Perhaps, it is my interpretation but you are victim shaming- “Where is the request for the parent/ teacher conference if there is a problem?” This puts blame on the teacher. It doesn’t matter if the teacher requested 0 or 100 conferences. Children don’t act one way at home and another at school. If there were behavior issues, then the parent knew. The questions that should be asked are: How did the child get access to the gun? and When will the gun owner be held responsible? Moo
Edited: typo
If the goal is to find someone to blame, stop at who gave him the gun. Close the case, shut the door, ignore the rest.
The questions that should be asked are ALL questions that are related, if the goal is to fully understand.
Everyone agrees this is not typical behavior for a six year old.
Everyone agrees a child of six does not act differently at school compared to home.
So…
- Had he been diagnosed? Was he on medication?
- Had there been peer and teacher issues in the past? How did the admin handle them?
- Had he hit the teacher or a classmate before?
- Had he threatened this teacher or another student before? What was the admin response?
- Had he threatened a sibling, friend, or parent? How had the parents’ responded?
- What is the criminal history of his parents and siblings?
Anyone who has taught public school knows that there are students in classrooms that are deeply and profoundly troubled and can be a threat to students and teachers.
Too many teachers tolerate disruptions, fighting, being cursed at, threatened, not in 1st grade but in middle or high school.
No, I’m not blaming the teacher. As I have the fingers that typed the post I may know what I was thinking.
More likely the system left her in a classroom with a ticking time bomb and without the support to keep herself and other students safe.
She is 25, she may not have known how to handle a student with severe behavior issues.
And yes, at a minimum his parents should have known where the gun was located.
JMO