Mother Denies Offensive Words To Teacher
Appearing in Magistrates Court this morning [July 19], Carol Ann Bailey denied uttering offensive words to two school teachers at the school’s leaving ceremony in June 2013.
The charges alleged that the 47-year-old told one teacher: “I hear you’ve been picking on my son. Watch your back. I’m going to get you.” And to another teacher she is alleged to have said: “I’m going to get you. Better watch your back.”
Magistrate Nichole Stoneham granted Ms Bailey bail of $2,000 and required a surety. The defendant must return to Court on August 23 in order to have a trial date set.
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funny!I am sure it wasn’t gonna go that far teachers her emotions were allegedly running high.
Nothing worst being 47 years old and finding out after the fact that you have ADHD. (Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
Doncha just love idiots that allegedly utter threats!
smuck!
What an example of how to allegedly act. No wonder children are the way they are.
agree what example did she allegedly set
I agree…if guilty, she was out of order…not a matter of “taking it that far”….and we wonder why our young people act the fool….47 is old enough to know that, that is NOT how things are handled…..SMH
Further proof that nasty little people come from nasty big people.
Absolutely! Nice alleged Role Modeling mom! You should be proud.
Keep in mind SOME teachers aren’t exactly innocent. They are human too. They have our kids for 8hours throughout the day which can be stressful. However SOME of them set the example as good educators, while others set out too humiliate and embarrass kids deliberately.
WE dont know what happens once the bell rings and school goes in. Im just saying.
very true.
If that be the case, a parent-teacher meeting should have been arranged. Good for you teachers. This behavior has been tolerated way too long in our school systems!
Exactly. Why allegedly threaten the teacher? Suppose someone threatens her at the nursery where she works?
Honestly this is a waste of taxpayers money. Seriously she has to have a surety for such a trivial matter. What’s the most that can happen to this woman?
In this day and age threats are not taken lightly. As a parent and a teacher we all have our stress moments. Even good teachers say and do wrong things sometimes. No matter the circumstances it is not right to threaten someone.
By the way a threat is not a trivial manner.
Offensive words or threatening words???
Blah Blah Blah! What the Hell is wrong with society? Every time someone blows off steam it has to go to court. Come om man! Etc: the Police arresting people for ‘uttering offensive words’ get a Damn backbone, we have a society of very touchy people. Yes record the threat with the Police in case something happens. OMG! Give me a break.
@Come On Man: I agree 100%! Give me a break…what a couple of cowards…
And yes it can be very frustrating as a parent dealing with the teachers and the kids. I am so happy not to be dealing with Berkeley anymore. Since 2010. However I don’t know if it has improved since 2010.
Ditto to that one!
Berkeley is the pits and NO, it hasn’t changed. The teachers are anal beyond belief. I swear they try to deliberately bait parents or something-just an unreasonable bunch of people…the female teachers, that is-the male ones are fine.
I’ll never forget how I had a conversation with the principal and I described something as ‘asinine’. She started shrieking hysterically “Please don’t use that kind of language with me!” to give the others within earshot the impression that I was cussing her out. I pointed out that it is a legitimate word, and she said ‘Well, I don’t like that word.” I said “Why not-because it begins with ‘as’?” and she was quiet-she had nothing to say to back up her ridiculous, drama-queen behaviour.
It takes a lot of self-control not to f**k some teachers off-and this is coming from a professional individual. It annoys me when they think they’re smarter than me when I have a degree just like them and make more money than they’ll ever see-it makes me want to say ” get over yourself, you’re not the only ones with brains…’
For a mature person to want to ‘F’ off teachers, clearly shows a lack of breading and upbringing. What you seem to view as ‘anal’ is actually teachers doing whatever is necessary to get YOUR child (or even you, if you are not the parent here) to pass his/her class. Obviously, the pressure to succeed and do well is NOT coming from the home environment so it falls on the teachers who have your child all day long. Fortunately for us, and the rest of society, you’re not teaching our future generations. Let me leave you with these words of wisdom: It is better to be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Berkeley teachers should keep on being ‘anal’ so these kids will succeed and learn to surpass their parents in intellect, morals, and the common sense not to use foul language to express thoughts — degree or no degree. I pray you don’t speak like that in your ‘professional,’ high salary position. How embarrassing would that be for your company and clients. Get over yourself.
@Sick of your whining: You MUST be a teacher. If so, no wonder our children aren’t learning. I think you mean, shows a lack of BREEDING, don’t you??? What-should Mayan aim to be breaded and deep-fried? If you’re going to tell someone off, at least use the correct words!
