“You still don’t know how to write?''
A Mother in the US has accused her five-year-old son’s kindergarten teacher of bullying the boy and calling him a loser.
Kandy Escotto said she placed a recording device in her son Aaron’s bag after he repeatedly came back from class at Banyan Elementary School in Miami, Florida, making concerning remarks.
“He was behaving super weird,” Ms Escotto told Local10 News. “He didn’t want to go to school. He would cry when he knew he needed to go to school.”
He also reportedly told her at one point that he was a “bad boy” while she was helping him with his homework, and when she asked him why he said that, he replied: “That’s what my teacher tells me when I do my work.”
When her complaints to school officials about the teacher allegedly fell on deaf ears, Ms Escotto took matters into her own hands.
5-year old Aaron Escotto was bullied by his teacher in school In one recording, obtained by Local10, the teacher — who won Teacher of the Year for the school last year — can allegedly be heard saying: “Aaron, y tu losers.”
In another, she can be heard making fun of the child for not knowing the answer to a question.
While in one, she can be heard making fun of Ms Escotto herself.
“You still don’t know how to write? I don’t know what to say to your mum. She is driving me crazy. Why is she driving me crazy?
“I feel sorry for your mum. I really do. She is a little lost.”
Ms Escotto said she spoke with the teacher herself after hearing the recordings:
“She was very arrogant,” she said. “She said she didn’t like Aaron’s behaviour. I don’t understand why.”
Aaron has since been moved to another class, where his grades have improved, but Ms Escotto wants the school to remove the teacher from the classroom altogether and has hired a lawyer, Sonia Roca.
