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Friday, Jul 19, 2013
SINGAPORE - The former kindergarten teacher who has been placed on probation after asking a five-year-old girl to remove her clothes has been revealed to have been sexually abused by her father when she was young.

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She allegedly made girl, 5, strip in class Kindergarten teacher, who asked pupil to strip in class, sentenced to probation Shin Min Daily News reported that it was one of the factors the judge took into consideration when sentencing her to 21 months of probation for the act.

According to a previous report, the 26-year-old teacher from a PAP Community Foundation Education Centre had asked the girl to remove her clothes and stand naked in front of her classmates in a classroom on Aug 15, 2011.

The teacher also swung the girl against a whiteboard, causing her to hit her head against it. The teacher is also accused of pushing her young victim on two occasions in July last year, once causing her to fall on a basket of toys and, on another occasion, causing her to fall and hit her forehead on a wooden shelf.

She has since been fired.

Shin Min reported that after the incident, the teacher felt extremely remorseful and wrote a letter to the child's parents to apologise. This was also one of the mitigating factors the judge considered when handing out the sentence.

In his grounds of decision, the judge said that although the offence is a serious one that would normally merit a jail sentence, this particular case was \"no ordinary case\".

This is because the teacher herself had suffered \"unspeakable\" abuse for a long time by a person who was supposed to have been protecting her.

Her father was later jailed for 14 years and she was diagnosed as suffering from untreated depression. According to a psychological report presented to the court, victims of long-term abuse may sometimes replicate the same scenario experienced by the victim.

The judge said he feels she should be given a second chance, and ordered her to perform 40 hours of community service as one of the conditions of the probation and continue to undergo psychiatric and psychological treatment.

She was also ordered to pay $1,000 in compensation to the victim.

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Source : http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20130719-438643.html

verykiasumummy:

ya usually need to wait a while.. but just curious where is the teacher now... can still teach?


dun tell me like hk drama say not convicted yet means still innocent hoh... she should just stay at home!!

verykiasumummy:

it shows that the teacher is confirmed to be charged with at least 3 offences... but no other reports further...


if she's been convicted, shouldnt the teacher's name and picture be published? that would be fair to us parents... as well as other private school employers so that they dun employ her anymore?

Imami:

Actually I hv been saying this - even a baby can tell you things. My child went to infant care since two months old. I purposely chose a big infant care ctr (20 babies) so that there are more teachers around. Surely not all are child abusers right?

When my child turn four month old, he suddenly behaved strangely whenever a teacher wanted to pick him from us (in the morning at the reception). Usually my child would be very willing to be carried away. But just this teacher.... He epwould turned towards me and kaola hug me tightly. Then I knew, something was wrong. I spoke to the director and head infant teacher that I would like this teacher not to handle my infant. After the teacher was diverted to another group of infants, my child no longer exhibited that koala hug each morning. But.... But, the other group to which that teacher had gone over, had issues. So well.... My child \"spoke\".

As parents we need to watch our children closely. Even when they could articulate, they might not have told the whole truth or understood certain things. But I believe each child has this in born ability/ sensor within them that tells them that something is not right or they are being hurt.

Angelight:

If she is convicted and sentenced, I doubt she will ever be able to teach again. What I don't understand is why the abuse was allowed to continue from 2 mths last year without any kids or the victim herself making any complaints. A 5-yr-old kid shld be able to complain to her parents what she had encountered in school. And even if she was too scared to say anything, what about the other kids?

Funz:

janet_lee88:

If the teacher had gone for certified training, she would know that such punishment is not allowed. Even if the teacher is very stressed, she has to give herself 5 min to cool down.


This will not become another teacher bashing thread. My kids enjoyed their 3 years in kindy...daughter even wanted to go back. She asked if principal can create a K3. :faint:

Do we need a cert in early childhood education to know that this is not acceptable? So if this was done to the child by one who is not trained it would have been acceptable?

Nothing to do with cert or training. It is the person and his/her choice of action.

Oppsgal:

hquek:

[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]I still feel like castrating this woman... except there is nothing to castrate!!

Actually I feel the same. The kid only 5 then, can't imagine the scars she will carry.

Chinese news say it is centre in west. Those with kids in other directions can go whew.

buds:

Busymom:

Reminds me of reading about a mom who did that to her own DD. Wasn't this posted in KSP before?

Yes it was Busymom...except that it was a daddy who did so. He told his teen daughter to undress before asking her to bend over to deliver the caning. The creepy part was when he actually posted at that instant he realized his girl was no longer his little girl and that she was budding! (has grown into a lady!)

Quite a number of parents responded to his post in discomfort and if I recall correctly, the post has been embargoed (or removed... not sure) due to its content.

janet_lee88:

Busymom:

Hope there is proper follow-up counselling for the 5yo victim and her classmates. I will be really angry if this happens to my child.

Touchwood.
If this happened to my child, I will make sure TEACHER'S name and pic is published. I am sure many would want to see her face. And I will send my child to see a psychiatrist to make sure she is not traumatised.

firefly38:

Do to the teacher, what she did to the child!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Oppsgal:

Mean what? Say suffer some sort of \"mental illness\" to get lighter punishment if charged?