I feel the same way as the previous posters. I think a big problem with many teachers is that they are too condescending. That is what ticks people off. They talk down to parents and talk to them as if they are the children as well. That would annoy the most mature, patient adult. I have had it happen to me over and over and it is irritating beyond belief. I have had to remind teachers that my child is the student, not me. Also, some (not all) of them tend to lump all parents (good or bad) in the same book and have a pre-emptive attitude with all parents because they think the parents will have a bad attitude. In other words, they get defensive and nasty towards the parents without even being given a reason to act that way.
I don’t think it was too wise to allegedly threaten a teacher but some of them certainly know how to push your buttons.
Sick of your whining: Please get yourself a proper education before you dare to criticize anyone else about education. For starters,your username needs to start with a capital letter, at the very least because it’s the beginning of a sentence-just saying.
Just because someone is a teacher doesn’t mean they’re all that smart. Case in point, the teacher who sent parents home a note that said “make sure you’re children have red pages 1-5. After they have red this, make sure they do there maths sheet…” and then went on to have numerous mistakes. I could not believe my eyes!I actually was going to send it to the media as an explanation of why our kids are not learning.
I don’t want to attack teachers as most are loving, kind and good at what they do but there are a few who are not fit for the post. Why do you think Gov’t put through legislation to regulate educators? There were many not performing up to the proper standards who had to upgrade their skills or choose another profession…
This is honestly just a waist of time. And it was at the leaving ceremony!! Like okk if the teacher was picking on your son its done and over now. Your son will not have to deal with that teacher again!!
If you don’t respect the teacher, respect the position. If you have a problem with them, take it to their superior. This should be the lesson that you teach your children – no matter what the teacher has said. It’s called “taking the high road”. If we treat even one incident like this lightly and the next one, and the next one, we will have chaos.
Well, actually, we have created that already. That’s why some parents feel that they can do stuff like this in the first place – it’s been gradually “tolerated” for years.
Let her have her day in court and if it is proven that she is guilty, she must suffer the consequences. Remember, children are watching. “Adults create and children imitate”.
If you only knew the boyfriends of some of these parents you wouldn’t take it so lightly!
It’s about time!
In this day and time, teachers have to make students understand that they are not to take threats lightly. Many have lost their lives not taking threats seriously. Bravo for the teacher who went the full mile to report and prosecute. They have to take sooo much within their work day and parents need to set an example for their children. If guilty, Hopefully the parent has learned a valuable lesson and hopefully she will not have to deal with her son threatening her some time in the future.
Lol I remember this day at school!!!!!! Funny
Would have loved to see someone mouth off to my high school principal, Randy Horton, back in the day. True, some teachers may have it hard and stressful but look at some of the kids, they’re not all saints. We all, as parents think our children are these little, fragile flowers. In many cases, the kids deserve a back hand and in very few cases, the teachers do.
Listen there is wrong done on both sides. Teachers and parents can make mistakes. Parents threaten teachers all the time, but teachers most times do not have any recourse. It is about time we teachers protect and ‘watch our backs’. Teachers give so much of ourselves, my parents have my cell number, they text me to say their child will be late for class, their child has to go to an appointment, they call me at home nights to ask if it is dress down day the next day, or to talk about something that happened at school lunchtime that did not get addressed on the field , or to ask for help with homework that they don’t have a clue about because they don’t know how to do certain things in math or whatnot. So having said this I think it is important to have that good relationship with parents and for parents not to second guess teachers but to know that we have their child’s best interest at heart. When a parent says that someone is picking on their child , it means that their child went home and told their parent that the teacher does not let them get away with things, it means that the teacher does not spoil that child and makes them take responsibility for their actions, which that child probably is not use to doing. When a parent says that it means usually that the teacher does not think rudeness is cute, and is not willing to put up with unacceptable behavior, language, body language, a certain tone of voice, excuses and so on.
I hope that no parent would ever say that about or to any teacher though.
@ Watchfuleyes
I agree with you to a certian extent. We are also living in times where we have some young immature teachers who carry themselves just like the kids. If you are trying to set an example you must start by your tone. If you shout at a child, kid, adult whomever this is where the problem starts, especially if it is in a very harsh tone. Yes we all have problems some at work, home etc.. So my point is treat people like how you want to be treated. I have seen times where these Teacher’s have drop themselves right to the childs level. No one is perfect, we have Teacher’s suffering menopause, some going through challenges in the home, and so much others so just imagine the environment in which the child is living they may have some difficult challenges as well so beating up on children or disliking them because you don’t like one of there family members and this is Real Talk many of times we can become in Denial but this is really happening Innocent suffering for the Guilty. But on the other hand know one should threaten anyone become the adult and meet with the teacher long before hand don’t wait for the leaving ceremony because now he will be labelled for the rest of his school year because of a decision you decided to go with THREATING A TEACHER. So kid I feel for you because your life is just beginning.