On the July 11 broadcast of SBS 'Unanswered Questions', the current state of the education field in 2026 was investigated.
In April, a teacher at an elementary school in Jeju was horrified to find a sticky, foul-smelling liquid in a tumbler they had cleaned the day before. An investigation revealed it was semen.
The teacher took sick leave due to anxiety and fear. However, two months later, while a substitute teacher was conducting class in the same room, someone broke in again. This time, they left traces of urine on the teacher's chair.
The culprit was a 16-year-old male student from a nearby high school. He denied intent, claiming he entered the elementary school because he needed to use the restroom. However, the victim was left in fear, wondering why this was done to them twice. Because the perpetrator is a minor under 16, his name, face, and true motives remain unknown, further fueling the victim's anxiety.
Schools today are witnessing events darker and more cruel than any drama. Last year, a middle school teacher in Gimhae, Gyeongnam, was sued for child abuse.
The child's grandmother called the teacher, expressing her anger by saying, "I cannot let anyone treat a child I raised with more than the value of two apartments poorly." The next day, the child's parents filed a complaint, alleging that the teacher forced the child to stand in the heat and dragged them to the second-floor office by their ear.
However, this was completely different from the teacher's recollection. The teacher held a meeting with the parents the next day to clarify the facts. The parents became agitated, shouting at the teacher to answer only yes or no to their questions, as if they were interrogating them.
The parents, who demanded CCTV footage, sued the teacher using the footage and witnesses. Despite the police explaining that the CCTV footage did not constitute abuse, the parents refused to back down. In November of last year, the court ruled that there was no evidence of child abuse against the teacher.
However, the parents later filed an application for judicial review, and when that was dismissed, they filed a second complaint in April for assault and insult. The parents are also engaging in secondary victimization of the teachers. Furthermore, they even filed a complaint regarding the teacher's actions to the National Assembly through an acquaintance who is a parliamentary aide.
In a Busan elementary school, a student sexually harassed and assaulted classmates. The student also cursed at and insulted the teacher and their family. The teacher notified the parents of the problematic behavior multiple times, asking for guidance at home.
The parents claimed they would discipline the child well, while questioning if the teacher held a bias against their child.
As similar incidents continued, the Office of Education's deliberation committee was held, and a mandatory transfer was ordered after two months. The parents, who had previously asked for a school violence committee to be held to ensure the child received proper guidance, changed their tune. They demanded a judicial review of the mandatory transfer, reported the teacher for child abuse, and painted the other students in the class as if they were the perpetrators. This has led to a lawsuit that has been ongoing for two years.
The parents, who continue to pursue repeated lawsuits, expressed their shocking inner thoughts, saying, "I don't know if I should say this, but I want to crush the teacher."
With 700 child abuse reports against teachers per year and cruel acts occurring out of sight, it is a tragic reality that child abuse lawsuits have become a tool for harassment by parents.
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.