MATILDA

Miss Agatha Trunchbull, also known simply as “the Trunchbull” or “Miss Trunchbull,” is a fictional headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary school. She is a cruel, harsh educator and is later revealed to be the aunt of Matilda’s teacher, Miss Jennifer Honey.

Now most head teachers are chosen because they possess a number of fine qualities. They understand children and have the children’s best interests at heart. They are sympathetic, fair and deeply interested in education.

Miss Trunchbull possessed none of these qualities and how she got this job was a mystery. She was a formidable female and by simply looking at her you get a feeling that it was someone who bent iron bars. She had a cruel mouth and small arrogant eyes. She looked more like a rather eccentric and bloodthirsty follower of the stag-hounds than the headmistress of a nice school for children.

 We have been taught to be responsible and caring teachers in the teaching field. We have to support and nurture learners in diverse educational contexts. We have to deal with every situation that comes our way with caution. We not allowed to discipline learners physically, or to take action in accusations without any proof. A teacher has to be gentle but firm and take into account how he/she treats and punishes learners.

Miss Trunchbull is the opposite of the above mentioned teacher. She is excessively mean and rude, and she acts without thinking. The Trunchbull is totally irresponsible and has a wrong way of dealing with problems. She is that teacher that believes that violence is the answer to every problem she encounters.

The learners do not look up to Miss Trunchbull as a guardian/responsible adult/good teacher but they fear her because she always unleashes anger or violence upon them, and does not portray herself as a role mole to the children. She is not caring and she doesn’t care about the learners in her school and she has even uttered that a few times. She tells the kids she hates them whereas she has to give them love and assurance of a safety environment in the school.

Miss Trunchbull is the opposite of a good teacher. She leaves everything she touches, scarred. She should not be in an area of children because she seems like she does not like her job, is arrogant and does not act as a role model to the young ones.