Incident of student pressing down on and knocking down homeroom teacher: "I burst into tears when I watched the clip"

(Dan Tri) - When watching the clip of the student beating the homeroom teacher at Dai Kim Secondary School, a teacher in Hanoi burst into tears. She also did not understand why the students in the class mostly just stood there watching her being grabbed by the hair and held down by her classmates.

The incident of a 7th grade student grabbing the teacher’s hair, pressing her head down, and knocking her down right in the classroom at Dai Kim Secondary School, Dinh Cong, Hanoi has shocked the public. This is the first time a reverse school violence incident has occurred in Hanoi, moreover, in the city center.

7th grade student grabbed teacher's hair, pressed her head down, and knocked her down right in the classroom.

According to the school, the incident happened on the afternoon of September 16. When it was almost break time, teacher TTTH, homeroom teacher of class 7A14, entered the classroom to remind the students.

While the teacher was giving a warning, she saw Trinh Mai Tr., the class monitor, holding a sharp toy, so she asked the student to give it to her and said she would confiscate it because it was a dangerous toy, banned by school rules.

Upon hearing this, student Le Gia B. stood up and asked Ms. H. to return his toy. Ms. H. firmly refused to return it, raising her hand high out of student B's reach.

Immediately, student B. pulled the teacher's hair, even pinned her down to snatch the toy back. At that time, the class monitor tried to stop the incident but was unsuccessful, so he had to remind his classmates to close the curtains so that students in the hallway would not witness the incident.

Image of a student grabbing a teacher's hair and holding her head down in the classroom (Photo taken from clip).

In the video shared online, the students in the class did not take any significant action to intervene. They mainly sat and stood watching the teacher being grabbed by the hair and held down by her classmates.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Mai, a high school teacher in Hanoi, shared: "I burst into tears when I watched the clip online."

According to Ms. Mai, there have been many cases of students disrespecting teachers, but this was the first time she witnessed a middle school student attacking a teacher in front of all her classmates and right in the classroom. What hurt Ms. Mai the most was that the other students did nothing to protect her.

"I watched the clip and wondered a thousand times why the children stood there watching the teacher's hair being grabbed and her head pulled by her classmates without running outside to shout for help or seek help from other teachers? I also understand that the children were surprised, and their reaction was to freeze and be afraid.

But is it possible that a class of 30 students all react the same way, are all afraid? It pains me to think of so many incidents on the street, so many of us adults stand by and watch someone being attacked, then livestream, take pictures and post them online instead of helping the victim.

"Are our children copying our behavior?", Ms. Mai expressed.

Recently, the Education sector announced a draft Circular regulating the code of conduct for teachers in educational institutions to replace the regulations on teachers' ethics (Decision No. 16), which has revealed many shortcomings.

The new circular on the code of conduct for teachers is a step in the right direction, an effort to re-establish the prestige and position of teachers, but it only solves half the problem. Without consensus from families, support from policies and participation from the whole society, “teachers are teachers, students are students” will just be a slogan.

Resolution 71 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in education and training development also sets out the motto "teachers are teachers, students are students" in terms of ethics, personality, and knowledge; resolutely correcting negativity in education, valuing the honor of teachers, and honoring teachers in society.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/vu-hoc-sinh-de-dau-quat-nga-co-chu-nhiem-toi-bat-khoc-khi-xem-clip-20250919185120353.htm