was red in the face and very cowardly. The girl obviously, thankfully, is unaware of all of this.
I sense that something is wrong and that somewhere along the line there has been a cover up, but obviously I can't prove it and it's not my place to get involved. I was working as an assistant but will have a more involved role as of next term. The teacher I told has been given the sack, I dont know why. No one else at the school appears to know about the 'disclosure' and obviously it's not something you go around mentioning because it's confidential. Everyday, I worry about whether it ever was reported or whether the teacher had a quiet word with the girl's mum. The teacher was going to keep in touch with me as a 'friend', we swapped numbers but I never heard from her again. She's gone back to her own country now. Any thoughts on this?