A Primary 6 female student at Chanba 20th Primary School in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, jumped to her death after being questioned by her teacher about stealing money. (composite photo)
A girl from an elementary school in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, was questioned by her teacher about stealing money and recently wrote “goodbye” on the 20th floor wall of an apartment near her school, then jumped to her death from the window. Her mother believes that her daughter is a good student and could not have stolen.
According to media reports, at around 11 a.m. on April 16, the student’s mother, Ms. Sun, received a phone call from her class teacher and was told that the student had stolen 1,200 yuan (RMB) from her teacher at school. Ms. Sun then rushed to the school, where the teacher said that the female student had gone to a care class near the school. However, the custodial class pointed out that the female student had left after eating.
In the process of searching for her daughter, Ms. Sun received a notification from the police that her daughter had jumped to her death from the apartment.
The report said that the female student had been suspected by the school teacher of stealing 1,200 yuan before the accident and was called to the office for questioning by the teacher. The school said the student was called to the office by three teachers for questioning that morning, and after the school reviewed the surveillance, the student admitted to stealing the money.
The report said that the female student was of good character and served as a member of the study committee. Ms. Sun said, usually give her daughter pocket money, do not think her daughter will steal money. She also said that a teacher had stopped her from viewing the surveillance beforehand and kept asking for the $1,200 back. Ms. Sun has been asking to meet with her daughter first, and then discuss the incident, but the school let the female students leave.
The next day, when Ms. Sun asked again, the principal and classroom teacher said they did not know which teacher’s money had been stolen. Ms. Sun questioned the school’s handling of the situation and missed the opportunity to understand what happened, leading to the tragedy. At present, Chanba Education Bureau set up a leading group for the aftermath of the incident.
The event sparked a lot of discussion among netizens, who said, “The first time you encounter this kind of thing shouldn’t you first notify your parents to come, three teachers interrogating a sixth grade girl, generally small children are very difficult to withstand this kind of tremendous pressure, right, I hope to give parents a truth of the matter.”
“Several teachers have an unshirkable responsibility, must be severely punished several teachers and the principal must be severely punished, the school to compensate for all losses, if this school education has problems must be closed.”
“The threshold of the school is too low welfare benefits to improve the quality of teachers can be guaranteed to improve it strengthen supervision.”
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