"You're Not in Our Class" - 10-Year-Old Student Bullied by Homeroom Teacher... Even Had Nightmares

Left Alone in the Classroom and Humiliated in Front of Friends
Child Protection Agency Judges It as 'Emotional Abuse'

A homeroom teacher at an elementary school in Gyeonggi-do has been accused of emotionally abusing a 10-year-old student by verbally assaulting and bullying them. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Ju-hyung] A teacher at an elementary school in Gyeonggi-do has been accused of emotionally abusing a student. Recently, the parents, noticing unusual changes in their child's behavior, secretly placed a voice recorder in the child's clothing before sending him to school. The recording captured the teacher's verbal abuse. The teacher protested that the parents' recording was an infringement on teacher's authority and explained the emotional abuse allegations by saying, "I was trying to discipline a child who was disrupting the class."

According to MBC's "News Desk" on the 14th, A (10), a third-grade student at an elementary school in Gyeonggi-do, recently showed signs of emotional instability, such as suddenly wetting himself and having nightmares. Concerned by this, A's parents secretly placed a voice recorder in his clothing before sending him to school, which allowed them to understand the situation through the recorded voice.

The recorder captured A's homeroom teacher, Mr. B, severely scolding A. Mr. B said to A, "You are a liar. Liar, bad child. You're changing from a bad child to the worst child now."

Mr. B also left A alone in the classroom and said, "A, I'm going to the sports room class. Do as you please. I don't care." Eventually, A burst into tears.

When A cried, Mr. B scolded him even more harshly, saying, "Cry more, number 7 in our class is not A," and when A said, "I want to be number 7," Mr. B replied, "There is no number 7, A is in another class."

Mr. B also publicly humiliated A's classmates by saying, "Everyone, if A lies 297 times in 3 months, he is not a liar."

He raised his voice, saying, "He didn't do the class, didn't even look at the dictation, didn't write anything. What are you doing now? You're not in our class."

Upon learning of the situation, A's parents reported Mr. B to the local child protection agency. The agency reportedly judged Mr. B's remarks as constituting "emotional child abuse."

Currently, the elementary school has replaced Mr. B as A's homeroom teacher with someone else. However, it is known that only a replacement measure was taken against Mr. B, and no disciplinary action has been imposed. Mr. B protested, saying, "Recording the class without permission is an infringement on teacher's authority," while A's parents argue that recording child abuse is legal according to precedent.

Meanwhile, the police recently summoned Mr. B for questioning. Mr. B stated that the reason for severely scolding A was, "The child often ran out and cried loudly, frequently disrupting other students' classes," and added, "I sincerely tried to guide the child and did not intend to hurt him."

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