She is accused of having pushed one of her students to the worst.
In September 2020, a French teacher from Val-d'Oise, in the Paris suburbs, was indicted for “harassment of a minor under 15”.
Suspected of having influenced the suicide of little Evaëlle, found hanged in her room after having suffered months of school harassment, the teacher, questioned by TF1, defended herself having played any role, refuting the accusations of parents.
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The official stressed in particular that "
being a strict teacher does not seem to me to be, especially today, a fault
".
In this case, the professor was suspended from her duties and placed under judicial supervision with an obligation of care.
"Everything, today, in pedagogical practices, can be likened to harassment"
"
I have never had a problem with Evaëlle
", assured, categorically, the teacher questioned. In front of the cameras of TF1, she explains to have "
realized certain difficulties
" which Evaëlle, according to her, was facing. "
She was comfortable speaking, struggling with writing, which aroused in her uncontrollable outbursts of anger
," reports the professor, explaining that "
it would have been necessary to set up appropriate support for the 'help
'. She assures to have proposed it to Evaëlle's mother, but the latter would have refused, which would have caused, between the mother and the teacher, "
problems
". "
When you are a mother, it is always extremely difficult to position yourself in the face of the difficulties of your child,
”she declared, adding that she does not recognize herself in the facts that the family blames her.
However, in January 2021, Evaëlle's parents explained to
Le Figaro that
one day, their daughter came home in tears, claiming that the French teacher had asked her in front of the whole class to explain why she felt harassed. The little girl said she felt humiliated, and had reported to her parents that the teacher kept telling her to "
stop crying and answer questions
". According to the teacher, this scene would never have taken place: "
that day the students arrived at my class extremely agitated
", she reports to TF1, "
they were coming out of a PE class. where an argument had taken place between several students, including Evaëlle. I wanted to understand,so I let them speak
".
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If the investigation is still in progress, the rectorate has for its part launched its own investigation. Asked by TF1, the rector of the Academy of Versailles Charline Avenel stressed that the investigation brought out "
forms of rigidity
" in the "
teaching methods
" of the teacher, but that no specific element "
reveals a situation more important than these
”. The report also specifies that "
the teaching team is united around the teacher
", considering that "
everything, today, in their teaching practices, can be assimilated to harassment, and that they are all exposed to harassment. recourse or complaints
”, indicates TF1.
Apart from the teacher, three children aged 11 at the time of the facts are accused of harassment and have also been indicted. If the teacher risks 3 years of suspended prison sentence and a 30,000 euros fine, the children, themselves, being minors at the time of the tragedy, can only receive educational measures.