6th grade student 'assaults' female teacher... Teacher 'lawsuit' against parents = Korea

In South Korea, a teacher in Seoul's Yangcheon District who was assaulted by a sixth grader class student has filed a lawsuit against the student's parents. The reason is that the teacher continued to tell the parents about the violent behavior of the child, who was in a special class due to emotional and behavioral disorders, but the parents did not discipline the child, and eventually, the teacher was assaulted.

According to the Korean legal community on August 4th, A, an elementary school teacher, filed a damages lawsuit against the parents of the 6th grader B who assaulted her at the Seoul Southern District Court on the 1st, seeking compensation for emotional damage.

A's legal representative, a lawyer, said, "She didn't file a lawsuit because of just one assault. This continued, but in the end, it all came down to the assault in June."

He continued, "Each time the student used violence, She informed the parent, but the parent had no intention of improving the child's behavior, and just left the child without any disciplinary action. She filed a lawsuit after judging that "parents are not able to fulfill their responsibilities as supervisors for their students."

On June 30th, student B verbally abused homeroom teacher A in the classroom, hitting them in the face and body with his fist and kicking him with his leg. Student B reportedly had an emotional and behavioral disorder and was in a special class.

After A's damage was reported through the Internet community, nearly 2,000 copies of petitions were sent online and offline to A's legal representatives by teachers demanding severe punishment for student B, led by the Commission for the Protection of Clerical Rights.

The elementary school held a committee on the protection of religious rights on July 19th, judging that it was an "infringement of educational activities," and decided to punish student B by transferring to another school and receiving 12 hours of special education. A resolution was also passed on the "punishment to receive five hours of special education" for the parents of student B.

The Committee for the Protection of Teacher Rights, which is established by the school, city, and provincial education offices, targets students who have infringed on teachers' educational activities. You can give seven dispositions: transfer, transfer, and expulsion.