A kindergarten teacher in Malaysia has shared a troubling experience involving a six year old pupil whose behaviour left her shocked and concerned.
What followed was a story that many did not expect from a child so young.
Slapped her own mum outside school
The incident came to light after another educator asked online whether others had ever encountered problematic students.
According to the teacher, the situation unfolded when the child arrived at school with her mother.
I picked her up from the car, she kicked and said she didn’t want to, meaning she really didn’t want to. Then her mum tried to persuade her,” she recounted.
Reported by mStar, when the mother attempted to pull her out of the car, the girl allegedly slapped her.
“I told her not to behave like that but she told me not to be busybody and not to teach her what to do,” the teacher said.
She added that the child’s mother repeatedly apologised for her daughter’s behaviour.
Threw books and refused to do work
The behaviour did not stop once the child entered the classroom.
“Once she came in, she just glared at us. When told to do her schoolwork, she threw her book on the floor. She even said, ‘Don’t tell me to do it,’” the teacher shared.
The educator described feeling taken aback by the level of defiance shown by someone so young.
Allegedly kicked mum until her eye bruised
More distressingly, the teacher claimed that she later learned the child had previously kicked her mother, leaving her with a bruised eye.
Her mum sent her to school with a bruised eye and later whispered to us that her daughter had hit her. Even her older brother, who is in Form Two, has been hit by her as well,” she said.
The teacher’s account has sparked concern about discipline issues among very young children, with some questioning whether underlying factors could be contributing to such behaviour.
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