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The court sentenced a homeroom teacher who publicly scolded and humiliated a certain student in front of the students with a suspended prison sentence.
Today (26th), the 16th detective of the Seoul Central District Court (presiding judge Kim Tae-gyun) sentenced elementary school teacher A to 6 months in prison and 2 years probation He was also ordered to take 40 hours of child abuse recidivism prevention lectures and to be restricted from employment at child-related institutions for two years.
Mr. A, who worked as a lower grade homeroom teacher at an elementary school in Seoul, is accused of emotional abuse to four students between March and November 2019.
In order to scold a student who behaved inappropriately, he made other students repeat the proverb, "A dog with dung is a dog with bones." Should I be scolded or not?" he asked.
In addition, Mr. A is also accused of allowing another student to remain alone in the cafeteria for about 40 minutes after lunch because he does not listen well.
He was found to have committed this crime even though he was an elementary school teacher and was required to report child abuse.
To Mr. A, who was in court, the judge explained, "All of these acts amount to emotional abuse," and "harm the mental health and development of the child victim."
"As a homeroom teacher, considering the fact that he repeatedly committed crimes against victims who were only in the first grade of elementary school, the crime is heavy," he said. I did.
However, he explained the background of the sentence, saying, "Mr. A is a first-time offender and he confessed to all the crimes."