Thanks, he's doing fine. It seems slapping children to the floor and then kicking them in the kidneys is no longer in vogue. His teacher last year was a disaster but he's made very good progress this year and he's staying in the top half of the class. Academically it's not really been a problem but we've had to work on socialisation etc. especially with his peer group.
I see him and it’s like watching myself as a child. Luckily Mrs Purple trained as a primary school teacher before she changed to her present career and her father is a retired teacher so he gets lots of support outside school.
You clearly have had a very bad/horrendous/brutal experience in the hands of teacher(s).
Interestingly, I read an open letter from a teacher in the Irish Times last week apologising for slapping and hurting children who were in her care in a primary school maybe 30 years ago.
Teaching now is very different.
There is absolutely no toleration of abuse - verbal, physical or otherwise.
It's good to hear That your son is doing very well with his new teacher.