OP did not specify whether this happened at a public or private school. But, for the record, you do not have to be a credentialed teacher or have any child development background in order to teach at a private school, so it's more likely this happened at a private school than at a public school (though I may be overly optimistic about that).

And at charter schools all you need is a college degree. There's a Food & Nutrition grad teaching physics at one of the ones local to me.

Based on the FML, I'm guessing the only thing OP's kid did was have severe learning disabilities.

Pretty damn sure there's no amount of 'crazy' a kid could act like that could cause a sane adult to believe they're possessed by demons. I mean, even if he was convulsing in his seat and talking in tongues a decent teacher would've called a doctor or (if it turned out not to be a medical issue) talked to the parents about telling their kid to stop pranking his teachers. So yeah, I'm voting for OP and against that teacher. That woman needs to see a psychologist.

my sis is a teacher. she's had kids spew green vomit and throw desks and chairs at her. she didn't call them demonically possessed but she was glad when she got rid of that class. she's had others detail how they are going to strangle or slit their parents throats. she's had some draw pics of what their other teachers look like dead. we aren't talking 16 yr olds. try 5, 6 , and 8.

I'll take the down votes but after hearing her stories I can imagine horrific little brats tossing chairs and attacking teachers. that's what severe learning problems/demonic usually means. they're only demonic because the parents use the learning disability as an excuse to never say no.

Way to make ****** up generalizations, #26. "Oh, my sister told me about this handful of kids who have learning disabilities were violent, so every child with learning disabilities must be violent and deserve to be called possessed." You do realize that learning disabilities and behavioral problems are COMPLETELY different?

It doesn't even matter if OP's child might have been acting that way, to call the kid demonically possessed because of it, that's just wrong and ignorant. The child simply has difficulties which makes some things for them more difficult, they aren't being controlled by some supernatural entity. Also, if you see the FML, the teacher told OP this "in all seriousness," she wasn't using it as a mere description (which would be bad too and incredibly insensitive) to explain behavior. She actually thought this and considered it a legitimate claim. That is even more terrible because instead of helping the child with their issues, she instead thinks it's another source that no one can accommodate to or help. If she believes this, she might even think that the problems could be solved through well outdated and debunked means.

Serious suspicion of... demonic possession? Are YOU serious? I'm pretty sure that once someone states they actually believe demons are a thing that exists, you can discount everything they say after that point. It's not 'sketchy' and OP definitely doesn't have to bow down to the 'experience' of an insane person.

Probably throwing chairs and desks. my sis has had that happen when she was a sub

Maybe viciously biting and kicking or drawing pictures how how the kid is going to kill the family or teachers.

A lot of religions believe demons exist. That doesn't mean you have to disregard anything they say. It's their religious belief. Sure I believe demons are real. Do I believe they walk the earth and possess people? No. Just because someone believes something to be real, doesn't make them crazy. However, for a teacher to tell a student with learning disabilities that, that is severely messed up.

I tried writing a respectful answer to this that won't offend religious people, but I think I'd rather be blunt - if you think there are malevolent supernatural beings on planet earth capable of influencing and possessing people, you should consider seeing a psychologist. I understand how historically, that could've been a valid explanation for events and illnesses people couldn't explain otherwise, but nowadays I don't see how a person could hold that kind of belief and still be considered sane.

#31,#33 - I don't know how to break this to you but just because your sister had a bad experience does not mean that every single child with learning disabilities/behavioural problems behaves in the exact same way. It is clear from the fml that the teacher was not simply describing the child's behaviour using a metaphor but was genuinely telling op that she thinks her child is possessed. There is not enough information to tell us what the child was or wasn't doing but even if they were throwing desks that still doesn't give the teacher the right to tell the parent their child is possessed.

Way to be judgemental. If you can't accept someone's personal beliefs, especially about something that in the end, doesn't even really matter, then bad news, you're an asshole.

If their "personal beliefs" affect their profession standards and behavior, then it's not something unimportant that will blow over, and people have every right to judge them on it.

I think they're talking about askullnamedbilly saying you're insane if you believe in demons. I think most people here believe this was totally out of line of the teacher.

From what I was taught, demons are angels that fell with Lucifer. It may be something to blame things on in the past but just because your religion teaches about those things doesn't make you crazy. I'm catholic. I may not be a hard-core go to church every Sunday and confess my sins when possible but I do hold some beliefs with them and so do many other people. I can understand if you don't believe in those things but that doesn't make people insane.

Actually this is something I would expect from other parts of the country, not California.

I agree but tbh I don't think most people here are blaming the child - most seem to be blaming the teacher