Yahoo Finance 'He had tears in his eyes': Mum's shock over teacher's 'inappropriate award' for son
A mother has labelled a teacher’s actions “inappropriate” after her son, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), was given a controversial “award”.
Tera Cooper claims her 13-year-old child was handed a certificate which is labelled #ADDaward at Plainfield Central School, in the US state of Connecticut.
The document obtained by NBC Connecticut also reads: “Most likely to be distracted by… look something shiny!”
Ms Cooper told the news outlet her son named Derek was embarrassed and claimed he had to accept the document in front of his classmates.
“He had tears in his eyes,” Ms Cooper said.
The mother said she was confused about why a teacher would hand out such an “award”, explaining Derek is on an education plan which could include alterations in his academic program.
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Therefore, the teacher and school are aware of her child’s disorder.
“I don’t know if she thought it was funny but it’s not funny. She’s the teacher. It’s supposed to be a safe place,” the upset mother said.
Derek told his mum there were a couple of other students who were given the same “ADDaward” as well.
The principal of the school told the news outlet he had met with the child’s parents and they “were assured that, along with our central office administration, this matter would be handled promptly as we are acting on good faith in the interest of the student and his family”.
The Plainfield Public Schools Superintendent would not comment until the investigation is finalised.
