As a teacher I pride myself on my honesty and integrity.
Yesterday I sent a student out and when I spoke to him I accidentally said 'shit' in my sentence. It was in the context of referring to his behaviour, not directed at him, and I wasn't shouting just talking calmly to him. He completely exploded, stormed back into the room swearing, calling me a 'f***ing b***' and a number of other profanities. He walked away continuing to shout and swear at me.
Other teachers came to my aid and in the heat of the moment in my panic I lied and said I had said 'stuff' instead of that word.
He has been sanctioned for the language he used. This student is only year 7 and has already been excluded and has 50 behaviour points already. He constantly uses swear words in class and towards teachers.
The other students (none of whom heard me swear) had to write witness statements, they all wrote reports of how calm I am, how I never shout or swear, and hows this student constantly disrupts thier learning. They were completely lovely towards me asking if I was ok.
I feel absolutely terrible about lying and am ashamed of my use of a word like that, how unprofessional it is. Those of you know I lost Dobbs last week and have had an appalling week at work, with incidents in my classes and problems with staff. No excuse really, but I am really struggling with deciding what to do.
I will 'get away with it ' because it is completely out of character for me, I have never sworn at anyone or shown the slightest loss of control of my emotions. But I am not sure if my conscience will let me relax if I don't fess up. However I am really scared about getting in trouble and hate the thought of the looks on everyone's faces when they realise I did use the word.
Any support or advice?
Xx
Yesterday I sent a student out and when I spoke to him I accidentally said 'shit' in my sentence. It was in the context of referring to his behaviour, not directed at him, and I wasn't shouting just talking calmly to him. He completely exploded, stormed back into the room swearing, calling me a 'f***ing b***' and a number of other profanities. He walked away continuing to shout and swear at me.
Other teachers came to my aid and in the heat of the moment in my panic I lied and said I had said 'stuff' instead of that word.
He has been sanctioned for the language he used. This student is only year 7 and has already been excluded and has 50 behaviour points already. He constantly uses swear words in class and towards teachers.
The other students (none of whom heard me swear) had to write witness statements, they all wrote reports of how calm I am, how I never shout or swear, and hows this student constantly disrupts thier learning. They were completely lovely towards me asking if I was ok.
I feel absolutely terrible about lying and am ashamed of my use of a word like that, how unprofessional it is. Those of you know I lost Dobbs last week and have had an appalling week at work, with incidents in my classes and problems with staff. No excuse really, but I am really struggling with deciding what to do.
I will 'get away with it ' because it is completely out of character for me, I have never sworn at anyone or shown the slightest loss of control of my emotions. But I am not sure if my conscience will let me relax if I don't fess up. However I am really scared about getting in trouble and hate the thought of the looks on everyone's faces when they realise I did use the word.
Any support or advice?
Xx