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The Day a Parent $lapp€d a Teacher — And the School Asked Him to Apologize”
23rd Jun, 2025 Views 43
The Day a Parent $lapp€d a Teacher — And the School Asked Him to Apologize”
I will never forget that day.
It happened in one of the schools I once worked. A male teacher — calm, humble, and highly disciplined — had a mild issue with a student. The boy had mi$behaved, and as expected, the teacher corrected him firmly.
Later that evening, the boy went home and told his mother.
The next morning, the gates of the school hadn’t even opened fully when the mother stormed in like a w0unded lion. She pushed the gate man aside, barged into the school compound, and went straight for the teacher.
She didn’t ask questions.
She didn’t wait to hear his side.
She raised her hand — and $lapped him. Not once. Twice.
Two hot, di$respectful $lap$… delivered by a mother.
To a man.
To a teacher.
In front of students.
I was there. I saw it. I felt it. And till today, I don’t know how that teacher remained calm.
Because if it were me, I don’t think I would have survived that moment with silence. I don’t think my body would have obeyed the command to stand still. But he stood still — not out of weakness, but out of something even deeper: dignity.
You think that’s the worst part? No.
When the case got to the school owner’s office, we expected justice. We expected the teacher to be defended.
Instead, the owner begged the parent — and then turned to the teacher and said:
“Just apologize… let’s end it here.”
Apologize?
Apologize… for being s$lapped?
Apologize… for doing his job?
Apologize… for being a teacher?
That day, I felt something inside me break.
I saw a man stripped of his dignity and asked to clap for it.
I saw a teacher publicly humiliated — not just by a parent, but by the very system that should have protected him.
We are teachers. And we deserve respect..
