No time to take each child to the toilet for inspection
"It's a common practice in kindergartens for teachers to investigate when they smell something unpleasant in the classroom." Said Jing Wen, a teacher from the nursery of the kindergarten. She admitted that if children were asked to collectively remove their pants for inspection as they claimed, it was indeed inappropriate. However, some children might not care and think that the teacher was playing a game with them when the teacher pulled down their pants one by one.
Yesterday, the reporter contacted the parents of the senior class of Xingqing Kindergarten and found that most parents still thought that the kindergarten teachers cared about and cherished the children. "When I first heard about this from my child, I didn't believe it. After asking several other parents and getting confirmation, I was indeed a bit angry," said Ms. Zhang, a parent. "Isn't there a better way? How can we protect the children's self-esteem?" One parent even expressed anger.
It was the children of this kindergarten's senior class who were asked to remove their pants for inspection. Photo by reporter Li Anning.
Teacher: If true, strict measures will be taken.
Children: Teachers should use appropriate ways to guide children.
In the afternoon yesterday, the reporter went to Xingqing Kindergarten. When the reporter talked with more than 30 children of the senior class, the children started chattering again. "The teacher asked who had soiled their pants, and everyone said no. Later, the teacher made us all stand at the front of the classroom and take off our pants," a little girl said softly while lowering her head. "I didn't take mine off." "You did, I saw it," said a boy sitting next to her. When the reporter asked why the girl lied, she replied, "There are more boys in my class, and I felt embarrassed when the teacher asked us to take off our pants."
However, more parents expressed helplessness. "This teacher has been with the children since they entered the kindergarten and has always communicated well with the parents. It wouldn't be good for the child to have a bad relationship with the teacher over this matter," one parent frankly stated.
To confirm whether what the children said was true, Ms. Tan contacted other parents in the class. The parents learned from their own children that the incident indeed happened.
Jing Wen said that since this incident occurred in the kindergarten, the school would conduct an investigation in the class and hold a parent meeting to explain the situation to the parents. If the situation described by the children is true, the school will seriously deal with the involved teacher, comfort and compensate the children whose self-esteem has been hurt, and sincerely apologize to the parents.
Feeling angry but helpless
"I sometimes even reach in to feel to make sure, if any child really soiled their pants, I would get dirty hands," Teacher Shi said. In such situations, she doesn't know which appropriate method to use. If the children or parents have any opinions on this approach, they can communicate with her.
Teacher Shi admitted that near the end of the school day, she didn't have much time to take each child to the bathroom for individual inspection. Instead, she had the children stand in place while she checked each one by pulling down their pants. During the process, it was possible that the exposed buttocks of the inspected child were seen by others. The classroom was bustling at the time, and she failed to consider the children's feelings.
Parents:
On the afternoon of December 27th, just before dismissal, the homeroom teacher of Class 1 of the senior group at Xingqing Kindergarten in Xi'an suddenly smelled an odor in the classroom. Based on experience, she determined that a child must have soiled their pants, but none of the children wanted to admit it. Finally, under the teacher's request, all 30-plus children in the class removed their pants for inspection.
"Children already have a sense of self-respect from the age of three. Teachers and parents should respect and strive to protect it. If a child's private parts are exposed in public, their self-respect will inevitably be hurt," said Song Xin, president of Shaanxi Mental Health Education Research Association. Children aged five or six also have a certain awareness of gender. Boys and girls being asked to remove their pants together is not only unseemly, but the children may also feel very embarrassed. If a child is discovered by the kindergarten teacher to have soiled their pants, not only will they be exposed in public, but they may also be considered dishonest by their peers or ridiculed. Teachers should use scientific methods, in an appropriate setting, to correctly guide the children. (Gong Wei-fang, Zhang Lei)
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"Previously, there was an incident in the class where a child soiled their pants and was too ashamed to say anything. I was afraid that if we didn't check this time, the child would go home wearing dirty pants, and the family would be upset," said Ms. Shi, the homeroom teacher of the senior class. At the time, out of necessity, she pulled down each child's pants from behind, rather than requiring all the children to collectively remove their pants for inspection as the children claimed.
That afternoon, when Ms. Tan picked up her child from the kindergarten, she noticed that the children in her daughter's class were still whispering to each other after leaving the kindergarten gate. "After asking at home, I learned that just before dismissal, the teacher smelled an unpleasant odor in the classroom and suspected that a child had soiled their pants. Since repeated inquiries yielded no admission, the teacher made all the children in the class remove their pants for inspection," said Ms. Tan.
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