I can only really speak about my own experience. At the time I did not understand what my teacher was doing. I was a 5th grader.
From time to time, he wrote notes to me which he had students in my row pass down to me. The notes said things like "Smile. You're beautiful. Are you my friend?" I was sometimes bullied by other kids because of this.
Sometimes he ordered me to stay behind in the classroom when other students were going out to play during recess. He pulled up a chair and sat very very close to me. It was just the two of us in the classroom. He took a pencil and stroked my arm up and down with it. He spoke in a quiet voice and acted as if he were trying to "help" me and correct some of my "bad" behaviors.
I was an early bloomer, and this may be why he targeted me. I did not tell anyone, because, even though his behavior made me uncomfortable, I simply did not know what to report, nor who to report it to.
I can only really speak about my own experience. At the time I did not understand what my teacher was doing. I was a 5th grader.
From time to time, he wrote notes to me which he had students in my row pass down to me. The notes said things like "Smile. You're beautiful. Are you my friend?" I was sometimes bullied by other kids because of this.
Sometimes he ordered me to stay behind in the classroom when other students were going out to play during recess. He pulled up a chair and sat very very close to me. It was just the two of us in the classroom. He took a pencil and stroked my arm up and down with it. He spoke in a quiet voice and acted as if he were trying to "help" me and correct some of my "bad" behaviors.
I was an early bloomer, and this may be why he targeted me. I did not tell anyone, because, even though his behavior made me uncomfortable, I simply did not know what to report, nor who to report it to.
Today, I understand this was grooming behavior.