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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Fair-Screen153 on 2023-09-14 13:46:02.

My son started middle school last month and there was an incident involving missing sharpie markers being used to draw and write immature things on a classroom desk in my son’s class. The teacher, Mrs. B, was having the class work in groups. Later in the day a student told her someone had wrote and drew things on the table.

She was understandably mad and got more mad when she couldn’t find her sharpies and couldn’t clean the the table. The next she asked my son’s class and basically told them to snitch on each other. One kid said my son had did it.

It’s not my son’s character to steal or to deface school property. She berated him in class and said she ought to have the school resource officer “talk” with him. When my son told me what happened, I asked the teacher to discuss with me because I wanted both sides. I ended up getting a call from the school counselor explaining what happened. I said I still want to discuss with her. She said I can once I pay for the missing sharpies and to clean the desk.

My son told that as it turns out, it was another kid who has the same name who defaced the table. Mrs. B got the wrong kid. I asked the school counselor about this and she said she did not know what I was talking about bjt would ask. She later said the teacher had the wrong kid.

I went over her and got an appointment to discuss the whole thing with the VP and Mrs. B. Mrs. B explained that another kid said my son defaced the desk and later clarified it was a different kid with the same first name. That kid admitted to it and apologized to my son.

She said the issue was over. I said, no the issue is over to you but not me. Since you shamed my son for something he didn’t do, why haven’t you apologized? An 11yo apologized to my son without being made to apologized. She said she made a mistake and played the teacher card.

I said so you’re not going to apologize to my son. She said, no I will not. I already acknowledged my mistake and kids have short memories. I then turned to my son and said “Cody, let this be a learning lesson that even teachers can be stupid.” Mrs. B said “excuse me?” I said you heard me. You’re just too emotional and childish to be a teacher. The VP said the meeting and issue was over.

My son patted me on the back as we left. Yesterday he said that the VP told him that he’s lucky to have me as a dad which was funny because he later emailed me that I shouldn’t had escalated things by attacking a staff. I believe there was some side talk with Mrs B.