Press - ups ???

Question

Morning Everyone, Just want our vews on this really, thanks in advance!!!

My daughter is 6 years old and has violin lessons in school on Wednesdays(today) this morning however she tells me she doesn't want to them anymore as last week, she was talking to someone in the lesson and the teacher made her do 10 press - ups (but she could only do one), I have been up the school andseen her class teacher, but do you think it was a little harsh making a 6 year old do 10 press - ups, surely sending her back to class would have been sufficient!! thanks again for your views

Answer 1

It definitely was, my sister who is 6 cannot do even 1. I can only do 20 myself and some girls in my class can only do around 5.

Im sure it wasn't that serious, like the teacher wasn't shouting or harassing her or forcing her to do it.

If she was yelling at your daughter, then report the teacher and hopefully she will be suspended or fired

Answer 2

it was just a punishment for talking when she shouldn't. She is at school now and has to learn that there is a time to talk. I am sure the teacher had probably given warnings. Go talk to him/her and get their side before doing anything

Answer 3

Yes it is,mama in my opinion.

What has making a child do press-ups got to do with anything concerning a music lesson?And for a six-year-old girl! I could understand making huge teenaged boys (or girls for that matter) do them for misbehaviour in a P.E. lesson but that seems ridiculous in music.

Personally I don't even think that she should have been sent back to class as you suggest - learning a musical instrument should be cherished for a child and if it puts her off that is awful.

At that age a ticking off or even maybe writing a few lines ("I must not talk in class" say ten times) would be fine.

I am all for classroom discipline as anyone could tell you (and you do need it in music lessons and drama too even though they should also be enjoyable) but this is too much.

I hope that you can sort this out and that your daughter will continue her lessons without being afraid of the teacher acting in such a way as to humiliate her again.

I feel for the little mite!

Edit : I agree with Rachel that there must be rules in school and punishments for breaking them if necessary but they should be *appropriate* and definately not humiliating so far as to make the child no longer wish to partake in the lessons.

  I do also agree that calmly going to discusss the matter with the teacher concerned is best - he/she might learn something from it too about his/her behaviour and what is appropriate for a six-year-old.