Kent mum gate crashes her son’s maths class to stop him being rude to teachers

A mum took parenting to the next level this week when she gate crashed his maths class in a bid to teach him a valuable lesson.

Becky Crandley walked into The Sittingbourne Community College in Swanstree Avenue and sat herself down next to her son as part of a “surprise” experiment on Friday (September 20).

Her boy, in Year 8, had been showing signs of a bad attitude in the last academic year, she said.

Despite threatening to sit with him in his class if his behaviour didn’t change, she said her son’s “rudeness” did not stop when he returned to school for the autumn term.

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She took matters into her own hands after receiving emails from his teacher about two particular incidents which had landed him in trouble.

‘Nothing seemed to bother him’

Speaking to KentLive, she added: “It all started last year with his behaviour change, it’s part of growing up I think, but its his rudeness and disrespect I cannot stand.

“I have had phone call after phone call about his behaviour.

“He’s had an untold amount of detentions and isolations but nothing seemed to bother him.”

After being in contact with the school, she offered to come and sit with him in the last lesson of the day on Friday, which was maths.

The school accepted, and so at 2pm the brave mum walked through the school gates with one mission on her mind, to do what she always said she would.

The mother-of-five added: “I constantly threatened that I’d sit with him in school if needed, and he always laughed it off.

“Since they’ve been back this year I’ve had several phone calls already.

“So when his maths teacher emailed last week and said about an incident, I said to her I would join him.

“He didn’t have a clue, and he was very embarrassed for sure, I was introduced as his mum.”

The carer also took to social media to share her story as a stand against naughty teenagers.

She said she felt it was necessary as “today’s children are getting worse by the second.”

“I think more parents need to act upon their children’s behaviour,” she added.

“It’s scary to think what we will leave behind one day.”

Describing herself as a “big softy”, she told her Facebook followers: “Most people know I’m a big softy when it comes to my kids but I’m also straight up and try my hardest to teach them the right way in life.

“One thing I will not tolerate is disrespect from my sons towards any woman and my eldest has been rude recently in secondary school towards his female teachers.

“His mummy bear has had enough for sure, my foot is down and I will not lose.

“If only I got a picture of his face when I walked in and sat down next to him, he went so red there’s nothing I can compare it to.”